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Prague Events » What's on in April 2024
Prague hosts events all year round. Highlights include food, wine and beer festivals, music festivals, rock and pop concerts, thought-provoking exhibitions, marathons, and Easter and Christmas markets. Find out what's on in Prague in 2023 and 2024. |
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Prague Easter Markets 2024
DATES: 16 March 2024 - 07 April 2024 | |
| The Prague Easter Markets are open daily at the Old Town Square. Wooden huts display traditional handicrafts, such as glassware, embroidered lace, jewellery and hand-painted Easter eggs. Local food and drinks are also available: sausages, hams on spits, pastries, Czech beer and hot mulled wine. Entry is free. | |
| WHERE: Old Town Square & Wenceslas Square, Prague 1 |
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Prague Castle Easter Market 2024
DATES: 16 March 2024 - 07 April 2024
TIMES: Monday-Thursday 09:00-18:00;
Friday-Sunday 09:00-19:00 | |
| At the Prague Castle Easter Market, wooden huts are decorated with the colours of spring to create a magical atmosphere. Browse the stalls stocked with local handicrafts, and sample traditional Czech food and drinks. Entry is free. | |
| WHERE: In front of St. George's Basilica at Prague Castle, Prague 1 |
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Local Easter Market at Náměstí Míru in Prague
DATES: 16 March 2024 - 01 April 2024
TIMES: 10:00-19:00 | |
| Visit a local Easter market in Prague. Held at Peace Square (Náměstí Míru) and mainly focused on Czech people, the market is 15 minutes walk from Wenceslas Square. Browse the festive wares on the stalls, and sample traditional Czech food and drinks. Entry is free. | |
| WHERE: Náměstí Míru (Peace Square), Vinohrady, Praha 2 |
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Easter 2024
DATES: 29 March 2024 - 01 April 2024 | |
| The Prague Easter markets are open every day over the Easter weekend. Most sights, tourist attractions and shops are open from Good Friday to Easter Sunday, some close on Easter Monday. Entertainment venues are open throughout, including opera houses, theatres, concert halls and restaurants. | |
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Easter Monday - Public Holiday
DATES: 01 April 2024 | |
Public Holiday. The Prague Easter Markets are open.
Only certain sights and tourist attractions are open.
Larger shops and shopping malls close, smaller shops remain open.
Entertainment venues are open, including opera houses, theatres, concert halls and restaurants. | |
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Easter Concerts
DATES: 29 March 2024 - 01 April 2024 | |
| Special Easter concerts are staged in the finest historic buildings in Prague. The performances are magical at this time of year, both the Easter concerts and regular concerts. Venues include the Klementinum and St. Simon & St. Jude Church. | |
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Majales - Festival
DATES: 27 April 2024 | |
| Majales is a student-celebrated spring festival which takes place throughout Czechia. In Prague this manifests itself as a parade starting in Vodickova street near Wenceslas Square, ending with an open air festival in Letnany. | |
| WHERE: Wenceslas Square, Prague 1 |
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Witches' Night Parade (Paleni Carodejnic)
DATES: 30 April 2024
TIMES: 18:00 | |
| Witches' Night is an ancient folk festival held across Czechia to mark the end of winter and the start of spring. It is a cross between Halloween and May Day, in which an effigy of a witch, said to resemble winter (or perhaps a historical reference to witch-hunting), is burnt on pyres. In Prague, a lantern parade starts around 6pm at the Lesser Town Square, and proceeds to Kampa Park to burn the witch around 7pm. | |
| WHERE: Lesser Town Square, Prague 1 |
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| | Prague Concerts, Opera & Ballet in April 2024
DATES: 01
April 2024 -
30 April 2024 | |
| Prague is famous for classical concerts, opera and ballet. Performances are staged in ornate opera houses, grand concert halls, beautiful churches and other historic buildings. Performances are popular, so tickets often sell out. Advance reservations are highly recommended. | |
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| | Prague Theatre in April 2024
DATES: 01 April 2024 - 30 April 2024 | |
| Visit a Prague theatre for a typically Czech experience. Black light theatre features vibrant costumes, energetic dance routines, mime, ballet, visual effects and dramatic sounds. Shows are suitable for all ages and nationalities. Advance reservations are highly recommended. | |
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