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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: Woody Allen's 'Casandra's Dream' with Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, and Tom Wilkinson. Jon Favreau's 'Iron Man' with Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges. Andy Tennant's 'Fool's Gold' with Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, and Donald Sutherland. Jason Reitman's 'Juno' with Ellen Page, Michael Cera, and Jason Bateman. 
British: Nick Broomfield's 'Battle for Haditha' with Elliot Ruiz, Yasmine Hanani, and Adrew McLaren. 
Polish: Tomasz Drozdowicz's ''Futro' with Teresa Bidzisz Krzyzanowska, Leszek Piskorz, and Agnieszka Wasinska.    

Krakow’s May Highlights

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

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

48th Krakow Film Festival takes place May 30 through June 5. 

6th Photography Month in Krakow, a festival of photo art, takes place May 6 through May 31 with some fifty shows and other events in Krakow’s galleries, clubs, and other venues.

May 9, Friday: USA’s pianist Kevin Kenner and Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra render Rossini’s Italian in Algiers Overture Mozart’s piano concerto in C major KV 415, and Dvorak’s symphony no. 9 in E minor op. 95 ‘From the New World’ in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Chamber Opera produces Pergolesi's 'Livietta e Tracollo' comic opera in Eljot playhouse, 15 Miodowa 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. 
Krakow's veteran jazzmen, Old Metropolitan Band, perform Dixieland music in the Wyspianski club, 3 Lobzowska street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow's Niezgoda Acoustic Band plays jazz in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland's Maryam Quartet plus drummer Atma Anur perform jazz in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow's MGR Jazz Trio performs in Dwor Czeczow, 36 Popieluszki street, at 7 p.m. 
Blues concert features Krakow's band, Bluesmobile, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland’s pop band, Orkiestra Samanta, performs in the Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s pop folk bands, Krywan and Zakopower, perform in Zaczek club, 3 Maja street, at 9 p.m. 
Poland's alt pop band, Dzierzynski Bitz, performs in B-Side club, 16 Estery street, at 8 p.m. 
Open-air theater/pantomime show, Fair of Wonders, features Prague's PiDivadlo and Krakow's Teatr Mumerus companies of thespians at Villa Decius courtyard, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow’s traditional student pageant, Juwenalia, starts in front of Hala Wisly sports hall to reach the Rynek Glowny central square by noon.
May 10, Saturday: USA’s pianist Kevin Kenner and Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra render Rossini’s Italian in Algiers Overture Mozart’s piano concerto in C major KV 415, and Dvorak’s symphony no. 9 in E minor op. 95 ‘From the New World’ in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 p.m. 
Poland's tenor Mateusz Solarz gives recital in the CSW Solvay culture center, 62 Zakopianska street, at 4 p.m.
Concert of baroque music takes place in the Kosciol OO. Karmelitow church, Karmelicka street and Garbarska 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. 
Jazz concert features Krakow's ensemble, Little Egoists, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Krakow's jazz ensemble, Cookie, performs in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Blues concert Poland's band, Bluesmobile, in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland's blues bands, Workaholic and Teo's Matchbox Blues Band, perform in the Wyspianski club, 3 Lobzowska street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s accomplished pop band, Lao Che, performs in Zaczek club, 3 Maja street, at 9 p.m. 
Concert of indie rock features The Drift in RE club, 4 Sw. Krzyza street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland’s pop band, Teenage Bit, performs in the Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
USA’s Brigham Young University’s International Folk Dance Ensemble performs its show, The Gathering, in the NCK culture center, 232 Jana Pawla II street, at 6 p.m.
May 11, Sunday: Krakow Academy of Music's Symphonic Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis perform contemporary classical music by Krakow's composers  Moszumanska-Nazar, Walacinski, Stachowski, Bujarski, and Penderecki n the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Karol Szymanowski's operetta, 'Lottery for Husbands or Fiance No. 69', in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow Chamber Opera produces Pergolesi's 'Livietta e Tracollo' comic opera in Eljot playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, 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. 
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. 
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Krakow's veterans of Dixieland music, Old Metropolitan Band, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland's alt pop band, Loser Superhero, performs in B-Side club, 16 Estery 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. 
Open-air concert features Poland’s pop acts More Than Three, Kid A, Nell, Renton, The Car Is On Fire, and Mitch&Mitch in front of Zaczek club, 3 Maja street, at 4:30 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.  
Krakow's Aire Andaluz ensemble performs Arab dances and music in Dwor Czeczow, 36 Popieluszki street, at 7 p.m. 
May 12, Monday: Krakow's Academy of Music's choir, Krakow Radio Choir, Krakow Philharmonic Choir, and organist Andrzej Bialko perform church music by Mikolaj Henryk Gorecki in Kosciol Franciszkanow church, Franciszkanska street and Planty gardens, at 8:15 p.m. (free admission).  
Krakow Opera Company produces Karol Szymanowski's operetta, 'Lottery for Husbands or Fiance No. 69', in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Poland's accomplished pop band, Stare Dobre Malzenstwo, performs in the Rotunad club, 1 Oleandry street, at 8 p.m.
Czech Republic's Jaromir Nohavica performs in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
May 13, Tuesday: Krakow’s Sinfonietta Cracovia chamber orchestra performs Joseph Haydn’s symphony no. 49 ‘La Passione’ in F minor and Ludwig van Beethoven’s violin concerto in D major op. 61 in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7:30 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 Krakow's Big Band Malopolski in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
May 14, Wednesday: Poland’s cellist Tomasz Strahl and pianist Krzysztof Jablonski play Rachmaninoff’s sonata in G minor op. 19 and Tchaikovsky’s Pezzo capriccioso in H minor op. 62 in the Jagiellonian University’s Collegium Novum building, 24 Golebia street at Planty gardens, at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow's Amadeus Trio performs Mozart's music in Klub Kuznia, 14 os. Zlotego Wieku, at 6 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's Academy of Music's Chamber Orchestra performs music by Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel, Pachelbel, Albinioni, Bach, and Farid in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa streeet, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's mezzo-soprano Lidia Pirowska, tenor Dariusz Palonek, and baritone Jerzy Wojcik sing opera and operetta arias in the Dom Kultury Podgorze culture center, 18/20 Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Krakow's ensemble, V-Speed, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m. (free admission). 
Blues concert features Poland's band, Blue Machine, in the U Louisa cellar club, 13 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 8 p.m. 
Riverside band performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m. 
May 15, Thursday: 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. 
Krakow's jazz quintet, Energy Drink, performs in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m. 
Concert of alt pop features Voice Electronic QRT in RE club, 4 Sw. Krzyza street, at 8 p.m. 
Rock concert feature Beatallica in the Loch Ness club, 15 Warszawska street (entrance from Pawia street), at 6 p.m.
May 16, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s pianist Krzysztof Jablonski perform Beethoven’s piano concerto no. 5 in E-sharp major op. 73 and Tchaikovsky’s symphony no. 6 in H minor op. 74 in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
Chopin music is played on a period piano he once played in the Jagoellonian University's Collegium Maius gothic college, 15 Jagiellonska street at sw. Anny street, at 9 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow Chamber Opera produces its 'Switezianki' show, based on the 19th-century songs of the eastern Poland, in Eljot playhouse, 15 Miodowa 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. 
Concert of improvised music features Krakow's Process ensemble in the CSW Solvay culture center, 62 Zakopianska street, at 7 p.m. 
Poland's electronica jazz ensemble, Robotobibok, performs in the Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow's Niezgoda Acoustic Band plays jazz in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland's Paulina Kujawska Ban performs jazz standards 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). 
Krakow's blues band, Blues Machine, performs in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m. 
UK's ranking electronica team, Kosheen, performs trip-hop in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland’s pop band, Drake, performs shanties in the Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
Poland's ILO band performs alt rock in Dwor Czeczow, 36 Popieluszki street, at 7 p.m. 
Multimedia show of paintings by the world’s and Poland’s outstanding masters takes place on the Rynek Glowny central square at 9:15 p.m. (free admission). 
Vintage cars parade on the Rynek Glowny central square at 7 p.m. (free admission). 
'Museum Night' means that Krakow's museums are available for just one zloty from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
May 17, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s pianist Krzysztof Jablonski perform Beethoven’s piano concerto no. 5 in E-sharp major op. 73 and Tchaikovsky’s symphony no. 6 in H minor op. 74 in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 p.m. 
Ukraine’s Lviv’s Galicia Choir sings the Orthodox Church music in Kosciol OO. Dominikanow church, Stolarska street and Dominikanska street, at 8:15 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow Chamber Opera produces its 'Switezianki' show, based on the 19th-century songs of the eastern Poland, in Eljot playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, 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. 
Poland's Piotr Orzechowski Quartet plays jazz in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Jazz concert features Jacek Korochoda in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s blues band, Blue Machine, performs in the Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
Night of the Polish pop oldies takes place in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Israel’s folk dance ensemble, Shorashim ba-Machol Jerushalaim, performs on the Maly Rynek square (free admission).
May 18, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Tchaikovsky's 'The Queen of Spades' in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Poland's opera tenor Rafal Bartminski gives recital in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 3 p.m. 
Poland’s Youth Choir of the Przemysl Diocese sings the Orthodox Church music in Kosciol sw. Jozefa church, Zamojskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
Concert of classical music features Krakow's soprano Ewa Diczuk-Koziol, flutist  Filip Slowiak, and pianist Maria Guzik in Dwor Czeczow, 36 Popieluszki street, 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.
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. 
Krakow's jazz quintet, Hi-Five, performs swinging standards in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m. 
San Francisco’s rising alt pop diva Rykarda Parasol sings in the Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m. 
Concert of Jewish music takes place in the Tempel Synagogue, 24 Miodowa street, at 8 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. 
May 19, Monday: Krakow Opera Company produces Tchaikovsky's 'The Queen of Spades' in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Poland's blues band, Soul Finger, performs in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m. 
Poland's alt pop vocalist Aga Zaryan performs in the Rotunad club, 1 Oleandry street, at 8 p.m.
Poland's band, Norfolk, performs shanties in MDK in. Korczaka culture center, 18 os. Kalinowe, at 5 p.m. (free admission). 
May 20, Tuesday: Ukraine’s pianist Denis Zhdanov plays music by Schubert, Liszt, Brahms, Wiesenberg, and Moussorgsky in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
Concert of contemporary classical music features first performances of works by Krakow's composers Walacinski, Dlugosz, Zawadzka-Golosz, Jablonski, Zych, Widlak, Chyrzynski, and Bien in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa streeet, at 7 p.m. (free admission). 
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 Witold Chronowski Quintet in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
USA's Philadelphia's indie rock band, Enon, performs in RE club, 4 Sw. Krzyza street, at 8 p.m. 
May 21, Wednesday: Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra and pianist Paul Badura-Skoda render Mozart’s symphony in D major KV 385 ‘Haffner’s, Haydn’s piano concerto in D major, and Mozart’s piano concerto in E flat major KV 271 in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Moldova Radio Choir sings the Orthodox Church music in Kosciol OO. Pijarow church, Pijarska street and sw. Jana street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's soprano Ewa Diczuk-Koziol, flutist  Filip Slowiak, and pianist Maria Guzik perform Bach's music n the Dom Kultury Podgorze culture center, 18/20 Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland's ensemble, Krolik, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
May 22, Thursday: 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 ensemble, Muka, in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
May 23, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Krakow’s oboist Mariusz Pedzialek and percussionist Ryszard Haba perform Piazzolla’s suite for oboe and orchestra, Mackey’s concerto for percussion and orchestra, Papandopulo’s concerto for oboe and xylophone, and Druschetzky’s concerto for oboe, eight kettledrums and orchestra in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
Armenia’s Avedis Choir sings the Orthodox Church music in Kosciol OO. Franciszkanow church, Franciszkanska street and Plandty gardens, at 8 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. 
Poland's ensemble, Lechee, performs pop jazz 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). 
Blues concert features Poland's Dabalski Blues in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland’s pop band, Hambawenah, performs in the Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
Poland's alt pop band, Renton, performs in B-Side club, 16 Estery street, at 8 p.m. 
May 24, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Krakow’s oboist Mariusz Pedzialek and percussionist Ryszard Haba perform Piazzolla’s suite for oboe and orchestra, Mackey’s concerto for percussion and orchestra, Papandopulo’s concerto for oboe and xylophone, and Druschetzky’s concerto for oboe, eight kettledrums and orchestra in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 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 top jazz guitarist Jaroslaw Smietana performs with his ensemble, Young Jazz Lions, in the Botanic Garden, 27 Kopernika street, at noon.
Jazz concert features Poland's 100nka ensemble in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m. 
Poland's Przemek Straczek Trio performs jazz in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s pop band, Grupa Furmana, performs shanties in the Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
Men’s fencing tournament takes place in the Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street at 6 p.m.
May 25, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko's 'The Haunted Manor', the Polish national opera, in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Concert of classical music features Krakow's violinist Robert Kabara, cellist Dorota Imielowska, and pianist Mariola Cieniawa in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa streeet, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, drummer Ryszard Haba, and percussionist Tomasz Sobaniec perform Panufnik's music after lecture by USA's Professor Harrison Powley in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, 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. 
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. 
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's jazz vocalist Gosia Koscielniak sings evergreens in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), 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. 
Krakow’s Grupa MoCARTA ensemble performs its humorous musical show in Auditorium Maximum, 33 Krupnicza street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow's pop singer Agnieszka Chrzanowska gives recital in Palac Krzysztofory, 2 Szczepanska street, at 8 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. 
Women’s fencing tournament takes place in the Barbakan (barbican) behind the Brama Florianska gate at the end of Florianska street at 4 p.m.
May 26, Monday: Krakow Opera Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko's 'The Haunted Manor', the Polish national opera, in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m. 
UK's choir of Wales, Cwmbran Baroque Singers, plus organist Martin Rigde performs the English Baroque music in the Kosciol Swietych Piotra i Pawla church, 54 Grodzka street, at 4 p.m. 
May 27, Tuesday: 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 Krakow's quartet Radwanska-Wachulka-Kupiec-Jamiol in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Open-air concert features Krakow's pop singer Anna Treter and her guests in the Dworek Bialopradnicki culture center, 2 Papiernicza street, at 7 p.m. (free admission). 
May 28, Wednesday: Krakow's soprano Katarzyna Oles-Blacha, violist Janusz Pisarski, clarinetist Janusz Antonik, and pianist Renata Zelobowska-Orzechowska perform music by Schumann, Bruch, and Strauss in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 7 p.m. 
UK's choir of Wales, Cwmbran Baroque Singers, plus organist Martin Rigde performs the English Baroque music in the Kosciol OO. Bernardynow church, 2 Bernardynska street at Stradomska street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Poland's tenor Franciszek Makuch gives recital in the Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street (upstairs), at 6 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland's Funky BeeGos in the U Louisa cellar club, 13 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 8 p.m. 
An array of Krakow's singers-songwriters perform in the Klub Kultury Wola culture center, 215 Krolowej Jadwigi street, at 6 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow's pop singer Agata Slazyk gives recital in Piwnica Pod baranami cellar club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow's guitarist Adam Hliniak plays and dancer Katarzyna Kostek dances Arab music  in the Dom Kultury Podgorze culture center, 18/20 Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m. 
May 29, Thursday: Krakow’s Sinfonietta Cracovia chamber orchestra plays the favorite film scores of the world’s and Poland’s cinema in in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow's flutists Dominika Staszkiewicz and Tomasz Potaczek plus harpsichordist Aneta Wielkiewicz-Dyrek perform music by Telemann, Krebs, de Monteclair, Hotteterre, and Bach in Bishop Ciolek Palace (branch of the Krakow National Museum), 17 Kanonicza 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. 
Jazz concert features Poland's trio Klich-Drobot-Krupa in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Krakow’s traditional Lajkonik pageant starts at Klasztor Norbertanek convent, 88 Kosciuszki street, at 1 p.m. to proceed through the Old Town’s streets and reach the central Rynek Glowny square at 7 p.m. for the final show.
May 30, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and choir plus Poland’s soprano Marta Boberska and baritone Dariusz Siedlik render Rihm’s ‘Das Lesen der Schrift’ and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45 in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
France’s outstanding composer of film scores, Eric Serra, and his pop rock RXRA Group perform music from Luc Besson’s blockbusters on Krakow’s Blonia common at 9 p.m. (open air). 
Krakow’s pianist Marek Szlezer plays Chopin’s music in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 7 p.m. 
Poland's operetta diva Grazyna Brodzinska plus Krakow's Young Philharmonics perform popular cinema and pop music in the Teatr Ludowy theater, 34 os. Teatralne, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's band, Latajace Talerze, performs jazz rock 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). 
Krakow's Niezgoda Acoustic Band plays jazz in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Blues concert features Poland's Bluszcz Blues Band in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m.
Poland’s pop act, B.O.R.Y., performs in the Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
May 31, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and choir plus Poland’s soprano Marta Boberska and baritone Dariusz Siedlik perform Rihm’s ‘Das Lesen der Schrift’ and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45 in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 p.m. 
Open-air concert features film scores by Howarda Shore culminating in an extravaganza rendering of music composed for ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ on Krakow’s Blonia common at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s Namysto Women’s Chamber Choir sings the Orthodox Church music in Kosciol OO. Jezuitow church, Kopernika street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Concert of opera and classical music takes place in Eljot playhouse, 15 Miodowa street, 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. 
Poland's jazz ensemble, Smoke Break, performs in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Jazz concert features Seb Bernatowicz Trio in the Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Sq.), at 9 p.m. 
Poland's Kaja's Band performs in the Milestone club, 6 Nadwislanska street (Hotel Qubus), at 8:30 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s pop band, Clodki Calus od Buby, performs shanties in the Stary Port club, Jablonowskich street at Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's pop singer Jaga Wronska gives recital in Loch Camelot cafe, 17 Sw. Tomasza street, at 8 p.m. 
Open-air concert features Poland’s children’s pop vocal group, Arka Noego, in front of the Bishop Palace at 3 Franciszkanska street, at 1 p.m. (free admission). 

Selected June Events in Krakow  

12th Krakow Opera Summer Festival takes place June 15 through July 11. 
(see the festival program)

June 1, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Gaetano Donizetti’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 4, Wednesday: Krakow’s violinist Piotr Kwasny and guitarist pawel Kwasny play music by Bach, Villa-Lobos, and Piazzola in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
June 6, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and USA’s pianist Eugene Indjic perform Messiaen’s ‘L'Ascension’ (on the 100th anniversary of his birthday), Ravel’s piano concerto in G major, and Debussy’s ‘La mer’ in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
June 7, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and USA’s pianist Eugene Indjic perform Messiaen’s ‘L'Ascension’ (on the 100th anniversary of his birthday), Ravel’s piano concerto in G major, and Debussy’s ‘La mer’ in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 p.m. 
June 8, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Poland's opera baritone Andrzej Dobber gives recital in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 3 p.m. 
June 9, Monday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 13, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir plus Poland’s soprano Iwona Hossa, alto Ewa Marciniec, tenor Aleksander Pinderak, and bass Robert Gierlach perform Bach’s Mass in h minor BWV 232 in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
June 14, Saturday:  Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir plus Poland’s soprano Iwona Hossa, alto Ewa Marciniec, tenor Aleksander Pinderak, and bass Robert Gierlach perform Bach’s Mass in h minor BWV 232 in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 6 p.m. 
June 15, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at Szpitalna street, at 6:30 p.m.  
June 19, Thursday: London’s The Hilliard Ensemble and Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra perform Beethoven’s symphony no. 3 ‘Eroica’ in E sharp major and Part’s Miserere in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7:30 p.m. 
June 20, Friday:  Concert of the Krakow Academy of Music's graduates takes place in the Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7 p.m. 
June 21, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Johan Strauss’ ‘Der Zigeunerbaron’ (Gypsy Baron) in the open air in hippodrome next to the Niepolomice Castle at 8 p.m. 
June 22, Sunday:  Krakow Opera Company produces Johan Strauss’ ‘Der Zigeunerbaron’ (Gypsy Baron) in the open air in hippodrome next to the Niepolomice Castle at 8 p.m. 
June 23, Monday: Krakow Opera Company produces Johan Strauss’ ‘Der Zigeunerbaron’ (Gypsy Baron) in the open air in hippodrome next to the Niepolomice Castle at 8 p.m. 
June 24, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Company produces Johan Strauss’ ‘Der Zigeunerbaron’ (Gypsy Baron) in the open air in hippodrome next to the Niepolomice Castle at 8 p.m. 
June 28, Saturday: Open-air concert 'The Best of Opera Arias' features Poland''s outstanding singers in the Wawel Royal Castle's courtyard at 9 p.m. 
Huge two-hour open-air concert features international pop diva Celine Dion on Krakow's Blonia common at 9 p.m. 
June 29, Sunday: Open-air concert 'The Best of Opera Arias' features Poland''s outstanding singers in the Wawel Royal Castle's courtyard at 9 p.m.

Krakow events expected in July

July 3, Thursday: Krakow Opera Company produces Gaetano Donizetti’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ in the Hangar of the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, 39 Jana Pawla II Avenue, at 7 p.m. 
July 5, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Charles Gounod’s ‘Faust’ in the Hangar of the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, 39 Jana Pawla II Avenue, at 7 p.m. 
July 6, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ in the Hangar of the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, 39 Jana Pawla II Avenue, at 7 p.m. 
July 7, Monday: USA’s outstanding saxophonist Branford Marsalis performs in the Piwnica Pod Baranami club, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 9 p.m. 
July 10, Thursday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s - ‘Tosca’ Act I in the Niepolomice church and Act II as well as Act II at the courtyard of the Niepolomice Castle., at 7 p.m. 
July 11, Friday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Tosca’, Act I in the Niepolomice church and Act II plus Act II at the courtyard of the Niepolomice Castle., at 7 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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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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