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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: Andrew Stanton's 'Wall-E' (cartoon). Peter Berg's 'Hancock' with Will Smith, Jason bateman, and Charlize Theron. Francis Ford Coppola's 'Youth without Youth' with Tim Roth, Bruno Ganz, and Alexandra Maria Lara. David Ayer's 'Kings of the Street' with Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, and Hugh Laurie. Bekmambetow's 'Wanted' with James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, and Morgan Freeman. Michael Patrick King's 'Sex and the City' with Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis. 
Mexican: Rodrigo Pla's 'La Zona' with Daniel Tovar, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, and Alan Chavez. 
Polish: Szymon Jakubowski's 'Jak zyc' with Krzysztof Ogloza, Anna CIeslak. and Andrzej Grabowski. 

Krakow’s July Highlights

/Further below please find the city's selected events in August/

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

13th Summer Jazz Festival takes place July 6 through August 3 with the main venue in Piwnica pod Baranami (Cellar under Rams) club. 

Rozstaje /Crossroads/ festival of world music, July 25 through July 27, features folk and traditional music at daily events on Krakow's Rynek Glowny central square and in Rotunda club.  

July 19, Saturday: Krakow’s Chinese pianist Krystyna Man Li Szczepanska plays Chopin’s music in the Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street (upstairs), at 6 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Poland’s violinists Daniel Stabrawa and Maria Stabrawa plus pianist Miroslaw Herbowski playing music by Mozart and Beethoven next to the Wawel Cathedral at 9 p.m. 
Krakow Chamber Opera produces Mozart’s ‘Zaide’ in Eljot playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow’s mezzo-soprano Bozena Zawislak-Dolny plus sopranos Izabela Szota and Katarzyna Slota-Marciniec sing music by Bach, Haendel, Mozart, and Vivaldi in Kosciol OO. Pijarow church, 2 Pijarska street at Sw. Jana street, at 8 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Open-air jazz concert features Italy’s Nuevo Tango Ensamble & Gabriele Mirabassi, France’s Bertrand Ravalard Quartet, Norway’s The Core, Austria’s Alex Deutsch Trio plus Poland’s vocalist Urszula Dudziak and Papaya Show on Plac Szczepanski Square at 6 p.m. 
Open-air jazz concert features Krakow’s ensemble, Funk de Nite, with USA’s Bryan Corbett, and Cyprus’ Petsteppers on Nowy Square square at 6 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s trio Slusarczyk/Kupiec/Skolik in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9:30 p.m. 
Jazz concerts take place in the following clubs Piwnica Pod Baranami club at 27 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), Piec'Art at 12 Szewska street, Alchemia at 5 Estery street and Plac Nowy square, U Muniaka at 3 Florianska street, and Drukarnia at 1 Nadwislanska street from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. 
Jazz concert features Ivo in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland's jazz ensemble, Łukasz Krawczyk Projekt, performs in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Open-air concert features Belarus' vocal ensemble, Camerata, next to Teatr Slowackiego theater on Plac Sw. Ducha square at 8:30 p.m. 
Enactment of a medieval tournament takes place in the Barbakan barbican behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street from noon till 3 p.m.  
July 20, Sunday: Italy’s organist Massimo Scapin and Poland’s organist Bartlomiej Banek plus Japan’s sopraono Myiako Negi and Italy’s mezzo-soprano Margherita Ciani perform Bach’s Toccata and fugue d-moll BWV 565 plus choral prelude O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross BWV 622 Rossini’s Qui tollis and Agnus Dei, Mozart’s Alleluia from Exultate, Jubilate KV 165, Dupre’s S Passion, Crucifixion, and Résurrection, Verdi’s Recordare from Messa da Requiem, Gounod’s Ave Maria, Schubert’s Ave Maria, and Vivaldi’s and Bach’s concerto in C major BWV 594 in the Tyniec Abbey’s church at 4:15 p.m.
Krakow Philharmonics String Quartet performs Mozart’s music in the History Museum’s Palac Krzysztofory, 35 Rynek Glowny central square at Szczepanska street, at 7 p.m. 
Poland's pianis Malgorzata Podstawska plays music by Bach, Brahms, and Lutoslawski in the History Museum’s Palac Krzysztofory, 35 Rynek Glowny central square at Szczepanska street, at 11 a.m. 
Open-air concert of opera and musical favorites features Krakow's soprano Karin Wiktor-Kalucka and barotone Jan Migała (baryton) next to Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 4 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Jazz concert features duo of Austria’s accomplished saxophonist Christoph Pepe Auer and drummer Manu Delago in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Poland’s jazzy ensembles, Pink Freud and Horny Trees on the Plac Nowy square at 7 p.m. /free admission/.
Krakow’s veterans of traditional jazz, Old Metropolitan Band, perform New Orleans’ music in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9:30 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Krakow's singer-songwriter Robert Kasprzycki by Radio Krakow hall, 22 Slowackiego street, at 11 a.m. 
Krakow Chamber Opera produces its show based on the Jewish traditional music, ‘Forgotten Gates’, at its building’s courtyard, 15 Miodowa street, at 8 p.m.
Krakow's klezmer trio, Nazzar, performs music inspired by traditional Jewish and Gypsy tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's Krakus folk ensemble performs the Polish traditional village tunes in the Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 5 p.m.
July 21, Monday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol OO. Pijarow church, 2 Pijarska street and Sw. Jana street, at 8 p.m.  
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Poland’s Inga Lewandowska/Kuba Stankiewicz Group performs jazz in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Quartet of accomplished jazzmen, Trzaska/Hautzinger/Clayton/Gos, perform in the Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow’s Chinese pianist Krystyna Man Li Szczepanska plays the world music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m. 
July 22, Tuesday: Italy's organist Massimo Scapin, Japan's sopraono Myiako Negi, and Italy's mezzo-soprano Margherita Ciani perform church music in the Tyniec Abbey at 4:15 p.m.
Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m.
Duo of USA’s Polish-born bassist Bronislaw Suchanek and young jazz pianist Dominik Wania perform in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s ensemble, New Market in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9:30 p.m. 
Krakow’s pop singer Janusz Radek performs his show ‘Queen of the Night’ in the Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m. 
July 23, Wednesday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Bozego Ciala church, 26 Bozego Ciala street and Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 8 p.m. 
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Open-air concert of opera arias take place in the Barbakan barbican behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s Tomasz Grochot Quintet in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s Ola Tomaszewska Quartet performs jazz in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 8 p.m. 
Concert features jazz vocalists in Piec’Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 8 p.m.
Krakow’s pop singer Janusz Radek performs his show ‘Queen of the Night’ in the Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m. 
July 24, Thursday: Finland’s organist Henryk Gwardak plays music by Boehm, Stanley, Bach, Rheinberger, Thuille, Faure, and Mushell in the Kosciol Karmelitow Carmelite church, 19 Karmelicka street and Garbarska street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m.
Krakow Philharmonics String Quartet performs Mozart’s music in the History Museum’s Palac Krzysztofory, 35 Rynek Glowny central square at Szczepanska street, at 7 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland's Trio RGG in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Concert features jazz vocalists in Piec’Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 8 p.m.
Jazz concert takes place in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9:30 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Denmark’s Polish-born alt pop vocalist Czeslaw Mozil on the Plac Nowy square at 7 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow's klezmer trio, Nazzar, performs music inspired by traditional Jewish and Gypsy tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
July 25, Friday: Open-air concert features Poland’s Ensemble Atys performing early music next to the Wawel Cathedral at 9 p.m.
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s saxophonist Wojciech Staroniewicz’s 'Alternations' in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow's Niezgoda Acoustic Band plays jazz in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Jazz concert features Polish-Ukrainian Kijow-Krakow Band in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's veteran jazzmen, Old Metropolitan Band, perform Dixieland music in the Wyspianski club, 3 Lobzowska street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Jazz concert features teachers and pupils of the Summer Jazz Academy in PWST building’s playhouse, 22 Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m.
Poland’s blues band, Soul Finger, performs in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9:30 p.m. 
Poland's pop band, General Bas, performs in the Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
Iran’s Mohammad Rasooli plays music for neju flute at 8 p.m. followed by Krakow’s accordionist Jaroslaw Bester at 9 p.m. in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street.
July 26, Saturday: Open-air concert features Poland’s Ensemble Atys performing early music next to the Wawel Cathedral at 9 p.m.
Krakow’s mezzo-soprano Bozena Zawislak-Dolny plus sopranos Izabela Szota and Katarzyna Slota-Marciniec sing music by Bach, Haendel, Mozart, and Vivaldi in Kosciol OO. Pijarow church, 2 Pijarska street at Sw. Jana street, at 8 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Poland’s jazz duo of pianists Pawel Kaczmarczyk and Wojtek Groborz followed by Pawel Kaczmarczyk Group perform in Radio Krakow hall, 22 Slowackiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow’s jazz ensemble, Little Egoists, performs in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission).
Poland’s jazz ensemble, JWP.org, performs in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9:30 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s Krzysztof Herdzin Trio in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Poland's jazz ensemble, Łukasz Krawczyk Projekt, performs in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Open-air concert features Poland’s folk band, Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa (Warsaw Village Band), performing music inspired by the Polish traditional village tunes on the Rynek Glowny central square at 7 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Romania’s world-famous panpipe virtuoso Gheorghe Zamfir and Poland’s Beethoven Academy Orchestra on the Rynek Glowny central square at 8:30 p.m.
Serbia’s vocalist and violinist Slobodan Markovic performs traditional Balkan songs followed by Poland’s folk singer Jacek Halas performing the Polish old songs in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 11 p.m. 
Jazz concert features teachers and pupils of the Summer Jazz Academy in PWST building’s playhouse, 22 Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow’s pop band, Noro Lim, performs in the Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street (upstairs), at 6 p.m. 
Open-air pop concert features Poland's pop singer Magdalena Sekula next to Teatr Slowackiego theater on Plac Sw. Ducha square at 8:30 p.m.
July 27, Sunday: Krakow Philharmonics String Quartet performs Mozart’s music in the History Museum’s Palac Krzysztofory, 35 Rynek Glowny central square at Szczepanska street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Turkey's Uraz Kivaner Quartet performs jazz in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m.
Jazz concert features USA's Eldar Trio in Radio Krakow hall, 22 Slowackiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Jazz concert features duo of Lisa Ullen and Rafal Mazur in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9:30 p.m. 
Open-air folk concert features Krakow’s vocalist Joanna Slowinska and her band on the Rynek Glowny central square at 7 p.m. 
Open-air concert ‘Gypsy Queens & Kings’ of European Gypsy music features Romania’s Fanfare Ciocarlia band plus Macedonia’s folk diva Esma Redzepova, Romania’s Florentina Sandu, Bulgaria’s Jony Iliev, France’s Sabrina Romero, Antoine "Tato" Garcia, and Christ Mailhe on the Rynek Glowny central square at 8 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Krakow's veterans of pop rock, Skaldowie band, by Radio Krakow hall, 22 Slowackiego street, at 11 a.m.
Krakow Chamber Opera produces its show based on the Jewish traditional music, ‘Forgotten Gates’, at its building’s courtyard, 15 Miodowa street, at 8 p.m.
Open-air concert features Krakow's klezmer trio, Di Galitzyaner Klezmorim, performing traditional Jewish tunes next to Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 4 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's klezmer trio, Nazzar, performs music inspired by traditional Jewish and Gypsy tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's klezmer trio, Nazzar, performs music inspired by traditional Jewish and Gypsy tunes in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 11 p.m. 
Open-air pop concert features Krakow's Russian born pop singer Alosza Awdiejew next to Teatr Slowackiego theater on Plac Sw. Ducha square at 8:30 p.m. 
Krakow's Krakus folk ensemble performs the Polish traditional village tunes in the Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 5 p.m.
July 28, Monday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol OO. Pijarow church, 2 Pijarska street and Sw. Jana street, at 8 p.m. 
Berlin's jazz ensemble, Kattorna, performs in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow’s Chinese pianist Krystyna Man Li Szczepanska plays the world music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m. 
July 29, Tuesday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Finland’s saxophonist Joonatan Rautio and Poland’s vibraphone player Dominik Bukowski with their quartet in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow's jazz quintet, Hi-Five, performs swinging standards in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9:30 p.m.
July 30, Wednesday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Bozego Ciala church, 26 Bozego Ciala street and Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 8 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Poland’s cellist Bartosz Koziak playing music by Bach and Penderecki next to the Wawel Cathedral at 9 p.m.
Concert for tourists features Chopin’s piano music in the Palac Bonerowski hotel, 1 Sw. Jana street and Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s guitarist Maciej Grzywacz with his quartet plus Canada’s drummer Tyler Hornby and USA’s Jim Branon in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s Rafal Sarnecki plus Pawel Kaczmarczyk perform jazz in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 8 p.m. 
Krakow’s pop singer Agnieszka Grochowicz and her band perform in the Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street (upstairs), at 7 p.m. 
July 31, Thursday: Poland’s organist Robert Brodacki plays music by Franck, Karlsen, and Sawa in the Kosciol Mariacki (basilica of the Virgin Mary) at the Rynek Glowny central square at 7:30 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Poland’s cellist Bartosz Koziak playing music by Bach and Penderecki next to the Wawel Cathedral at 9 p.m.
Krakow Philharmonics String Quartet performs Mozart’s music in the History Museum’s Palac Krzysztofory, 35 Rynek Glowny central square at Szczepanska street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m.
Poland’s quartet, Damage Control, of violinist Adam Baldych, keyboardist Pawel Tomaszewski, bassist Piotr Zaczek, and drummer Cezary Konrad perform in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow's klezmer trio, Nazzar, performs music inspired by traditional Jewish and Gypsy tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 

Selected August events in Krakow

33rd Music in Old Krakow (Muzyka w Starym Krakowie) festival of classical music takes place August 15 through August 31 with daily concerts in various venues, mostly old churches and other historical buildings. 
/see program of the festival/

August 1, Friday: Krakow Chamber Opera produces its religious spectacle ‘Stabat Mater’ with musuc by Vivaldi and Pergolesi in Eljot playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m.
Poland’s Piotr Wylezol Trio performs jazz in Piwnica pod Baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow's actor-singer Przemyslaw Branny gives recital in the Scena Na Sarego playhouse, 7 Sarego street, at 7:30 p.m.  
August 2, Saturday: Krakow Chamber Opera produces its religious spectacle ‘Stabat Mater’ with musuc by Vivaldi and Pergolesi in Eljot playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m.
Poland’s jazz ensembles, Laboratorium and Leszek Kulakowski Group plus USA’s trumpeter Eddie Henderson perform in the courtyard of the Palac Pod Baranami palace, 27 Rynek Glowny central square and Sw. Anny street, at 8 p.m. 
August 3, Sunday: Russia’s organist Katia Mielnikova and Poland’s cellist Tomasz Strahl perform Bach’s prelude and fugue in D major BWV 532, choral prelude Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, and cello suite no. 1in G major BWV 1007, Balastre’s Noel, Brahm’s choral prelude opus 122 no. 1 Mein Jesu, der du mich, Messiaen’s Alléluias sereins d'une ame qui désire le ciel, Dupre’s Placere Christe Servulis, Malecki’s sonata-fantasy, Franck’s Piece héroique in H minor, and Mulet’s Rosace and Tu es Petra in the Tyniec Abbey’s church at 4:15 p.m.
Krakow Philharmonics String Quartet performs Mozart’s music in the History Museum’s Palac Krzysztofory, 35 Rynek Glowny central square at Szczepanska street, at 7 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland’s Jarek Smietana Group plus special guest Hamiet Bluiett in Radio Krakow hall, 22 Slowackiego street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland’s Max Klezmer Band performs jazzy music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 8 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Krakow's singer-songwriter Basia Stepniak-Wilk by Radio Krakow hall, 22 Slowackiego street, at 11 a.m.
August 4, Monday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol OO. Pijarow church, 2 Pijarska street and Sw. Jana street, at 8 p.m.
August 5, Tuesday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 8 p.m. 
August 6, Wednesday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Bozego Ciala church, 26 Bozego Ciala street and Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 8 p.m.
August 7, Thursday: Krakow Philharmonics String Quartet performs Mozart’s music in the History Museum’s Palac Krzysztofory, 35 Rynek Glowny central square at Szczepanska street, at 7 p.m. 
Poland's Teatr Roma performs its musical show, My Mommy Janis, in the Scena Na Sarego playhouse, 7 Sarego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
August 9, Saturday: Krakow Chamber Opera Donizetti’s comic opera, ‘Don Pasquale’, in Eljot playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m. 
August 10, Sunday: Poland’s organist Waclaw Golonka and Octava vocal octet perform Bach’s prelude and fugue in G major BWV 541, de Victoria’s O magnum misterium and Tenebrae factae sunt, Croce’s Regina caeli, Monteverdi’s Io mi son giovinetta, Zielenski’s Vox in Roma, Karg-Elert’s The Legend of the Mountain, Landscape in Mist, and The Sun 's Evensong, Brahms’ prelude and fugue in G minor, des Pres’ El Grillo, Mendelssohn’s Jauchzet dem Herrn, psalm 100, Vecchi’s Coppia real - dialogo a 8, Jannequin’s Le chant des ciseaux, Surzynski’s Improvisations on the Themes from the Polish Church Song opus 38 and Capriccio in F sharp minor opus 35 in the Tyniec Abbey's church at 4:15 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Krakow's pop singer Anna Treter by Radio Krakow hall, 22 Slowackiego street, at 11 a.m.
August 11, Monday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol OO. Pijarow church, 2 Pijarska street and Sw. Jana street, at 8 p.m.
August 12, Tuesday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 8 p.m. 
August 13, Wednesday: Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Bozego Ciala church, 26 Bozego Ciala street and Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 8 p.m.
August 14, Thursday: Krakow's singer-songwriter Basia Stepniak-Wilk gives recital in the Scena Na Sarego playhouse, 7 Sarego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
August 15, Friday: Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra and Russia’s violinist Dmitri Sitkowietzki render Beethoven’s violin concerto in D major op.61 and symphony no. 7 in A major op. 92 in the Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7:30 p.m. 
August 16, Saturday: Concert ‘Transmigration of Souls. Dialogue of the music of the East and West’ features France’s outstanding ensemble Hesperion XXI  in the Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Enactment of a medieval tournament takes place in the Barbakan barbican behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street from noon till 3 p.m.
August 17, Sunday: Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis’ vocal ensemble of madrigal singers and UK’s soprano Emma Kirkby perorm Zielenski’s Offertoria and Communiones in the Kosciol Sw. Sw. Piotra i Pawla church, 52 Grodzka street, at 8 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Poland's pop act Marek Napiorkowski by Radio Krakow hall, 22 Slowackiego street, at 11 a.m.
August 18, Monday: Germany’s string quintet, Stabrawa Ensemble Berlin, play Bruckner’s adagio movement of string quintet in F major plus Mozart’s string quintets in C minor KV406 and G minor KV516 in the Czartoryskich Museum's Arsenal hall, 8 Pijarska street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol OO. Pijarow church, 2 Pijarska street and Sw. Jana street, at 8 p.m.
August 19, Tuesday: UK’s outstanding countertenor Paul Esswood and Krakow’s harpsichordist Marcin Szelest perform music by Boyce, Campion, Dowland, Handel, Jones, and Purcell in the Dominican monastery, 12 Stolarska street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 8 p.m.
August 20, Wednesday: Concert of opera arias features Poland’s soprano Aleksandra Kurzak and Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Bozego Ciala church, 26 Bozego Ciala street and Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 8 p.m. 
August 21, Thursday: Cuarteto Casals renders Schubert’s string quartet no. 6 in C major D 46, Kurtag’s Hommage a András Mihály, and Beethoven’s string quartet no. 9 in C major op. 59 nr 3 in the Courtyard of the Collegium Maius university college, 15 Jagiellonska street and Sw. Anny street, at 7 p.m. (if it rains the concert is moved to the Kosciol OO. Bernardynow church at 2 Bernardynska street, at 8:00 p.m.)
August 22, Friday: Russia’s pianist Grigori Sokolov plays Chopin’s music in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Coke Live Festival’s open-air pop concert features USA’s star producer Timbaland on the grounds of the Muzeum Lotnictwa (Aviation Museum), 39 Jana Pawla II street.
August 23, Saturday: Hungary’s violinist Roby Lakatos and Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis play klezmer muisc, traditional Jewish tunes in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m.
Coke Live Festival’s open-air pop concert features UK’s stars of techno rock, The Prodigy band, plus USA’s chert-topping hiphop act Missy Elliott and dancehall star Sean Paul on the grounds of the Muzeum Lotnictwa (Aviation Museum), 39 Jana Pawla II street. 
August 24, Sunday: Krakow’s wind quintet of the Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra and Poland’s pianist Andrzej Pikul play music by Rossini, Beethoven, Rejcha, and Mozart in the Florianka hall, 8 Basztowa street, at 5 p.m. 
Romania’s Madrigal Choir sings Renaissance, Byzantine, and Romanian music in the Kosciol Bozego Ciala church, 26 Bozego Ciala street and Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 8 p.m. 
UK’s organist Stephen Hicks and Krakow’s Gregorian choir, Schola Gregorianska, perform Bach’s fantasy and fugue in G minor BWV 542 plus choral preludes Gott durch deine Gűte BWV 600 and Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar BWV 607, Mozart’s fantasy in F minor KV 608 and songs for St. Bartolomeo’s day, Dupre’s 2 Esquisses opus 41, and Reubke’s sonata in C minor in the Tyniec Abbey's church at 4:15 p.m.  
August 25, Monday: L’Arte dell’Arco ensemble performs music by Vivaldi and Tartini in the Kosciol OO. Bernardynow church, 2 Bernardynska street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol OO. Pijarow church, 2 Pijarska street and Sw. Jana street, at 8 p.m.
August 26, Tuesday: Poland’s Octava early music ensemble performs Pekiel’s Missa Pulcherrima plus motets and madrigals in the Aula Sw. Szymona of the Obserrvants' monastery (Klasztor Bernardynow), 2 Bernardynska street, at 5 p.m. 
Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra plus Germany’s trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth and Poland’s violinist Piotr Tarcholik, violist Jacek Dumanowski, and cellist Konrad Gorka perform music by Hummel and Mozart in the Tempel Synagogue, 24 Miodowa street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street, at 8 p.m.
August 27, Wednesday: Concert ‘Chanticleer: My Spirit Sang All Day’ features The Chanticleer ensemble in the Kosciol OO. Dominikanow church, Dominikanska street and Stolarska street, at 8:15 p.m. 
Krakow’s organist Maurycy Merunowicz gives recital in the Kosciol Bozego Ciala church, 26 Bozego Ciala street and Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 8 p.m.
August 28, Thursday: Slovakia’s Slovak Chamber Orchestra and violinist Ewald Danel perform Vivaldi’s The Seasons, Bartok’s For Children, and Britten’s Simple Symphony in the Kosciol Karmelitow Carmelite church, 19 Karmelicka street and Garbarska street, at 8 p.m. 
August 29, Friday: Concert ‘Divine Tapestry: A Mass For All Time’ features The Chanticleer ensemble in the Wieliczka Salt Mine's St. Kinga chapel at 8 p.m. 
August 30, Saturday: Ukraine’s Trembita Choir sings the Orthodox Church music in the Kosciol Mariacki (basilica of the Virgin Mary) at the Rynek Glowny central square at 7:30 p.m. 
August 31, Sunday: Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra and Ukraine’s Trembita Choir plus soprano Michelina Kobaliani and baritone Jaroslaw Brek render Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem in the Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny church, 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7:30 p.m. 

Some events planned for September 

Krakow's 5th Sacrum Profanum Festival of contemporary classical music takes place from Sunday, September 14 through Sunday, September 21 with daily concerts at the city's industrial sites of historical value. 
/see program of the festival/

September 14, Sunday: Germany’s alt pop diva Ute Lemper and Krakow’s Sinfonietta Cracovia chamber orchestra with France’s outstanding conductor Mark Minkowski render Kurt Weill’s ‘Die Sieben Todsünden’, symphony no. 2 in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 8 p.m. 
September 15, Monday: UK’s London Sinfonietta chamber orchestra performs Hans Werner Henze’s ‘Voices” in the Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal Engineering), 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street /the old tram depot/, at 7 p.m. 
Germany’s Ensemble Modern renders Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Kreuzspiel, Kontra-Punkte, and Mantra in the Fabryka Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory'), 4 Lipowa street, at 10 p.m.
September 16, Tuesday: Austria’s famous modern music ensemble, Klangforum Wien, performs Helmut Lachenmann’ Concertini, "...Zwei Gefühle...", and Musik mit Leonardo with the text of Leonardo da Vinci in the Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal Engineering), 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street / the old tram depot/, at 7 p.m. 
UK's Paul Hillier and his accomplished ensemble, Theatre of Voices, perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung in the Fabryka Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory'), 4 Lipowa street, at 10 p.m.
September 17, Wednesday: Two outstanding modern music ensembles, Asko Ensemble and Schonberg Ensemble, perform Heiner Goebbels’ Herakles 2, Befreiung, La Jalouzie, and Samplersuite in the Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal Engineering), 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street / the old tram depot/, at 7 p.m. 
UK’s accomplished chamber orchestra, London Sinfonietta, renders Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Adieu, Zeitmasze, Gesang der Jünglinge, and Kontakte in the Fabryka Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory'), 4 Lipowa street, at 10 p.m.
September 18, Thursday: Germany’s maverick modern music ensemble, musikFabrik, performs Wolfgang Rihm’s Séraphin-Sphäre and Chiffre IV in the Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal Engineering), 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street / the old tram depot/, at 7 p.m.
Two outstanding modern music ensembles, Asko Ensemble and Schonberg Ensemble, perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Orchester-Finalisten and Glanz in the Fabryka Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory'), 4 Lipowa street, at 10 p.m.
September 19, Friday: Germany’s veteran stars of electronic rock, Kraftwerk band, perform their best music in Building of the former Huta Sendzimira steelworks' rolling mill, now Mittal Steel Poland, 1 Ujastek street, at 9 p.m.
September 20, Saturday: Germany’s veteran stars of electronic rock, Kraftwerk band, perform their best music in Building of the former Huta Sendzimira steelworks' rolling mill, now Mittal Steel Poland, 1 Ujastek street, at 9 p.m.
September 21, Sunday: Germany’s veteran stars of electronic rock, Kraftwerk band, perform their best music in Building of the former Huta Sendzimira steelworks' rolling mill, now Mittal Steel Poland, 1 Ujastek street, at 9 p.m.

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