The August continuation of the Festival of the Planets Brno will offer the Astrosphere, i.e. a photorealistic star globe, the Terralón, a model of the daytime form of our planet, the Temnalón, the same cosmic body, but in its night form, and finally the legendary Lunalón – a lunar balloon. From August 5 to 11 at Kraví hora in the center of Brno, free entry.
New for the August part of the sixth grade Festival of Planets Brno there will be performances by well-known performers – Tomáš Opravil from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Technology in Brno and Martin Rybár from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, who will always perform interesting chemical or physical experiments. Every day at 8 p.m., all cosmonauts meet at the Astrosphere short performances/comments – Jiří Dušek or Jan Píšala from the Brno Observatory or Tomáš Přibyl from the Technical Museum in Brno. On Saturday, August 10, Marek Svitek and Magdalena Šittová, two stuntmen who participated in the creation of the international blockbuster film there.
The main attraction, i.e. four space models with a diameter of ten meters, will be available for viewing from 5 to 11 August, weather permitting, from 2 to 11:30 p.m. But always check before you go festival site, to make sure the models are really inflated or deflated. The situation can change from minute to minute! In the same place you will also find summer cinema program with the cosmic soul or projection in the digital planetarium.
Definitely don’t hesitate and meet the universe from August 5 to 11, which – as is well known – begins in Brno. You won’t get another chance for such a meeting, unparalleled in the world, until a year from now.
Answers to questions that someone is sure to ask:
- The models will be exhibited from August 5 to 11 from 2 to 11:30 p.m. in the park on Kraví hora.
- Whether the installation will be inflated is determined by the weather and its forecast. Always look at festival site.
- The planets shine all the time, but it is only noticeable after dusk, i.e. after 8 p.m.
- You will see Astrosphere, Terralon, Temnalon and Lunalon.
- Yes, there will be 4 models ready for display. No, it will not be possible to expose them more.
- Yes, the festival is free and you can bring both children and dogs to the park. No, please don’t go by car, go by car!
- There is a limited supply of refreshments, no one is stopping you from taking your own.
- No, the exhibition is not traveling, it is only in Brno.
- You can find the program and all practical information at festival website.
The Brno Planets Festival was created in 2019 as an unobtrusive commemoration of the 50th anniversary of man landing on the moon. It quickly became the signature event, the most successful in terms of audience, but also the most organizationally complex event of the Brno Observatory and Planetarium. In 2020, a model of the planet Earth – Terralón was added to Lunalón, followed by Marsmeloun (2021), Heliosphere (2022), Temnalón (2023) and Astrosphere (2024). The festival is organized by the Brno Observatory and Planetarium and the artistic group VISUALOVE, with the contribution of the statutory city of Brno and the South Moravian Region. Kubíček Visionair, the city district of Brno-střed, the Transport Company of the City of Brno, the Municipal Police of Brno, SAKO, the Kraví hora Recreational and Sports Complex, Teplárny Brno and Technology Park Brno are also participating in it. Media cooperation was offered by KAM for Culture, National Geographic Czech Republic, Regional Publishing House and SNIP & Co.
