Czequestria
| Czequestria | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | My Little Pony fan convention |
| Venue | KD Krakov |
| Location | Prague |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Inaugurated | 29–31 August 2014 |
| Most recent | 23–25 August 2024 |
| Next event | 21–23 August 2026 |
| Organized by | CZ/SK Bronies |
| Website | http://czequestria.cz/ |
| My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic |
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Czequestria is an annual brony convention held in Prague, Czech Republic organized for the fandom of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, whose adult fans are commonly referred to as bronies. Czequestria is the largest My Little Pony fan convention in the Czech Republic.
The next Czequestria is set to take place 21–23 August 2026 at the KD Krakov cultural center.[1]
Overview
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Czequestria is the largest brony convention in the Czech Republic[2] and one of the largest in Europe.[3][4] Its name is a portmanteau of Czech and Equestria, the main setting of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.[5]
The convention emerged from the Czech brony community, which has thousands of followers on their dedicated Facebook page and over 3,000 registered users on the Bronies.cz discussion forum. By 2015, Bronies.cz had garnered over 445,000 posts. The Czech brony community is active at various fantasy and science fiction events throughout the country; Czechquestria serves as the community's primary annual gathering.[2]
Czequestria was founded in 2014 and organized by the CZ/SK Bronies association. The second Czechquestria took place August 21–23, 2015 at the KD Krakov cultural center in Prague. General admission tickets included convention entry, access to live action role-playing game activities, a con book, and a themed lanyard. The highest-tier sponsor badge package also included a special voucher, a limited edition figurine of Poník Libuše (Czequestria's original character pony mascot[4]), a convention poster, and recognition of the sponsor's name in the con book.[6]
Czequestria also hosts a cosplay contest, which was featured in the 2020 documentary Setkání s Libuší (transl. Meeting with Libuša).[4]
See also
[edit]- BronyCAN
- BronyCon
- GalaCon
- UK PonyCon
- Vanhoover Pony Expo
- RuBronyCon
- List of My Little Pony fan conventions
References
[edit]- ^ "Another Czequestria? Let's discuss this..." Czequestria. 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
- ^ a b Zelenka, Jakub (2015-03-17). "Muži v Česku propadli fenoménu My little pony. Věří, že přátelství je magické" [Men in the Czech Republic have fallen for the My Little Pony phenomenon. They believe that friendship is magical]. Lidové noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-09-11.
- ^ Król, Jan (2018-08-13). "Bronies. Bracia Tęczowych Kucyków. Ze swoją ulubioną Twilight Sparkle Dmitrij się nie rozstaje" [Bronies. Rainbow Pony Brothers. Dmitry is never far from his beloved Twilight Sparkle]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-09-11.
- ^ a b c Marková, Taťána (2020). Setkání s Libuší [Meeting with Libuša] (documentary) (in Czech). Event occurs at 32:09–34:56. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
- ^ Connelly, Sherilyn (2017). Ponyville Confidential: The History and Culture of My Little Pony, 1981–2016. McFarland. p. 59. ISBN 9781476662091.
- ^ Weiszová, Veronika (2016). Conování jako praxe české komunity fanů [Conning as practice of the Czech fan community] (Thesis) (in Czech). Praha: Univerzita Karlova.
