Krakow's Shanties Festival 

International Sea Song Festival Shanties, festival of sailor songs in Krakow. 

Land-locked Krakow may look an improbable place for a festival of sailor songs yet the city hosts Poland's biggest such event every February. It originated in 1981 and since 1996 has been named the International Sea Song Festival Shanties or actually, in Polish, the Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Piosenki Zeglarskiej "Shanties", popularly called 'shanty'. 

Program of Krakow's 39th International Sea Song Festival Shanties in 2020.   

Note: things keep changing, so take into account, please, that the following program is liable to alterations.

February 20th, Thursday.  
8:00 p.m. 
Poland’s singers R. Muzaj, G. Tyszkiewicz i R. Tkaczyk, P. Zadrozny, and J. Porebski perform sailor songs in Radio Krakow hall, 22 Slowackiego avenue.

February 21st, Friday.
11 a.m. 
Concert for children takes place in Kijow.Centrum playhouse, 34 al. Krasinskiego avenue.

6:00 p.m. 
Concert String After String features Poland’s pop acts A. Korycki and D. Zukowska, Ryczace Dwudziestki, The Nierobbers, and J. Porebski performing sailor ballads in Kijow.Centrum playhouse, 34 al. Krasinskiego avenue.

10:00 p.m. 
Concert Columbuses of Masuria features Poland’s pop acts Formacja, Klang, W. Mieczkowski Band, Mietek Folk Olsztyn, G. Tyszkiewicz, and Zejman i Garkumpel performing sailor songs in Kijow.Centrum playhouse, 34 al. Krasinskiego avenue.

February 22nd, Saturday.
11 a.m. 
Concert for children takes place in Kijow.Centrum playhouse at 34 al. Krasinskiego avenue.

2 p.m.
Open-air concert of sailor songs features Poland’s Meski Chor Szantowy Zawisza Czarny choir and other acts in Rynek Glowny central square.

5:00 p.m. 
Concert Farewell Today features Poland’s bands Cztery Refy, Mechanicy Shanty, Meski Chor Szantowy Zawisza Czarny, Perly i Lotry, Ryczace Dwudziestki, and Bounding Main performing sailor songs in Kijow.Centrum playhouse, 34 al. Krasinskiego avenue.

9:00 p.m. 
Poland’s pop acts Atlantyda, Banana Boat, Klang, A. Korycki and D. Zukowska, Waldemar Mieczkowski Band, Mechanicy Shanty, Stare Dzwony, and The Longest Johns perform sailor songs in Kijow.Centrum playhouse, 34 al. Krasinskiego avenue.

February 23rd, Sunday.
11 a.m. 
Poland’s Meski Chor Szantowy Zawisza Czarny choir, singers H. Czekala, W. Dudzinski, M. Luczak,  R. Muzaj, J. Ozaist, M. Szurawski, and G. Tyszkiewicz, and bands North Wind and Perly i Lotry sing shanties in Kijow.Centrum playhouse, 34 al. Krasinskiego avenue.

5:00 p.m. 
Gala concert of the Shanties Festival features Poland’s pop acts Atlantyda, Banana Boat, Cztery Refy, A. Korycki and D. Zukowska, W. Mieczkowski Band, Stare Dzwony, G. Tyszkiewicz and R. Tkaczyk, Bounding Main, and The Longest Johns performing sailor songs in Kijow.Centrum playhouse, 34 al. Krasinskiego avenue.

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