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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: Baltazar Kormakur's 'Contraband' with Mark Wahlenberg, Kate Beckinsale, and Giovanni Ribisi. Asger Leth's 'Man on a Ledge' with Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, and Jamie Bell. David Fincher's 'The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo' with Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, and Christopher Plummer. Steven Spielberg's ''War Horse' with Jeremy Irvin, Peter Mullan, and Emily Warson. Mans Marlind's 'Underworld: Awakening' with Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, and India Eisley. James Babin's 'The Muppets' with Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and Chris Cooper. Lynne Ramsay's 'We Need to Talk about Kevin' with Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, and Jasper Newell. Guy Ritchie's 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' with Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, and Jared Harris. Bruce Robinson's 'The Rum Diary' with Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, and Amber Heard. J.C. Chandor's 'Margin Call' with Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, and Demi Moore. Brad Bird's 'Mission: Impossible - The Ghost Protocol' with Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, and Simon Pegg. 
French/German/Polish
/Spamish:
Roman Polanski's 'Carnage' with Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, and Chris Waltz. 
German: Ziske Riemann's 'Lollipop Monster' with Nicolette Krebitz and Jella Haase. 
Polish: Olaf Lubaszenko's 'Sztos 2" with Cezary Pazura, Borys Szyc, and Boguslaw Linda. Agnieszka Holland's 'W ciemnosci' with Robert Wieckiewicz and Agnieszka Grochowska.      

  

Krakow events

Krakow Events in February 2012.

/Further below please find Krakow's selected events in March 2012/

See other Krakow events in 2012

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

February 4th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with Polish pianist Krzysztof Jablonski play Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs suite) and piano concerto in D major for left hand plus Dafnis and Chloe suites nos. 1 and 2 - in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company's ballet performs its show 'Rachmaninoff. Shchedrin... (The Tragedy of Don Jose)' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Poland's jazz quintet, Frittata, plays in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Krakow's blues band, KGB, performs in Mile Stone Jazz Club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 9 p.m. (free admission).
Poland's rock band, Coma, performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland's rock band, Kazik Na Zywo, performs in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's trio, Di Galitzyaner Klezmorim, performs Jewish klezmer music in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
February 5th, Sunday: Krakow's baritone Michal Kutnik and mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Slota-Marciniec sing operetta music in Dwor Czeczow culture center, 36 ks. Popieluszki street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company's ballet performs its show 'Rachmaninoff. Shchedrin... (The Tragedy of Don Jose)' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Poland's blues band, Hard Times, performs unplugged in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Krakow's rock band, Smialek, performs in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow’s pop band, Brathanki, performs in the Wieliczka Salt Mine's Komora Warszawa underground chamber at 6 p.m. 
February 6th, Monday:
Jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
February 7th, Tuesday: Poland’s jazz duo of keyboardist Tomasz Bura and vibraphonist Bartek Pieszka play in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
February 8th, Wednesday: Germany’s mezzo-soprano Suzanne Langner and cellist Johannes Berger plus Krakow’s harpsichordist Paulina Tkaczyk and Musica Graziosa early music ensemble render Giulio Caccini’s Le Nuove Musiche, Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Canzone in g minor, Claudio Monteverdi’s aria Dorme l'incauta dorme, Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Aria di Passacaglia Cosi mi disprezzate, Giuseppe Maria Jacchini’s sonata in B major op.1 no. 7, Henry Purcell’s Music for a While, Giovanni Battista Sammartini’s sonata in a minor no. 3, and Georg Friedrich Handel’s cantatas Lungi da me, pensier tiranno! HWV 125b and O Numi eterni HWV 145 – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow’s baritone Andrzej Biegun sings Schubert’s Winterreise series of songs in Krakow Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow's soprano Ewa Diczuk-Koziol and pianist Maria Guzik perform Polish classical music and Anna Ramza-Koziol reads Polisg poetry in DK Podgorze culture center, 18 Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m. 
UK’s accomplished trip hop duo, Lamb, performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m. 
Jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
Poland’s pop singer Magda Navarrete sing Latin boleros in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 8 p.m.
February 9th, Thursday: USA’s violinist Rachel Barton Pine and Krakow’s Beethoven Academy Orchestra render Sibelius’s Peleas et Melisande op.46 and Vivaldi’s The Seasons in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Poland’s cello quintet, Cellostrada, plays cinematic music by Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, and Clint Mansell among others in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow’s Amadrums percussion ensemble and Germany’s Manhheimer Schlagwerk perform David Lang’s The so called laws of nature part 3, Guo Wenjing’s Drama trio for 3 Pairs of Cymbals and Voices of Players, Steve Reich’s Six Marimbas, Torbjorn Iwan’s Lunquist Sisu, Per Norgard’s Squares and Rounds, and Dennis Kuhn’s Okseano - in Akademia Muzyczna conservatoire, 43 Sw. Tomasza street at Planty gardens, at 7 p.m. 
Poland’s jazz quintet, Time For Funk, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Poland's blues-rock band, Old Wave, performs in Gwarek club, 17 Reymonta street, at 8:30 p.m. (free admission).
February 10th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Poland’s Lutoslawski Piano Duo play Sebastian Bach's and Francis Poulenc's concertos for two pianos and orchestra in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s Levity trio, Sule/Lahti/Savolainen Trio of Finland’s saxophonist Penti Lahti and vibraphonist Panu Savolainen plus Hungary’s pianist Laszlo Sule, and Krakow’s percussionist Jan Pilch - in Akademia Muzyczna conservatoire, 43 Sw. Tomasza street at Planty gardens, at 7 p.m. 
Poland's Tomek Grochot Quintet plays jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Poland's Hatbreakers trio perform soul in Mile Stone Jazz Club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 9 p.m. (free admission).
Poland's rock band, Hey, performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8:30 p.m. 
Iceland’s alt pop singer-songwriter Myrra Ros performs supported by Australia’s folk singers Pete Uhlenbruch a.k.a. Owls Of The Swamp and Phia a.k.a. Sophia Exiner in Kolanko No 6 pub, 17 Jozefa street, at 8 p.m. 
UK’s hip-hop act, Foreign Beggars, performs grime in Fabryka club, 23 Zablocie street, at 9 p.m. 
February 11th, Saturday: New York's Metropolitan Opera's production of Richard Wagner’s 'Twilight of the Gods' is screened in Kijow.Centrum playhouse, 34 Krasinskiego street, at 6:45 p.m.
Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Poland’s Lutoslawski Piano Duo play Sebastian Bach's and Francis Poulenc's concertos for two pianos and orchestra in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Norway’s SOT trio, FEF trio of Poland’s saxophonist Leszek Zadlo, USA’s drummer Bill Elgart, and Germany’s bassistTom Hauser, and Krakow’s Academy of Music Big Band - in Akademia Muzyczna conservatoire, 43 Sw. Tomasza street at Planty gardens, at 7 p.m. 
Poland's jazz trio, Jacek Kochan & Co, plays jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Krakow's trio, Di Galitzyaner Klezmorim, performs Jewish klezmer music in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m.
February 12th, Sunday: Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis orchestra with conductor Paul McCreesh perform Handel’s L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato in Stary Teatr theater, Jagiellonska street and Plac Szczepanski square, at 11 a.m. 
Krakow Opera Company
produces Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Poland's vocal sextet, Monk, sings jazz pop in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Germany's rock band, Caliban, performs metalcore supported by USA’s bands All Shall Perish, Eyes Set To Kill, and Attila plus Germany’s We Butter The Bread With Butter in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 6 p.m. 
Five rock bands – New Zealand’s Ulcerate and France’s Svart Crown plus Poland’s Preludium, Hell United, and Beheading Machine – perform metal music in Kazamaty Pub, 50 Dietla street, at 5 p.m. 
February 13th, Monday:
Traditional jazz and swing jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
February 14th, Tuesday: Krakow’s Motion Trio of accordionists play music by Brahms, Liszt, Chopin, Penderecki, Kilar, and others in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland's ensemble, Bomba Latina, perform Latin jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Krakow’s pop singer Agata Kowalczyk gives recital in Scena Ata cellar club, 93 Czarnowiejska street, at 6 p.m. 
February 15th, Wednesday: Jazz concert features Denmark’s International Jazzpocalypse quartet in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow's Elzbieta Krol-Dryja gives recital in DK Podgorze culture center, 18 Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Blues jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
February 16th, Thursday: Poland’s violinist Ada Dobrowolska gives recital in Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 7 p.m. 
Poland's jazz quartet, High Definition, play in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Krakow's saxophonist Krzysztof Wlodarczyk and pianist Monika Bylica play carnival music in DK Podgorze culture center, 18 Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m. 
February 17th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Mario Kosik and Poland’s cellist Marcin Zdunik render Jan Cikker’s Meditation on the theme of Schutz’s Selig sind die Toten, Krzysztof Penderecki’s cello concerto no. 2, and Antonín Dvorak’s symphony no. 5 in F major op. 76 – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Poland's Jan Gałach Band performs blues in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m.
Poland's hiphop act AbradAb performs in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 8 p.m. 
February 18th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Mario Kosik and Poland’s cellist Marcin Zdunik render Jan Cikker’s Meditation on the theme of Schutz’s Selig sind die Toten, Krzysztof Penderecki’s cello concerto no. 2, and Antonín Dvorak’s symphony no. 5 in F major op. 76 – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow's pianist Justyny Jarzab plays music by Oginski, Michalowskiego, Szymanowski, and Chopin in Klub Kultury Wola culture center, 215 Krolowej Jadwigi street, at 6:30 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow Opera Company produces Gioacchino Rossini's 'Cinderella', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5:30 p.m. 
Krakow's trio, Di Galitzyaner Klezmorim, performs Jewish klezmer music in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m.
February 19th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Gioacchino Rossini's 'Cinderella', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5:30 p.m. 
Poland’s pop singer Jadwiga Yaga Kowalik sings Juliette Greco’s songs in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's Gurgul Band performs in Dwor Czeczow culture center, 36 ks. Popieluszki street, at 7 p.m. 
February 21st, Tuesday: Krakow's Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra plays Martinu oboe concerto and Prokofiev’s symphony no. 1 in D major ‘Classical’ op. 25 in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 7 p.m.
Concert of Strauss music takes place in Krakow Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
February 22nd, Wednesday: Krakow's mezzo-soprano Aleksandra Sotnicka and tenor Dariusz Palonek sings popular operetta arias and duets in DK Podgorze culture center, 18 Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m.
Poland’s pop acts Andrzej Korycki, Dominika Zukowska, and Jerzy Porebski plus Krakow’s Old Metropolitan Band perform in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 7 p.m. 
February 23rd, Thursday: Krakow's Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra and flutists Katarzyna Czubek, Ewa Komoszynska, and Justyna Novakovic plus violinist Zbigniew Pilch render Haydn’s symphony in d minor no. 26 ‘Lamentatione’, Quantz’s flute concerto in D major, Boccherini’s symphony in d minor ‘La casa del diabolo’, and Telemann’s flute concerto in e minor TWV52 e1 - in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 7 p.m.
USA's rock band, Agnostic Front, performs hardcore punk supported by Death By Stereo and Nayesayer - in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 7 p.m.
Poland’s pop acts Packet, Slodki Calus od Buby, Jacek Jakubowski, Waldemar Mieczkowski, Grzegorz Tyszkiewicz, and Miroslaw Peszkowski perform in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 7 p.m.
February 24th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Stephen Ellery plus Poland’s violinist Piotr Plawner and pianist Piotr Rozanski perform Arvo Part’s Dopo la Vittoria, Magnificat, and Credo plus Philip Glass’s concerto for violin and orchestra – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s ‘Halka’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow's accordionoists Jacek Kopiec and Wieslaw Ochwat play music by Angelis, Bach, Kchahaturian, Semionow, Rameau, Albeniz, and Jokkinen in DK Podgorze culture center, 18 Krasickiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's Robert Klepacz Trio plays west coast jazz in Klub Kultury Wola culture center, 215 Krolowej Jadwigi street, at 6:30 p.m. (free admission).
Poland’s Kajetan Drozd Acoustic Trio performs blues in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9:30 p.m. 
Concert of shanties and other sailor songs features Poland’s EKT Gdynia, Happy Crew, Andrzej Korycki, Stara Kuznia, Mietek Folk, Grzegorz Tyszkiewicz, Zejman, and Garkumpel in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 6 p.m. 
Poland's bands Nor Folk, Orkiestra Samanta, Smugglers, and Strefa Mocnych Wiatrow perform rock & shanties in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m. 
Concert of shanties and other sailor songs features Poland’s Atlantyda, Banana Boat, Klang, Stare Dzwonnice, and Stare Dzwony in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 11 p.m.
February 25th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Stephen Ellery plus Poland’s violinist Piotr Plawner and pianist Piotr Rozanski perform Arvo Part’s Dopo la Vittoria, Magnificat, and Credo plus Philip Glass’s concerto for violin and orchestra – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s ‘Halka’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
New York's Metropolitan Opera's production of Giuseppe Verdi's 'Ernani' is screened in Kijow.Centrum playhouse, 34 Krasinskiego street, at 6:45 p.m. 
Poland's two punk rock bands, TZN Xenna and Gaga, perform in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Concert of shanties and other pop songs features an array of Poland’s acts in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 5 p.m. 
Concert of shanties and other sailor songs features Poland’s acts Banana Boat, Dair, Andrzej Korycki, Miroslaw Kowalewski, Les Dieses, Orkiestra Samanta, Jerzy Porebski, Prawdziwe Perly, Qftry, Ryczace Dwudziestki, Stare Dzwonnice, and Stary Szmugler in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 10 p.m. 
Krakow's trio, Di Galitzyaner Klezmorim, performs Jewish klezmer music in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m. 
February 26th, Sunday: Krakow's Academy of Music Symphonic Orchestra and Poland’s violinist Aleksandra Kuls render Dvorak’s symphony no. 8 in G major op. 88 B. 163 plus Brahms’s academic overture in e minor op. 80 and violin concerto in D major op. 77 - in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company
produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s ‘Halka’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow's Ukraine born jazz pianist Boris Malkovsky gives recital in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9 p.m. 
Pop extravaganza features a symphonic orchestra, a pop band, eight vocalists, dancers, actors, and choirs performing Michael Jackson’s music in the Jagiellonian University's Auditorium Maximum, 35 Krupnicza street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Concert of shanties features Poland’s acts Brasy, Cztery Refy, Prawdziwe Perly, Qftry, Ryczace Dwudziestki, and Marek Szurawski in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at noon. 
An array of Poland’s bands and singers perform shanties and other sailor songs in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 5 p.m.  
February 28th, Tuesday: Russia’s pianist Nikolay Khozyainov plays music by Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Liszt in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s ‘Halka’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 a.m. 
Poland’s cello quintet, Cellostrada, plays cinematic music by Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, and Clint Mansell among others in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 

  • Concerts of classical music for tourists take place every day in Kosciol Sw. Wojciecha church on the Rynek Glowny central square and Kosciol Sw. Sw. Piotra i Pawla church, 52 Grodzka street, at 7 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. respectively. 

  • Concerts of Chopin's music for tourists take place in Dom Polonii at 15 Grodzka street on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. 

March 2012 entertainment events in Krakow. 

March 1st, Thursday: Poland's Imagination Quartet plays mainstream jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
March 2nd, Friday:
Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jan Latham Koenig plus Poland’s pianist Marek Bracha and tenor Rafal Bartminski render Manuel de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain G. 4, Claude Debussy’s nocturnes L. 91, and Karol Szymanowski’s symphony no. 3 op. 27 The Song about Night – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
USA’s jazz pianist Brad Mehldau plays with his trio of bassis Larry Grenadier, drummer Jeff Ballard, and himself in Kijow.Centrum playhouse, 34 Krasinskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Steven Markwick's musical, 'Little Lord', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 a.m.
March 3rd, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jan Latham Koenig plus Poland’s pianist Marek Bracha and tenor Rafal Bartminski render Manuel de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain G. 4, Claude Debussy’s nocturnes L. 91, and Karol Szymanowski’s symphony no. 3 op. 27 The Song about Night – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Poland's rock band, IRA, performs in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Steven Markwick's musical, 'Little Lord', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5:30 p.m. 
Australia’s Umbilical Brothers duo perform their comic show in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 8 p.m. 
March 4th, Sunday: Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis and soloist singers perform Handel’s Hercules in Stary Teatr theater, Jagiellonska street and Plac Szczepanski square, at 11 a.m. 
Krakow Opera Company
produces Steven Markwick's musical, 'Little Lord', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5:30 p.m. 
March 6th, Tuesday: Jazz concert features Johan Lindvall Trio in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company
produces Steven Markwick's musical, 'Little Lord', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 a.m.
March 7th, Wednesday: UK’s flutist Rachel Brown and Poland’s flutist Malgorzata Wojciechowska plus cellist Teresa Kaminska and harpsichordist Andrzej Zawisza play music by W.F. Bach. J.S. Bach, and C.P.E. Bach, Philidor and Leclair – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
March 8th, Thursday: Scandinavia's Johan Lindvall Trio plays jazz in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s Dominik Bienczycki Quartet in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9 p.m.
March 9th, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jan Krenz play Mozart’s three symphonies – in E sharp major KV543, in g minor KV 550, and in C major Jupiter KV 55 – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Poland's top brotherly duo, Fisz Emade Tworzywo, perform alt pop in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m.
Poland's reggae acts Maleo Reggae Rockers, Kacezet & Fundamenty, Pajujo, and Zjednoczenie Sound System perform in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
March 10th, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Georges Bizet's 'Carmen', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jan Krenz play Mozart’s three symphonies – in E sharp major KV543, in g minor KV 550, and in C major Jupiter KV 55 – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Poland's reggae acts Jamal, Indios Bravos, Duberman, and Dancehall Masak perform in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 7 p.m.  
Poland's hip hop act Igor Boxx performs among others in Zaczek club, 3 Maja street, at 8 p.m. 
March 11th, Sunday: Krakow’s Divine Mercy Parish Chamber Choir sings the Lent church music in Bazylika oo. Cystersow church, Klasztorna street, at 7 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow Opera Company produces Georges Bizet's 'Carmen', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
March 12th, Monday: Krakow's top singer-songwriter Grzegorz Turnau performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m.
March 14th, Wednesday: Poland's violinist Joanna Wronko and The Netherlands’ pianist Frank van de Laar in the Jagiellonian University's Collegium Novum, 24 Golebia street at Planty gardens, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow Opera dancers perform Igor Stravinski's ballet, 'Soldier's Tale', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
March 15th, Thursday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Poland’s violinists Aleksander Daszkiewicz and Anna Malesza play music by Khachaturian and Tchaikovsky in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera dancers perform Igor Stravinski's ballet, 'Soldier's Tale', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
March 16th, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Poland’s violinists Aleksander Daszkiewicz and Anna Malesza play music by Khachaturian and Tchaikovsky in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
March 17th, Saturday: Concert of chamber music features violinist Aleksander Gilman and pianist Kasparas Uinskas playing music by Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Brahms, and Waxman in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
March 18th, Sunday: Spain’s Paco Pena Flamenco Dance Company performs its flamenco show in the Jagiellonian University's Auditorium Maximum, 35 Krupnicza street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's top alt pop diva Renata Przemyk gives recital in Teatr Groteska theater, 2 Skarbowa street, at 7 p.m. 
Russia’s Alexander Pustovalov Choir sings Russian music in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 3 p.m. 
March 23rd, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s soprano Katarzyna Holysz render Richard Wagner’s Introduction and Love Death of Isolde from Tristan und Isolde plus Wesendonck Lieder and Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m.  
March 24th, Saturday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s soprano Katarzyna Holysz perform music by Wagner and Strauss in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Richard Strauss's 'Ariadne auf Naxos' (premiere) in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Israel’s noted vocalist Yasmin Levy sings ladino songs in Teatr Laznia Nowa playhouse, 25 Osiedle Szkolne, at 8:30 p.m. 
March 25th, Sunday: Krakow’s Haba Percussion Group plays Steve Reich’s Drumming in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis with conductor Alessandro de Marchi plus soloist singers perform Handel’s Solomon in Stary Teatr theater, Jagiellonska street and Plac Szczepanski square, at 11 a.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Richard Strauss's 'Ariadne auf Naxos' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Poland’s Alla Vienna orchestra and Vivid Singers choir perform Freddiego Mercury’s songs in Teatr Laznia Nowa playhouse, 25 Osiedle Szkolne, at 8 p.m. 
March 27th, Tuesday: Russia’s pianist Daniil Trifonov plays music by Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, and Paganini in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Richard Strauss's 'Ariadne auf Naxos' (premiere) in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
March 28th, Wednesday: Krakow Opera Company produces its children's show, 'The Secrets of the Forest Book', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 a.m. and again at 11 a.m. 
March 29th, Thursday:
Krakow Opera Company produces its children's show, 'The Secrets of the Forest Book', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 a.m. and again at 11 a.m. 
March 30th, Friday:
Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Russia’s pianist Olga Kern render Antonin Dvorak’s symphony no. 8 in G major op. 88, Siergei Rachmaninoff’s piano concerto no. 1 in f sharp major op. 1, and Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Verdi's 'Rigoletto' in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow's veteran singer-songwriter Andrzej Sikorowski and his singer daughter Maja Sikorowska plus Kroke trio perform in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m. 
March 31st, Saturday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Russia’s pianist Olga Kern play Antonin Dvorak’s symphony no. 8 in G major op. 88, Siergei Rachmaninoff’s piano concerto no. 1 in f sharp major op. 1, and Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks – in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. 

Events in Krakow in April 2012 and beyond


Some Worthwhile Temporary Exhibitions in Krakow

Fuji Mountain: Hokusai and Hiroshige. Japanese Landscape Woodcuts from Feliks Manggha Jasienski Collection. Classical Japanese wood engravings of ukiyo-e school. It's two 19th-century masters, Hokusai and Hiroshige, created many fine woodblock prints that show landscapes with the holy peak of Fuji. Manggha Museum at 26 Konopnickiej street till May 6th, 2012. 


Krakow Festivals
Krakow Lajkonik parade
Hardly a month passes in Krakow without some time-honored occasion for common festivities or colorful ceremony. Krakow residents have their own unique way of celebrating
Christmas, carnival, Easter etc. The city is also famous in Poland for its many spectacular festivals unknown elsewhere, such as the wild Lajkonik parade (see the picture above). 
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Krakow's music 
The city resounds with music of every kind. Its lively club scene is divided between hip-hop, house, funky, techno, traditional rock and still more traditional jazz. And demanding audience may choose among frequent concerts and recitals of classical music. 
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Krakow Theater
Krakow features prominently on the theater map of Europe. Its legendary National Stary Theater counts among the continent’s best companies of players. As the rest of the city's repertory theaters it runs several playhouses of varied capacity. 
 
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Krakow Nightlife 
There is no shortage of places to drink, eat, and stay merry late into the night in Krakow. 
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Sport in Krakow 
You can see the best soccer in the country. Or try paragliding instead.  
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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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Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine
Museums in Krakow
Krakow boasts the best collections in Poland, and some of its treasures are the envy of every museum in the world. 

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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
Krakow region has always been rich in colorful folk traditions, handed down from generation to generation, with almost every village cultivating its own set of time-honored customs. Nowadays, as new lifestyles spread, some ancient practices are dead but many flourish. 
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Krakow Food Festivals

 

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