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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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
Crossroads Traditional Music Festival
For three days each year the Crossroads (Rozstaje) Traditional Music Festival fills the streets of Krakow with folk music from the Carpathian Mountains of the Malopolska region. The concert…
The city's annual Pierogi Festival celebrates one of Poland's staple foods, the dumpling. Similar to ravioli, these semi-circular dough parcels are stuffed with fillings such as mashed potato…
The Coke Live Music Festival returns to the airfield at Krakow's Aviation Museum (Muzeum Lotnictwa). The three stages of R&B, pop and hip-hop talent keep crowds entertained for the weekend.
The Music in Old Krakow Festival was established by the early music ensemble Capella Cracoviensis in the 1970s. Over the years it has grown to become a 17-day event filled with concerts and…
Krakow's annual Sacrum-Profanum Festival celebrates 19th and 20th-century music from a specially selected part of the world. This year, the focus is the UK, with concerts featuring music by…
Poland's oldest jazz festival, Krakowskie Zaduszki Jazzowe, takes place every year around All Souls Day (2 November). Musicians from all over the world perform in bars, churches (look out for…
Lovers of amber should pay a visit to Krakow's Old Cloth Hall, which stands in the main Market Square. Traders line the long narrow bazaar, while on the walls, emblems depict the families who…
The Market Square (Rynek Glowny) in the centre of Krakow's Old Town district is Europe's largest medieval square and has been the hub of the city since the 13th century. It contains some of…
