Amphitheater Pezinok
Entertainment venue in Pezinok, Slovakia
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The Amphitheater Pezinok (Slovak: Amfiteáter Pezinok, colloquially Amfík) is an amphitheater and a summer cinema located on Cajlanská Street 7 in Cajla, Pezinok, Slovakia.
| Amfiteáter Pezinok | |
Amfík | |
Projection area, stage and auditorium of the amphitheater in 2023 | |
 Interactive map of Amphitheater Pezinok | |
| Address | Cajlanská 7 902 01 Pezinok-Cajla Slovakia |
|---|---|
| Location | Cajla, Pezinok, Slovakia |
| Coordinates | 48.296077°N 17.267239°E |
| Owner | Town of Pezinok |
| Operator | Pezinok Cultural Center |
| Current use | amphitheater/summer cinema |
| Public transit | Public transport lines No. 2 and 22 to/from Amfiteáter bus stop |
| Parking | outdoor parking lot |
| Construction | |
| Opened | early 1960s |
| Website | |
| kcpezinok kinopezinok | |
History
It was completed as part of the "Z" campaign and its construction cost 1,434,000 Kčs.[1] It has been in continuous summer activity since the early 1960s.[2]
From 1964 to 1972, the Beatclub youth club was located here.[3]
The festival Koncert mladosti was held here in 1976 and 1977.
In 1980s, the Bratislava-vidiek District Education Center (Slovak: Okresné osvetové stredisko Bratislava-vidiek) was located here, which organized the Hudobný festival mladých in 1987 and 1989.[3]
Present
The amphitheater was the first in Slovakia to be able to project digital media.[2] It is used as a summer cinema of the Pezinok Cultural Center, but also for concerts and other cultural events. Movies are always shown here at 9:15 pm, in the month of August already at 9:00 pm.[4]
Since 2017, films have been screened in the amphitheater in seven-channel sound.[4]