Mighty Sounds is ska and punk music festival in the Czech Republic, held annually in June near the city of Tábor. Established in 2005, the first festival took place in the village of Olší near Opařany, and remained there for the first five years.

In 2007 the festival attracted around 10,000 people, and in 2010 its attendance exceeded 12,000 people, making it one of the biggest festivals of its kind in Europe.

Festival The festival is held over three days. Originally the festival featured one large stage and a second smaller one, plus a theatre tent. Another smaller tent known as the "Sado maso stage" featured techno and drum'n'bass DJs. After heavy rain in 2009 festival site and a nearby campsite for visitors was damaged by mud, and the owner of the site did not renew the contract for next event. Mighty Sounds moved to an unused grass-covered airfield in Tábor for the 2010 event. The festival subsequently featured two large stages, called the Jan Hus and Jan Zizka stages. Other stages included the Theater tent, hosting less-known bands; the Radio 1 stage, featuring electronic music DJs; and the Rudeboy Rhythm stage, which features DJs playing older ska, reggae, rocksteady and punk music. Since 2017, the festival also includes an acoustic stage.

The 2020 and 2021 editions did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to a crowdfunding campaign entitled "Keep The Wind In Our Sails", the festival was able to continue.

As of 2023, the festival has deployed cashless payments, and switched to ceramic toilets instead of mobile ones.

In 2026, Mighty Sounds celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Past Festivals

Nr Date Visitors Notable artists18–10 July 20054,500 Persiana Jones Skarface214–16 July 20066,000 The Hotknives Panteón Rococó Desorden Público The Toasters Mark Foggo's Skasters313–15 July 200710,000 Derrick Morgan Skalariak Mad Sin The Slackers Dr. Ring-Ding The Peacocks Karamelo Santo418–20 July 200812,000 The Real McKenzies Obrint Pas Mad Caddies Demented Are Go Sonic Boom Six Vice Squad Subhumans The Turbo A.C.'s The Toasters518–20 July 20099,000 Buzzcocks Backyard Babies Pat Kelly Dave Barker Chris Ellis NoMeansNo Dub Inc. The Aggrolites The World/Inferno Friendship Society The Peacocks Talco Liberator616–18 July 20109,000 Pauline Black The Busters Civet Donots H2O Mad Sin Russkaja Ska-P Skarface Sworn Enemy Third World715–17 July 201112,000 Anti-Flag Anthony B The Casualties The Creepshow Demented Are Go! Dub Pistols Karamelo Santo Madball Obrint Pas Pennywise Ska2tonics The Skatalites The Toasters813–15 July 2012over 10,000 Adolescents Alborosie Biohazard The Carburetors Discharge Distemper Frank Turner Gallows Inner Circle Irie Révoltés The Locos Los de Abajo The Meteors The Peacocks Pipes and Pints Poison Idea The Real McKenzies The Skints Sonic Boom Six Street Dogs The Varukers919-21 July 2013 Suicidal Tendencies Anti-Flag The Subways Bad Manners Ky-Mani Marley Comeback Kid Macka B Skindred Sto zvířat Vavamuffin Stranger Cole U.K. Subs The Business1011-13 July 2014 Dropkick Murphys Irie Révoltés Nekromantix Perkele The Slackers GBH Winston Francis The Real McKenzies Madball Sto zvířat The Peakcocks Evergreen Terrace1124–26 July 2015 Architects Batmobile Bombshell Rocks Cockney Rejects Conflict Defeater Dub Incorporation Dubioza kolektiv Enter Shikari Expire Funeral for a Friend Ignite Jaya the Cat King Kurt Los de Abajo Off! Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra Passafire Pipes and Pints Protoje & the Indiggnation Random Hand Rattus Red Fang Sick of It All Strung Out Terror The Carburetors The Creepshow The World/Inferno Friendship Society Versus the World1222-24 July 201614000 Irie Révoltés Lagwagon Perkele Julian Marley Asian Dub Foundation The Rumjacks The Locos Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes The Bones Silverstein Being as an ocean1314-16 July 20179,500(7,900 paid)capacity: 12,000 Gogol Bordello Cock Sparrer Dubioza Kolektiv Agnostic Front The Adicts Ignite Big Mountain H2O Jaya The Cat The Beat Acidez1413-15 July 201811,000(8,750 paid)capacity: 12,000 Anti-Flag Royal Republic Sick Of It All Dub FX Inner Circle Talco The Rumjacks Mad Sin Zebrahead1512-14 July 20199,150(5,950 paid)capacity: 13,000 Turbonegro Dubioza Kolektiv While She Sleeps Deez Nuts H2O The Casualties The Original Wailers The Skatalites Donots Jaya The Cat168-10 July 20228,100(5,200 paid)capacity: 12,000 Dropkick Murphys Social Distortion Royal Republic The Rumjacks Agnostic Front Anti-Flag The Baboon Show Being As An Ocean Dub Pistols Acidez Che Sudaka1723-25 Jun 20236,859(5,437 paid)capacity: 10,000 Rancid The Interrupters Enter Shikari Hatebreed Dub Fx Black Flag Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls Ignite Moscow Death Brigade Dog Eat Dog Comeback Kid1828-30 Jun 20246,817(5,326 paid)capacity: 10,000 Bad Religion The Hives Dubioza Kolektiv Cock Sparrer The Rumjacks Agnostic Front The Baboon Show Panteón Rococó The Casualties Silverstein Feine Sahne Fischfilet Counterparts

See also List of punk rock festivals List of reggae festivals

References

External links

Official last.fm