TRAVELERT: Krakow Concert and Event Alerts

It will begin at 8:00 pm on the Market Square with DJs performance such as Raul Rincon, DJ ADHD and DJ Krime. After 11:00 pm the star of the evening is expected  Agnieszka Chylińska. Just before midnight the Mayor of Krakow will say a word and  spectacular firework display should following. Have fun.

Krakow municipality organizes a New Years run, it’s combined with fund rising for disabled children. If you want to take part go to Sienna st. to sing in 8am 11.30 am. For more info check Krakowski bieg Sylwestrowy

The run starts at noon.

Kawiarnia Naukowa invites for some dub and reggae vibes by Dub Medicine  and Luźne Poślady.
When? 17 Dec where? Jakuba St 29-31 (Kazimierz)
start at 19:00

On Thursday 10th Dec. at 12 h, Sassirika will introduce in Buddhist Mediation at the Sanghaloka Buddist Centre in Kazimierz. You find it at ul. Augustianska 4, Krakow. This wonderful Meditation place offers two basic mediation practices: the mindfulness of breathing and the metta bhavana, development of strong positive emotions towards yourself and others and all beings. The regular sessions of introduction in mediation take place every Monday at 19 h at the same location.

Surely by this time you’ve spied this endearing little fire-bearing sasquatch on posters around town.  Do not fear him!  For he comes in peace.  He’s for the 2nd annual Boska Komedia festival which is going on from 7 to 14 December.  It’s an international theatre festival, but the plays are only in Polish — some of the best ones of the last year.  Check their snazzy-looking website for the schedule; there is a lot of good theatre coming up in the next few days.  Hurry up, though, as tickets are in short supply.

At the great Tango Milonga Klub Masada you are invited to join the passion every Saturday night. It’s in Skawińska Str 2, in Kazimierz, and starts at 2030 h with open end. The DJ is Leszek Bajkowski who also organizes this Milonga. Further information at www.tangokrakow.prv.pl.

That’s Ukranian Eugene Hütz there riding on that drum, the prime brain of the ecstatic and unrestrainable gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello. There are eight of them – the oldest is 53 year old Russian accordionist Yuri Lemeshev from Sakhalin. The American drummer, Eliot Ferguson, it is said, is “the only sane person in the band.” The experience of seeing them in concert is “sexual, mystical and cultural, almost obscene.” They’re a good band to put on the stereo if you need someone to dance on a table. Even if you have no interest whatsoever in the music, this is a show you definitely shouldn’t miss if you can scrape together the 95 zł (85 in advance), as you only get to be alive for a limited time. They’ll be playing Wednesday, 9 December 2009 at the Rotunda located on Ulica Oliandry no.1.

Milonga Royal in Cafe Quchnia

Every Friday the place to enjoy Tango — whether you are a listener or a dancer. From 2130 h to 0200 h in the morning right in the center near Planty park at Straszewskiego Str. 28. If you feel unsure about your Tango you may come earlier for the Tango Practica from 2030 h to practice your steps. Entrance fee 12 PLN. DJs are Marcin or Michał or even invited DJs. The organizers are www.tangokrakow.com, www.tangovirri.pl, and www.cafequchnia.pl