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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: Peter Jackson's 'The Lovely Bones' with Saoirse Ronan, Mark Whalberg, and Rachel Weisz. Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland' with Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter. Richard Kelly's 'The Box' with Cameron Diaz, James Mardsen, and Frank Langella. Scott Steward's 'Legion' with Dennis Quaid, Kevin Durand, and Lucas Black. Brain Levant's 'The Spy Next Door' with Jackie Chan, Ambre Valletta, and Billy Ray Cyrus. Jason Reitman's 'Up in the Air' with George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, and Anna Kendrick. Marc Lawrence's 'Did You Hear about Morgans?' with Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Sam Elliot.   
British: Lone Scherfig's 'An Education' with Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, and Cara Seymour. 
French/German/
British:
Roman Polanski's 'The Ghost Writer' with Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, and Olivia Williams. 
Polish: Jan Kidawa-Blonski's 'Rozyczka' with Magdalena Boczarska, Andrzej Seweryn, and Robert Wieckiewicz. Jan Chryniak's 'Trick' with Piotr Adamczyk, Andrzej Chyra, and Karolina Gruszka. Piotr Dumala's 'Las' with Mariusz Bomaszewski and Stanislaw Brudny.  
Spanish: Alejandro Amenabar's 'Agora' with Rachel Weisz, Ma Minghella, and Oscar Isaac.  
 

Krakow events

Krakow Events in March.

/Further below please find Krakow's selected events in April and beyond/

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

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 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. respectively.

March 19, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Poland’s soprano Kamila Kulakowska, alto Ewa Marciniec, tenor Peter Gronlund, and baritone Jaroslaw Brek perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 in Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow’s Perfugium Early Music Ensemble performs church music of the 16th to the 18th century in Kosciol OO. Bernardynow church, 2 Bernardynska street, at 7:15 p.m. 
Krakow’s pianist Adam Dobrowolski plays music by Chopin, Bach, and Schumann in Malwa club, 6 Dobrego Pasterza street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's pianist Anna Boczar plays Chopin's music for tourists in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny square and Grodzka street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow's Niezgoda Acoustic Band plays jazz in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Berlin's Kotoka Suzuki and Warsaw's Robert Piotrowicz perform electronic music and video in Bunkier Sztuki gallery, 3 Plac Szczepanski at Planty gardens, at 8 p.m.
USA’s Seattle’s singer-songwriter Jesy Fortino performs with her band, Tiny Vipers, supported by Crystal Hell Pool, in Forty Kleparz club, 2 Kamienna street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow's mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Slota Marciniec sings in Dwor Czeczow culture center, 36 ks. Popieluszki street, at 10 a.m. 
Poland’s noted rock band, Lao Che, performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland's accomplished reggae band, Paprika Korps, plus Per-Wers and Poludnica perform in Zaczek club, 3 Maja street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland's blues band, Skazani, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Poland's jazz rock band, Nie-Bo, performs in Lizard King club, 11a Sw. Tomasza street, at 9 p.m. 
March 20, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra plus Poland’s soprano Kamila Kulakowska, alto Ewa Marciniec, tenor Peter Gronlund, and baritone Jaroslaw Brek perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 in Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Poland’s trio of jazzmen, The Lirium Tremens, play free jazz in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m. 
Poland's Mikolaj Budniak Quintet plays jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Poland’s noted jazzman Mikolaj Trzaska plays solo in Cheder Cafe, 36 Jozefa street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland's Adam Nowicki Band plays jazz in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Germany’s noted rock band, Mad Sin, performs psychobilly in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 7 p.m.
Bourges 2009 ensemble performs electronic music and video in Bunkier Sztuki gallery, 3 Plac Szczepanski at Planty gardens, at 6 p.m. 
Switzerland’s ensemble, Three + One, performs electronic music in Akademia Muzyczna conservatoire, 43 Sw. Tomasza street at Planty gardens, at 8 p.m.  
An array of Poland’s noted rock bands performs metal music in Studio club, 2 Budryka street, from 3 p.m. 
Poland's rock band, Detox, performs in Lizard King club, 11a Sw. Tomasza street, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow’s young singer-songwriter Edward Zawilinski gives recital in Loch Camelot, 17 Sw. Tomasza street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow's trio, Nazzar, performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m.
March 21, Sunday:
Poland’s violinists Maria Machowska and Agata Szymczewska, violist Artur Rozmyslowicz, cellist Rafal Kwiatkowski, and pianist Janusz Olejniczak render Frederic Chopin’s piano concerto in f minor arranged for a quintet and Robert Schumann’s piano quintet in E sharp major opus 44in the Filharmonia Krakowska hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Flutist Wilbert Hazelzet and harpsichordist Jacques Ogg play J.S. Bach’s sonatas in A major BWV 1032, in G major BWV 525, and in h minor BWV 1030, W.F. Bach’s sonata in e minor, and C.P.E. Bach’s Duetto in D major Wq. 83 - in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow’s violist Robert Kabara, guitarist Michal Nagy, and oboist Arkadiusz Krupa play music by John Dowland, Domenico Scarlatti, Francesco Molina, Giacchomo Rossini, and Jacques Ibert in the Jagiellonian University’s Collegium Novum, 24 Golebia street at Planty gardens, at 6 p.m. . 
Krakow’s Perfugium Early Music Ensemble peforms church music of the 16th to the 18th century in Kosciol Sw. Marka church, Slawkowska street and Sw. Marka street, at 5 p.m.

Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow's pianist Pawel Kubica plays Chopin's music for tourists in Hotel Grand, 5 Slawkowska street and sw. Tomasza street, at 7 p.m.
Brazil’s Wilson Sukorski plus Poland's Pleq and Zenial perform electronic music in Bunkier Sztuki gallery, 3 Plac Szczepanski at Planty gardens, at 6 p.m. 
Poland's Agnieszka Grochowicz Quintet performs jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Poland's accomplished rocker Muniek Staszczyk performs in Lizard King club, 11a Sw. Tomasza street, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s rock band, Coma, performs in Studio club, 2 Budryka street, from 8 p.m.
Rock concert features Poland's bands Zielone Zabki, Stroke, ADHD, Syndrom, and Ptasia Grypa in Imbir club, 35 Sw. Tomasza street, at 7 p.m.
Poland’s singer-songwiriter Mariusz Lubomski gives recital in Forty Kleparz club, 2 Kamienna street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland’s rock band, Przasniczki, performs in Carpe Diem club, 33 Florianska street and Sw. Marka street, at 8 p.m.
March 22, Monday: Krakow’s violinist Zbigniew Pilch and harpsichordist Elzbieta Stefanska render J.S. Bach’s sonata no. 1 in h minor, toccata and fugue in e minor in transcription for solo violin, sonata no. 3 in E major, sonata no. 1 in g minor for solo violin, and sonata no. 4 in c minor - in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 7 p.m. 
Jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m. (free admission).
Poland’s pop acts Natalia Kukulska, Katarzyna Jamroz, Anna Sokolowska, and Mariusz Jasko sing Polish songs in Teatr Groteska playhouse, 2. Skarbowa street, at 7 p.m.
March 23, Tuesday: Concert of classical music features Couperin’s Le Parnasse ou L'Apothéose de Corelli for two harpsichords, Dieupart’s Sixieme Suitte in f, Weckmann’s Toccata vel praeludium in d, Bach’s sonata in G major for two harpsichords, and Couperin’s Les Nations: Premier Ordre de trios - in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 5 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s Szczawnica Chamber Choir and Krakow’s organist Arkadiusz Bialic perform old Polish music, contemporary church music, early organ music, and Mendelssohn’s music in Kosciol Sw. Barbary, Plac Mariacki (behind St. Mary’s Basilica at central square), at 4:45 p.m.
Concert of classical music features Bach’s toccatas, fantasias, and fugues in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's pianist Anna Boczar plays Chopin's music for tourists in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny square and Grodzka street, at 7 p.m.
A Krakow pianist plays Chopin’s music for tourists in Palac Pod Baranami, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Poland's jazz quintet, Ventura, plays fusion music in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland’s trio, Pawel Kaczmarczyk Audiofeeling Band plus saxophonist Grzech Piotrowski, in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 8:30 p.m. 
Concert of alternative music features Poland's guitarist Lukasz Kozak and saxophonist Slawek Maler in Eszeweria club, 9 Jozefa street, at 8:30 p.m.  (free admission). 
Poland's rock band, Infolinia, performs in Zascianek club, 4 Rostafinskiego street, at 8 p.m. 
March 24, Wednesday: Germany’s harpsichordist Christine Schornsheim plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s Das Wohltemperierte Klavier vol. I in the Wawel Royal Castle’s Sala Senatorska hall at 7:30 p.m.
Poland’s violinist Anna Sliwa, cellist Teresa Kaminska, and harpsichordist Andrzej Zawisza play Bach’s sonata no. 2 in A major, sonata in G major, sonata in f moinor BWV 1018, sonata in e minor na skrzypce, and sonata no. 6 in G major for violin and harpsichord - in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera company produces its show, I Sing the Rhyme of Love, in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow’s soprano Ewa Warta-Smietana plus pianists Krystyna Man Li Szczepanska and Malgorzata Westrych perform Chopin’s music in Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs), at 6 p.m. 
Poland's Pezda Trio performs jazz in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 8:30 p.m. 
Latin jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m. (free admission). 
Canada’s avant pop trio, No Kids, performs in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m., followed by the USA’s band Chain And The Gang at 9 p.m., and Phil Elverum with his band, Mount Eerie, at 10:30 p.m. 
Dave Nilaya Project performs in Lizard King club, 11a Sw. Tomasza street, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow's Artur Lukiewicz i Krzysztof Hliniak perform boss nova and other Latin tunes in DK Podgorze culture center, 18 Krasickiego street, at 6 p.m.
March 25, Thursday:
Concert Our Chopin Affair features Portugal's stellar fado singer Misia in Krakow Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 7:30 p.m. 
Flutist Peter Holtslag and violinist Zbigniew Pilch plus Krakow’s Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra render Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude BWV 1105, Kunst der Fuge: Contrapunctus IV, Contrapunctus XV - Wenn wir in hoechsten Noeten sein, concerto in E major, and concerto in d minor - in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Young Philharmonics youth orchestra, Cracow Papal University Women Choir, soprano Joanna Stawarska, and countertenor Piotr Kuczek perform Pergolessi’s Stabat Mater in Kosciol Sw. Judy Tadeusza at 6:45 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow's cellist Tomasz Strahl, accordionist Klaudiusz Baran, saxophonist Barlomiej Dus, and Fresco Sonare Youth Chamber Orchestra render Maciej Malecki's Hymnus for saxophone and strings, Samuel Barber's Adagio, and Sofia Gubaidulina's Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross - in Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny church, Skaleczna street and Augustianska street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's pianist Pawel Kubica plays Chopin's music for tourists in Hotel Grand, 5 Slawkowska street and sw. Tomasza street, at 7 p.m. 
Poland's jazz quartet, Jazzpospolita, plays in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Poland’s duo of saxophonist Mikolaj Trzaska and guitarist Raphael Roginski play free jazz in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland's ensemble, Masters, in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 8:30 p.m. 
Poland's jazz ensemble, Eastcom, plus Guy Bilong perform in Drukarnia club, 1 Nadwislanska street, at 8 p.m.  
UK’s rising indie rock band, The Subways, performs in Loch Ness club, 15 Warszawska street, at 8 p.m. 
UK's noted rocker Eric Bell, formerly Thin Lizzy, performs in Lizard King club, 11a Sw. Tomasza street, at 9 p.m. 
Poland's pop band, 10000 Szelek, performs in Eszeweria club, 9 Jozefa street, at 8:30 p.m.  (free admission). 
Poland’s accomplished singer-songwriter Piotr Bukartyk performs in Gwarek club, 17 Reymonta street, at 8 p.m.
March 26, Friday:
Poland’s flutist Tomasz Pawel Potaczek, violinist Agnieszka Krawczyk, Mateusz Kowalski playing viola da gamba, and harpsichordists Beata Hortynska, Mariko Kato, and Marta Klimczyk plus Krakow’s Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra render Bach’s concerto in C major for two harpsichords, concerto in e minor for flute and violin, Brandenburg concerto no. 5, and harpsichord concerto in D major - in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Amsterdam’s company of players, Iminami, performs its electronic show in Akademia Muzyczna conservatoire, 43 Sw. Tomasza street at Planty gardens, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's pianist Anna Boczar plays Chopin's music for tourists in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny square and Grodzka street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow's Niezgoda Acoustic Band plays jazz in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland’s Robert Klepacz Trio performs Jobim’s bossa novas in Klub Kultury Wola, 215 Krolowej Jadwigi street, at 6 p.m. (free admission). 
Krakow's band, Que passa, performs jazzy Latin tunes in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Poland’s ensemble, Male Instrumenty, performs its queer music in Bunkier Sztuki gallery, 3 Plac Szczepanski at Planty gardens. 
Poland’s noted hiphop acts, OSTR and LDZ, plus the USA's Cadillac Dale perform in Studio club, 2 Budryka street, from 8 p.m.
Germany's rock band, Planet, supported by Transola, perform in Kawiarnia Naukowa club, 29 Jakuba street, at 8 p.m.
Rock concert features Rocket Mary in Imbir club, 35 Sw. Tomasza street, at 6 p.m.
Poland's rock band, Latajace Talerze, performs in Lizard King club, 11a Sw. Tomasza street, at 9 p.m. 
Poland’s pop band, Niemoc, performs in Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs), at 6 p.m.
March 27, Saturday:
Germany’s noted clavichord player Bernhard Klapprott renders Bach’s Inventio 1-15 BWV 772-786, and Sinfonia 1-15 BWV 787-801 in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir plus the UK’s mezzo-soprano Marjorie Elinor Dix, tenor Thomas Mohr, and bass-baritone John Cheek perform Richard Wagner’s 2nd act of opera Parsifal in Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Amsterdam’s company of players, Iminami, performs its electronic show in Akademia Muzyczna conservatoire, 43 Sw. Tomasza street at Planty gardens, at 7 p.m. 
France’s noted guitarist Nguyem Le plus Poland’s drummer Jacek Kochan and his ensemble play new jazz in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m. 
Poland's Ryszard Swiech Trio plays jazz in Cieplarnia club, 15 Bracka street, at 8 p.m. (free admission). 
Poland's jazz trio, Yankel Band, plays in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland’s vocalist Ewa Uryga in Coltrane club, 4 Plac Biskupi square, at 8 p.m. 
USA's indie rock band, Talibam!, supported by Kristen, performs in RE club, 4 Sw. Krzyza street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland’s rock band, Strachy Na Lachy, performs in Studio club, 2 Budryka street, from 8 p.m.
Poland's veteran rock band, TSA, performs in Loch Ness club, 15 Warszawska street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland's rock band, present Perfect, performs in Lizard King club, 11a Sw. Tomasza street, at 9 p.m. 
Krakow’s pop singer Jaga Wronska performs Lent songs in Loch Camelot, 17 Sw. Tomasza street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow's trio, Nazzar, performs music inspired by traditional Jewish tunes in Galicia Museum, 18 Dajwor street, at 7 p.m.
March 28, Sunday: Krakow’s Cappella Cracoviensis orchestra and choir with the UK’s conductor Andrew Parrott plus tenor Marc Molomot perform Bach’s St. John’s Passion in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow’s Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra with young soloist singers perform Bach’s cantatas BWV 127, BWV 103, BWV 51, Brandenburg concerto no. 4, and Furchte dich nich, ich bin bei dir BWV 228 - in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 5 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow's pianist Pawel Kubica plays Chopin's music for tourists in Hotel Grand, 5 Slawkowska street and sw. Tomasza street, at 7 p.m. 
Poland's Malgorzata Markowska Band performs jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
New York’s noted indie rock band, Pterodactyl, performs in Forty Kleparz club, 2 Kamienna street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland’s noted blues band, Nocna Zmiana Bluesa, performs in Studio club, 2 Budryka street, from 8 p.m.
Ireland’s famed company of dancers, Gaelforce Dance, performs its show of Celtic tunes in the Jagiellonian University’s Auditorium Maximum, 35 Krupnicza street, at 7 p.m. 
Poland’s pop act Marta Honzatko performs in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m.
Krakow's soprano Ewa Diczuk-Koziol plus pianists Maria Guzik and flutist Filip Slowiak perform Polish Lent music in Dwor Czeczow culture center, 36 ks. Popieluszki street, at 7 p.m.
March 29, Monday: Italy’s sopranos Maria Grazia Schiavo and Patrizia Bovi, alto Romina Basso, tenor Pino de Vittorio, and Capella della Pieta de' Turchini ensemble with conductor Antonio Florio perform Intorno Allo’s Stabat in Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny church, Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 8 p.m. 
Jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m. (free admission).
March 30, Tuesday: UK’s soprano Claire Booth, mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers, tenor David Alegret, soprano Ina Kancheva, counter-tenor Jordi Domenach, baritone Miguel Sola, and Italy’s Accademia Bizantina ensemble with conductor Stefano Montanari render Antonio Caldara’s Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 8 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
Krakow's pianist Anna Boczar plays Chopin's music for tourists in Dom Polonii, 14 Rynek Glowny square and Grodzka street, at 7 p.m.
A Krakow pianist plays Chopin’s music for tourists in Palac Pod Baranami, 27 Rynek Glowny central square, at 7 p.m. 
Poland's jazz rock band, CroDad & 100 Years, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m.
Germany's rock band, RPWL, performs in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 9 p.m.
An array of Krakow’s pop acts performs songs by Basia Stepniak-Wilk and Olek Brzezinski in Teatr Groteska playhouse, 2 Skarbowa street, at 7 p.m.
March 31, Wednesday: Spain’s sopranos Montserrat Figueras and Adriana Fernandez, France’s counter-tenors Pascal Bertin and David Sagastume, tenors Lluís Vilamajo and Francesco Garrigosa, baritone Furio Zanasi, bass Daniele Carnovich, and La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Hesperion XXI ensembles with conductor Jordi Savall plus Hiroyuki Koinuma playing shinobue and nokan, Yukio Tanaka playing chant and biwa, Ichiro Seki playing shakuhachi, Masako Hirao playing viola da gamba basse, Prabhu Edouard playing tablas, and Ken Zuckerman playing dhotar and sarod perform La Ruta de Oriente in Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny church, Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 8 p.m. 
Poland's trio, TTS, performs jazz in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 8:30 p.m. 
Poland’s Wojciech Mazolewski Quintet plays free jazz in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m.
Jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m. (free admission).
Sweden’s noted rock band, Katatonia, performs progressive metal music in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 8 p.m.

April events in Krakow.

Krakow's Easter festival of classical music, Misteria Paschalia, takes place from March 29th through April 5th. 

3rd Off Plus Camera International Independent Cinema Festival takes place April 16 to April 25. 

April 1st, Thursday: Italy’s Venice’s early music ensemble, La Venexiana, with conductor Claudio Cavina perform Dietrich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri in Kosciol Franciszkanow church, Franciszkanska street at Planty gardens, at 10 p.m.
April 2nd, Friday: Sopranos Joanna Lunn and Judith Gauthier, mezzo-soprano Delphine Galou, counter-tenor Owen Willetts, tenors Markus Brutscher and Nicholas Mulroy, basses Christian Immler and Benoit Arnoult, and France’s Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble ensemble with conductor Marc Minkowski render Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John’s Passion in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 8 p.m.
April 3rd, Saturday: France’s counter-tenor Philippe Jaroussky and L'Arpeggiata ensemble with conductor Christina Pluhar perform Audi Coelum / Teatro d'Amore in the Wieliczka Salt Mine’s underground St Kinga's Chapel at 8 p.m. 
April 4th, Sunday: Italy’s sopranos Maria Espada and Roberta Invernizzi, alto Marina De Liso, tenor Jeremy Ovenden, bass Luca Pisaroni, and Il Giardino Armonico ensemble with conductor Giovanni Antonini perform George Frideric Handel’s La Resurrezione in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 8 p.m.
April 5th, Monday:
France’s mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux and Europa Galante ensemble with conductor Fabio Biondi perform Antonio Vivaldi’s Arie e concerti II in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 8 p.m. 
Traditional Emaus fair takes place alongside Kosciuszki street next to St. Norbert's convent. 
April 6th, Tuesday:
Traditional Rekawka fair takes place near Kopiec Kraka ancient mound in the Podgorze district
April 7th
, Wednesday: Krakow’s soprano Marta Boberska, trumpeter Waclaw Mulak, cellist Jacek Kociuban, and harpsichordist Andrzej Zawisza perform Damian Stachowicz’s Veni Consolator, Georg Friedrich Handel’s Let The Bright Seraphim and Eternal source, and Alessandro Scarlatti’s Si suoni la tromba (In terra la Guerra, Con voce festiva, Rompe sprezza, Mio tesoro per te mor) in the Wawel Royal Castle’s Sala Senatorska at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow Opera company produces its show, I Sing the Rhyme of Love, in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
April 9th, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra with Ukraine’s conductor Vladimir Sirenko and violinist Dima Tkachenko render Carl Nielsen’s violin concerto op. 33 and Jean Sibelius’ symphony no. 2 in D major op. 43 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m.
 
Poland’s reggae acts Bob One, Junior Stress, Masala Soundsystem, and EastWest Rockers perform in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 7 p.m.
April 10th, Saturday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra with Ukraine’s conductor Vladimir Sirenko and violinist Dima Tkachenko render Carl Nielsen’s violin concerto op. 33 and Jean Sibelius’ symphony no. 2 in D major op. 43 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Tosca in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Poland’s reggae acts Jamal Soundsystem, Abradab & Gutek, Mr King Lover & Brojah, and Izrael perform in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 7 p.m.
April 11th, Sunday: Concert Chopin in Blue features Poland's noted jazz pianists Joachim Mencel, Wojciech Groborz, and Leszek Zadlo among others in Akademia Muzyczna conservatoire, 43 Sw. Tomasza street at Planty gardens, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Tosca in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Concert of Chopin's music takes place in Tyniec Abbey at 4:15 p.m. 
April 14th, Wedesday: Krakow Opera Company produces Viktor Ullmann’s ‘The Emperor of Atlantis’ and David Eddleman’s ‘Kolot min HaShoah’ sung in German and Yiddish (with Polish subtitles) in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
April 15th, Thursday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Suska perform Georges Bizet’s suite from opera Carmen plus Manuel de Falla’s music from ballets El amor brujo and The Three-Cornered Hat in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
April 16th, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Suska perform Georges Bizet’s suite from opera Carmen plus Manuel de Falla’s music from ballets El amor brujo and The Three-Cornered Hat in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s saxophonist Piotr Baron in Coltrane club, 4 Plac Biskupi square, at 8 p.m.
April 17th, Saturday: Cracow Philharmonic Choir sings Ariel Ramirez’s Misa Criolla in Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Mozart’s ‘Don Giovani in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
April 18th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Mozart’s ‘Don Giovani in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
April 20th, Tuesday: Krakow Opera company produces its show, I Sing the Rhyme of Love, in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
April 21st, Wednesday: China’s violist Wei Zhang, Poland’s violist Blazej Michna, cellist Franciszek Pall, and pianist Magdalena Kantor-Michna play Richard Strauss’s sonata for cello and piano in F major op. 6, Cesar Franck’s sonata for viola and piano in A major, Arnold Bax’s sonata for viola and piano, and Aleksander Tansman’s Suite-Divertissement fro violin, viola, cello, and piano in Filharmonia concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera company produces its show, I Sing the Rhyme of Love, in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
April 23rd, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra with France’s conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud and violinist Olivier Charlier play Paul Dukas’ symphonic suite La Péri, Edouard Lalo’s Spanish symphony op.21, and Cesar Franck’s symphony in d minor in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
April 24th, Saturday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra with France’s conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud and violinist Olivier Charlier play Paul Dukas’ symphonic suite La Péri, Edouard Lalo’s Spanish symphony op.21, and Cesar Franck’s symphony in d minor in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Charles Gounod’s ‘Faust in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
April 25th, Sunday: UK’s Cambridge’s chamber orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, violinist Jacqueline Shave, violist Martin Outram, and pianist Gwilym Simcock play Gwilym Simcock’s new work (premiere), Olivier Messiaen’s Louange l’Éternité de Jésus, and Maurice Ravel’s piano trio in a minor in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at noon. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Charles Gounod’s ‘Faust in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Concert of Baroque music takes place in Kosciol Sw. Barbary, Plac Mariacki (behind St. Mary’s Basilica at central square), at 4:45 p.m.   
April 30th, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra render Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Grand Partite KV 361 and Joseph Haydn’s symphony in C major no. 90 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Gioacchino Rossini’s ‘Cinderella in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 

Krakow events planned for May.  

Krakow's traditional Juwenalia student festival takes place May 4 to May 13 (Rynek Glowny central square and student clubs).

3rd Film Music Festival takes place in Krakow on May 20th to May 22nd with major open-air concerts on Blonia common. 

May 2nd, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Gioacchino Rossini’s ‘Cinderella in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
May 4th, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Company produces Gioacchino Rossini’s ‘Cinderella in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 a.m. 
May
5th, Wednesday: Poland’s soprano Karolina Brachman and Parnassoss quintet performs medieval music Salve Regina and the Baroque variations on it in the Wawel Royal Castle’s Sala Senatorska at 7:30 p.m. 
Krakow Opera company produces its show, I Sing the Rhyme of Love, in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
May 6th, Thursday: Krakow Opera company produces its show, I Sing the Rhyme of Love, in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
May 7th, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Antoni Wit, soprano Christiane Libor, mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Holysz, tenor Tomasz Rak, and bass Wojciech Gierlach render Ludwig van Beethoven’s Opferlied op. 121b and cantata for the death of Emperor Joseph II plus Richard Strauss’ Wanderers Sturmlied op. 14 and Four Last Songs, in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Concert of operatic music takes place in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
May 8th, Saturday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Antoni Wit, soprano Christiane Libor, mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Holysz, tenor Tomasz Rak, and bass Wojciech Gierlach render Ludwig van Beethoven’s Opferlied op. 121b and cantata for the death of Emperor Joseph II plus Richard Strauss’ Wanderers Sturmlied op. 14 and Four Last Songs, in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Concert of operatic music takes place in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
May 9th, Sunday: Krakow's traditional St. Stanislaw religious procession from Wawel Cathedral to Skalka sanctuary
May 11th, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Ballet dance Igor Stravinsky's ballet, 'Soldier's Tale' in Krakow Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
May 12th, Wednesday: Krakow Opera Ballet dance Igor Stravinsky's ballet, 'Soldier's Tale' in Krakow Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
May 14th, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s violinist Mariusz Patyra play John Adams’ violin concerto and Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story suite in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Georges Bizet’s ‘Carmen in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Krakow Museum Night entails free overnight visits to the city's museums plus special events in some of them.  
May 15th, Saturday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s violinist Mariusz Patyra play John Adams’ violin concerto and Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story suite in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Georges Bizet’s ‘Carmen in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Soup festival takes place on Maly Rynek square with soup culinary competition and free tastings.  
May 16th, Sunday: Pianist Olga Kern plays Haydn’s sonata in C major Hob. XVI:50, Chopin’s sonata no. 2 in b minor op. 35, Rachmaninoff’s sonata no. 2 in b minor op. 36, and Liszts rhapsody no. 2 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Georges Bizet’s ‘Carmen in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Concert of Chopin's music takes place in Tyniec Abbey at 4:15 p.m. 
May 19th, Wednesday: Italy's Il Giardino Armonico ensemble with conductor Giovanni Antonini, counter-alto Sonia Prina, and soprano Roberta Invernizzi and alto Veronica Cangemi perform a concert version of Vivaldi’s opera, Ottone in Villa, in Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square and Szpitalna street, at 8 p.m.
Poland’s clarinetist Krzysztof Zbijowski, violinist Kuba Jakowicz, cellist Karol Marianowski, and pianist Maciej Grzybowski play Polish contemporary classical music, i.e. Pawel Mykietyn’s Choc dolecial Dedal, Andrzej Czajkowski’s Trio Notturno, and Marek Stachowski’s Time Mirrors in the Jagiellonian University’s Collegium Novum, 24 Golebia street at Planty gardens, at 7:30 p.m. 
May 21st, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s violinist Marta Lelek render William Walton’s violin concerto and Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
May 22nd, Saturday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s violinist Marta Lelek render William Walton’s violin concerto and Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Peter Tchaikovsky's opera, 'The Queen of Spades', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
May 23rd, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Peter Tchaikovsky's opera, 'The Queen of Spades', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
May 27th, Thursday: Cracow Philharmonic Choir sings Robert Schumann’s Four Songs op.141 (An die Sterne, Ungewisses Licht, Zuversicht, Talismane), Maciej Malecki’s Wiej wichrze zimowy and Ulanska fantazja, James Erb’s Shenandoah, Mark Hayes’ Home on the Range, Leroy Yarbough’s Amazing Grace, Songs of Asia and The Pacific (Japan’s Chiran-bushi, Indonesia’s Soleram, Philippine’s Osi Osi, and Australia’s Waltzing Matilda in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces premiere of its show, 'The Secrets of the Forest Book', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
May 28th, Friday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Poland’s outstanding young pianist Rafal Blechacz play Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski’s overture to opera Monbar op. 30, Franciszek Mirecki’s symphony in c minor, and Fryderyk Chopin’s piano concerto no. 2 in f minor op. 21 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces its show, 'The Secrets of the Forest Book', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s Piotr Wojtasik in Coltrane club, 4 Plac Biskupi square, at 8 p.m.
May 29th, Saturday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Ingolf Wunder play Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski’s overture to opera Monbar op. 30, Franciszek Mirecki’s symphony in c minor, and Fryderyk Chopin’s piano concerto in e minor op. 11 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces its show, 'The Secrets of the Forest Book', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at noon. 
Krakow Opera Ballet dance their spectacle, 'The Glances' with music by Gounod and Ravel in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
May 30th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces its show, 'The Secrets of the Forest Book', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at noon. 
Krakow Opera Ballet dance their spectacle, 'The Glances' with music by Gounod and Ravel in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.   

Events expected in Krakow in June. 

June 4th, Friday: Russia’s pianist and Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra with the UK’s conductor Hobart Earle render Alexander Borodin’s Polovtzan Dances, Sergei Prokofiev’s piano concerto no. 3 in C major op. 26, and Igor Stravinsky’s Fire Bird (the 1919 version) in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
June 5th, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Russia’s pianist and Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra with the UK’s conductor Hobart Earle play Alexander Borodin’s Polovtzan Dances, Sergei Prokofiev’s piano concerto no. 3 in C major op. 26, and Igor Stravinsky’s Fire Bird (the 1919 version) in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Traditional Krakow's pageant, Enthronement of the Marksmen King, takes place on Rynek Glowny central square.

June 6th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
June 10th, Thursday: Traditional Lajkonik pageant proceeds from St. Norbert's convent at 88 Kosciuszki street down Zwierzyniecka street to Rynek Glowny central square.
June 11th, Friday: Concert of classical music features  Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Krakow's young soloists in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m.
June 12th, Saturday:
Krakow Opera Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s ‘The Haunted Manor’, the Polish national opera, in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
Poland’s pianist Joanna Marcinkowska, violinist Wieslaw Kwasny, and Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir perform Antonio Vivaldi’s concerto no. 2 in g minor op. 8 Summer (L'Estate) RV 315, Frederic Chopin’s Fantasia in A major on Polish themes op. 13, Alexander Borodin’s Polovtzan Dances, and Georges Bizet’s Carmen opera first suite in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 5 p.m. 
Open-air concert of pop songs takes place on Rynek Glowny central square (free admission). 
June 13th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Stanislaw Moniuszko’s ‘The Haunted Manor’, the Polish national opera, in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Concert of Chopin's music takes place in Tyniec Abbey at 4:15 p.m. 
June 15th, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Company produces its show, 'The Secrets of the Forest Book', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 a.m. 
June 16th, Wednesday: Krakow Opera Company produces its show, 'The Secrets of the Forest Book', in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 11 a.m.
June 18th, Friday:
Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir plus alto Marjana Lipovsek render Gustav Mahler’s symphony no. 3 in d minor in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
Jazz concert features Poland’s pianist Adam Pieronczyk in Coltrane club, 4 Plac Biskupi square, at 8 p.m.
June 19th, Saturday: Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir plus alto Marjana Lipovsek render Gustav Mahler’s symphony no. 3 in d minor in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m. 
Krakow Opera Company produces Johann Strauss’ operetta, ‘Der Zigeunerbaron in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m. 
Marathon concert of Chopin's piano music takes place at the Wawel Royal Castle. 
June 26th, Saturday: Traditional Wianki Midsummer festival of garlands plus pop concert and fireworks show takes place on river banks next to the Wawel Royal Castle. 
June 27th, Sunday: Concert of the Strausses' music takes place at Muzeum Zup Krakowskich in Wieliczka, 8 Zamkowa street.  

Events in Krakow anticipated in July.

July 1st, Friday: Germany's Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra performs n Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7 p.m. 
July 3rd, Saturday:
Poland's pianist Aleksander Gawryluk and Aukso chamber orchestra play Chopin's music next to the Wawel Royal Castle at 8 p.m. 
July 17th,
Saturday: 'Jazz Night' series of concerts takes place in Krakow clubs and on downtown squares.  
July 22nd, Thursday: Concert of classical music features violinists Johann Johannsson and Robert Kabara in the Jagiellonian University’s Auditorium Maximum, 35 Krupnicza street. 
July 25th, Sunday: Concert of the Strausses' music takes place at Muzeum Zup Krakowskich in Wieliczka, 8 Zamkowa street.  

Events expected in Krakow in August. 

33rd Music in Old Krakow festival of classical music takes place from August 15th to August with daily concerts in the city's old churches and other venues. 

Coke Live Music Festival features international array of rock bands and pop acts August 20th-21st at Polish Aviation Museum, 39 Jana Pawla II avenue.  

August 18th, Wednesday: USA's stellar jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin and Germany's NDR Big Band perform Chopin's music. 
August 29th, Sunday:
Concert of the Strausses' music takes place at Muzeum Zup Krakowskich in Wieliczka, 8 Zamkowa street.  


Some Worthwhile Temporary Exhibitions in Krakow

Home for Art Lover. Artistic Culture of the Bohemia and Moravia 1870-1930. Czech art and design of the fin de siecle. Also prints by Alfons Mucha, Gustav Klimt, and Egon Schiele. Miedzynarodowe Centrum Kultury at 25 Rynek Glowny central square from February 2nd through April 25th. 

Sarmatism. A Dream of Power. Portraits of Poland's nobility from the 16th to the 19th centuries plus old Polish weapons, period costumes and jewelry, prints, etc. Stanislaw Wyspianski Museum in Szolayski House (a branch of the National Museum in Krakow) at 11 Szczepanska Street and Plac Szczepanski square, through May 30th.  

Japanese Woodcuts: Images of Armed Men. Traditional Japanese color engravings showing samurai and other warriors. Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology at 26 Konopnickiej street through May 2nd.   

Islam. Orientation. Ornament. Lavishly decorated items from the Arab Middle East and north Africa. Ethnographic Museum at 1 Plac Wolnica square through March 28th.   


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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