2017 and 2018 Events in Krakow

Krakow Christmas market in Rynek Glowny central square goes on through December 26th.

December 1st, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus Finland’s pianist Henri Sigfridsson render Hector Berlioz’s Rob Roy overture, Sergei Bortkiewicz’s piano concerto no. 2 op. 28 for left hand, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s symphony no. 1 in G minor op.13 „Winter Daydreams” in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
USA’s alt hip-hop act Gavin Mays aka Cities Aviv performs in the Malopolski Ogrod Sztuki culture centre, 12 Rajska street, at 7 pm (admission 55 PLN).
December 2nd, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus Finland’s pianist Henri Sigfridsson render Hector Berlioz’s Rob Roy overture, Sergei Bortkiewicz’s piano concerto no. 2 op. 28 for left hand, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s symphony no. 1 in G minor op.13 „Winter Daydreams” in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
December 3rd, Sunday: Poland’s pop acts Magda Steczkowska, Anna Treter, Magda Umer, Artur Andrus, Michal Bajor, Krzysztof Kiljanski, Andrzej Poniedzielski, Olek Rozanek, and Wolna Grupa Bukowina perfom in the ICE Krakow Congress Center, 17 Konopnickiej street and Monte Casino street, at 7 pm.
December 6th, Wednesday: Poland’s accomplished rock band, Hey, performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 7 pm (tickets 119 PLN).
December 7th, Thursday: Contestants in the 75th Krakow szopka Christmas scene competition display their works in Rynek Glowny central square at noon.
December 8th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Andrzej Kosendiak plus Poland’s soprano Paulina Boreczko, UK’s tenor Nicholas Sharratt, Poland’s bass Sebastian Szumski, and harpsichordist Andrzej Zawisza render Joseph Haydn’s The Creation oratorio in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
December 9th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Andrzej Kosendiak plus Poland’s soprano Paulina Boreczko, UK’s tenor Nicholas Sharratt, Poland’s bass Sebastian Szumski, and harpsichordist Andrzej Zawisza render Joseph Haydn’s The Creation oratorio in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
December 10th, Sunday: Poland’s Chor Polskiego Radia choir performs Krzysztof Penderecki’s music in the Willa Decjusza culture centre, 17 A 28 Lipca 1943 roku street, at 5 pm.
December 17th, Sunday: Concert of classical music features Krakow’s organist Andrzej Bialko and trumpeter Waclaw Mulak in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).
December 30th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Antoni Wit plays Wojciech Kilar’s Polonaise, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s waltz from Swan Lake ballet, Stanislaw Moniuszko’s operatic music, Franz von Suppe’s Light Cavalry overture, Franz Lehar’s Gold and Silver Waltz op. 79, and Johannes Strauss’s Voices of Spring Waltz op. 410 and Blue Danube Waltz op. 314  in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
December 31st, Sunday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Antoni Wit plays Wojciech Kilar’s Polonaise, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s waltz from Swan Lake ballet, Stanislaw Moniuszko’s operatic music, Franz von Suppe’s Light Cavalry overture, Franz Lehar’s Gold and Silver Waltz op. 79, and Johannes Strauss’s Voices of Spring Waltz op. 410 and Blue Danube Waltz op. 314  in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.

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Entertainment events in Krakow planned for January 2018.

January 1st, Monday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Antoni Wit plays Wojciech Kilar’s Polonaise, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s waltz from Swan Lake ballet, Stanislaw Moniuszko’s operatic music, Franz von Suppe’s Light Cavalry overture, Franz Lehar’s Gold and Silver Waltz op. 79, and Johannes Strauss’s Voices of Spring Waltz op. 410 and Blue Danube Waltz op. 314  in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
January 6th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Choir and Boys Choir plus Poland’s Cracow Brass Quintet perform Arcangelo Corelli’s Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 8 in G minor “The Christmas Concerto” and the Polish carols in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
January 12th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Gabriel Chmura plus Poland’s soprano Joanna Freszel render Nicola Porpora’s Nobil onda aria from Adelaide opera, Gyorgy Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre aria from Le Grand Macabre opera, and Alexander Alyabyev’s The Nightingale in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
January 13th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Gabriel Chmura plus Poland’s soprano Joanna Freszel render Nicola Porpora’s Nobil onda aria from Adelaide opera, Gyorgy Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre aria from Le Grand Macabre opera, and Alexander Alyabyev’s The Nightingale in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
January 19th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Lukasz Borowicz plus Poland’s violinist Maria Slawek play Aleksander Tansman’s Four Polish Dances, Sergei Prokofiev’s violin concerto no. 2 in G minor, and Nikolai Tcherepnin’s Narcisse et Echo op. 40 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
January 20th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Lukasz Borowicz plus Poland’s violinist Maria Slawek play Aleksander Tansman’s Four Polish Dances, Sergei Prokofiev’s violin concerto no. 2 in G minor, and Nikolai Tcherepnin’s Narcisse et Echo op. 40 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
January 28th, Sunday: Poland’s pianist Szymon Nehring gives a recital in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.

Krakow events anticipated in February 2018.

February 2nd, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus Sweden’s pianist Carl Petersson render Robert Schumann’s Introduction and Allegro appassionato op. 92, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in C minor op. 80, and Gustav Holst’s The Planets op.32 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
February 3rd, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus Sweden’s pianist Carl Petersson render Robert Schumann’s Introduction and Allegro appassionato op. 92, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in C minor op. 80, and Gustav Holst’s The Planets op.32 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
February 7th, Wednesday: UK’s veterans of electronic pop, Depeche Mode band, perform in Tauron Arena Krakow at 7 Lema street.
February 9th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud plus Poland’s clarinetist Barbara Borowicz play Giacomo Puccini’s Crisantemi, George Gerswhin’s Cuban Overture, Witold Lutoslawski’s Preludia taneczne, Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz’s clarinet concerto, Maurice Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales, and George Gershwin’s Catfish Row suite (Porgy & Bess) in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
February 10th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud plus Poland’s clarinetist Barbara Borowicz play Giacomo Puccini’s Crisantemi, George Gerswhin’s Cuban Overture, Witold Lutoslawski’s Preludia taneczne, Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz’s clarinet concerto, Maurice Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales, and George Gershwin’s Catfish Row suite (Porgy & Bess) in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.
February 16th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus the Czech Republic’s cellist Petr Nouzovsky render Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski’s Monbar, czyli Flibustierowie op. 30, Witold Lutoslawski’s concerto for cello and orchestra, Joseph Haydn’s symphony no. 49 La passione in F minor Hob. I:49, and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird suite in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 pm.
February 17th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe plus the Czech Republic’s cellist Petr Nouzovsky render Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski’s Monbar, czyli Flibustierowie op. 30, Witold Lutoslawski’s concerto for cello and orchestra, Joseph Haydn’s symphony no. 49 La passione in F minor Hob. I:49, and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird suite in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 pm.

Events in Krakow scheduled for March 2018.

March 4th, Sunday: England’s singer-songwriter Jessie Ware performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street.

Entertainment events in Krakow expected in April 2018.

April 8th, Sunday: Irish music band, The Kelly Family, performs folk pop - We Got Love LIVE 2018 tour - in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street.
April 28th, Saturday: USA's stellar rock band, Metallica, performs in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street.

Events in Krakow planned for August 2018.

August 3rd, Friday: UK’s veteran rocker Roger Waters, once Pink Floyd, performs - "Roger Waters - Us+Them" tour - in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street (tickets from 249 PLN up).