- The International Bagpipe Festival , also sometimes abbreviated to MDF , takes place in Strakonice .
- The first edition took place in 1967 on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the founding of the city.
- Now it takes place every two years, always at the end of August, and pipers from more than a dozen countries take part in it, for example (apart from the Czechs) Scots, Slovaks, Spaniards, French and Turks.
The festival is organized by the Municipal Cultural Center of Strakonice with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the South Bohemian Region under the auspices of the President of the Czech Republic Ing. Miloš Zeman and the Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic Mgr. Martin Baxa and the town of Strakonice.
COMPLETE PROGRAM HERE: International Bagpipe Festival – International Bagpipe Festival in Strakonice (dudockyfestival.cz)
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