English Every Day: 'Colors of Ostrava' International Music Festival

Your Daily English Programme #14 - Czech Music Festival: Colors of Ostrava (Reading/Listening A2-B1)

Think Before You Read

Watch This Brief Teaser: Is this probably the most colorful music event on the planet?

- Have you ever had the chance to participate in this or a similar event?

- What do you think sets it apart from other events of the same type?

Time to Read

Use the words in the box to complete this short description (Taken from Wikipedia) of Colors of Ostrava:

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Colours of Ostrava is a multi-genre festival, the biggest international music _________ in the Czech Republic, and one of the biggest music _______ in Central Europe, held every summer since 2002 in Ostrava, the third largest city in the Czech Republic.

Colors features 16 stages, including 4 big ______-_____ stages, 6 indoor stages, a theater stage, a workshop stage, a kids' stage, a cinema, and venues for live discussion. It features _________ from all major popular music genres as well as avant-garde music and world music.

In 2010, attendance _________ 30,000 and it became the first festival in the Czech Republic to be ______ ____ a month in advance. Read More... 

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Let's Practice

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Over to You

This 2:37-minute video showcases samples from the line-up for the 2017 event, held on 19-22 July. Listen to the song clips and match each singer/band to the lyrics below:

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