Arts Festivals
The list below is not exhaustive, so contact the Polish National Tourist Office for a list of upcoming events before you leave home. The listings in Gazeta Wyborcza or the Warsaw Insider will provide an idea of what's on once you arrive. JANUARY Warsaw Traditional jazz Wroclaw Solo plays FEBRUARY Poznan Boys' choirs Wroclaw Polish contemporary music MARCH Czestochowa Violin music Lodz Opera; student theatre APRIL Krakow Organ music Krakow Student song MAY Bielsko-Biala International puppet theatre (every even-numbered year) Gdansk "Neptunalia" (student festival) Hajonwka Orthodox choirs Krakow "Juvenalia" (student festival) Lacko (near Nowy Sacz) Regional folk festival Lancut Chamber music Warsaw Festival of Sacred Songs Wroclaw Contemporary Polish plays (May/June) Wroclaw Jazz on the Odra JUNE Brzeg Classical music Kamien Pomorski Organ and chamber music (June/July) Kazimierz Dolny Folk bands and singers (June/July) Krynica Arias and songs Kudowa-Zdroj Music of Stanislaw Moniuszko Opole Polish pop songs Poznan Festival of contemporary theatre Plock Folk ensembles Torun Contact festival of modern drama Warsaw Summer Jazz Days JULY Gdansk-Oliwa Organ music (July/Aug) Gdynia Summer Jazz Days Jelenia Gora Street theatre (July/Aug) Koszalin World Polonia Festival of Polish Songs (every 5 years - next 2006) Krakow Jewish culture Miedzyzdroje Choral music Miedzyzdroje "Stars on Holiday" Film Festival Mragrowo Country Picnic (Country and Western music) Nowy Sacz Festival of ethnic/electronic crossover music Rzeszow Festival of Polonia Music and Dance Ensembles Groups (every 3 years - next 2005) Sanok Festival of Alternative and Art Films Swinoujscie Fama Student Artistic Festival AUGUST Duszniki-Zdroj Music of Frederic Chopin Gdansk Dominican fair Jarocin Rock festival Kazimierz Dolny Film Festival Krakow Classical music Sopot International songs Zakopane Highland folklore Zielona Gora International song and dance troupes Zywiec Beskid culture SEPTEMBER Bydgoszcz Classical music Gdansk Polish feature films Slupsk Polish Piano Competition Torun International Old Music Festival Warsaw Contemporary music Wroclaw "Wratislavia Cantans" (choral music) Zamosc Jazz Festival OCTOBER Krakow Jazz music Warsaw Baroque Opera Festival Warsaw Chopin Piano Competition (every 5 years) Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw Jazz Jamboree NOVEMBER Gdynia Film festival Poznan International Violin Competition (every 5 years - next 2006) Warsaw Ancient Music Festival DECEMBER Torun Camerimage International Film Festival (specializing in camerawork) Warsaw Theatre festival Wroclaw Old music
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