What to do this weekend in Prague: Best events for August 21–23

Central Gallery's new permanent exhibition strips away the magnets-and-mousepads veneer to remind you why Mucha mattered – showcasing his lesser-known work as photographer, designer, and advocate for accessible beauty.

The 11th edition of Asie vzdálená a blízká brings Asian culture and gastronomy to Central Park Pankrác this weekend, with a cultural program and gastro stalls. The festival has run at the same location for years and keeps expanding, offering cuisine from Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Asia.

Divadlo MA's 65-minute contemporary dance-drama reconstructs the stories of Europeans who emigrated to Argentina between 1900–1946 – the people whose displacement and courage eventually birthed Argentine Tango. The show runs outdoors at Havlíčkovy Sady's Grotta venue.

Prague marks 58 years since the Soviet invasion with NeverMore 68 at Výstaviště, shifting focus from the night tanks arrived to what happened after – the hundreds of thousands who left the country and whose absence shaped Czech culture for decades. The festival runs exhibitions on exile and political repression, an interactive Maps of Occupation installation tracing how the invasion unfolded street by street, a Mosaic of Stories centered on personal emigration narratives, and more.

Ukrainian electronic music producer Miss Monique stages a sunset set at the Křižík Fountain this Sunday, with opening acts Zu and Dominik Gehringer leading into her 8 p.m. set.

See Miloš Forman's 1971 American debut – a comedy about a New York teenager who bolts home and her parents who stumble into the city's counterculture while hunting for her. The film screens as the closing event of the NeverMore 68 festival, a commemoration marking 58 years since the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Vyšehrad marks 940 years since Vratislav II's coronation as the first Czech king with a full medieval immersion – a royal procession winds through the fortress, a period camp reconstructs daily life at the Přemyslid residence, and demonstrations stage combat techniques and crafts specific to 11th-century court life. Kids get their own programming alongside the spectacle.

The National Heritage Institute's 16-year-running Castle and Chateau Night transforms dozens of Czech historic sites across the country – and particularly across Prague – into evening-only venues on Aug. 22, with night tours under unconventional lighting, theater performances, and musical programming.