{{Short description|Annual My Little Pony fan convention}} {{Infobox Convention | name = Czequestria | image = Czequestria logo mini.png | caption = | status = Active | genre = [[My Little Pony fan convention|''My Little Pony'' fan convention]] | venue = KD Krakov | location = [[Prague]] | country = [[Czech Republic]] | first = 29–31 August 2014 | last = 23–25 August 2024 | next = 21–23 August 2026 | organizer = CZ/SK Bronies | filing = | attendance = | website = http://czequestria.cz/ }} {{My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic sidebar}} '''Czequestria''' is an annual [[My Little Pony fan convention|''My Little Pony'' fan 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.czequestria.cz/another-czequestria-lets-discuss-this/|title=Another Czequestria? Let’s discuss this...|date=2025-07-17|access-date=2025-09-11|website=Czequestria}}</ref>
== Overview == {{See also|My Little Pony fan convention}} [[File:Poník Libuše.png|thumb|left|upright=0.8|''Poník Libuše'', Czequestria's [[original character]] [[ponysona|pony mascot]]]] Czequestria is the largest brony convention in the [[Czech Republic]]<ref name="Zelenka-2015">{{cite web|url=https://www.lidovky.cz/relax/lide/i-muzi-v-cesku-milujici-poniky-a-veri-ze-pratelstvi-je-magicke.A150316_154524_lide_jzl|title=Muži v Česku propadli fenoménu My little pony. Věří, že přátelství je magické|first=Jakub|last=Zelenka|date=2015-03-17|access-date=2025-09-11|website=[[Lidové noviny]]|lang=cs|trans-title=Men in the Czech Republic have fallen for the My Little Pony phenomenon. They believe that friendship is magical}}</ref> and one of the largest in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wyborcza.pl/duzyformat/7,127290,23773162,bronies-bracia-teczowych-kucykow-ze-swoja-ulubiona-twilight.html|website=[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]|first=Jan|last=Król|date=2018-08-13|access-date=2025-09-11|title=Bronies. Bracia Tęczowych Kucyków. Ze swoją ulubioną Twilight Sparkle Dmitrij się nie rozstaje|lang=pl|trans-title=Bronies. Rainbow Pony Brothers. Dmitry is never far from his beloved Twilight Sparkle}}</ref><ref name="Markova-2020">{{cite AV media |first=Taťána |last=Marková|date=2020 |title=Setkání s Libuší |url=https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10762990731-setkani-s-libusi/ |type=documentary|language=cs |access-date=2025-09-11|trans-title=Meeting with Libuša|time=32:09–34:56}}</ref> Its name is a [[portmanteau]] of ''Czech'' and ''[[Equestria]]'', the main setting of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Connelly |first=Sherilyn |date=2017 |title=Ponyville Confidential: The History and Culture of My Little Pony, 1981–2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476662091 |page=59}}</ref>
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 [[Online communities of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom|Bronies.cz discussion forum]]. By 2015, Bronies.cz had garnered over 445,000 posts. The Czech brony community is active at various [[Science fiction convention|fantasy and science fiction events]] throughout the country; Czechquestria serves as the community's primary annual gathering.<ref name="Zelenka-2015"/>
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]] [[ponysona|pony mascot]]<ref name="Markova-2020"/>), a convention poster, and recognition of the sponsor's name in the con book.<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Weiszová|first=Veronika|title=Conování jako praxe české komunity fanů|trans-title=Conning as practice of the Czech fan community|publisher=[[Univerzita Karlova]]|location=Praha|year=2016|language=cs}}</ref>
Czequestria also hosts a [[cosplay]] contest, which was featured in the 2020 documentary ''Setkání s Libuší'' ({{translation|i=yes}} ''Meeting with [[Libuše|Libuša]]'').<ref name="Markova-2020"/>
== See also == * [[BronyCAN]] * [[BronyCon]] * [[GalaCon]] * [[UK PonyCon]] * [[Vanhoover Pony Expo]] * [[RuBronyCon]] * [[List of My Little Pony conventions|List of ''My Little Pony'' fan conventions]]
== References == {{reflist}}
{{My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic}}
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