Highline Festival Český Krumlov 2023 – a combination of sports programme and events for the public. One hundred accredited climbers are expected to participate this year, half of them from abroad. There will be 14 differently long and difficult altitude lines ranging from 25 to 235 metres in length, a trick arena and two parallel lines for speedline races will be on display at Svornosti Square, the cultural centre Prádelna will host film screenings.
A new feature of the accompanying programme will be street performers and jugglers. The face and guest of honour of the festival will be the founder of the Slackline Academy Anna Hanuš Kuchařová, who has walked on lines on four continents of the world and has a highline crossing at a height of 1000 metres.
Among the foreign participants will be world record holders Lukas Irmler and Freidrich Kühne. Both are record holders in crossing the longest highline in the world. In July 2021 they climbed a 2.130metre highline at a height of 600 metres in Abisko, Sweden. Friedrich also holds the world record for crossing without belay on a highline 110 metres long and fixed 200 metres above the ground.
Program
Wednesday, June 21st
18:00–21:00 Welcome party with a concert by the band Hrajeto / Egon Café, Široká St.
Thursday, June 22nd
Slackline park open all day to the public / Town Park
08:00–12:00 Slackline academy for schools / Town Park
10:00–18:00 Highline above town – crossings of highlines above the town centre (only for accredited highliners)
15:00–16:00 Slackline academy for public / Town Park
21:00–22:00 Cinema in Prádelna – Skywalk Above Prague, documentary, 52 minutes, CZ, 2020 / Cultural Centre Prádelna in Hradební St.
Friday, June 23rd
Slackline park open all day to the public / Town Park
08:00–12:00 Slackline academy for schools / Town Park
10:00–18:00 Highline above town – crossings of highlines above the town centre (only for accredited highliners)
12.30–13:00 OPENING CEREMONY with the Schwarzenberg Grenadier Guards and trumpet fanfares / Svornosti Square
14:00–18:00 Parallel SPEEDLINE RACE (speed race on two parallel lines) / Svornosti Square / lines 7 and 8
20:30–21:30 Cinema in Prádelna – Czech Slack, documentary series about Czech slackliners, preview, 2 x 22 minutes, CZ, 2023 / Cultural Centre Prádelna in Hradební St.
Saturday, June 24th
Slackline park open all day to the public / Town Park
10:00–18:00 Highline above town – crossings of highlines above the town centre (only for accredited highliners)
10:00–11:00 Slackboard workshop for public with Tomáš Valenta / Town Park
14:00–18:00 TRICKLINE RACE / Svornosti Square; speedline demonstration, costumed promenade of baroque masks and tandem acrobatics during the breaks
19:00–20:30 Cinema in Prádelna – Adam Ondra: Pushing the Limit, documentary, 82 minutes, CZ/IT, 2022 / Cultural Centre Prádelna in Hradební St.
21:00–21:45 HANGBOARD RACE / Cultural Centre Prádelna in Hradební St.
22:00–22:15 THE BURNING COMET – night slackboard ride from the castle tower with a fire torch performed by the record holder Tomáš Valenta / line 3 from the castle to the Hotel Růže
Sunday, June 25th
Slackline park open all day to the public / Town Park
10:00–15:00 Highline above town – crossings of highlines above the town centre (only for accredited highliners)
All festival activities are free to the public except for climbing on the highlines. Programme subject to change depending on weather conditions.