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.

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.

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.

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.

Exhibition in Muzeum Etnograficzne, part of the Jewish Culture Festival presenting pictures of Jerusalem from nineteen century. Collection of Abraham Madeisker shows not only how Jerusalem used to like like but also present the development of photography.

Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Krakow
ul. Krakowska 46

Tickets: regular  7 pln , reduced 4pln

Open: Monday closed

Thu – Sat 10 am – 7pm

Saturady 10am – 3pm

Exibition open till 28th of November

Check Museum website for other exhibtiotions, good place to stay in for some hours during the rainy day…

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

Every year since 1988 Kraków has hosted a festival of Jewish culture centered in Kazimierz, the old Jewish quarter of the city. From Saturday, the 26th of June until Sunday, the 4th of July you can find daily events including workshops for topics such as Hasidic dance and song, klezmology, Hebrew calligraphy, Jewish paper cutting and cooking. And of course concerts — lots of concerts. Last year’s grand finale concert (to give you an idea of the scale) had and audience of 13,000. This year the festival will feature dozens of performers and thousands of participants from all over the world. Check the events schedule on the festival website to see what’s happening.

Krakow is hosting the 2rd annual Selector Festival on 4 and 5 June. Last year they were in the big field at Błonia, but this year they have moved somewhere else due to fear of flooding. But what’s a festival without mud? They offer free shuttles to the new venue (in the old Kraków airport — a really cool place). Check their website to watch them build the tents or to see which bands are performing. Last years was ultra-modern and clean and corporate, and well-organized.

From 30 April to 2 May Kraków will see 3 nights of dancing, 3 days of workshops and 3 master dancing pairs from Buenos Aires. The festival venues are over the city, one of which is on Platform 1 of the main train station. You can check the festival webpage for more information and an event schedule, and also for a list of swanky hotels around the city for Tango enthusiasts who are arriving from all across Europe just to attend the festival.

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.

There are a smattering of events from November 7 – 27 in various venues — including the resplendant Teatr. Słowackiego (shown above). Unlike other recent music festivals in Kraków, this festival isn’t centered around one composer, but brings a variety of world-famous performers and ensembles together to play a variety of Polish music. Interpretations will hopefully showcase the enchanting power of Poland’s musical heritage for all of Earth’s humans.

On November 5 – 7 there will be a musical celebration of the late and legendary jazz violinist Zbigniew Seifert. Check the website for a list of concerts with his colloborators, friends and admirers. A Kraków native, Seifert was a jazz giant when he died of cancer at 32. During his career he collaborating with Kryztow Komeda and other heroes of Polish (and nonpolish) jazz.

2-4 May,

> Cracow Screen Festival

16 performers, 3 days, 2 stage, visual art screened on building – all this can be expected on Cracow Screen Festival. This is the first edition of CSF but in the long run it is expected to become one of the largest live music events in the country and the biggest annual video art presentation in Poland.

For detailed info (program, prices) please check www.cracowscreenfestival.pl It’s available in English as well.

Where:  Pl. Jana Nowaka Jeziorańskego and Pl. Szczepański

źródło (CSF)

21th April

>Al Foster Quintet Concert (USA)

Part of International Jazz festival in Krakow

One of the best recognized jazz drummers in the world with 40years experience. Most famous for this friendship and cooperation with Miles Davis. On this Krakow concert you will perform with Eli Degibri (saxophone), Aaron Goldberg (piano), Doug Weiss (contrebasse), Eddie Henderson (trumpet).

Where: Radio Krakow concert hall. Al Słowackiego 22, Starts at 20:00, tickes: 30PLN students 50PLN regular

20-26 April

>”The Old and the Young” Jazz in Krakow 

This is a periodical event in Krakow that gives a chance to young talented musicians to meet well established jazz stars.

For detailed info check festival program