Summer Jazz Festival Kraków and Unsound, Audio Art and EtnoKraków/Crossroads, Cracovia Danza and Groteska Theatre, Juliusz Słowacki Theatre and Piwnica Pod Baranami, Kids in Kraków and Orfeo & Majnun… What links these events, institutions and brands? They’re all coming to Kraków Culture Summer!
Grzegorz Słącz, "Kraków Culture" quarterly
Difficult times require bold decisions ...
and it’s certainly a bold move to bring together myriad different events under a single banner and present them in Jordana Park! On the last four weekends of the summer holidays, the park turns into Kraków’s cultural heart, hosting over a hundred meetings, workshops, courses, spectacles, projections, concerts... The beautiful park is the perfect setting for family days out – as shown by the Kraków Picnic, bringing good summer vibes to the city in recent years.
Marquee, large stage, small stage, audience zone and separate food zone
That’s Kraków Culture Summer in a nutshell! The park will host the largest concerts of this year’s Wianki music festival, spectacular performances of the Film Music Festival (FMF Gala in Three Seasons, Agi Bagi, concert by the FMF Youth Orchestra), concerts and workshops held as part of EtnoKraków/Crossroads, finale of the social enterprise Orfeo & Majnun (interrupted by the pandemic), and dozens of meetings and workshops prepared by non-governmental organisations involved with the project. The stage resounds with jazz straight from New Orleans, folk music and a mini singer-songwriter festival. Love dance? Don’t miss performances by the Cracovia Danza Ballet, or join the silent disco!
“We want to use the new scenery of green Kraków to create a fantastic atmosphere focusing on experiencing culture live in a friendly space, a picnic atmosphere and of course in safety. We want to encourage Cracovians to discover new places and artistic ideas in August, and hope that weekend visitors’ experience of Kraków’s culture will give them great memories for years to come”, says Robert Piaskowski, Plenipotentiary of the Mayor of Kraków for Culture and initiator of the new Kraków Culture municipal policy.
Friday, 6 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
noon
Orfeo & Majnun: A Dose of Painting / workshops
7pm
Summer Jazz Festival: Old Metropolitan Band / concert
8:15pm
Summer Jazz Festival: Hot Swing Band / concert
Saturday, 7 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
8pm
Juliusz Słowacki Theatre: My Stay’s Almost Over and I’m Still Alone / play
Sunday, 8 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
1pm
Orfeo & Majnun: Eco-workshops
8pm
Audioart Festival: Voices of Cosmos / concert
Friday, 13 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
3pm
Orfeo & Majnun: A Dose of Painting / workshops
5pm
Wianki: Debutes: Atlantyda La5er i Zuza Baum / concert
6:15pm
Wianki: Debutes: Rycerzyki / concert
7:30pm
Wianki: Debutes: The Afronauts / concert
9pm
Unsound: Silent Disco | Semprey, Daniel Drumz, Charlie, Olivia
Saturday, 14 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
noon
Groteska Theatre for Children
4pm
Bagatela Theatre Sings
6:15pm
Cracovia Danza / dance performance
7:15pm
Ludowy Theatre: I Love Freedom / concert
8:15pm
Piwnica pod Baranami: Kraków Has Its Rights / concert
Sunday, 15 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
noon
Sinfonietta Cracovia: Little Sinfonietta: Summer Songs / concert for children
1pm
Orfeo & Majnun: Eco-workshops
3pm
Orfeo & Majnun: Nature workshops
8pm
Orfeo & Majnun: Recykling band
Friday, 20 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
5pm
Orfeo & Majnun: Opera soloists / concert
6pm
Orfeo & Majnun: Asia Nawojska / concert
7pm
Orfeo & Majnun: Tęgie Chłopy / concert
8pm
Chłopcy Kontra Basia / concert
9:30pm
PATCHLAB: screening of animated film awarded at Ars Electronica 2020
Saturday, 21 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
1pm
EtnoKraków/Crossroads: Craft workshops for children and adults
3pm
EtnoKraków/Crossroads: Pani od Muzyki and Skrzaciki / Krakowiak dance workshops for children and adults
4:30pm
EtnoKraków/Crossroads: Traditional Dance Academy by Bogusia and Piotr Zgorzelscy & Zawierucha / the Mazowsze region traditional dance workshops for children and adults
Sunday, 22 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
1pm
Orfeo & Majnun: Eco-workshops
3pm
EtnoKraków/Crossroads: Ania Broda / interactive concert for children and adults
7pm
EtnoKraków/Crossroads: Kasia Dudziak / workshop of songs from the Upper Silesia region for children and adults
8:30pm
EtnoKraków/Crossroads: Krzikopa / concert
Friday, 27 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
5pm
Wianki/HEMI: Izzy and the Black Trees / concert
6:35pm
Wianki: BOKKA / concert
9pm
Wianki: Beata and Bajm / concert
Saturday, 28 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
5pm
Krakow Film Music Festival: S01 – Clash
7pm
Krakow Film Music Festival: S02 – Memory
9pm
Krakow Film Music Festival: S03 – The Crown
Sunday, 29 August 2021
11am
Kids in Kraków: Children zone, workshops, Parents’ Nook
11am
Krakow Film Music Festival: Agi Bagi / concert for children
2pm
Orfeo & Majnun: Eco-workshops
8pm
Krakow Film Music Festival: FMF Youth Orchestra: John Barry
