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WATCH DOCS. Human Rights in Film
Warsaw's Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights hosts WATCH DOCS, a festival that explores Human Rights issues in film. Gracing screens in Ujazdowski Castle and across Warsaw, it has also…
Thousands gather in Krakow's Main Square on New Year's Eve to celebrate with fireworks and live music. This year, one-time X Factor winner Leona Lewis and Belgian singer Kate Ryan are just two…
People brave the cold in Gdansk to welcome the new year in Coal Market Square with fireworks and music.
Every year since 1943, Krakow's Museum of History has celebrated Christmas with a competition for the most beautiful szopka (nativity scene or crib). All the cribs remain on display until…
Shanties: Krakow International Sailors' Song Festival
Despite its land-locked location, Krakow hosts this international Sailors' Song Festival, also known as Shanties. The event celebrates all kinds of nautical song and poetry, with concerts of…
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
Warsaw's Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival honours not just the composer, but the wealth of classical music in the 200 years since his heyday. Numerous concerts, conferences and exhibitions…
Over 1400 runners take part in the Cracovia Marathon, starting and finishing at Krakow's open grassland, Blonia. The 26-mile route heads east from the Old Town, through the districts of…
The Cracow Screen Festival fuses video installations with live music to create a three-day visual art and concert experience. The performances - from both Polish and international artists -…
During Krakow's Juwenalia festivities, students rule the streets with parties and parades. In a tradition dating back to medieval times, the mayor hands the students his keys to the city in…
Put your movie knowledge to the test over three days at Krakow's Film Music Festival. Musicians perform well-known tunes from the silver screen at venues across the city centre.
The Warsaw International Book Fair, held at the Palace of Culture & Science, is an important meeting point for Western and Eastern European publishers. A flurry of authors, publishers…
During Photomonth, Krakow's galleries, cafes, privately-owned flats and industrial spaces are filled with snapshots by renowned artists. With over 40 exhibitions and a parallel programme of…
Two spacious concert tents take over Blonia, a grassy open space in central Krakow, for the Selector Festival. Live music fans arrive in their thousands for two days of gigs from top…
Add a bit of flavour to your holiday at the Wieliczka Salt Festival, an event devoted to the most common of all condiments. The 700-year-old Krakow Salt Mine Museum hosts concerts, exhibitions…
Lajkonik, a procession through the Old Town, is a wonderful example of how Krakow celebrates age-old myths. Musicians, merrymakers, the young and the old follow a man dressed in Mongol costume…
Wianki - Floating of the Wreaths
Wianki is a paean to midsummer at which huge ceremonial bonfires - sobotka - are lit along the banks of Krakow's great river Vistula and the inhabitants of the city float magical wreaths downstream.
Gdansk's Sense of Humour Festival (Festiwal Dobrego Humoru) celebrates Polish TV's finest comedies - sit-coms, talk shows, series and musical varieties. There is a comedy competition, and…
International Street Arts Festival (Sztuka Ulicy)
Warsaw's International Street Arts Festival is held around the Palace of Culture and Science and New Town Square. The art installations and workshops started in 1993 as a forum for artists who…
Krakow Jewish Culture Festival
Krakow's former Jewish district, Kazimierz, is the centre of the Jewish Culture Festival, an annual fixture since 1988. During the event, synagogues, cafes, pubs and streets celebrate the…
Polish city Gdynia hosts the annual Heineken Open'er Festival, where crowds are treated to seven stages of live music from top international artists. On-site facilities include camping zones…
