Six
Senses Festival in Krakow, a year-long series of first-class
cultural events.
Krakow’s
Six Senses Festival (Szesc Zmyslow in Polish) is actually a
diverse sequence of events that stretches over a year – from
two-day pop jamborees through week-long feasts of theater
performances or classical concerts to even longer strings of
shows. In 2008 the municipality of Krakow decided to single
out the city’s worthiest culture festivals and promote them
packaged properly under the ‘6 Senses’ label meant as the
hallmark of quality. City hall has picked out a handful of
events from numerous cultural offerings available in Krakow
every year and it conceived a few more from scratch.
Component
parts of the 6 Senses Festival in Krakow have various
organizers even if the majority of its events consist in the
pet projects of the municipal Krakow Festival Office (Krakowskie
Biuro Festiwalowe in Polish). Plus, as a rule, the city’s
local government provides the lion’s share of financing, the
rest covered by other public funding, business sponsorship,
and lastly, box office receipts.
Endeavors
that make up the Six Senses Festival in Krakow are grouped
into three tiers reflecting importance attached by the city
hall: Main Events, Premium Events and, yes, Events.
Main
Events of the 6 Senses Festival in Krakow
*
Misteria-Paschalia Festival of classical music
in the Holy Week (since 2003) .
* Off Camera International Independent
Cinema Festival in April (since 2008).
*
Photomonth, ‘Photography
Month in Krakow’, Festival in
May (since 2006).
*
Film Music
Festival in May
(since 2008).
*
Selector Festival in June (since 2009).
* Art
Boom Visual Arts Festival in June (since 2009).
*
Sacrum Profanum
Festival of classical and contemporary music in
September (since 2002).
*
Joseph
Conrad Literature Festival in November (since 2009).
*
Festival of Polish Music
in November (since
2004).
*
Divine
Comedy International Theater Festival in December (since
2008).
Premium
Events of Krakow's Six Senses Festival of Culture
*
Cracow Theatrical Reminiscences International Theater Festival
in April (since
1975).
*
International Old
and Young or Jazz in Krakow Festival in
April (since 1994).
*
Krakow Film Festival in May (since 1960).
*
Jewish Culture Festival
at the first week of July (since 1990).
*
‘Crossroads’
Festival of Traditional Music in July (since 1998).
*
Summer Jazz Festival
in July (since 1995).
*
International Street Theatre Festival in July (since 1987).
*
PyroMachina
International Gala of Pyrotechnics Art in July (since
2008).
*
Cracovia Danza' Court Dance Festival in
July (since
2005).
*
Coke Live Music
Festival (pop music) in August (since 2007).
*
Music in Old
Krakow’ International Festival of classical
music
in August (since 1977).
*
International
Print Triennial every
third year in September and October (since 1966).
*
Unsound
Festival of electronic
and experimental music in October (since 2005).
*
Genius Loci Theater
Festival in October (since 2007).
*
Student Song
Festival in October (since 1964).
*
Science Night in October (since 2004).
*
Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival in November
(since 1995).
Other
Events of the 6 Senses series of festivals in Krakow
*
Cracovia Marathon in May (since 2001).
*
Krakow
Museum Night in May (since 2006).
*
Krakow Theater Night in June (since 2006).
*
Wianki festival of garlands in June (from time immemorial).
*
Jazz Night
in July (since 2008).
*
Tour de Pologne (cycling race).
*
Cracovia
Sacra Night in August (since 2007).
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