What to do this weekend in Prague: Best events for May 29–31

The Chemistry Gallery hosts Bet Orten's immersive exhibition exploring collective female mythology through intuitive photography that refuses shallow beauty. The title references Orten's childhood encounter with self-harm, an image so powerful in its horror, mystery, and beauty that it became the essence of her practice. Through her own experiences and women she photographs, Orten lets them "run, jump and fly" – not in safe landscapes but in territories where the path becomes their own choice.

Prague 2's embankment transforms into a culinary Hungarian hideaway for three days– genuine goulash prepared in cauldrons the way it's done in the wilderness, lángos in infinite variations (classic garlic through gourmet interpretations), and a wine zone pouring fiery Tokay and dark red Bull's Blood alongside quality Hungarian selections. Live folk music, craft demonstrations, relaxed waterside seating with Hradčany views.

Jatka78 hosts Cirk La Putyka's physical theater production directed by Maksim Komaro – 70 minutes blending puppetry, performance art, and circus technique with an ensemble cast. The production uses the body and props as instruments for communication. Cirk La Putyka's signature mix of contemporary circus with avant-garde theater means expect the unexpected.

Seifert's Brunch collaborates with Another Wine for Weekend Buzz – free tasting of eight Moravian natural sparkling wines representing different regions, production methods, and styles (champagne-method through lively pet-nat) curated by Petr Matějů, all artisanal and likely unknown outside wine-nerd circles. You purchase a tasting set (5 samples), set out to discover at your own pace, and each set enters you in the wine bottle raffle. Live music, brunch and gastro from Czech ingredients.

Prague's free street festival transforms dozens of locations across the city into open-air stages where buskers fill the air with music. Pop, folk, rap, jazz, brass bands, singer-songwriters, theatre, circus acts, and slam poetry take over streets, squares, parks, and public spaces without a ticket gate. Entry is free, with audiences supporting performers through voluntary "hat donations" on-site, as customary with busking.

If you missed the hype around this movie last year, it is now screening again at Kino35 so you won't miss it again. Czech-Vietnamese director Dužan Duong's feature debut follows 17-year-old Kien with his bright red hair returning to his family's market stall in Cheb after a decade in Vietnam, only to find an estranged father, worried mother, and younger brother offering no warmth. Between ironing Pokémon onto t-shirts, drilling Czech language, and dating by the lake, family secrets surface that flip the market stall's life upside down, told with lightness and wit offering an authentic perspective into the Vietnamese community through eyes of the first generation grown up in Czechia.

Cross Café hosts a relaxed afternoon festival for kids and families with art, movement, and music workshops, face painting, Puppet Theatre Čmukaři z Turnov, beatbox, interactive Tiny Beat show, and Bára Klára sharing the stage. Kids' fashion, jewelry, flower lamps, backpacks, and ceramics vendors set up alongside Children Are People Too (nonprofit selling books and games). Free entry, plus food stalls.

The dramatic fortress of Vyšehrad welcomes one Saturday a year over to leading Czech historical fencing groups for a full day of dramatic combat theatre. Companies will perform staged shows – knights' tournaments, historical narratives, comedic duels – across two programme blocks with a break in between. It's theatrical and family-friendly, with the dramatic hilltop setting above the Vltava adding natural spectacle.