Time and place
From May 22 to May 24, 2026 at Brno Exhibition Ground. Offical opening ceremony starts at 6pm. Entrance will be open from 4pm.
Main entrance to Animefest is hall E. If you already paid for the ticket and have ticket barcode (printed or on screen), you may use the main Expo gate on Friday 4pm to 7pm. Once you get the Animefest bracelet, you may come via the main gate.
If you already paid for the ticket, you can get your bracelet on Thursday 4pm-7pm, or Friday 10am-1pm, at hall E.
Opening times: Friday 16:00-24:00, Saturday 8:30-24:00, Sunday 8:30-15:00
Hall E0 with vendors is closing at 8pm, Artist Alley, Fashion Alley, and hall A1 are closing at 9pm, board games and Lancraft are closing at 11pm, other halls are closing after the last program.
Need to know how you get to the exhibition ground? Have a look at our map and transport info, and venue map with all buildings.
Entrance
As a ticket, you will get the bracelet allowing you to come in and out of the venue anytime. If you preordered the ticket online, please print the ticket code for faster entry.
If you have Family Ticket all of you must enter at the same time.
You can pay the ticket by credit card, or by cash in CZK, or EURO - prices.
Safety and related event
On Saturday and Sunday, the Meeting Brno festival, which includes a gathering of Sudeten Germans, will also take place at the exhibition centre. It is in no way related to Animefest, it takes place in pavilion P at the opposite end of the exhibition centre, it will be separated from Animefest by a fence and will use other entrances (P and G) for its visitors. This event is quite controversial in the eyes of part of the public, so protests are planned against it. However, some of the protesters are not very familiar with Brno, so it may happen that you encounter them around our gates as well. Therefore, we are cooperating with the exhibition centre's security team when organizing the entry of visitors. The police will also supervise safety and are prepared to proactively reinforce patrols around the entrance gates. Please follow the instructions of the organizers, security and police.
In connection with the above, supplementary rules for costumes will apply this year:
In the event that your costumes include airsoft guns or any weapons that look even remotely realistic, carry them wrapped or in luggage outside the venue.
If you planned to bring a costume that might resemble something from the period of the Second or even First World War (military uniforms, some anime costumes, historical alternatives, etc.), you had better leave it at home this year. If you cannot imagine Animefest without it, arrive in civilian clothes and change only in our changing rooms. Even in such a case, however, count on the variant that the police or organizers may evaluate such a costume as a provocation and you will, in the best case, be sent to the changing room, in the worse case, expelled from the event for a gross violation of the rules.
Accommodation in school
Any visitor may use the ZS Kotlářská. There are several rooms available. Don't forget your sleeping bag and anything to be comfortable. School will be open on Friday from 2pm, you can leave your baggage there and come to the exhibition ground. We must leave the school on Sunday by 4pm. You can use the gallery in hall A1 to store baggage on Sunday.
Programme
New main stage in hall B: main events (contests and concerts) are moved to new stage with much bigger capacity.
We will prepare Android and iPhone apps with current schedule - download from app.animefest.cz.
There will be official Afterparty na Flédě on Saturday.
Weapons and cosplay
You can bring weapons or their mock-ups to the festival space only for cosplay purposes. Airsoft firearms must be without a stack or with an empty stack with sealed organizers. Cold weapons and dangerous or potentially dangerous props are only allowed in softer designs or as unused fixed costume components. Costume or other accessories to it are allowed only without sharp edges or other potentially dangerous parts. Dangerous handling of weapons means seizing of weapon to gettin excluded from the festival; shooting from fire arms means immediate and permanent exclusion from the festival.
Preordered merchandise
Please, pick up your order at Animefest stand in hall E before Saturday 8pm.
Voting
Voting for Cosplay contest, Cosplay debut, AMV contest, and FestDance will be in the mobile app, voting ends on Saturday 9pm.
Parking
Some streets around the Expo are regulated - if you see blue line at the parking spot, you need to pay - details, map and online payment at https://www.parkovanivbrne.cz. Another option is parking house Expoparking (across the street from hall E).
Food and refreshments
You can find food stalls outside and in all of our buildings.
Misc info
Staff members on duty have blue safety vest with Animefest logo. All staff members also have name badge with their role. Feel free to ask any staff member for any comments, suggestions, help, if you have trouble with other visitors or staff... We're here for you. If you need medical assistance or are injured, please contact staff members or information point.
Information points are located in A1 and E halls. You can also call our infopoint at +420 778 646 635.
