Fajtfest receives the Velké Meziříčí Town Award

This award belongs to all of us. With great humility and gratitude, we accepted the Velké Meziříčí Town Award at Jupiter club for our contribution to the town's cultural life and for spreading its good name.

Seventeen years ago we started out on the Fajťák hill as a bunch of friends who loved heavy music. A small event grew into a festival of European scale that connects the international and local scenes and brings fans from all over Europe to the Hill. But the most important things stay the same: people, friendship and shared experiences.

This award belongs to everyone who has put a piece of their life into Fajtfest. Our team, volunteers, partners, bands, our families and our fans. Behind every edition there are hundreds of hours of work, fatigue and worries, and the joy that makes it all worthwhile.

Thank you to the town of Velké Meziříčí for this recognition and for its respect for alternative music culture. Thank you to the local residents for their goodwill and patience. We take none of it for granted.

Receiving an award at home means an enormous amount to us. It is an honour and a commitment to keep going and never lose what we started for.

Thank you, Velké Meziříčí. We can bring world music to the Hill. But you are the ones who give us a home.

Team Fajtfest