What to do this weekend in Prague: Best events for May 22–24

Opening May 21, Lumia Gallery's newly expanded third-floor exhibition will remain on view as part of its permanent collection. LOADED_03 introduces new installations by Czech and foreign artists working at the intersection of digital image, light, sound, and interactive environments that react to visitor movement and presence.

Signal Space at Staroměstská tržnice has expanded its permanent exhibition with a two-meter 3D-printed model of St. Ludmila Basilica at Náměstí Míru. The church has served as projection surface since 2013, hosting videomapping eight times across 14 years, and now visitors can watch all iconic projections on the detailed scale model in the gallery.

Central Europe's largest rum festival transforms Vnitroblock into Caribbean territory on Saturday; expect hundreds of unique rums from around the world (iconic Caribbean classics to lesser-known exotic treasures) served neat or in top-notch cocktails, interactive seminars and workshops led by international experts, and live Latin American music setting the mood noon to 9 p.m..

Prague's English-language theater festival marks 25 years this weekend, bringing dozens of shows from around the world to intimate Malá Strana venues. This year spotlights Indian artists and Taiwanese performers alongside regulars from the US, Australia, Brazil, and Scotland. Small theaters, cheap tickets, one-hour running times, and a strong community.

Toronto comedian Kyle Lucey brings his Canadian Psycho world tour to Metro Comedy Club on Saturday. His performance is a dark comedy mining a childhood in a Canadian trailer park with alcoholic parents, turning humiliation, hardship, and personal disasters into brutally funny stand-up.

Krymská street shuts down Saturday for the annual neighborhood festival, with free entry, three stages with distinct vibes, and local businesses plus Prague 10 organizing a full day of music, DJs, concerts, and kids' programming that turns Vršovice into an outdoor party. Café V lese stage brings fairy tales for kids, Jam & Co Ploom stage delivers DJ sets, and Café Sladkovský stage runs indie rock and an evening dance party. Plus, delicious food from a range of street vendors will line the street all day.

SOUND returns to its open-air format this Saturday with a 17-hour journey starting 1 p.m. at Štvanice island with groovy, progressive techno infused with trance and acid across four stages,, featuring 20 carefully selected artists. At 10 p.m. the party shifts inside Fuchs2 and runs until 6 a.m., joined by noRemorse crew expanding the vision.

Two foundational names in Jamaican music history make their Prague debuts Sunday at Lucerna Music Bar: The Abyssinians (roots reggae legends) and Lone Ranger (pioneering DJ). The evening connects roots reggae's spiritual depth with the energy of Jamaican toasting, following last year's Burning Spear performance.

Kino Atlas screens Taras Tomenko's historical drama about Stalin's 1927 experiment housing Ukraine's most prominent writers under one roof in Kharkiv's luxurious "Slovo" cooperative building – an attempt at complete creative control aimed at producing a unified socialist realism aesthetic glorifying Stalin's cult. Not every writer agrees, and when mysterious young author Volodymyr Akimov unexpectedly moves in, strange events begin unfolding that reveal what the house has kept secret until now. Based on true events, screening as part of Open House Prague festival with Ukrainian dialogue and Czech/English subtitles.

Prague Castle throws open its Royal Garden and Upper Deer Moat Saturday for the annual Children's Day: free admission, dozens of children's and non-profit organizations running competitions, games, quizzes, and educational activities plus roasting sausages, riding historic carousels, and collecting stamps at stations for small rewards. Kids meet Castle Guard soldiers face-to-face, and inside the Prague Castle Ballroom, Barrandov Film Studios partners on the "From Fairy Tale to Fairy Tale" exhibition putting favorite Czech fairy tales at your fingertips.

Prague's annual architectural celebration runs this weekend with over 100 normally inaccessible buildings and spaces opening free to the public, no registration required – just show up during opening hours and explore everything from historic palaces and villas to industrial heritage sites, embassies, university dormitories, contemporary projects, and spaces you'd never otherwise access.