Krakow
Events in April 2024.
/Further below please find Krakow's selected events
in May 2024/
This month's concerts of music, festivals, opera,
ballet, spectacles, shows, and other events in
Krakow.
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April 1st, Monday,
Easter 2nd day:
Krakow's traditional Emaus fair takes place on the Blonia commons west of the Old Town from 9 am to 5 pm.
Cool jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm
Easter market takes place in the Rynek Gkowny central square from 9 am to 9 pm.
Show of Siuda Baba village tradition starts in the Rynek Glowny central square at 3 pm (free admission).
April 2nd, Tuesday:
Poland's Just Jazz quintet play Dixieland jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
April 3rd, Wednesday:
Jazz jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
April 4th, Thursday:
Krakow Opera
Company produces Tomasz Szymus’s “Copernicus”
musical in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm
(admission 170 PLN).
Krakow’s Filip Szostek Quintet play mainstream jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
April 5th, Friday:
Krakow Opera
Company produces Tomasz Szymus’s “Copernicus”
musical in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm
(admission 170 PLN).
Blues concert features THE BLACK TIE TRIO of guitarist Luiz de Oliveira, drummer Wojtek Switalski, and bassist Ethan Smith in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
April 6th, Saturday:
Jazz concert features Poland's Tomek Nowak Quartet and rapper Eskaubei in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9.30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
April 7th, Sunday:
Concert London Calling features UK’s violist Paul Silverthorne and Krakow’s Sinfonietta Cracovia playing Nicholas Maw’s Life Studies (nos 3, 4, 5), Toru Takemitsu’s A way a Lone II, John Woolrich’s Ulysses Awakes. and Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa’s Quintetto per archi no. 2 in Teatr Laznia Nowa playhouse, 25 os. Szkolne, at 4 pm.
Poland’s violinist Konstanty Andrzej Kulka and harpsichordist Danuta Kojro-Pawulska plus Krakow Opera Children Choir and National Philharmonics Chambert Orchestra perform Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons op. 8 and Ennio Morricone’s cinematic music in Krakow Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 4 pm (admission 199 PLN).
Jazz concert features Poland’s BRYLE trio of guitarist Adam Mika, bassist Grzegorz Pietak, and drummer Michal Heller in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 25 PLN).
April 8th, Monday:
Traditional jazz and swing jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
April 9th, Tuesday:
Jazz concert features Poland's Playing Family sextet in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
April 10th, Wednesday:
Blues-rock jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
April 11th, Thursday:
Jazz concert features Ari Erev Trio of Israel’s pianist Ari Erev and drummer Philippe Gottlieb plus Poland’s bassist Alan Wykpisz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9.30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
April 12th, Friday:
The Netherlands’ band, Tristan, performs pop jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Ludomir Rozycki's “Pan Twardowski” ballet in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
April 13th, Saturday:
The Netherlands’ band, Tristan, performs pop jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Ludomir Rozycki's “Pan Twardowski” ballet in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
April 14th, Sunday:
Jazz concert features Poland’s Gurgul Band in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
Krakow Opera Company produces Ludomir Rozycki's “Pan Twardowski” ballet in
Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5 pm (admission 120 PLN).
April 15th, Monday:
Funk and soul jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
April 16th, Tuesday:
Jazz concert features Krakow’s Katarzyna Radwanska Quartet of vocalist Katarzyna Radwanska, saxophonist Leszek Nowotarski, pianist Wojciech Wachulka, and drummer Bartlomiej Szczepanski in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 30 PLN).
April 17th, Wednesday:
Groove jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
April 18th, Thursday:
Jazz concert features Poland’s PRINCE JEAN PIERRE quartet of guitarist Maciej Muszynski, violinist Dominik Bienczycki, bassist Jedrzej Laciak, and drummer Olaf Rykala in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 30 PLN).
April 19th, Friday:
Krakow Opera
Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s “The
Haunted Manor” Polish national opera in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm
(admission 120 PLN).
Blues concert features Mike Greene Band in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
April 20th, Saturday:
Krakow Opera
Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s “The
Haunted Manor” Polish national opera in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm
(admission 120 PLN).
Poland’s band, FUNK DE NITE, performs fusion jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 40 PLN).
April 21st, Sunday:
Jazz concert TRIBUTE TO TOMASZ STANKO features Poland’s Passion Trio of trumpeter Radoslaw Mosurek, keyboardist Bartlomiej Lesniak, and bassist Mikolaj Sikora in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 30 PLN)
Krakow Opera
Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s “The
Haunted Manor” Polish national opera in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5 pm
(admission 120 PLN).
April 22nd, Monday:
HIP HOP/ELECTRO JAZZ JAM SESSION takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
April 23rd, Tuesday:
Concert of traditional jazz features Krakow’s Old Metropolitan Band in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 7:30 pm (admission 25 PLN).
April 24th, Wednesday:
NOIR JAZZ JAM SESSION takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
April 25th, Thursday:
Jazz quartet of Poland’s saxophonist Jaroslaw Bothur, guitarist Mateusz Szczypka, bassist Ion Virlon, and drummer Kuba Lechki play in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9.30 pm (admission 40 PLN)
April 26th, Friday:
Krakow Opera Company produces
Gaetano Donizetti's 'Don Pasquale' in Opera House, 48
Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Blues concert features Poland’s Jacki band of vocalist and guitarist Jacek Dewodzki, guitarist Jacek Korohoda, bassist Jacek Chruscinski, and drummer Jacek Kura in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
April 27th, Saturday:
Krakow Opera Company produces
Gaetano Donizetti's 'Don Pasquale' in Opera House, 48
Lubicz street, at 6:30 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Jazz concert TRIBUTE TO WOJCIECH KAROLAK features Poland’s drummer Arek Skolik, saxophonist Tomasz Grzegorski, guitarist Gabriel Niedziela, and keyboardist Kajetan Galas in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 45 PLN).
April 28th, Sunday:
Concert of classical music features Ukraine’s organist Olha Sphynda, Krakow’s organist Adam Widznski, and harpsichordist Maria Erdman in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).
Krakow Opera Company produces
Gaetano Donizetti's 'Don Pasquale' in Opera House, 48
Lubicz street, at 5 pm (admission 120 PLN).
Jazz concert features ALDO JOSHUA BAND in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
April 29th, Monday:
Jazz jam session takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm.
April 30th, Tuesday:
Jazz concert JANUSZ NOWOTARSKI IN MEMORIAM takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 pm (admission 30 PLN).
May 2024 entertainment events in Krakow.
May 7th, Tuesday:
Italy’s stellar jazz trumpeter Chris Botti plays - Vol. 1 tour - in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 8 pm (tickets 399 PLN).
May 26th, Sunday:
Concert of classical music features Krakow’s organists Paulina Kucot and Michal Kocot plus violist Elzbieta Gromada in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).
May 30th, Thursday:
USA’s Jonas Brothers pop rock band perform in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 6 pm..
Events in Krakow in June 2024 and beyond
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Krakow Festivals
Hardly a month passes in Krakow without some
time-honored occasion for common festivities or
colorful ceremony. Krakow residents have their own
unique way of celebrating
Christmas,
carnival,
Easter
etc. The city is also famous in Poland for its many
spectacular festivals unknown elsewhere, such as the
wild Lajkonik parade (see the picture above).
More on Krakow's festivals
Krakow's music
The city resounds with music of every kind. Its lively
club scene is divided between hip-hop, house, funky,
techno, traditional rock and still more traditional
jazz. And demanding audience may choose among frequent
concerts and recitals of classical music.
More
on Krakow's music
Krakow Theater
Krakow features prominently on the theater map of
Europe. Its legendary National Stary Theater
counts among the continent’s best companies of players.
As the rest of the city's repertory theaters it runs
several playhouses of varied capacity.
More on Krakow theaters
Krakow
Nightlife
There is no shortage of places to drink, eat, and stay merry late into the night
in Krakow.
More on Krakow nightlife
Sport in
Krakow
You can see the best soccer in the country. Or try paragliding instead.
More on Krakow sports
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Krakow's Regular Culture Events
There are over fifty culture festivals in Krakow
every single year. Some of them have been held for
decades, some are relatively fresh calendar entries.
Among the most prestigious such events count the
‘Music in Old Krakow’ International
Festival,
the
International Biennial of
Architecture, the International Graphic Art
Triennial, and the Krakow Film Festival.
More on Krakow's regular culture events
Museums in Krakow
Krakow boasts the best collections in Poland, and some
of its treasures are the envy of every museum in the
world.
More on Krakow museums
Opera in Krakow
The
new Krakow Opera House, seat of the Krakow Opera
Company, boasts three auditoriums, being the city's
most popular venue for opera, operetta, and ballet
shows.
More about the Krakow Opera
Krakow Folk Traditions
Krakow region has always been rich in colorful folk
traditions, handed down from generation to
generation, with almost every village cultivating
its own set of time-honored customs. Nowadays, as
new lifestyles spread, some ancient practices are
dead but many flourish.
More on
the Krakow folk traditions
Krakow Food Festivals
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Krakow opera program
Krakow Philharmonics program
Krakow is Poland's
tourist Mecca, and also a gateway to many other must-see sites in
the region.
There are over 26,000 Krakow beds to choose from.
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