CULTURE

All year round, the town orga­nizes art and music fes­ti­vals, parades, marathons and oth­er sport events, as well as folk art shows and fes­ti­vals. The most famous ones include: the Jew­ish Cul­ture Fes­ti­val (the largest fes­ti­val of this kind in the world), the Night of Muse­ums, and the Inter­na­tion­al Fes­ti­val of Inde­pen­dent Cin­e­ma OFF Cam­era, the East­er Fes­ti­val “Mis­te­ria Paschalia”, the Baroque Music Fes­ti­val “Opera Rara”, the Sum­mer Jazz Music Fes­ti­val, the Folk Art Fes­ti­val, the Sum­mer Street The­atre Fes­ti­val, and the Krakow Marathon. Since Poles do love excel­lent cui­sine, Krakow orga­nizes fes­ti­vals of bread, soups, hon­ey, as well as the most famous Less­er Poland’s Fes­ti­val of Savour. Please, con­tact us for details!

Krakow is well known for its exten­sive offer of clas­si­cal music con­certs. The con­nois­seurs of the Baroque music may take part in the cham­ber orches­tra con­certs held in The St. Peter and Paul’s Church and in the St. Bernadine’s  Church. The Chopin music con­certs are reg­u­lar­ly orga­nized in var­i­ous exquis­ite con­cert halls scat­tered around the Old Town. Organ music con­certs, as well as East­er music con­certs played by the Krakow Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra and Choir are also high­ly regard­ed among music lovers and vis­i­tors. The his­toric Kaz­imierz Jew­ish Quar­ter is also home to numer­ous klezmer music con­certs and gigs. In sum­mer, the Roy­al Cas­tle in Krakow orga­nizes a series of con­certs, held in the arcade court­yard, called “Wawel at Twi­light”. Please, con­tact us for details!