Events
Krakow really is a town that parties all year round. Krakow hosts a flurry of events that will captivate and entertain you. During the Summer months the Plac’s are abound with Festivals and cheer that guarantee plenty of smiles and lots of beers. During Winter Cracovians head indoors but continue to celebrate life and liberty and love!
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Category: Krakow Festivals
Etiuda and Anima Festival
Place: Kijow Centrum Date: 27.11Etiuda & Anima Festival The Etiuda & Anima festival in Krakow is not a typical film festival : there's no red, Cannes-style carpet, no blockbusters, no high budgets (or no budgets at all), no scandalous actors. What is left is fresh, ambitious and excellent cinema. The Etiuda & Anima brings together students and young film artists from film schools from virtually all around the world. The Etiuda & Anima Festival takes place in mi... More »
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Category: Krakow Festivals
Festival of Polish Music
Place: Krakow Philharmonic Date: November 2009Festival of Polish Music in Krakow The Krakow Festival of Polish Music (Festiwal Muzyki Polskiej) is Poland's biggest classical music festival devoted totally to the works of Polish composers. The festival, taking place in November, presents a cross-section of Polish classical music from different epochs, from the medieval to present times. The Festival of Polish Music in Cracow proves, that Poland has many more composers to boast with then Chopin and Szyma... More »
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Film Music Festival
Category: Krakow Festivals
Place: Blonia Commons Date: 21.05Krakow Film Music Festival If, when in a cinema, you ever felt like 'Hey, I've seen Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie (delete as applicable) a million times, but man, this music is absolutely marvelous', closed your eyes and just enjoyed what was flowing through your ears, than the Krakow Film Music Festival (Festiwal Muzyki Filmowej) is the thing for you. The Krakow Film Music Festival was first organized in May 2008 for two reasons: firstly, it's one of the 9 key events of the ... More »
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Category: Krakow Festivals
Internation Soup Festival
Place: Plac Nowy Date: Around May 20thInternational Soup Festival in Krakow Some years ago, archaeologists found a skeleton of a Neanderthal, who had lost all his teeth, and didn't die. As Neanderthals' main dish was Mammoth meat, it seems a miracle kept him alive. That miracle's name was... soup! The Krakow Soup Festival (actually, the International Soup Festival in Krakow, or Międzynarodowy Festiwal Zupy) has nothing to do with that story – but it has a lot to do with good taste, free e... More »
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Category: Krakow Festivals
Jewish Festival
Place: Old Synagogue (Stara Synagoga) Date: Late JuneJewish Festival in Krakow Kazimierz, Krakow's Jewish quarter, is one of the liveliest parts of the city – a real den of bars, restaurants and cafes, filled with eaters and sitters in the daytime, and drinkers and dancers at night. But there seems to be something missing between the empty Synagogues and the old, Jewish shops. The organizers of the Jewish Festival in Krakow have been trying to fill this emptiness – at least for some time. Eac... More »
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