2017 Events in Krakow

41st Cepelia Folk Art Fair in Krakow goes on in Rynek Glowny central square from August 10th to August 27th.

Music in Old Cracow festival of classical music takes place from August 15th through August 31st.

EuroVolley Poland 2017 European men's volleyball championship takes place in Krakow Tauron Area at Lema street from August 24th thru September 3rd.

August 6th, Sunday: Slovakia’s Lotz Trio of basset horn players performs fragments of Georg Druschetzky’s Divertissement por trois cor de basset and Mozart’s Stucke fur 3 Bassethorner KV 439b, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflote, Le Nozze di Figaro in the Willa Decjusza culture centre, 17 A 28 Lipca 1943 roku street, at 6 pm (admission 20 PLN).
August 13th, Sunday: Poland’s harpsichordist Maciej Swiatkiewicz plays music by D. Buxtehude, G. Muffat, J.J. Froberger, M. Weckmann, J.A. Reincken, and J.Ch. Bach in the Willa Decjusza culture centre, 17 A 28 Lipca 1943 roku street, at 6 pm (admission 20 PLN).
August 15th, Tuesday, the Assumption Feast: The opening concert of the 42nd Music in Old Krakow Festival features Russia's pianist Grigorij Sokolov playing music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 7:30 pm (admission 90 PLN).
August 16th, Wednesday: Poland's Collegium Zielenski ensemble, Gloria choir, and organist Ołena Maceluch perform Polish early classical music by Marcin Leopolita, Jan of Lublin, Bartlomiej Pekiel, Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Mikolaj Zielenski, and Mykola Dylecki in the Kosciol sw. Katarzyny Aleksandryjskiej church (the Augustinian Abbey), 7 Augustianska street, at 7:30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
August 17th, Thursday: Poland’s Emes Piano Duo play music by F. Schubert, C. Debussy, J. Zarebski, and J. Brahms in Aula Florianka concert hall, 8 Basztowa street, at 5 pm (admission 10 PLN).
Concert of classical music, early to modern, features UK’s London Brass ensemble in the courtyard of the Jagiellonian University’s Collegium Maius, 15 Jagiellonska street and Sw. Anny street, at 7:30 pm - admission 50 PLN (in the case of rain the concert takes place in the Kosciol OO. Karmelitow church, 19 Karmelicka street, at 8 pm).
August 18th, Friday: USA’s Chanticleer vocal ensemble sing classical music by Orlando di Lasso, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Thomas Morley, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Francis Poulenc plus gospel songs in the Wielczka Salt Mine’s subterranean Kaplica sw. Kingi chapel at 9 pm (admission 60 PLN).
August 19th, Saturday: Ukraine’s pianist Alina Shevchenko, violinist Olena Maiboroda, and cellist Bohdana Seniura play music by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, L. van Beethoven, M. Ravel, D. Shostakovich, and M. Skoryk in Aula Florianka concert hall, 8 Basztowa street, at 5 pm (admission 10 PLN).
Germany’s Philharmonia Quartett plays music by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Robert Schumann in the Kosciol sw. Bernardyna church (the Bernadine monastery), 2 Bernadynska street, at 8 pm (admission 50 PLN).
USA’s pop singer Lana Del Rey performs in Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego (Polish Aviation Museum), Live Festival, 39 Jana Pawla II avenue.
August 20th, Sunday: Poland’s vocal octet, Octava Ensemble, sings Zoltan Kodaly’s music in the Tyniec Abbey, 37 Benedyktynska street, at 4 pm (admission 40 PLN).
Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis renders J. Haydn’s string quartets in C major op. 9 no. 1 and D minor op. 9 no. 4 in the Willa Decjusza culture centre, 17 A 28 Lipca 1943 roku street, at 6 pm (admission 20 PLN).
Turkey’s Georgia-born violinist Veriko Tchumburidze and Krakow’s Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra play music by Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Kosciol sw. Katarzyny Aleksandryjskiej church (the Augustinian Abbey), 7 Augustianska street, at 7:30 pm (admission 50 PLN).
August 21st, Monday: Russia’s Ivan Monighetti cellist plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s music in the Kosciol sw. Bernardyna church (the Bernadine monastery), 2 Bernadynska street, at 8 pm (admission 50 PLN).
August 22nd, Tuesday: USA’s bass and lutenist Joel Frederiksen plus lutenists Ziv Braha and Ryosuke Sakamoto perform John Dowland’s music in the Krakow National Museum’s Galeria Sztuki Polskiej XIX Wieku art gallery in the Cloth Hall, 1-3 Rynek Glowny central square, at 7:30 pm (admission 50 PLN).
August 23rd, Wednesday: Croatia’s Hrvatski Barokni Ansambl baroque music ensemble plays music by G. Ph. Telemann, J. G. Janitsch, F. Couperin, J. J. Quantz, and J. Ch. Bach in the Bazylika Bozego Ciala church, 26 Bozego Ciala street and Plac Wolnics square, at 8 pm (admission 40 PLN).
August 24th, Thursday: Ukraine's Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra with conductor Serhey Burko perform music by Maksym Berezovsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, and Antonio Salieri in the Bazylika Najswietszego Serca Pana Jezusa church (the Jesuit monastery), 26 Kopernika street, at 7:30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
August 25th, Friday: Poland’s Kwartet Ostinato quartet play music by W. Barwinski, L. van Beethoven, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and M. Skoryk in Aula Florianka concert hall, 8 Basztowa street, at 5 pm (admission 10 PLN).
Concert Dialogue of Souls features Spain's Jordi Savall and Greece’s Dimitri Psonis in the Kosciol sw. Katarzyny Aleksandryjskiej church (the Augustinian Abbey), 7 Augustianska street, at 7:30 pm (admission 80 PLN).
August 26th, Saturday: Concert Motets, 500 Years of Reformation features Poland’s Octava Ensemble vocal octet in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 5 pm (admission 40 PLN).
Poland’s Trio Krakowskie of violinist Wieslaw Kwasny, cellist Aleksandra Lignar, and pianist Jacek Tosik-Warszawiak play music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, and Andrzej Panufnik in Aula Florianka concert hall, 8 Basztowa street, at 7:30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
August 27th, Sunday: Poland’s mezzo-soprano Ewa Menaszek and soprano Joanna Wojcik plus pianists Karolina Lindert and Aleksandra Dabek perform music by C. Guastavino, A. Ginastera, M. K. Oginski, M. Karlowicz, W. Zelenski, L. Rozycki, and A. Copland in Aula Florianka concert hall, 8 Basztowa street, at 5 pm (admission 10 PLN).
Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis renders J. Haydn’s quartet in B major Sunrise, J. Brahms’ quartet in A minor, and A. Webern’s Langsamer Satz in the Willa Decjusza culture centre, 17 A 28 Lipca 1943 roku street, at 6 pm (admission 20 PLN).
Poland’s flutist Lukasz Dlugosz and Orkiestra Amadeus orchestra play music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Saverio Mercadante, and Antonin Dvorak in Tempel Sunagogue, 24 Miodowa street, at 7 pm (free admission).
August 28th, Monday: Poland’s harpsichordists Elzbieta Stefanska, Mariko Kato, Anna Huszczo, and Joanna Solecka plus the festival orchestra play Johann Sebastian Bach’s music in the Teatr im. Juliusza Slowackiego theatre, 1 sw. Ducha square, at 7:30 pm (admission 60 PLN).
August 29th, Tuesday: Czech Ensemble Baroque performs Claudio Monteverdi’s music in Kosciol sw. sw. Piotra i Pawla church, 52 Grodzka street, at 7:30 pm (admission 40 PLN).
August 30, Wednesday: Concert The Singing of the Ancient Church features Russia’s Optina Pustyn choir  in the Kosciol sw. Franciszka z Asyzu church (the Franciscan monastery), 5 Wszystkich Swietych square, at 8:15 (admission 60 PLN).
August 31st, Thursday: Norway’s Trondheim Baroque Orchestra and Vox Nidrosiensis vocal ensemble perform music by Dietrich Buxtehude, Pierre Verdier, Kaspar Forster, Christian Geist, and Vincenzo Albrici in the Kosciol sw. Katarzyny Aleksandryjskiej church (the Augustinian Abbey), 7 Augustianska street, at 7:30 pm (admission 50 PLN).

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Entertainment events in Krakow planned for September 2017. 

September 24th, Sunday: Krakow’s organist Andrzej Bialko gives a recital in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).

Krakow events anticipated in October 2017.

October 12th, Thursday: UK’s rock star Sting performs with his band plus his son Joe Sumner and accordionist Percy Cardona, 57th & 9th World Tour, in Tauron Arena Krakow at 7 Lema street (tickets from 229 PLN up).
October 29th, Sunday: Concert of classical music features Poland’s organist Sebastian Kuczynski plus Krakow’s Academy of Music Guitar Quartet in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).

Events in Krakow scheduled for November 2017.

November 11th, Saturday, Independence Day: Italy’s stellar tenor Andrea Bocelli sings in Tauron Arena Krakow, 7 Lema street, at 7 pm (admission from 189 PLN to 699 PLN).
November 26th, Sunday: Concert of classical music features Poland’s organist Lukasz Mosur plus Krakow’s Kantorei Sankt Barbara choir in the Kosciol sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 6 pm (free admission).

Entertainment events in Krakow expected in December 2017.

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).

Year 2018

Events in Krakow scheduled for February 2018.

February 7th, Wednesday: UK’s veterans of electronic pop, Depeche Mode band, perform in Tauron Arena Krakow at 7 Lema street.

Events in Krakow planned for 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,.