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Summary for: 30+ English-friendly things to do in Prague this weekEach week, our editors will be rounding up the best events for the English-speaking community: places to meet new people, test your knowledge, learn something, or just get out of the house.
This week's calendar runs from May 18 through May 22, with tips for a Ukrainian culture festival, outdoor concerts, English-language theater, and much more.
We're also asking you to help build the calendar each week. Use this form to tell us about a great upcoming hang, talk, workshop, potluck, open mic, or class. And while we're based in Prague, we welcome tips from across the country.
LANGUAGE & LEARNING
- All week: Open House Prague 2026’s accompanying program includes guided tours, exhibitions, film screenings, and more, with some English-friendly activities available alongside primarily Czech programming.
- All week: Signal Space presents Dream On! Where It All Began, an exhibition revisiting the origins of the Signal Festival through iconic past video mappings and immersive digital installations.
- May 18: Prague's major institutions including the National Museum will open their doors for free in celebration of International Museum Day.
- May 18: Kafe a Hrnky hosts Glue Monday, a beginner-friendly collage workshop where participants create small personalized artworks and turn them into pins, magnets, or mirrors.
- May 19: Climate Dialogues 2026: Ecological Solidarities, a public lecture by philosophers Michael Marder and Alexis Shotwell exploring ecological solidarity, takes place in English at Edison Filmhub.
- May 21–22: Prague's Botanical Garden hosts Botanical Gardens Days, featuring guided tours, beekeeping demonstrations, educational activities for children and adults, and more.
FOR FOODIES
- All week: Fruit picking season is here! The interactive map Na ovoce highlights locations across Czechia where people can responsibly harvest freely available fruit.
- May 20: Pult celebrates Lambic Day, an afternoon celebration of the traditional Belgian spontaneously fermented beer style, featuring lambics on tap including selections from Wild Creatures.
- May 23: Vnitroblock hosts Rumfest, a large tasting and educational festival featuring up to 400 types of rum from around the world alongside interactive seminars, Caribbean-inspired food, and live Latin music.
- May 24: The annual Beer and Burger Festival returns to Karlín as the open-air food event brings together craft breweries and gourmet street food vendors.
COMMUNITY BUILDING & VOLUNTEERING
- May 20: As part of the International Week of War Graves, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission hosts an informal English-language gathering at Olšany Cemetery, offering insights into its global work and the stories behind war graves in Prague.
- May 21: Vyshyvanka Day takes place at Holešovice Market, celebrating Ukrainian culture and tradition with live music, folk performances, a craft market, and traditional Ukrainian cuisine.
- May 22: Grow the City, a sustainability-focused festival about urban gardening, composting, and community initiatives aimed at making cities greener and more livable, takes place at Holešovice Market.
- May 22-23: KD Ládví hosts a two-day program marking Czech resistance history and Operation Anthropoid, featuring lectures, film screenings, historical reenactments, and exhibitions.
- May 22-23: The Ethnographic Museum at the National Museum hosts Ethnographic Days, a family-friendly celebration of Czech folk culture featuring traditional music, dance , craft markets, fashion shows, and children’s workshops.
Networking
- May 18: Cozy Evening is a relaxed creative meetup at a tea club near Vyšehrad, featuring board games, drawing, painting, and optional short writing activities.
- May 22: L’Objet Trouvé in Prague 7 hosts Read & Riff, a short story book club evening where participants discuss Roald Dahl’s My Lady Love, My Dove.
ENTERTAINMENT
- May 18: Jazz Dock Orchestra performs a Miles Davis tribute concert at Jazz Dock, marking 100 years since his birth with a program spanning his diverse career.
- May 19: Flo Rida performs at O2 Arena, bringing his global hip-hop and pop hitsto Prague as part of a high-energy live show.
- May 20: Pianist and composer Pavel Szabo performs a solo recital at Café AdAstra in Prague 2, offering an intimate evening of original piano compositions.
- May 20: Jana Boková’s 1989 documentary Havana, a portrait of life in socialist-era Cuba, screens at Kino Ponrepo with English subtitles and the director in attendance.
- May 20: The Dvořák Festival presents a multi-genre concert program celebrating the legacy of Antonín Dvořák across various venues in Prague, including churches, parks, and historic halls.
- May 21: Waldstein Summer brings an open-air cultural program featuring musical and theatrical performances to Wallenstein Garden.
- May 22: John Lydon and Public Image Ltd perform at SaSaZu, bringing the legendary former Sex Pistols frontman back to Prague.
- May 22-30: Prague Fringe Festival returns for its 25th edition, bringing a nine-day international showcase of English-language theatre, comedy, music, and experimental performance across multiple venues on Malá Strana.
TRIVIA & GAME NIGHTS
- May 19: The weekly pub quiz at Philly & Co’s Original Cheesesteaks presents general trivia covering topics from music to sport every Tuesday from 7 p.m.
- May 20: Now in its 17th year, The Globe Quiz Night takes place at Globe Bookstore & Café every Wednesday from 6:30 p.m.
- May 20: The Under the Sauce Pub Quiz takes place on Wednesdays at Third Coast Pizza in Žižkov from 7 p.m.
- May 21: The Down Under hosts its weekly pub quiz every Thursday with a relaxed Aussie-themed atmosphere from 7 p.m.
- May 21: Beckett's Irish Pub hosts its weekly pub quiz every Thursday this spring, with a relaxed Irish-themed atmosphere from 7:30 p.m.
