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Ukrainian Culture Festival in Prague: third edition (16 August 2026)

Ukrainian Culture Festival у Празі: третій випуск 16.08.2026 · Ukrainian Culture Festival v Praze: třetí ročník 16. 8. 2026 · 2026–2026

Essence

The third Ukrainian Culture Festival was advertised for 16 August 2026 outside Cross Club in Prague-Holešovice. Its organizer’s website gave 11:00–21:00, whereas the venue’s calendar lists an end time of 04:00 the following day; those claims remain separate. Advertised activities included music, food, arts and community programming. The available material mainly proves advance announcements rather than a verified post-event program; the legal organizer, site footprint and photo permissions require further checking.

Timeline

  1. 2026, before AugustThe organisers published an announcement for the festival’s third edition. [F108-01]
  2. 16.08.2026The organisers’ and club’s announcements agree on the festival date. [F108-01; F108-03]
  3. 16.08.2026 11:00The announced start is at 11:00. [F108-01; F108-03]
  4. 16.08.2026 21:00The organisers announced 21:00 as the festival’s end. [F108-01]
  5. 17.08.2026 04:00The club calendar separately gave 04:00 as the listing’s end time. [F108-03]
  6. 16.08.2026The event was announced outside Cross Club in Praha-Holešovice. [F108-03]
  7. 2026Music performances and traditional choirs were announced. [F108-03]
  8. 2026Food, a market, workshops and a children’s programme were announced. [F108-03]
  9. 2026The organisers linked the edition to the theme of Ukraine’s Independence Day. [F108-01]
  10. 2026, after the event dateThere is no verified report after the event establishing which programme items actually took place. [F108-01; F108-03]

Full research text

Identifying the festival edition

R0108 identifies the specific third edition of the Ukrainian Culture Festival on 16 August 2026, rather than a legal entity, a permanent brand or all Ukrainian events in Prague. The organisers' website explicitly calls it the “third edition” and dates the event. A third edition does not establish that every future edition will take place annually. [F108-01; F108-02]

The city and community context

The festival was presented as a Prague platform for Ukrainian culture, community, art and mutual support. Its announcement linked the date to celebrations of Ukraine's Independence Day, but 16 August is not the holiday's actual calendar date of 24 August. The dossier records a thematic connection to the celebrations, rather than an incorrect holiday date. [F108-01; F108-03]

The space outside Cross Club, rather than the whole club

Announcements identify the space outside Cross Club in Holešovice. The club's official page gives Plynární 1096/23 as its address; it describes the club as an institution without establishing the precise boundaries of a temporary outdoor venue. A public map pin for the festival stage itself requires a site plan or the organisers' permission. [F108-03]

Event times and conflicting announcements

The official festival page gives 16 August 2026, 11:00–21:00. The club calendar also gives “End 04:00, 17 August” for the whole listing, whose text repeats 11:00–21:00. A distinction between the festival and a nighttime club programme is only a working hypothesis. Until the festival's own end time is confirmed, the organisers' official time should be displayed with a note about the discrepancy. [F108-01; F108-03]

Announced programme components

Cross Club describes music by Ukrainian performers and choirs, food, a creative market, workshops, a children's area and community interaction. These are announced categories rather than a verified report that every activity took place. Programmes without personal names must not be supplemented with invented performers. [F108-03]

Organisational contacts and legal status

The festival website publishes contact names, but does not justify creating a legal record with a business identifier or automatically treating Cross Club as the principal legal organiser. The club is documented here as a venue and calendar publisher. Organisational relationships require contracts, an announcement naming the legal entity or public registers. Personal contact details are not imported into the public website. [F108-01; F108-03]

Ticketing and its time context

The club website describes early and later sales phases and payment at the entrance. Prices are historical terms of the 2026 announcement, rather than current sales after the event date. An archive record can use ticketing_as_advertised, without an active sales link or a commercial call to action. [F108-03]

Its role in the Czech-Ukrainian cultural landscape

The Ukrainian Culture Festival cannot be merged with Vyshyvanka Day or Měsíc Ukrajiny: their dates, programmes and venues differ. Future maps and selections may connect them thematically as separate Ukrainian cultural events, but this does not establish a shared legal team. The graph must retain negative guard relationships. [F108-01; F108-03]

Sources

  1. F108-01 Ukrainian Culture Festival: Czech page for the third edition, date, time and venue. ukrainianfestival.eu
  2. F108-02 Ukrainian Culture Festival: the Ukrainian page for 2026. ukrainianfestival.eu
  3. F108-03 Cross Club: UKRAINIAN CULTURE FESTIVAL 3, official calendar for 16 August 2026. crossclub.cz
  4. F108-04 Cross Club: the August calendar and performance categories. crossclub.cz
  5. F108-05 Eventbrite: historical ticket listing for Ukrainian Culture Festival 2026, 16 August 2026, 11:00–21:00, Cross Club; the page marks the event and sales as ended. Structured data describe the announcement, not proof of attendance or delivery. The account name does not establish the legal organiser. eventbrite.com

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