"A joy to walk". Follow in Janáček's footsteps with the mobile app

Set out in the footsteps of Leoš Janáček with the Loxper interactive mobile app and take part in a competition to win tickets to a festival preview of Janáček's opera Fate. The app is also in English and German.

How to enter: Download the Loxper app to your mobile phone. In the "walks" section you can choose between two Janáček-themed routes (short or long). When you have successfully completed the entire route, you will receive a password in the app. If you send this password by 7 September 2023 by email to soutez@loxper.com, you will be entered into a draw to win tickets to Fate (19 September 2026).

23 June – 7 September 2026

"A joy to walk". Follow in Janáček's footsteps with a guide

This walking tour will lead from Mahen Theatre through the centre of Brno to the Leoš Janáček Memorial. On the way we will visit places where the Maestro strolled, taught, saw the premieres of his works, met with friends and so on. The final stop will be a tour of the Leoš Janáček Memorial – the house on Smetanova ulice where the composer lived for the final quarter of his life and composed his greatest works, including the famous Sinfonietta, which celebrates its centenary this year.

Sunday 18 October 2026 at 11am

Part of the AuthenTIC autumn tours, tickets on sale from 14 August 2026

Guided tours in Brno with various themes, including Leoš Janáček, can also be ordered through TIC BRNO. More here.

"The Bluebirds. That was our nickname across Brno." Janáček and the Augustinian monastery

The history of the Augustinian monastery in Old Brno is closely linked with two world-renowned figures: Gregor Johann Mendel and Leoš Janáček. When Janáček arrived in Brno in 1865 as an eleven-year-old boy, he entered a foundation for musically gifted boys at the Augustinian Abbey of St. Thomas in Old Brno. He thus became one of the "Bluebirds", as the foundation pupils were nicknamed after their blue uniforms. Later, he directed music from the choir loft of the monastery church, and in 1884 he even conducted a requiem at the funeral of the monastery's abbot and distinguished natural scientist, Gregor Johann Mendel. The guided tour of the monastery will lead to places associated with Janáček, including the foundation classroom and the choir loft of the Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. And there will even be some singing by the Bluebirds!

Friday 23 October 2026 at 4pm

Saturday 14 November 2026 at 4pm

Part of the AuthenTIC autumn tours, tickets on sale from 14 August 2026.

"Born on 3 July at the school in Hukvaldy." A coach trip to Janáček's birthplace

A one-day coach trip to Hukvaldy (approx. 150 km from Brno). Participants can look forward to a tour of the house that the Maestro — Leoš Janáček — bought in his native village in his later years (now the Leoš Janáček Memorial), a walk through a game reserve, an optional climb up to Hukvaldy Castle, and a visit to the new exhibition in the former Hukvaldy school, where Janáček — the son of a teacher — was born in 1854. There will also be time to buy the famous local 'lopaťáky' pastries from the Hukvaldy bakery.

Wednesday 28 October 2026 at 8am (all day)

Part of the AuthenTIC autumn tours, tickets on sale from 14 August 2026.

"He was always walking and travelling somewhere". In the footsteps of Janáček by minibus

Follow in the footsteps of Leoš Janáček around Brno in the comfort of a minibus. The route includes locations where Janáček lived, composed, conducted, taught, saw the premieres of his works, went for walks, met friends, and more. You will also visit the house on Smetanova ulice — today the Leoš Janáček Memorial — where he spent the last quarter of his life and composed all his major works. For international participants, an audio guide with commentary in English or German will be available.

Saturday 31 October at 11am

Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 11am

Part of the AuthenTIC autumn tours, tickets on sale from 14 August 2026

"There is interest in filming opera". Art-historical recordings of Janáček

Screenings of television adaptations of Leoš Janáček's stage works, organised in cooperation with Czech Television and Masaryk University's Department of Musicology. You are invited to watch rare footage from the archives of Czech Television, shot in the late 1950s and 1960s by the outstanding director Václav Kašlík.

Monday 2 November 2026:

5pm The Diary of One Who Disappeared (33 minutes)

6pm Katya Kabanova (88 minutes)

Monday 9 November 2026:

5pm From the House of the Dead (80 minutes)

7pm The Makropulos Case (82 minutes)

Masaryk University, Department of Musicology, Janáčkovo námestí. 2a. Free entry, times may vary.

"Less of the 'old man', less of the 'believer'!" The Glagolitic Mass in an underground cathedral

A multi-channel audio installation at the Žlutý kopec Water Tanks will bring to life Leoš Janáček's Glagolitic Mass for soloists, mixed choir, organ and orchestra. Individual parts of the work will be played at regular intervals during visiting hours at the reservoirs throughout the Janáček Brno festival. In addition, each section will undergo an acoustic metamorphosis performed by students of the Department of Composition and Multimedia Creation under the guidance of audiovisual artist Jiří Suchánek.

13 October – 17 November 2026

Žlutý kopec Water Tanks, Tvrdého 15

"Our master was partial to good food". Try out some of Janáček's housekeeper's recipes

For the duration of the Janáček Brno festival, you can try selected delicacies based on recipes by Marie Stejskalová, taken from her book Marie's Cookbook, in selected gastronomic venues in Brno which have been recognised in the Gourmet Brno guide.

13 October – 17 November 2026

"I'll listen to it in Brno". Musical extracts in the streets of Brno

During the Janáček Brno festival, you may chance upon Leoš Janáček, accompanied by his dog Čipera, in many places in the centre of Brno. By scanning the QR code on the Maestro's outfit, you can listen to musical excerpts. Using your mobile phone, you can make your walk more pleasurable by listening to, for example, the wedding scene from the opera The Cunning Little Vixen or music from this year's centenary works — the fanfares from Sinfonietta and the overture to the opera The Makropulos Case.

13th October – 17 November 2026

Catch a glass marble from the Brno astronomical clock

A glass marble with a musical note is released from the astronomical clock on Náměstí Svobody during the celebrations of Janáček's birthday on 23 June as well as the opening and closing of the Janáček Brno festival on 13 October and 17 November.

23 June, 13 October and 17 November 2026 at 11am

Take a journey to Janáček's beloved Luhačovice

In cooperation with Brno Day Trips, we are offering the chance to book an individual trip to Luhačovice, Leoš Janáček's favourite spa resort.

Order here.