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Special Events

Wawel Evenings, Jan, classical music concerts at the Castle (website: www.filharmonia.krakow.pl)
Krakow Theatrical Reminiscences, Mar, various venues (website: www.rotunda.pl)
Constitution Day, patriotic parades and festivities, 3 May, throughout the city
Student’s Song Festival, early May, various venues
St Stanislaw Procession, May, from Wawel to Skalta
Cracow Film Festival, May/Jun, various venues (website: www.cracowfilmfestival.pl)
Summer Festival of Opera and Operetta, early Jun
Wianki, midsummer festival with girls floating wreaths of magic herbs and candles on the Visitula River, St John’s Day, June 24
Jewish Culture Festival, Jun-Jul, Kazimierz (website: www.jewishfestival.pl)
Summer Jazz Festival, Jul, various venues
International Street Theatre Festival, early Jul, throughout the city
Folk Art Fair, late Aug, Old Town
Festival of Old Polish Operas, mid-Sep, various venues
Cracow Jazz Jamboree, Nov, various venues
Cracow Ballet Meetings, Nov, various venues (website: www.nck.krakow.pl)
Independence Day, patriotic displays around the city, mid-Nov, throughout the city
Szopki Krakowskie, contest for the most beautiful Cracow Christmas nativity scene, Dec, Rynek Glowny
Jazz Juniors, international competition of young jazz groups, Dec, various venues
Christmas Day, 25 Dec, throughout the city
New Year’s Eve, 31 Dec, Rynek Glowny
International Silent Film Festival, Dec, various venues (website: www.kinopodbaranami.pl)



   
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