Cracow Events

Cracovia Marathon

One of Poland’s favourite running events, the Cracovia Marathon has become increasingly popular with international participants in recent years.

Date: 25 April 2021 - 25 April 2021
Venue: Throughout Cracow.
Website: http://www.pzucracoviamaraton.pl
Cost:

Free to watch.

St Stanislaus Procession

Always taking place on the first Sunday after 8 May, the St Stanislaus Procession is a gathering of Poland's cardinals and bishops who follow the relics of the country's patron saints from the Wawel Cathedral to the Skałka sanctuary. This is a big religious festival in this predominantly Christian country, and thousands of devotees join the procession every year.

Date: 09 May 2021 - 09 May 2021
Venue: Route from Wawel Cathedral to the Skałka sanctuary.
Cost:

Free.

Summer Jazz Festival

Cracow’s love affair with jazz is perhaps best defined by the annual Summer Jazz Festival. It takes place at Piwnica Pod Baranami (meaning the ‘cellar under the rams’), which is attributed as being the birthplace of Polish jazz.

Date: 01 June 2021 - 31 August 2021
(Date to be confirmed)
Venue: Piwnica Pod Baranami.
Website: http://www.cracjazz.com
Cost:

Free.

Jewish Culture Festival

Dubbed ‘Jewish Woodstock’, the Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow in late June and early July is the largest festival in Europe, with theatre, film, music and art exhibitions. The cobbled streets throng with revellers, who dance the night and day away to a mix of traditional and modern music. Anyone can get involved in the festival, which also celebrates Jewish film, food and art and ends with a klezmer (a performance of traditional eastern European Jewish music).

Date: 01 June 2021 - 31 July 2021
(Date to be confirmed)
Venue: Various venues in Cracow.
Website: http://www.jewishfestival.pl
Cost:

Free.

Pierogi Festival

A celebration of Poland’s national dish, this fête honours the humble Polish dumpling and stages a cooking competition in which restaurants compete for the bragging rights of ‘best pierogi in Cracow’. The perfect introduction to Polish cuisine.

Date: 01 August 2021 - 31 August 2021
(Date to be confirmed)
Venue: Maly Rynek.
Website: http://www.biurofestiwalowe.pl

Music in Old Cracow Festival

This two-week music festival is one of the oldest events in Cracow’s cultural calendar. Staged every August, it’s hosted in a plethora of venues across the city and takes revellers on a romp through five centuries of musical history.

Date: 01 August 2021 - 31 August 2021
(Date to be confirmed)
Venue: Various venues in Cracow.
Website: http://www.mwsk.pl
Cost:

Various.

Cracow Christmas Festival

A sprinkling of snow and Rynek Główny’s Gothic architecture provide the perfect backdrop to Christmas celebrations in Cracow. A market selling anything from local crafts to mulled wine attracts thousands of visitors every year. There is also a competition to find the best nativity scenes in the city.

Date: 01 November 2021 - 31 December 2021
(Date to be confirmed)
Venue: Rynek Główny.
Cost:

Free.

New Year's Concert

One of Europe’s largest New Year celebrations, hundreds of thousands of revellers gather in Cracow’s Main Market Square on the last evening of the year. Tourists and locals brave the bitter weather for a special programme of music and confetti displays.

Date: 31 December 2021 - 01 January 2022
Venue: Rynek Główny.
Cost:

Free.