We are a festival of open dialogue and understanding. We create a space for sharing stories, seeking common ground, and overcoming boundaries. Join a unique event that inspires new perspectives on both the past and the future.
In its eleventh edition, the Meeting Brno festival will ask: Where the Home Is? What does “home” mean today—in a world where borders shift faster than our sense of security, where war once again divides families and nations, and where fear and disinformation can make even our neighbours feel like strangers?
Home can be where we come from. It can be a return—or a new beginning. For some, it’s a memory; for others, a hope. Increasingly, home is something we must seek and reimagine—in relationships, in language, in society, and within ourselves.
In a region where the echoes of historical displacement still resonate, and new forms of uprooting are emerging, we open a space for dialogue, listening, and shared reflection.
Meeting Brno 2026 invites you to come together—even if we come from different places. Join us as we explore what it truly means to feel at home today.
Over the course of ten days, you can look forward to discussions with prominent figures, theatre performances, concerts, exhibitions, and the traditional Reconciliation March. Come to a festival where meeting is not just a word, but a lived experience.
“I consider Meeting Brno a highly important element in the mosaic of remembrance culture. Our history is far from simple, and it is vital to view the past with objectivity so that we can better understand the present and be equipped for the future.”
Daniel Herman, former Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic
Please support us in organizing this year’s edition of the festival and in preparing for the next one. We greatly appreciate your contribution!
The Meeting Brno festival invites you to sign a petition in support of holding the traditional gathering of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft in Brno in May 2026. This will be the first meeting of the German-speaking population expelled after the war to take place in their original homeland. The initiative builds on the long-term path of reconciliation between Czechs and Sudeten Germans and aims to offer a dignified framework for dialogue precisely in the place where our shared history unfolded.
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As part of the preparations for this year’s November symposium dedicated to Czech-German relations, Mojmír Jeřábek and Milan Uhde drafted a text concluding with an invitation to the Sudeten German community to hold their annual gathering in Brno in 2026. This invitation was endorsed and signed by thirty-six cultural and public figures who identified with its message.
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The Meeting Brno Festival received the Human Rights Prize from the Sudeten German Homeland Association for its long-term efforts in promoting Czech-German reconciliation. The award was ceremoniously presented during the 75th Sudeten German Day in Regensburg.
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A conversation that moves and inspires. Two fathers, two stories, one hope. Watch the recording of an exceptional discussion with Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin about grief, the courage to forgive, and the search for peace in a divided world — presented as part of the 10th edition of the Meeting Brno festival.
