TRAVELERT: Krakow Concert and Event Alerts

Every summer Kazimierz hosts the Jewish Culture Festival that
celebrates traditional and modern Jewish culture through concerts,
films, workshops and exhibitions. This year’s festival is the 19th
installment and of course is the biggest and best so far and starts on
June 27th and lasts until July 5th.  Every day is filled with all
kinds of events and activities but the real highlights are the
concerts that happen on every corner and any time of day.   Paul Brody
and Danial Kahn will be leading the Alchemia Klezmer jams which go on
through out the festival and stretch late into the night. One of the
biggest artists taking the ul. Szeroka main stage are Balkan Beat Box.
They are a uniqe project and fuse the musical styles of Jewish
klezmer, Mediterranean and Balkan traditions with hip-hop and
dancehall beats.  Other notable acts at this year’s festival are
Krakow’s own Kroke, Emil Zrihan Ensemble (Izrael), Fretwork (UK), Kobi
Israelite Ensemble (USA) and many others.  For a full list of events
and concerts check out  www.jewishfestival.pl. This is the biggest
festival of Jewish Culture in all of Europe and also one of the
biggest parties in Krakow. Don’t miss it.

27 June – 5 July
Kazimierz

— Many thanks to Thymn Chase for text. -–