| |
Events
to watch in Krakow.
The
city gets more than its due of concerts, festivals,
shows, exhibitions, sporting events, and other entertainments.
An array of happenings takes place in Krakow every single day
so everybody stands a good chance to find something to his or
her liking (see calendar
of events in Krakow).
Krakow’s
musical life.
Concerts
of classical music occur in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall
at 1 Zwierzyniecka street, Aula Florianka at 8 Basztowa
street, Akademia Muzyczna conservatoire at 43 Sw. Tomasza
street, and in other auditoriums. Popular venues for musical
events in Krakow are the city’s churches, notably the
ancient temples of the Old Town such as St. Catherine’s at
Skaleczna street, St. Marys’ at the central square, SS.
Peter and Paul’s at Grodzka street, and the Franciscan
basilica at Franciszkanska street.
Apart
from individual concerts and recitals some twenty festivals of
classical music take place in Krakow every year. Most admired
are Misteria
Paschalia throughout the Holy Week and Easter, ‘Music
in Old Cracow’ in August, Sacrum
Profanum in September, and the Festival
of Polish Music in November.
Note:
A number of daily concerts for tourists,
including piano recitals of Chopin’s music, compete for the
attention of Krakow visitors.
Jazz
and rock clubs in
Krakow typically have concerts a couple of days
every week but a few offer live music practically every day.
The number of jazz, rock, blues, and pop concerts in the clubs
peaks on Fridays and Saturdays whereas Mondays often turn out
short on them.
Mass-audience
musical events are scarce except every year a number of
open-air concerts take place on Blonia
common from May through September while Krakow’s
squares, notably the Rynek
Glowny central plaza, are venues for live music
round the year.
Opera
and ballet in Krakow.
Opera
Krakowska, the city’s opera company, usually give
performances a couple of nights every week form October
through June, in its modern playhouse at 48 Lubicz street.
Plus its dancers perform several ballet shows per month. Other
opera and ballet companies – local, Polish, and foreign –
perform in Krakow from time to time.
Sporting
events in Krakow.
The
most popular spectator sport
in Krakow is football and Krakow’s two top soccer
clubs, Wisla
and Cracovia, have hordes of fans so tickets for their matches
often prove hard to get. The city also boasts the country’s
top teams of male hockey and female basketball, namely
Cracovia and Wisla respectively, whose games are more
available. Other clubs and sports attract relatively few
spectators.
Krakow
theater.
Six
repertory theaters in
Krakow give performances practically every night
save summer and holiday seasons. In Krakow there is also a
number or active independent companies of players, more or
less professional, which perform erratically. Except sporadic
visits of foreign troupes, shows staged in other languages
than Polish happen very seldom.
|
Current
events in Krakow
Krakow
Festivals
Hardly a month passes in Krakow without some
time-honored occasion for common festivities or
colorful celebration.
Events
in Krakow in 2010
Anticipated
events in Krakow in 2011
Food
festivals in Krakow
The
best of Krakow
News
Recent developments in Krakow.
Lodgings
guide, Krakow
hotels and other accommodations
Good
restaurants in Krakow
|
