TRAVELERT: Krakow Concert and Event Alerts

From introduction: “This year’s theme of the festiwal is borrowed from the prophetic and best-selling 1970 book by Alvin Toffler, which described the disorienting effects of accelerated technological and social change. Confronted with an unprecedented sense of iformation overload, many artists reach bockward, side-ways and forward to re-imagine the future from the vantage point of the past , filtered through the present via outmoded technologies or disjointed contexts”

During one week (8.10- 16.10) you have a chance attend concerts, workshops, installations and movies. Let’s experience and try to ask ourselves about the future.

Full program you can find here and other useful info as locations and tickets.

Flood of design in Kazimierz district, right on the corner of Plac Nowy in Finka – recently opened cafe bar with fair trade coffee, selfmade infused vodkas, eco-recycle furniture.

Illustrations, graphics, fashion, books & others.

Check the list to have a closer view what the guys does:

nina gregier & piotr wojtaszek, mateusz kołek, marcin kubiak (graphics & illustrations)

kaamhandmade (jewelery)

lokator, atropos (books)

wyglądasz jak chłopak, naked monster, bosque (clothes)

Full list of participants with more links you can find here

Below Tennis Players by Nina Gregier

A bit late because it’s the last day of the Festival but you still have a chance to get the ticekts and enjoy:

Steve Reich

Aphex Twin

Adrian Utley (Portishead)

Will Gregory (Goldfrapp)

Leszek Mozdżer

Envee

Pianohooligan

Full programme and more info you can find here

Tickets:

ZONE 1 (flat, standing):
99 PLN – regular ticket
66 PLN – discount ticket

ZONE 2 (grandstand, numbered seats):
149 PLN – regular ticket
99 PLN – discount ticket

Where? Nowa Huta, Hala ocynkowni Arcelor Mittal

Starts 9pm.

Summer in Krakow can be really busy, Jewish Festival is getting till the end and Jazz Festival in Piwnica pod Baranami has started on the 3r ( Basement under rams). It’s the biggest polish jazz festival and one of the biggest in Europe. During one month around 50 concerts will happened and some 200 polish and foreign artist will perform for 30 thousand listeners. You can be one of them feeding your senses with jazzzzzz…………….

This year it the 16 edition of the festival, from 3 till 21 of July you have a change to listen jazz every day. Polish bands, international stars.

Tickets are available  and every day before the concerts, if you want to buy them in advance go to:

Punkt Informacji Miejskiej - ul. Św. Jana 2 oraz Plac Wszystkich Świętych 2

Filmotechnika – Rynek Główny 9, Pasaż Bielaka

Finger – ul. Warszawska 18

Here you can find program of the whole Festival

Tickets for very day concerts regular 40pln and 2opln students

Today Chick Corea is playing in Hala Wisły (tickets from 250pln to 150pln). Unfortunately can’t assure you will still get the ticket right before(ask at the reception to book it for you).

POLtwór it’s a creative way of recycling. During few days you could have learn how to give a new life to the thing we usually call trash, all the objects which are remains of our use – paper, metal, plastic, glass, fabric – can be re-use.

Today’s finale brings:

2 pm – POLtwór’s flea market

5 pm – SWAP party – great chance to change our wardrobe

7:30 – PECHA KUCHA NIGHT – open arterecycling workshops

later at night – concert of Stomp Orkiestra and Kinky Beats

no commission

Be our spy and find Travellersinn mates!

Another edition of the event which have started in Berlin in 2003, for last few years in every bigger city all around Europe you have a chance to visit all sort of Museums by night.

This link will take you to the full list of Museums which you can visit between 6pm and 1 am, you don’t have to buy any ticket, not even a coin as a last year. Don’t be surprise if you see a long queue in front of the most famous ones (Wawel Castle, National Museum, Sukiennice Under and Top;).

On our “top” list are:

Botanical Garden (end of Kopernika street)

Raid (7pm – midnight,  Aleje Mickiewicza, close to Plac Inwalidów)

Etnographical Museum (Plac Wolnica)

Museum of Pharmacy (Floriańska street)

Japanise Centre (other side of the river – Konopnickiej street)

Cricotecka (Kanonicza 5, Sienna 7/5)

This year not only Museums opens their door for you late at night, but also Galeries:

Bunkier Sztuki
Atelier Iwony Siwek-Front
Galeria Zderzak
Galeria Sztuki Attis
Galeria Strefa A

Wirtualne Muzeum Erotyzmu gościnnie w Zbiorniku Kultury

Enjoy the night exploring!

If you don’t know what to do with yourself on Tuesday afternoon you can just hang around  Krakus  Mound to explore polish prechristian, slavic culture and history. Various outdoor acivities from 10 am till late evening organized by Museum of History of the City of Krakow and  many others.

Podgórze rulez!

The Krakow Buddhist Cultural Festival is on right now (click the image above for a link to a schedule in English).

You can attend seminars such as:

Hurry up, because soon the festival will be over and Kraków will be all out of Buddhism.

Krakow’s excellent Kino Pod Baranami (the cinema under the rams) has organized a silent film festival taking place from 2-5 December. Check their festival schedule online (in English) to see what films are playing when and where (not all are at Kino Pod Baranami, some are at the Manggha center for example) and most of the films are classics. Many of them will have live bands (some very well-known ones) providing new soundtracks for the movies.

It’s not warm enough at your place?

You can increase your blood pressure by going to Cuban feast in Kawiarnia Naukowa on Saturday evening.

Cuban movies, photos, music, food, drinks and light!

Starts at 8pm

Free entrance

Kawiarnia Naukowa

Design Attack (check link for the full programme) organized by Forum Foundation is the first such great festival dedicated to design in Krakow. The attempt is to present the newest trends in international design. This edition is focused on the Austrian school and her influences in contemporary industrial design and “material of the future” presented at the Center for Contemporary Art Solvay.

From 6th till 30 of November.

“The Joseph Conrad Festival,” writes the festival’s website , “is not devoted to the creative works of Joseph Conrad!”

No, the organizers instead hope to explore and celebrate the “multi-color artistic mosaic” which “will reflect the riches of world literature.”

Discussions are largely based on the literary world, but include film and music as well.

There are some pretty famous authors (for example Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis) participating in talks and lectures, and lots of the best events are for free and in some of the city’s nicest venues. Check the online schedule and see what interests you.

Sunday is a last day of Unsound Festival. Closing party this year in Pauza – six hours of various music from making everybody happy Last.fm Dj team mixing indie, post-punk, disco, electro or fusion funky (The Phantom) through heavy – hitting sounds represented by Norwegian producer Melkeveinen.

21:00 Last.fm DJ team

22:30 Zeppy Zep 

22:30 The Phantom

00:00 Beatbully

00:00 Melkeveien

01:30 Jackmaster

01:30 Deadboy

Have already started with a Saturday concert in Kino Kijów – “The Dark Side” from Hitchcock’s “Psycho” conducted by icelander Daniel Bjarnason. Never before Unsound Festival had so many video and film artists. Main theme of this year edition is “HORROR- pleasure of fear and unease”.

Check their full program here.

Have you ever heard about SMALEC? You have a unique chance to try it for free on Plac Wolnica.

6th edition -  Festival of Taste Małoposlska region, from 10 am till 6 pm concerts, contests and free tasting.

The biggest cuisine event in the region, during the weekends in chosen cites open markets have place where local manufacturers are presenting their products.

Another initiative  of Alter Art music agency

Three music stages: Main Stage, Coke Stage, Burn Stage and bends like:

The Chemical Brothers, MUSE, 30 Second To Mars, Plastic vs. Pono, N.E.R.D, The Big Pink

Here you can check full program of the Festival

In case you will get tired go to Coke Clinic – recreation tent, where you can take some rest or even receive a massage

Tickets: one day   – 115 pln

two days – 200 pln

First concert starts at 4:30 p.m.

Place: Museum of Aviation- Airport (Muzeum Lonictwa – Lotnisko) and link with info how to get there

If you are in the mood for listening JAZZZZ we can recommend to concerts for today, both related to Summer Jazz Festival at Piwnica pod Baranami

One in Harris Piano Jazz Bar :

PGR & SAGIT Silberman – P.G.R. is a recent project of Grzegorz Rogala, insprated with jewish ortodox musik and  polish folk

S. Silberman – sax
G. Rogala – trombone
Ł. Borowiecki – bass
M.Bryndal – drums

Starts at 9:30 pm, Tickets 20 pln

Rynek Główny 28, check the map

or  Studnitzky Trio of  Herzog Records

in Auditorium of Radio Kraków

al. Słowackiego 22

Starts 7pm , Tickets 40pln regular, 20pln reduced

15th ediction of the festival, 46 days of jazz live music, every day concerts

This year stars: Bobby McFerrin, Markus Stockhausen, Paulo Fresu and NDR Big Band

Jewish Festival – day 5th

Unique chance to hear Ethno classic singer Ilana Eliya and Jabalayo Ensamble (Mountain Boy)

They perform interpretations of Kurdish traditional songs with middle-eastern music

Songs in kurdish, hebrew and arabic

Before each song Ilana expalin in English it’s meaning

Temple Synagogue, 24 Miodowa St

Starts 7 p.m.

Tickets: 50PLN regular, 35 PLN reduced

If you can not be there check live internet transmission