What to do this weekend in Prague: Best events for October 16–18

Prague’s most beloved open-air festival of lights kicks off today and runs until Sunday, with more than a dozen video-mapping installations scattered around the Old Town and the Dejvice district. A novelty of this year’s edition, Signal Festival also includes some indoor exhibits and installations at the Signal Space (don't forget to book your ticket for those).

Autumn is here, and that can only mean one thing: soup season is upon us. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday, the Smíchov embankment will fill with dozens of stalls offering the creamiest, heartiest, tastiest and most fragrant soups you can find. No better way to spend what’s being forecast as a grey and cloudy weekend.

Brought to you by the Prague Shakespeare Company, the English-language fiery comedy The Revolutionists follows four iconic women at the height of the French Revolution: queen Marie Antoinette, playwright and feminist trailblazer Olympe de Gouges, activist Marianne Angelle and assassin Charlotte Corday. Uncompromising, bloody and boundary-pushing: a dramatic feast.

Amateurs of German-speaking films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will have their fill until early next week as the annual Das Filmfest gets underway in Kino Lucerna and Edison Filmhub. The movie festival later gets on the road with screenings planned in several Czech cities, including Brno and Olomouc, throughout October and November.

Rudy Daddy and the team of the secretive Blind Eye Studio are back at it again on Saturday with a Halloween-themed night of drag, poetry and artistic rebellion. The dress code? Dead and delicious. Guests should come prepared, costumed, and open-minded.

Kino Aero is back with its ‘Legends’ cycle on Saturday afternoon and evening with a double screening of Trainspotting and T2 Trainspotting. (Re-)discover the Danny Boyle-directed and heroin-fueled trips of Mark, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie in 1980’s Edinburgh with their signature dose of bleakness, black humor and drug-induced fantasmagoria.

From Friday to Sunday, Westfield Days at Prague’s Westfield Chodov is turning hallmarks of pop culture (from music to fashion, gaming, technology and beauty) into all-day activities accessible to all. Expect beauty workshops, listening parties, cooking shows, barber showcases, karaoke sessions, UNO face-offs and much more – an ideal weekend fun for the whole family catering to all hobbies and niche interests.

Beauty, self-care and well-being will be the key themes throughout the weekend at the central square of Metropole Zličín as Beauty Days sets off to explore current trends, try out new styling techniques and hold workshops of all kinds – from hair styling to glow makeup and perfume making. In other words, early autumn meets the beauty world meets coffee culture meets self-care.