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New movies in Krakow playhouses. 

Note: Foreign movies are usually showed in their original language with the Polish subtitles (but dubbing happens). 
American: Carlton Saldanha's 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dionosaurs' (cartoon). Kevin Smith's 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' with Zeth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, and Craig Robinson. Anne Fletcher's 'The Proposal' with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' with Shia LeBeouf, Megan Fox, and John Torturro. 
Chinese: John Woo's 'Chi be' (Three Kingdoms) with Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and You Yong.  
French: Anne Fontaine's 'Coco Avant Chanel' with Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, and Alessandro Nivola. 
Mexican: Fernando Eimbcke's 'Lake Tahoe' with Diego catano, Hector Herrera, and Daniela Valentine.
Polish: Jacek Bronski's 'U Pana Boga za miedza' with Krzysztof Dziernia, Andrzej Zaborski, and Wojciech Solarz.  Xawery Zulawski's 'Wojna polsko-ruska' with Borys Szyc, Dorota Maslowska, and Roma Gasiorowska.   

Krakow Events in July

/Further below please find Krakow's selected events in August and beyond/

This month's concerts of music, festivals, opera, ballet, spectacles, shows, and other events in Krakow.  

14th Summer Jazz Festival takes place in Krakow from July 5th to July 31st. 

22nd Street Theater Festival takes place from July 9th through July 12th with evening performances on the Old Town's squares. 

July 4, Saturday: Open-air marathon concerts features six pianist playing Chopin’s music on the Wawel Castle’s courtyard from noon (free admission).
Concert of opera and Chopin's music takes place in the courtyard of the Wawel Royal Castle at 8:30 p.m. 
Poland’s female vocal ensemble, Clamaverunt Iusti, sings Gregorian chant in Tyniec Abbey, 37 Benedyktynska street, at 4:30 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Poland’s three tenors Pawel Skaluba, Dariusz Stachura, and Adam Zdunikowski plus Zabrze Philharmonic Orchestra in the courtyard of Wieliczka’s Zamek Zupny castle, 8 Zamkowa street, at 7 p.m. 
UK’s WELB Youth Orchestra plays in Kosciol Milosierdzia Bozego, 1a Osiedle Na Wzgorzach Krzeslawickich, at 7 p.m. 
Poland’s Tubis Trio plays jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Poland's Sylvia Stanczyk Quartet play jazz in Dali club, 21 Mazowiecka street and Cieszynska street, at 9 p.m.
Open-air concert of Jewish music at the conclusion of the Festival of Jewish Culture in Krakow features Balkan Beat Box (USA/Israel), Cukunft (Poland), and All Stars Festival Orchestra on Szeroka street at 6 p.m. 
Krakow’s blues band, The Cooks, performs in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission).
Open-air concert features Krakow’s singing actor Jacek Wojcicki on Maly Rynek square at 7 p.m. 
Poland's band, Karpaty Magiczne, performs world music inspired by Carpatian village tunes on a green at Klasztorna street in Nowa Huta district at 4:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland's band, Psio Crew, performs electronica folk on a green at Klasztorna street in Nowa Huta district at 6:45 p.m. (free admission).
July 5, Sunday: Concert of opera arias takes place in the courtyard of the Wawel Royal Castle at 8:30 p.m. 
Poland’s vocal ensemble, Bornus Consort, sings church music in Kosciol Sw. Josefa church, Rynek Podgorski street, at 3 p.m. (free admission).
Open-air concert features Poland’s sopranos Edyta Krzemien, Sylwia Lorens, vocalists Ewa Romaniak and Monika Wegiel, tenor Leszek Swidzinski, and baritone Rafal Songan by Palac Konopkow mansion in Wieliczka at Slowackiego street, at 7 p.m. (free admission). 
Concert of classical music features Krakow’s organist Andrzej Bialko and Poland’s Canticum Iubilaeum choir performing music by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Liszt in the Tyniec Abbey's church, Benedyktynska street, at 4:15 p.m.
USA's Cantors Assembly sings music by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Jerome Kern in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 5 p.m. 
UK’s WELB Youth Orchestra renders Dvorak’s symphony no. 8 in G major op.88, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker suite, op.71a , Williams’ suite from ‘Schindler’s List’ movie, Zimmer’s suite from ‘Pirates of Caribbean 2’ movie, and Whelan’s Riverdance in Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny church, Skaleczna street and Augustianska street, at 7 p.m.
Open-air concerts of New Orleans jazz feature Colombia’s Sincopa Jazz Band plus Krakow’s Jazz Band Ball Orchestra and Boba Jazz Band in the Old Town historical center. 
Krakow’s veteran jazzmen, Old Metropolitan Band, perform Dixieland music in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Open-air concert of Cuban music features Mili Morena y Su Clave at Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 4 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s band, Beltaine, performs Celtic tunes in Krakow Radio Hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at noon (free admission). 
Concert of Hungarian electronic music features Hungary's Rovar17, Jackie Triste, Pent Leditgrant, Memorial Orchestra, and Fullogic in Kawiarnia Naukowa club, 29 Jakuba street, at 6 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Krakow's singer-songwriter Basia Stepniak-Wilk on Plac Sw. Ducha square at 8 p.m. 
Concert "Leopold Kozlowski and His Friends" features an array of Krakow's pop acts in Synagoga Tempel synagogue, 24 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's Nazzar trio performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
Open-air concert of Gypsy music features Taraf de Ghiocel on a green at Klasztorna street in Nowa Huta district at 3 p.m. (free admission). 
Open-air concert of Gypsy music features Poland’s band, Kale Bala, on a green at Klasztorna street in Nowa Huta district at 5 p.m. (free admission). 
Open-air concert of Gypsy music features Poland’s band, Kale Jakha, on a green at Klasztorna street in Nowa Huta district at 7:30 p.m. (free admission). 
July 6, Monday: Krakow’s veteran jazzmen, Jazz Band Ball Orchestra, and vocalist Beata Przybytek perform Dixieland music in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square and Sw. Anny street, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
Marimba player Alex Jacobowitz plays Jewish music in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
July 7, Tuesday: Poland’s pianist Marian Subula plays Chopin’s music in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street (open air).
Poland’s Piotr Wojtasik Quartet play jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square and Sw. Anny street, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s Mulasta Trio plays jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Krakow’s Grupa MoCarta plus pop acts Katarzyna Jamroz and Katarzyna Zielinskiej perform in Wieliczka Salt Mine at 7 p.m.
July 8, Wednesday: Poland’s Jarek Smietana /Wojciech Karolak Trio plays jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square and Sw. Anny street, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow’s pianist Krystyna Man Li Szczepanska gives recital in Hotel Turowka in Wieliczka at 7 p.m. 
Latin jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
Poland’s band, Karpaty Magiczne, performs world music inspired by Carpatian village tunes in Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs), at 7 p.m.
July 9, Thursday: Germany’s organist Gerhard Gnann plays Handel’s Orgelkonzert op.7 no.1 in B major and Orgelkonzert op.4 no.1 in G minor/major, Mendelssohn’s sonata no. 5 in D major op. 65 and prelude and fugue no. 2 in D major op.35, Bruna’s Tiento de 2. tono por ge sol re ut sobre la letania de la Virgen, Johann Sebastian Bach’s prelude and fugue in e minor BWV 548 and Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn BWV 648, Anonymous Battalha of the 17th c., and Louis Vierne’s Finale from symphony no. 6 in Kosciol Mariacki (basilica of the Virgin Mary), Rynek Glowny central square, at 7:30 p.m. 
Poland’s trio of guitarist Jarek Smietana and keyboardist Wojciech Karolak play jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s Krzysztof Puma Piasecki Trio in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Poland’s Krzysztof Puma Piasecki Trio plays jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. 
Blues concert features Poland's Tadeusz Pocieszynski and Bluesmobile Band in Salt&Co bar of Radisson Blu Hotel, 17 Straszewskiego street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s alt pop act Michal Augustyniak performs in Eszeweria club, 9 Jozefa street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow's Nazzar trio performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
July 10, Friday: Poland’s accomplished pianist Piotr Paleczny and Krakow’s Beethoven Academy Orchestra render Chopin’s piano concerto in e minor and Brahms’ symphony no. 4 in Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland’s accomplished pianist Janusz Olejniczak plays Chopin’s music in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street (open air).
Poland’s soprano Justyna Reczeniedi sings opera arias in Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs), at 7 p.m. 
Poland’s pianist Marcin Koziak and a string quartet play music by Bach and Chopin next to the Wawel Royal Castle at 8 p.m.
Poland’s veteran saxophonist Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski and his quintet perform mainstream jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square and Sw. Anny street, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Krakow’s veteran saxophonist Janusz Muniak and Mike del Ferro in U Muniaka club, 3 Florianska street, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow’s blues band, KGB, performs in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s blues band, 7ma w Nocy, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Poland’s Justyna Radosik and Marek Mazurski perform sailors songs in Wrega club, 17 Jozefa street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
July 11, Saturday: Concert of classical music features Cambiata Wien chamber ensemble in Tyniec Abbey, 37 Benedyktynska street, at 4:30 p.m. 
Scotland’s piper Lindsay Dawidson plus Poland’s harpist Irena Czubek-Davidson, violinist Pawel Wojtowicz, and percussionist Ryszard Haba perform Scottish music in Wieliczka’s Aula Sztygarowka, 2 Dembowskiego street, at 7 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s pianist Marcin Koziak and a string quartet play music by Bach and Chopin next to the Wawel Royal Castle at 8 p.m.
Poland’s Adam Kawonczyk Quartet plays jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Leo’ Ansamble Quartet in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Poland’s blues band, Bluesmobile, performs in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow's veteran blues band, KGB, performs in Dali club, 21 Mazowiecka street and Cieszynska street, at 9 p.m. 
Open-air rock concert features bands, Finland's Apocalyptica, the UK's Anathema, Canada's Voivod, the USA's Cynic plus Poland's Horrorscope, Proghma-C, and Huge ccm in Hala Wisly sports hall, 22 Reymonta street, at 3 p.m. 
Krakow’s pop singer Janusz Radek gives recital in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 7 p.m.  
An enactment of a medieval tournament takes place in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street from noon to 2:30 p.m.
July 12, Sunday: Krakow’s harpsichordist Elzbieta Stefanska and flutist Zbigniew Witkowski play sonatas by Bach and Mozart in Kosciol Sw. Josefa church, Rynek Podgorski street, at 3 p.m. (free admission).
Concert of classical music features Krakow’s organist Piotr Piątek and Vienna’s early music string ensemble, Cambiata Wien, in the Tyniec Abbey’s church, Benedyktynska street, at 4:15 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Poland’s sopranos Krystyna Tyburowska, Edyta Piasecka, and Aleksandra Resztik, tenors Tadeusz Szlenkier and Leszek Swidzinski, baritone Rafał Songan, and Krakow’s Obligato Orchestra performing operatic music in the courtyard of Wieliczka’s Zamek Zupny castle, 8 Zamkowa street, at 7 p.m.
Open-air concert of Latin jazz feature Colombia’s Sincopa Jazz Band at Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 4 p.m. (free admission).
Jazz concert features Janusz Muniak/Mike del Ferro Quartet in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s Ewa Kawka Quartet in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Poland's guitarist Raphael Roginski performs songs of John Cash, Bob Dylan, and Tom Watts among others in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 9 p.m. (free admission). 
Jazz concert featutes Bahrain’s Ahmed Alghanem and Hanka Rybka in Drukarnia club, 1 Nadwislanska street, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s Quartet Klezmer Trio plays traditional Jewish tunes in Krakow Radio Hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at noon (free admission). 
Open-air rock concert features bands, the USA's Testament, Sweden's Meshuggah, the USA's The Dillinger Escape Plan, Denmark's Hatesphere plus Poland's Frontside and Blindead in Hala Wisly sports hall, 22 Reymonta street, at 3 p.m.
Krakow's Nazzar trio performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m.   
July 13, Monday: Poland’s mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Holysz and tenor Tomasz Kuk sing operetta arias in Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs), at 7 p.m. 
Poland’s jazz saxophonist Henryk Miskiewicz and Full Drive ensemble play jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
July 14, Tuesday: Poland’s pianist Bartlomiej Kominek plays Chopin’s music in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street (open air).
Poland’s Janusz Skowron/Jerzy Glowczewski Quartet play jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Fussion jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
July 15, Wednesday: Krakow’s Marek Balata Group performs modern jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s Maciej Grzywacz Quartet plays jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. 
Poland’s Marcin Urzedowski and Wojciech Sochaczewski perform world music in Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs), at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's ensemble, Klezzmates, performs jazzy world music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
July 16, Thursday: Italy’s organist Matteo Messori plays Cavazzoni’s Recercar, Jan of Lublin’s 3 pieces, Redford’s Christe qui lux, Taverner’s In nomine, Rodio’s Ricercata, Gabrieli’s Canzon and Ricercare, Byrd’s Clarifica me, Frescobaldi’s Recercar con obligo di Cantar la Quinta parte senza Tocarla and Toccata per l'Elevatione, Bull’s Fantasia, Gibbons’ Fancy, Rossi’s Toccata, Kerll’s Canzona and Capriccio sopra il Cucco, and Cabanilles’s Passacalles in Kosciol Sw. Krzyza church, 23 Sw. Krzyza street at Plac Sw. Ducha square, at 7 p.m.
Jazz concert features Maria Schneider, Nils Landgren, and NDR Big Band in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 8 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Przemek Dyjakowski and Melisa in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's Nazzar trio performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
Charis Ioannou Trio play jazz in U Muniaka club, 3 Florianska street, at 9 p.m.
July 17, Friday: Poland’s pianist Agnieszka Ufniarz plays Chopin’s music in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street (open air).
Poland’s soprano Izabella Matula and baritone Sebastian Szumski sing favorite opear arias next to the Wawel Royal Castle at 8 p.m.
Jazz concert features Joe Lovano, Joao Bosco, and NDR Big Band in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 8 p.m. 
Jan Jarczyk Quartet plus Remi Bolduc perform jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert featuring Charis Ioannou Trio takes place in U Muniaka club, 3 Florianska street, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s blues band, Za 10 Dziesiata, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Poland’s band, Monkey Business, performs in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s Pawel Orkisz and Piotr Zadrozny perform sailors songs in Wrega club, 17 Jozefa street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
July 18, Saturday: Italy’s organist Sergio Militello gives recital in Tyniec Abbey, 37 Benedyktynska street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland’s soprano Izabella Matula and baritone Sebastian Szumski sing favorite opear arias next to the Wawel Royal Castle at 8 p.m.
Open-air jazz concert features Nils Landgren and NDR Big Band, followed by Quartet W.A.Sendecki, Andrzej Olejniczak Quartet, Joao Bosco and NDR Big Band, W.A.Sendecki with friends – saxophonists Janusz Muniak and Adam Pieronczyk, guitarist Jarek Smietana, and drummer Janusz Stefanski, on Maly Rynek square, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. 
Open-air jazz concert features Adam Pieronczyk Group, Harry Sokal Trio, Charis Ioannou Quartet, and Mikołaj Trzaska International Group, on Plac Wolnica square, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. 
Poland’s jazz ensemble, Marek Balata Group, performs in the main hall of the National Museum in Krakow, 3 Maja Street and Mickiewicza avenue, at 7 p.m. 
Jazz concert features duo of Dominik Wania and Bronisław Suchanek performs in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s Aleksandra Tomaszewska Quintet in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Jazz concerts take place in clubs U Muniaka at 3 Florianska street, Piec’Art at 12 Szewska street, Piwnica pod Baranami at 27 Rynek Glowny, Alchemia at 5 Estery street, Harris Piano at 28 Rynek Glowny, and Drukarnia at 1 Nadwislanska street from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. 
Poland's Magda Kasprzyk Trio plays jazz in Dali club, 21 Mazowiecka street and Cieszynska street, at 9 p.m.
July 19, Sunday: Russia’s violist Grigori Zhyslin and Krakow’s violinist Robert Kabara play music for violin and viola by Mozart, Handel, and Spohra plus Dvorak’s Terzetto in C major in the Jagiellonian University’s Collegium Maius, 15 Jagiellonska street and Sw. Anny street, at 7 p.m.
Poland’s accoplished young pianist Przemysław Witek gives recital in Villa Decius, 28 Lipca street, at 5 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow’s organist Witold Zalewski and marimba player Ryszard Haba perform music by Lemmens, Surzynski, Bach, Mendelssohn, Glennie, and Piazzola in Kosciol Sw. Josefa church, Rynek Podgorski street, at 3 p.m. (free admission). 
NDR Big Band performs music by Kurt Weill followed by Polish/German Jamboree featuring Poland’s outstanding jazzmen, saxophonists Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski and Janusz Muniak, bassist Gucio Dylag, and guitarist Jarek Smietana plus Germany’s NDR Big Band in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow’s Krzysztof Scieranski Trio plays jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s jazz singer Katarzyna Radwanska gives recital in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Open-air concert features Poland’s ensemble, Barwy Karpat, performing Ukrainian folk music at Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 4 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s Kozina&Kwaśny Duo plays jazzy Latin tunes in Krakow Radio Hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at noon (free admission). 
Krakow's Nazzar trio performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
July 20, Monday: Krakow’s Boba Jazz Band performs jazz standards in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow’s jazz quintet, Hi Five, performs standards in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
July 21, Tuesday: Poland’s pianist Aleksander Kudajczyk plays Chopin’s music in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street (open air).
Jazz concert features RGG Trio in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Latin jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's trio, Di Galitzyaner Klezmorim, perform traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
July 22, Wednesday: Poland’s jazz duo of saxophonist Tomasz Szukalski and Artur Dutkiewicz plays in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Blues jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
Poland’s Balkan Sevdah Entertainment Trio performs world music inspired by Balkan tunes in Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs), at 7 p.m.
July 23, Thursday: Poland’s organist Marek Toporowski plays Mendelssohn’s 2nd sonata in c minor, Borowski’s prelude and fugue, Wagner’s Gebet des Königs (Lohengrin), and Stanford’s 4th Sonata in c minor "Celtica" op. 154 part 2 and 3 ‘St. Patrick's Breastplate’ in Kosciol Karmelitow church, 19 Karmelicka street and Garbarska street, at 8 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland's trio, Papilla, in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Poland’s Jacek Kochan Trio plays jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert featuring Helmut Kagerer takes place in U Muniaka club, 3 Florianska street, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s Janusz Prusinowski Trio plays mazurkas in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 8 p.m. (free admsision).
Krakow's Nazzar trio performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
July 24, Friday: Poland’s pianist Piotr Machnik plays music by Chopin and Brahms next to the Wawel Royal Castle at 8 p.m. (open air). 
Poland’s pianist Joanna Marcinkowska plays Chopin’s music in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street (open air).
Poland’s Maciej Obara Trio plays jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s jazz ensemble, Old Wave, performs in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission).
Jazz concert features Helmut Kagerer in U Muniaka club, 3 Florianska street, at 9 p.m. 
Open-air concert of world music features Poland’s Czeremszyna and Belarus’ Todar ensembles on Rynek Glowny central square at 6 p.m., followed by Hungary’s Romengo at 7 p.m., and Jamaica’s Twinkle Brothers and Poland’s Trebunie Tutki at 8:15 p.m. (free admsision). 
Hungary’s band, Romengo, performs world music in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 11 p.m. (free admsision). 
France’s singer and guitarist Jean Marc Leclercq gives recita in Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs), at 8:30 p.m. 
Poland’s blues band, Monkey Business, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Poland’s Wlodek Mazon and his band perform sailors songs in Wrega club, 17 Jozefa street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
July 25, Saturday: Concert of early music features France’s ensemble, Les Heures, in Tyniec Abbey, 37 Benedyktynska street, at 4:30 p.m. 
Poland’s pianist Piotr Machnik plays music by Chopin and Brahms next to the Wawel Royal Castle at 8 p.m.
Jazz concert features duo of Claudio Fasoli and Bobo Stenson in Manggha Museum, 26 Konopnickiej street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow’s jazz ensemble, Little Egoists, performs in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s jazz quintet, Madlove, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Jazz concert featuring Helmut Kagerer takes place in U Muniaka club, 3 Florianska street, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s jazz ensemble, Voda, performs in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission).
Open-air concert of Broadway’s historical hits features Poland’s pop singers Barbara Ducka, Marta Wilk, Janusz Krucinski, Piotr Bajtlik, Mariusz Jasko, and Lukasz Lech on Maly Rynek square at 7 p.m. 
Slovakia’s bands, Muzicka and Fero Morong & Draguni, followed by Czech Republic’s TozTak perform world music in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 11 p.m. (free admsision).
Open-air concert of world music features Slovakia’s bands, Muzicka and Fero Morong & Draguni, on Rynek Glowny central square at 6 p.m., followed by Poland’s slowinska.art.pl at 7 p.m., and Poland’s Zakopower at 8:30 p.m. (free admsision). 
An enactment of a medieval tournament takes place in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street from noon to 2:30 p.m.
July 26, Sunday: Concert of classical music features Krakow’s organist Marcin Szelest and France’s early music ensemble, Les Heures, in the Tyniec Abbey’s church, Benedyktynska street, at 4:15 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Poland’s soprano Magdalena Witczak and tenor Witold Wrona plus Krakow’s ensemble, Orkiestra Straussowska Obligato, performing music by the Strauss family and others by Wieliczka’s Hotel Turowka at 4 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland’s Duo Bronislaw Suchanek/Dominik Wania in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s keyboardist and vocalist Jozef Skrzek, mezzo-soprano Beata Mankowska, and Walasi village band perform in Kosciol Sw. Josefa church, Rynek Podgorski street, at 3 p.m. (free admission). 
USA’s Dhafer Youssef Quartet and Poland’s Bester Quartet perform jazzy world music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s Piotr Wylezol Quintet plus saxophonist Adam Pieronsczykin Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Open-air concert features Poland’s band, Lala I Jevo Komanda, performing Balkan folk music at Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 4 p.m. (free admission).  
Poland’s band, New Tango Bridge, performs tangos in Krakow Radio Hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at noon (free admission). 
Krakow's Nazzar trio performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
July 27, Monday: Poland’s jazz ensemble, Adam Baldych Damage Control, performs in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
July 28, Tuesday: Krakow’s pianists Piotr Rozanski and Julia Kociuban play Chopin’s music in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street (open air). 
Jazz concert features Piotr Zaczek in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s Rafal Sarnecki Quartet plays jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. 
USA’s jazz ensemble, This Will Destroy You, performs in Drukarnia club, 1 Nadwislanska street, at 8 p.m.
July 29, Wednesday: Poland’s Maciej Sikala Trio plays jazz in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow's veteran jazzmen, Old Metropolitan Band, perform Dixieland music in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Poland’s Michal Czachowski i Janek Kubek perform world music in Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs), at 7 p.m.
July 30, Thursday: Austria’s organist Florian Pagitsch plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s fantasy and fugue in g minor BWV 542 and Trio super "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'" BWV 664, Eberlin’s Toccata Secunda and Toccata-Fuga-Pars Secunda, Mozart’s fantasy in f minor KV 594, Gigout’s Toccata in b minor, Hardin’s Logrundr in A major op.76, Arvo Part’s Mein Weg hat Gipfel und Wellentäler, and Pagitsch’s Improvisation in Kosciol Mariacki (basilica of the Virgin Mary), Rynek Glowny central square, at 7:30 p.m.
USA’s jazz vocalist Karen Edwards performs with Poland’s Jarek Smietana Trio in Krakow Radio Hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at 8 p.m. 
Poland’s jazz ensemble, New Bone, performs in Piwnica Pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert featuring Herb Geller and Roberto Magris takes place in U Muniaka club, 3 Florianska street, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow's jazz ensemble, Energy Drink, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Krakow's Nazzar trio performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
July 31, Friday: Poland’s pianist Piotr Rozanski and a string quartet play music by Chopin and Shostakovich next to the Wawel Royal Castle at 8 p.m.
Jazz concert features Krakow’s jazz quintet, Funk de Nite, and Germany’s trumpeter Christopher Titz followed by Quintet Herb Geller, Roberto Magris, and Janusz Muniak, in the courtyard of Palac Pod Baranami, 27 Rynek Glowny central square and Sw. Anny street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland's jazz quintet, Don’t Ask Smingus, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. 

August events in Krakow

32nd 'Music in Old Krakow' festival of classical music takes place from August 15th to August 31st with daily concert in the city's old churches and other venues. 

August 1, Saturday: USA’s accomplished pianist Kevin Kenner and Krakow’s Beethoven Academy Orchestra play Chopin’s music in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street (open air).
Italy’s harpist Lorenzo Montenz gives recital in Tyniec Abbey, 37 Benedyktynska street, at 4:30 p.m. 
Festival of fireworks takes place on Blonia common.
August 2, Sunday: Concert of classical music features Hungary’s organist Szilveszter Rostetter and Italy’s harpist Father Lorenzo Montez in the Tyniec Abbey’s church, Benedyktynska street, at 4:15 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Krakow’s ensemble, Que Passa, performing jazzy Latin tunes at Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 4 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow’s pop singer Jaga Wronska sings chirch songs in Kosciol Sw. Josefa church, Rynek Podgorski street, at 3 p.m. (free admission).
Poland’s pop singer Dominika Barabas gives recital in Krakow Radio Hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at noon (free admission). 
Festival of fireworks takes place on Blonia common. 
August 3, Monday: Open-air concert features Poland’s pop singer Agnieszka Grochowicz at Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 7 p.m. (free admission). 
August 6, Thursday: France’s organists Beatrice Piertot and Yannick Merlin play Lully’s Turkish March, Rameau’s Rondo and Danse des Sauvages, Mozart’s fantasy in f minor KV 594, Handel fragments of Water Music, Mendelssohn’s Allegretto un poco agitato of Lobgesang symphony op. 52, Hesse’s fantasy in d minor, Debussy’s string quartet op. 10 part II ‘Asez vif et bien rythme’, and Saint-Saens’ Danse macabre in Kosciol Karmelitow church, 19 Karmelicka street and Garbarska street, at 8 p.m.
August 8, Saturday: An enactment of a medieval tournament takes place in Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street from noon to 2:30 p.m. 
August 9, Sunday: Concert of classical music features France’s organist Lidia Ksiazkiewicz and Poland’s early music ensemble, Perfugium, in the Tyniec Abbey’s church, Benedyktynska street, at 4:15 p.m.
Krakow’s pop singer Paulina Bisztyga gives recital in Krakow Radio Hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at noon (free admission). 
Poland’s soprano Bozena Grudzinska-Kubik and organist Krzysztof Karcz perform church music in Kosciol Sw. Josefa church, Rynek Podgorski street, at 3 p.m. (free admission). 
Open-air concert features Poland’s Jascha Lieberman Trio performing jazzy music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes at Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 4 p.m. (free admission). 
August 13, Thursday: Krakow’s organist Daniel Prajzner plays Bach’s prelude and fugue in e minor BWV 548, Mendelssohn’s 6^th sonata, Franck’s chorale in E major, Dupre‘s prelude and fudue in f minor. And Messiaen’s Dieu parmi nous in Kosciol Karmelitow church, 19 Karmelicka street and Garbarska street, at 8 p.m. 
August 15, Saturday: Concert of music inspired by Stanislaw Wyspianski’s stained-glass windows takes place in Kosciol Franciszkanow church, Franciszkanska street at Planty gardens. 
August 16, Sunday: Open-air concert of classical music features Krakow’s septet, Obligato Strauss Orchestra, at Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 4 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow’s vocal octet, Octava, sings a capella church music in Kosciol Sw. Josefa church, Rynek Podgorski street, at 3 p.m. (free admission).
Poland’s veteran pop singer Halina Kunicka gives recital in Krakow Radio Hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at noon (free admission). 
August 17, Monday: Open-air concert features Poland’s pop singer Katarzyna Nowak at Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 7 p.m. (free admission). 
August 23, Sunday: Krakow’s sextet, Horizon Ensemble, render Roussell Elpenor’s oboe quaret, Mozart’s flute quartet, Britten’s Fantasy, and Malcolm’s oboe quartet in Kosciol Sw. Josefa church, Rynek Podgorski street, at 3 p.m. (free admission).
Open-air concert features Krakow’s soprano Marta Poliszot and baritone Jan Migala singing opera and operetta arias at Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 4 p.m. (free admission). 
Concert of classical music features Catalonia’s organist Jorgi Pique and Krakow’s Chor Marianski choir in the Tyniec Abbey’s church, Benedyktynska street, at 4:15 p.m.
Poland’s pop band, Trzy Dni Pozniej, performs in Krakow Radio Hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at noon (free admission). 
August 30, Sunday: Krakow’s soprano Katarzyna Wiwer and bass Jacek Ozimowski plus violinists Maciej Czepielewski and Jadwiga Czepielewska, violist Marta Czepielewska, flutist Renata Guzik, and cellist Ewa Wojslaw perform church music in Kosciol Sw. Josefa church, Rynek Podgorski street, at 3 p.m. (free admission). 
Open-air concert features Poland’s soprano Anna Dzionek plus Krakow’s ensemble, Orkiestra Straussowska Obligato, performing music by the Strauss family and others in the courtyard of Wieliczka’s Zamek Zupny castle, 8 Zamkowa street, at 4 p.m.
Krakow’s pop singer Agnieszka Chrzanowska gives recital in Krakow Radio Hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue, at noon (free admission). 

Krakow events planned for September 

Sacrum Profanum Festival of classical and contemporary music in Krakow takes place from September 13th to September 19th. 

International Print Triennial takes place in Krakow from September 16th to October 11 with the main exhibition in Bunkier Sztuki art gallery, 3a Plac Szczepanski square at Planty gardens.  

September 1, Tuesday: World Orchestra for Peace plays in Kosciol Mariacki church (basilica of the Virgin Mary) at Rynek Glowny central square. 
September 10, Thursday: Concert of contemporary classical music features UK's pianist John Tilbury performing Morton Feldman's 'Triadic Memories' in Akademia Muzyczna conservatoire, 43 Sw. Tomasza street at Planty gardens, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
September 13, Sunday: UK's famed nu jazz ensemble, The Cinematic Orchestra, plus Krakow's Sinfonietta Cracovia chamber orchestra perform a remake of the 2007 Albert Hall’s concert of the former, in the ArcelorMittal steelworks, Ujastek street, at 8 p.m. 
Concert Chris Cunningham Live takes place in Teatr Laznia Nowa playhouse, 25 Osiedle Szkolne, at 11 p.m.
September 14, Monday: Europe’s Asko | Schonberg orchestra with conductor Reinbert de Leeuw perform Julian Anderson’s Khorovod, Comedy of Change, Alhambra Fantasy, and Book of Hours in the Museum of Municipal Engineering (Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej), 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 7 p.m. 
Concert of contemporary classical music features France’s Ensemble Intercontemporain with conductor Hannu Lintu performing Jonathan Harvey’s Hidden Voice 1, Hidden Voice 2, Soleil Noir/Chitra, and Bhakti in Teatr Laznia Nowa playhouse, 25 Osiedle Szkolne, at 10 p.m.
September 15, Tuesday: France’s Ensemble Recherche plus the UK’s baritone Martin Lindsay perform Peter Maxwell Davies’ Ave Maris Stella, Veni sancte - Veni creator spiritus, and Eight Songs for a Mad King in the Museum of Municipal Engineering (Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej), 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 7 p.m. 
Concert of contemporary classical music features the UK’s London Sinfonietta chamber orchestra with conductor David Atherton plus soprano Elizabeth Atherton performing Oliver Knussen’s Masks, Coursing, Ophelia Dances, Elegiac Arabesques, Songs without Voices, Secret Psalm, and Songs for Sue in Teatr Laznia Nowa playhouse, 25 Osiedle Szkolne, at 10 p.m.
September 16, Wednesday: UK’s London Sinfonietta chamber orchestra with conductor David Atherton render Harrison Birtwistle’s Cortege, Cantus Iambeus, Ut Heremita Solus, Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum, Virelai, and Secret Theatre in the Museum of Municipal Engineering (Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej), 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 7 p.m. 
Concert of contemporary classical music features the Ensemble Modern with conductor Franck Ollu plus soprano Keren Motseri, alto Hilary Summers, violinist Jagdish Mistry, and violists Megumi Kasakawa and Patrick Judt performing George Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill, Three Miniatures, Viola Viola, and At First Light in Teatr Laznia Nowa playhouse, 25 Osiedle Szkolne, at 10 p.m. 
September 17, Thursday: Austria’s ensemble, KlangForum Wien with conductor Emilio Pomarico plus flutist Vera Fischer play Brian Ferneyhough’s Funerailles I, Funerailles II, Cassandra's Dream Song, and Chronos-Aion in the Museum of Municipal Engineering (Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej), 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 7 p.m. 
Concert of contemporary classical music features the Ensemble Modern with conductor Stefan Asbury plus guitarist John Parricelli, percussionist Ian Thomas, saxophonist Martin Robertson,and bass guitarist Laurence Cottle performing Mark Anthony Turnage’s Blood on the Floor in Teatr Laznia Nowa playhouse, 25 Osiedle Szkolne, at 10 p.m.
September 18, Friday: Aphex Twin plus Hecker perform in the ArcelorMittal steelworks, Ujastek street, at 9 p.m. 
September 19, Saturday: Aphex Twin plus Hecker perform in the ArcelorMittal steelworks, Ujastek street, at 9 p.m.
September 27, Sunday: Concert of The Strausses’ music features Poland’s veteran tenor Wieslaw Ochman plus Krakow’s Camerata choir and Orkiestra Straussowska Obligato ensemble in one of the Wieliczka Salt Mine’s giant chambers at 4 p.m. 

Events expected in Krakow in October 

Unsound festival of electronic and experimental music takes place in Krakow's clubs from October 21st to October 25th. 
October 1, Thursday: Krakow's violinist Robert Kabara and Sinfonietta Cracovia chamber orchestra render Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto in D major and symphony no. 6 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 

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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. 
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Museums in Krakow
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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. 
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Krakow Folk Traditions
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