Weekend
preceding Easter
Malopolska
Easter Flavor (Wielkanocny Malopolski Smak)
Event
accompanying Krakow's Easter market on 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 on 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
on 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 on 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
on 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.
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.
