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Tabačka Kulturfabrik

Tabačka Kulturfabrik n.o.

Košice, Slovakia

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Profile last updated: October 11, 2026

About

Tabačka Kulturfabrik is a non-governmental organisation based in Košice, Slovakia working on arts & culture, community development, gender equality +1 more.

Tabačka Kulturfabrik is an open cultural centre in Košice, Slovakia, housed in a former tobacco factory. It was developed from a 2009 alternative culture space and reopened in its current form in 2015. The centre hosts concerts, theatre, contemporary dance, new circus, exhibitions, film, workshops, lectures and community activities for the public. It also runs a co-working space, a creative incubator, studios and event rental spaces, with rental income reinvested in cultural programmes. The organisation produces its own projects such as Human Wave and Festival PESTRO, campaigns on women's rights and workplace safety, and takes part in local and regional cultural policy, including the Košice Self-Governing Region's creative economy programme.

Location

Košice, Slovakia

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

n.o.

Legal name

Tabačka Kulturfabrik n.o.

Registration

50532952

VAT number

SK0656000000

Focus areas

cultureartscommunity centreKošicecontemporary artindependent culturewomen's rights

Languages

SKEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Arts & CultureCommunity developmentGender equalityHuman rights

Works for

Communities

How they work

Community programmesAwareness & educationAdvocacy & campaigning

Programmes

Human Wave

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Arts & Culture · Slovakia, Czech Republic

Hybrid performance project by a group of Slovak independent artists, staged with a call for solidarity in the Slovak and Czech cultural scenes, including a 2026 tour stop in Plzeň.

Festival PESTRO

Arts & Culture · Slovakia

Annual festival celebrating diversity, human rights and community, held at Tabačka in Košice.

Vagína Monológy

Gender equality · Slovakia

Annual staging of Eve Ensler's play The Vagina Monologues, addressing women's rights and safe environments.

Speak Out Safely

Gender equality · Slovakia

Campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace, joined by Tabačka together with a coalition of organisations from August 2026.

Countries of operation

Slovakia

Funding & support

Funded by

Government fundingEarned income

Ways to support

DonateMembership

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

Trans Europe HallesAnténa

Partnerships

Ženský algoritmus, Možnosť voľby, Únia rómskych materských centier, Erste, Fond na podporu umenia

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