Weekend preceding Easter
Malopolska Easter Flavor (Wielkanocny Malopolski Smak)
Event accompanying
Krakow's Easter market
in Rynek Glowny central
square in the heart of the Old Town. Local producers display and
sell regional food products traditionally associated with Easter:
cured meats and sausages, eggs, honey, varied Easter cakes and
sweets.
Organized by the government of the Malopolska province.
May
International Soup Festival (Miedzynarodowy Festiwal
Zupy)
The festival of soups takes place in the Maly Rynek square. Krakow
restaurants compete to produce the most delicious and ingenious
borsch, zurek, broth, minestrone, chowder, and the like. Also there
is food tasting plus various live performances.
Organizers addresses: Centrum Kultury Dworek Bialopradnicki, ul.
Papiernicza 2, 31-221 Krakow, Poland. Phone (+48) 124150200 and
124150203, fax (+48) 124150981.
Teatr KTO, ul. Gzymsikow 8, 30-015 Krakow. Phone/fax: (+ 48)
126338947.
June
Bread Festival - Regional
Products Festival
Event in the Plac Wolnica square in Kazimierz district show
traditions of the Krakow region's bakers and other food producers.
Market with local foods plus free tastings and open-air
performances.
Organizer: Malopolska Chamber of Regional, Traditional and
Ecological Products. Website www.produktyregionalne.edu.pl
August
Festival of Pierogi Dumplings (Festiwal Pierogow)
Polish stuffed dumplings, pierogi, rank high among the country’s
favorite dishes. Traditional fillings are minced meat or cottage
cheese or wild mushrooms or sauerkraut. But an inventive chef can
stuff pierogi with practically any edible, from fruits to seafood.
The venue for the Pierogi Festival is Maly Rynek square, one block
from the central Rynek Glowny square. Chefs compete in a cooking
contest with professional jury and concurrently for votes of the
public which awards its own prize by ballot. There are nearly
200,000 duplings for free tasting plus culinary shows and live
music.
Organizer’s address: Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, ul. Olszanska 7,
31-513 Krakow. Poland. Phone (+48) 124249650, fax (+48) 124249652.
Website www.biurofestiwalowe.pl
Malopolska Festival of Taste (Malopolski Festiwal Smaku)
Another food festival in the Plac Wolnica square in Kazimierz
district. On a weekend in mid September an array of chefs show their
mastery of cooking and prepare dishes from various parts of
Malopolska Province.
Organized by Gazeta Krakowska, a local newspaper, and the government
of the Malopolska province.
September
Krakow Honey Harvest – Bee-keeping Festival (Krakowskie
Miodobranie - Swieto Pszczelarzy)
Event in the Plac Wolnica square in Kazimierz district includes
tasting of various kinds of honey and market with honeys, beeswax,
and other apiculture products. Plus live performances, contests,
etc.
Organized by Krakow Downtown Beekeepers Club (Kolo Pszczelarzy
Krakow Srodmiescie), phone (+48)126333777.
February, April, June, October
Najedzeni Fest
Jamboree of
trend-conscious foodies and food providers. Well-know restaurants as
well as innovative start-ups table their best offerings in the
building of the long-defunct Forum hotel at 28 Konopnickiej street.
Krakow Festivals
Hardly a month passes in Krakow without some
time-honored occasion for common festivities or
colorful ceremony.
Krakow's Regular Culture Events
There are over fifty culture festivals in Krakow every single
year.
