International Folklore Festival
CIOFF® Pilsen

June 11. - 15. 2025

Mezinárodní folklorní festival CIOFF® Plzeň
Internationales Folklorefestival CIOFF® Pilsen
Festival de Folclore Internacional CIOFF® de Pilsen

Jiskra 58 SOKOL Valcha Plzeň

Plzeň, Česká republika
Festival years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024

In 2000, the group Jiskra 1958, composed of former members of the Song and Dance Ensemble Jiskra from Pilsen, started its activities. These are musicians, singers and dancers who worked in the Jiskra group between 1970 and 1990 and after 10 years decided to revive their active activities. The ensemble performs folk dances and songs from south-western Bohemia (Plzeňska, Žinkovska, Chodska), which are unmistakably expressive and presented primarily with the aim of entertaining themselves and the audience. Since 2017, the ensemble has been an organizational part of TJ Sokol Valcha Plzeň.

Ensemble leader: Jana Bísková

Mezinárodní rada organizací folklórních festivalů a lidových umění CIOFF

The festival is a regular member of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts CIOFF.

Main partners of the festival

Kulturní Plzeň  Ministerstvo kultury Nadace 700 let města Plzně Hotely IbisBohemia sekt

Main media partner

Český rozhlas Plzeň