What to do this weekend in Prague: Best events for August 7–9

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Multiple sites linked to the Jewish history and community will be open for free this weekend as part of the Jewish Monuments Day, held annually on the second Sunday of August. Happening all around the Czech Republic with free admission and a voluntary donation.

All the best and mouth-watering delicacies of Chinese street food are coming to the heart of Smíchov this Saturday, courtesy of Dim Sum Spot Anděl. An event to let your appetite run wild in a gluttonous atmosphere and with live music by Štěpán Klouček.

Students from the University of Iowa, a few kilometers from Spillville, where Dvořák spent the summer of 1893 and wrote his "American" string quartet, travel to his actual birthplace to perform it. The Conifer Quartet and Seamark Quartet round out the program with Beethoven's Op. 18 No. 4 and pieces by contemporary composers Gabriel Kahane and Sam Young. Nelahozeves. (Aug. 8)

This week has seen dozens of events celebrating the LGBTQ+ community running all around Prague, all culminating on Saturday’s annual Pride parade, starting from Wenceslas Square and ending – a first this year – on Štvanice island. Kick-off at noon, but you can also just join the celebrations for the post-march party.

Popular English electronic band Morcheeba are bringing their unique melodic triphop sounds to Prague’s SaSaZu club this weekend. What better way to beat the Sunday blues than with Skye Edwards’ smoky vocals?

Come watch Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder’s timeless Prohibition-era, cross-dressing comedy under the open sky at the former monastery of Gabriel Loci. “Nobody’s perfect” indeed, but that movie comes damn close.

Already visited by millions of people around the world, the travelling Harry Potter exhibition launches in Prague on Thursday and will run until March next year. Movie props, interactive exhibitions, potion-making and cast-spelling workshops and much more for wizardry fans of all ages and generations.

To try something a bit different this weekend, come hobnob with the polo crowd and watch the final matches of the 2026 International Polo Cup featuring pros from all around the world. Also, a 50 percent discount for our readers using the EXPATS50 code at the online checkout.

Push your limits at the extreme running race Red Bull 400, back in Ještěd after five years: a 400-meter sprint up a super steep slope with more than a thousand participants testing speed, endurance and mental resilience all at once. Open to both amateurs and professional runners.