TRAVELERT: Krakow Concert and Event Alerts

3. aug (sun)

>>Jarek Smietana Trio featuring Hamiet Bluiett

For all you Jazzers out there this is your last chance to catch a concert at this year’s Summer Jazz Festival. Closing out this year’s festival is none other than the big fish himself Mr. Jarek Smietana and his Trio featuring Hamiet Bluiett. Krakow native Smietana is a stalwart of the Summer Jazz Festival but this concert will be slightly different as his group will feature Bluiett, an African American, on the big bad baritone saxophone. Hamiet Bluiett was born in Brooklyn, Illonois in 1940 is a saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. His primary instrument is the baritone saxophone, and he is widely considered one of the best living players. He has played with many Jazz Funk and Soul musicians in his long career including Sam Rivers, Babatunde Olatunji, Abdullah Ibrahim, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye. He is also a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet which is one of the most well regarded all saxophones groups in the world. Even if Jazz isn’t your bag, cool down with some warm vibes and deep tones.
where:Radio Kraków, aleja Słowackiego 22, start:20:00

2nd-10th August

>> The 9th “Cracovia Danza” Court Dance Festival in Krakow

This year edition is focusing on Court Dance in Countries of the Orient
Performances, concerts, presentations by children’s and youth dance ensembles, parades of performers, a grand ball for the public, dance workshops, lectures and an art exhibition devoted to Indian motifs found in European ballets – all these events will take place in Krakow from Saturday, August 2 to Sunday, August 10
The Festival detailed program in English >>

31 july

>>Damage Control, concert, 21:00
Damage Control is a modern quartet presenting refined mélange of jazz with fusion.
Adam Baldych - electric violin
Pawel Tomaszewski - keyboards
Piotr Zaczek - bass
Cezary Konrad - drums
Music of Damage Control is a particular expressive mix of modern music genres leaving listeners with a plenty of emotions. Virtuosity that is a feature of the group’s members makes their concerts an unusual show full of energy, young enthusiasm and mellow sound gaining popularity and respect./ quoted from http://www.cracjazz.com/
the concert is a part of Summer Jazz Festival in Krakow
where: Piwnica Pod Baranami, Main Square 28

>>Sensualia, exhibition, till 15 aug

the exhibition is a project of young adepts of art curating studies on Jagiellonian University.The idea underlying the Sensulaia is to engage also other senses than sight in a process of absorbing art. List of invited artists is quite impressive, so sharpen your perception powers and be prepared to touch, smell, taste and hear.
more at sensualia.pl
where: Starmach Gallery, Wegierska St. 5 (Podgórze), mon-fri 11-18

29. july (tue)

>>Dominik Bukowski/Joonatan Rautio Quartet, concert, 21:00
The new international quartet of polish vibraphonist Bukowski, who this time invited to cooperation great finish jazz-men Joonas Riipp and Joonatan Rautio.The band plays Bukowski’s and Rutio’s composition and these are mainstream jazz, hard-bop.>> check it here
The forth element is Piotr Lemańczyk, excelling in double bass and bass guitar
where: Piwnica pod Baranami, Main Square 28

25,26,27th july

>>10th CROSSROADS Festival
This weekend will see 10th edition of Rozstaje (Crossroads) Festival. Invariably for 10 years, The Crossroads present the best of etno and world music form Poland and outside Poland. The festival is open for tradition but also for creative transformations and unconventional experiments. The Crossroads are where traditional music, jazz, folk, rock and classical music meet to nurture each other. Will be really interesting, so keep your fingers crossed for sun to overcome angry, gray clouds.

26 july (saturday)
16-18 dances of Italian minority in Serbia-workshop
where:Rotunda Club, Oleandry 1 (next to main building of the National Museum),
19.00-20.00 Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa (Poland)
20.30-22.00 Gheorghe Zamfir (Romania)
& Orkiestra Akademii Beethovenowskiej (Poland)
where: stage at the Main Square
concerts of epic songs
23.00 Tim Eriksen (USA) - Epos Appalachów
24.00 Slobodan Marković (Serbia) – Pieśni wołoskich aojdów
01.00 Jacek Hałas (Polska) – Zegar bije
where:Rotunda Club, Oleandry 1 (next to main building of the National Museum)

27 july (sunday)
19.00-20.00 Joanna Słowińska with her band (Poland)
20.00-22.00 Gypsy Queens and Kings:
Fanfare Ciocarlia – Esma Redzepova
Jony Iliev – Florentina Sandu – Kaloome & others…
(Romania / Serbia / France / Bulgaria / Macdonia)
where: satage at the Main Square
23.00 Nazzar (Poland)
24.00 Varsovia Manta (Poland)
where:Rotunda Club, Oleandry 1 (next to main building of the National Museum)
All concerts are free!

24 jul. (thur)

>>RGG Trio, cocnert, 21:00
Another day of Summer Jazz Festival and another concert this time by young and promising RGG Trio.
“When listening to this wonderful music, it becomes clear to me how RGG Trio approach their music with careful minds and with souls humbly filled with respect for the occasion. (…) The result (…) is a musical artefact derived from consequent choices, a music filling the room with a kind of seriousness and sacred light- an elegant statement from 3 warm and thoughtful intellects”/ Anders Jormin quoted after their myspace/
where: Piwnica pod Baranami, Main Square 28

24 july (thur)

>>Nazzar(krk) , concert, 19:00
Nazzar plays traditionally ‘klezmer’ music in their own arrangements with elements of Jewish, Balkan and Galician music. While reaching back to klezmer origins, they try to join traditional forms with spontaneous improvisation.
where:Musem Galicja, Dajwór St. 18 (Kazimierz), 40 zł

23 jul (wed)

>>Madskat, concert, 20:00
Madskat, an explosive skapunk band from Belgium will blow minds of those who decide to come on Wednesday evening to Stranger Cafe. They have long-standing reputation as great life performers so do not hesitate..
madskat and myspace
where: Stranger Cafe, Dietla 97 (Kazimierz), free

23 jul.(wed)

>>Tomek Grochot Quintet, concert, 21:00
Gifted percussionist and composer will play jazz with his band and this is not a surprise at all, since the concert is a part of Summer Jazz Festival..
where: Piwnica pod Baranami, Main Square 28

>>the International Summer Jazz Academy, everyday 13-24 July The academy is actually a set of workshops, held in Krakow since 1994 and attracting yearly many participants from Poland and outside Poland. Since 1997 is organized under the patronage of the Webster University from St. Louis in USA. Integral ingredient of the academy are splendid concerts by splendid teachers and jam sessions together with eager students.
Concerts can be attended every day from 13-24 July at 20:30, in Piec Art club on Sławkowska St.12 (old town)>>> myspace profile

20 jul (sun)

> Pink Freud and horny Trees, concert, 19:00
The best what you can get in young, rebellious, modern, polish jazz. You will get it on an open air concert at the roof of round, red,  building called meaningfully  Okrąglak
Pink Freud -their music playfully evades classification – the songs are well settled in the tradition and, from the other side, create a modern jazz sound, the pieces are full of brave improvisation, and also, full of sense of humor. Horny Trees -  is a team of outstanding rangers, caretakers and explorers of the auditory wilderness (…) they use real wooden instruments to penetrate the sylvan bedding in search of young, unique and lively shoots. It is the energetic, lustful and extremely horny trees that are the subject of the group’s fascination. The rangers nourish them, ensure their healthy growth and – most importantly – do it with due dignity, passion and love from their myspace profile>link above)
where: on the roof at middle of Plac Nowy (Nowy Square, Kazimierz), free

20 july (sun)

>>Nazzar(krk) , concert, 19:00
Nazzar plays traditionally ‘klezmer’ music in their own arrangements with elements of Jewish, Balkan and Galician music. While reaching back to klezmer origins, they try to join traditional forms with spontaneous improvisation.
where:Musem Galicja, Dajwór St. 18 (Kazimierz), 40 zł

19. july (sat)

>>Krakow’s Night of Jazz, concerts, 6pm-2pm
That should be an intense night for all jazzers. This Saturday the Summer Jazz Festival riches its climax in burst of outdoor and indoor concerts.
So, what and where will be presented to us?:
at the Szczepański Square (6pm-11pm): Nuevo Tango Ensamble & Gabriele Mirabassi (Italy), Bertrand Ravalard Quartet (France) , The Core (Norway), Alex Deutsch Trio (Austria) , Urszula Dudziak-PAPAYA Show
the Nowy Square (Kazimierz), stage on roof (6pm-10pm): Funk de Nite & Bryan Corbett (Poland/England), Petsteppers (Cyprus)
Plus night concerts and jazz sessions at clubs: PiecArt (Szewska st.12),Piwnica pod Baranami (Main square 28), Harris Piano Jazz Bar (Main square 37), Alchemia (corner of Estery st and Nowy Square), Drukarnia (Naswiślańska 1, Podgórze district)

18th July,

>>An Interesting Project called Don’t be a Poor Person
Don’t be a Poor Person - silesian project estabilished in 2008. Don’t be a Poor Person at MySpace

Where: Klub Podium, Bracka 4, start 20:00

17^th July

>>Concert of Raul Soot & Jacek Kochan & Co

A young saxaofon player from Estonia - Raul Soot, will perform with Jacek Kochan unconventional drum player

Raul Soot at MySpace

Where: Piwnica pod Baranami, Rynek Główny 28, start 21:00

>>Open air cinema, 15-16. July, 21:15
Cinema 18 will screen on open air the best animations of this year polish film festivals, newest documentaries and on second day - classic silent films with life music
where: Mały Rynek (smaller counterpart of Main Square)

>>Ok!Wyspiański, exhibition 15th of july till 14th of September
The exhibition is to celebrate the Year of Stanisław Wyspiański, one of the grates polish artists: painter, poet, playwrighter, designer (1869-1907).the exhibition is 2 folded, first part just finished took place in wyspiański museum at Szolayski House and presented works of contemporary artists amongst original Wyspiański’s works.The second part in Bunker Sztuki ( contemporary art-gallery) will show only contemporary works and Wyspiański will be present in form of various records from first stage of project.
The aim is to show inspirational potential of Wyspianski as well as to start a dialogue with the artist’s works, and maybe…to replace admiration with closeness.
where: Bunkier Sztuki (Bunker of Art), pl.Szczepański 3a.

>>the International Summer Jazz Academy, 13-24 july
The academy is actually a set of workshops, held in Krakow since 1994 and attracting yearly many participants from Poland and outside Poland. Since 1997 is organized under the patronage of the Webster University from St. Louis in USA. Integral ingredient of the academy are splendid concerts by splendid teachers and jam sessions together with eager students.
Concerts can be attended every day from 13-24 July at 20:30, in Piec Art club on Sławkowska St.12 (old town)>>> myspace profile

>>21st International Street Theatre Festival, 10-13 July

Here you go the programme of the last 2 day of the Festival:
12. jul (sat)
19.00 – Teatr Figur Kraków / Poland / Mały Rynek (square behind Mariacki Church, addjacent to the Main Square)
21.00 – Dis Bonjour a la Dame / France/ Mały rynek
18.00- Mr Bunk / Canada/square next to main train station and Galeria Krakowska
17.00 – EO.45 Dance Theatre / Great Britain/ Main square
18.00 – Teatr Barnett College /Great Britain/ Main square
19.00 – Teatr Arlekin / Poland / Main square
19.00 - Teatr Tango Sumo/France/ Main square
20.00 – Elastic Man / Belgium/ Main square
22.00 - Polish dance theater/ Poland/ Main square
13 jul (sun)
17.00 - Mr Bunk / Canada/Mały Rynek (square behind Mariacki Church, adjacent to the Main Square)
19.00 – Teatr Figur Kraków / Poland/Mały Rynek
21.00 – Dis Bonjour a la Dame / France/ Mały rynek
20.00 - Teatr Bangditos / Germany/ square next to main train station and Galeria Krakowska
17.00 – Teatr Barnett College /Great Britain/ Main square
18.00 - Teatr Tango Sumo/France/ Main square
19.00 – Teatr Arlekin / Poland / Main square
20.00 – EO.45 Dance Theatre / Great Britain/ Main square
21.00 – Teatro del Silencio / Chile / Main square
22.00 – Teatr A / Poland/Main square