Live in Amerika: Michal Prokop & Framus Five

The Live in Amerika concerts at the Velká Amerika Quarry will continue to welcome exceptional performers in 2024.On 13 June, it will be Michal Prokop and his band Framus Five.

The Live in America concerts offer a unique opportunity to visit the quarry area, which is rightly called the Czech Grand Canyon. The concert will be held right down in the quarry near the lake. The quarry is closed all year round and is open to the public only exceptionally under strict security conditions. Such an exception is the Live in America concerts, during which it is possible to visit the area subject to a special regime.

Framus Five is one of the most important bands in Czech rock history. The "beginnings" of the group can be found as early as 1963, but the real history under the current name dates back to 1967, when the current guitarist Michal Prokop first took to the microphone as a singer. The band temporarily ceased its activity twice, once in 1971 and then in 1990, when leader Michal Prokop entered politics. In 2006, after the release of First for the Last Time, Framus Five fully resumed its concert activity with this line-up: