Bažant Pohoda festival 2014, part 1

Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014

Fans in blue @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014

Bažant Pohoda festival holds a special place in my heart and although one hour before our departure to Trenčín, it looked like I’ll be missing this year for some stomach problems, I did go, and had a great time, as always!

Highlights of the bands shown in this gallery include brilliant Tame Impala, legendary Kraftwerk in 3D, Jambinai that play heavy post-rock on Korean traditional instruments, amazing duo Putan Club and many more!

Katarzia @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Katarzia @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Katarzia fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Katarzia fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Katarzia @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Sun Ra Centennial Dream Arkestra @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Sun Ra Centennial Dream Arkestra @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Tame Impala @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Tame Impala @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Tame Impala fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Tame Impala fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Tame Impala @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Kraftwerk @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Kraftwerk @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Kraftwerk 3D fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Kraftwerk 3D fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Kraftwerk @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Kraftwerk 3D fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Billy Barman @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Billy Barman @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Billy Barman fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Billy Barman fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Billy Barman @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Vrbovskí vítazi @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Vrbovskí vítazi @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Agon Orchestra @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Agon Orchestra @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Banjo Band Ivana Mládka @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Banjo Band Ivana Mládka @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Banjo Band Ivana Mládka fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Banjo Band Ivana Mládka fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Banjo Band Ivana Mládka @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

LolaMarsh @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

LolaMarsh @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

LolaMarsh fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

LolaMarsh fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

LolaMarsh @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground warm up @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground warm up @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Bažant Pohoda festival 2014, part 1 @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Bažant Pohoda festival 2014, part 1 @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Jupiter & Okwess International @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Jupiter & Okwess International @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

When Saints Go Machine @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

When Saints Go Machine @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Seasick Steve @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Seasick Steve @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Seasick Steve fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Seasick Steve fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Seasick Steve @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Jambinai @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Jambinai @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Jambinai fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Jambinai fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Jambinai @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Pauline Black and Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson (The Selecter) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Pauline Black and Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson (The Selecter) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

The Selecter @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

The Selecter @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Anthony Harty (The Selecter) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Anthony Harty (The Selecter) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Pauline Black (The Selecter) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Pauline Black (The Selecter) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson (The Selecter) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson (The Selecter) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Greg Dulli (The Afghan Whigs) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

John Curley (The Afghan Whigs) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

François R. Cambuzat (Putan Club) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Putan Club @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Gianna Greco (Putan Club) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Relaxing @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Artists @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Keep calm and stay positive @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Mobile coffee shop @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Selfie at the festival @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Seasick Steve press conference @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Michal Kaščák, director of the Bažant Pohoda festival, press conference @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 <em>Photo: © Saša Huzjak</em>

Michal Kaščák, director of the Bažant Pohoda festival, press conference @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 10/07 > 12/07/2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak

Used gear (for photo geeks):

Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
Tokina AF 16-28mm f/2.8 AT-X PRO FX
Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye
Nikon D700
Lowepro Pro Runner 300AW Photo Backpack
Think Tank Pro Speed Medium/Large V2.0 Belt
Lowepro Lens Case 3
Nikon CL-M3 lens case

For more info, visit:

Agon Orchestra: soundcloud.com/agon-orchestra
Banjo Band Ivana Mládka: www.mladekivan.cz
Billy Barman: www.billybarman.sk
Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground: www.fanfaratirana.com
Jambinai: www.facebook.com/jambinaiofficial
Jupiter & Okwess International: jupiter-okwess-international.com
Katarzia: www.facebook.com/katarziaprojekt
Kraftwerk: www.kraftwerk.com
LolaMarsh: www.facebook.com/Lola8Marsh
Putan Club: www.putanclub.org/jehanne_putan_club.html
Seasick Steve: www.seasicksteve.com
Sun Ra Centennial Dream Arkestra: www.sunraarkestra.com
Tame Impala: www.tameimpala.com
The Afghan Whigs: www.theafghanwhigs.com
The Selecter: www.theselecter.net
Transglobal Underground: www.transglobalunderground.net
Vrbovskí vítazi: www.vrbovskivitazi.sk
When Saints Go Machine: www.whensaintsgomachine.com
Bažant Pohoda festival: www.pohodafestival.sk

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