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  • Description:
    The Old Town Harmonies is a series of concerts which presents music in the extensive context of national and worldwide culture, promoting traditional as well as modern music genres, forms, techniques and performance practices. The series draws on and evokes the centuries-old musical tradition of Lublin – the birthplace of Henryk Wieniawski, a virtuoso-violinist, composer and teacher – a place where the East and the West meet, a synergetic city which has served as a meeting place of musical trends and artistic tendencies. These unique concerts are complemented by their equally unique setting: Lublin Castle’s Holy Trinity Chapel, the Dominican Church, the Archcathedral of Lublin, the Crown Tribunal, the Wieniawski Building in the Old Town Square. The concert series is addressed to the city’s residents and tourists alike, to everyone who endorses the idea of dialogue through art. On principle, the Old Town Harmonies promote young talent as well as laureates of significant music competitions. 

    The event is organised by:
    Henryk Wieniawski Music Association in Lublin
    17, Rynek
    20-111 Lublin

    The City Office of Lublin
    1, Króla Władysława Łokietka Square
    20-109 Lublin

    Coordinator of the event:
    Teresa Księska – Falger
    wieniawskisociety@wp.pl

    Contact:
    Henryk Wieniawski Music Association (Towarzystwo Muzyczne im. Henryka Wieniawskiego),
    Rynek 17, 20-111 Lublin
    81 53 284 19 
    www.wieniawski.lublin.pl

  • Description:
    Ded Moroz Convention, a project by Robert Kuśmirowski and Rafał Chwała, is an open-air gathering of musicians and audiences in the snow-encrusted scenery of wintry Lublin. This artistic assembly made its debut on 22 January 2010 in the Saski Garden’s outdoor Concert Hall (bandshell). Ded Moroz Convention is an unprecedented event based on as yet unparalleled formula. On the one hand, it is an endurance test for both artists and new technologies. On the other, it dusts off the slightly forgotten idea of hospitality, openness; it is a symbolic meeting of the Other with the Other. Musically, the Convention is as impressive as it is inclusive, ranging from primal sounds to hip alternative music. 

    Dates of editions:
    January/February – ‘below zero’ editions
    June/July – ‘above zero’ editions

    Organizers:
    Robert Kuśmirowski, Rafał Chwała

    Contact:
    Robert Kuśmirowski: 606 326 827
    Rafał Chwała: 600 422 113 r.chwała@gmail.com

  • Description:
    Student Film Confrontations is an annual showcase of the most seminal works of world cinema. Held in the screening room of “Chatka Żaka” - Maria Curie Skłodowska University’s Academic Centre for Culture - the Festival strives to present critically acclaimed films that were either short listed for or awarded the Golden Globes, the Palme d’Or in Cannes, and the Oscars. All the movies shown during Confrontations are premiere Lublin screenings; many of them are also premiere screenings in Poland. The Festival, which attracts crowds of cinema goers and film aficionados, has indelibly imprinted itself on the city’s cultural landscape. So has the Festival’s founder and programming director - Piotr Kotowski, an indefatigable promoter of cinema in Lublin. 

    Contact:
    “Chatka Żaka” -Maria Curie Skłodowska University’s Academic Centre for Culture 
    +48 81 533 32 01, wew. 115 
    cineeuropa@umcs.lublin.pl 
    www.ack.lublin.pl/kino

  • Description:
    Brothers Henryk and Józef Wieniawski belong among the top echelons of world-class composers and individuals of global music world. The value of Henryk Wieniawski’s compositions and the renown of his virtuosity are second to none. His younger brother Józef is perhaps less known and for that reason his heritage ought to be dusted off. Fittingly, the International Wieniawski Brothers Festival serves as a reminder of their dual contribution to the history and development of music, providing an opportunity to become familiar with not only his works but also with outstanding composers and performers of world-class music. 

    Contact:
    Henryk Wieniawski Philharmonic in Lublin 
    +48 81 531 51 20 
    info@filharmonialubelska.pl 
    www.filharmonialubelska.pl

  • Description:
    “Sentimental Metamorphoses” is a showcase of the work of singers-songwriters and sung poetry. It is dedicated to the memory and the oeuvre of Jacek Kaczmarski, the towering figure of Polish music. The Festival seeks to popularise sung poetry in general and to promote particular performers. It is produced by the students of the Mikołaj Kopernik IX Secondary School in Lublin and the Association of Graduates of the School, in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin and the “Chatka Żaka” Academic Centre for Culture. The four editions of the festival held so far have featured almost twenty artists.

    Contact:
    Mikołaj Kopernik IX Secondary School in Lublin 
    “Kopernik” Association of Graduates 
    +48 696 816 482 
    festiwal@metamorfozysentymentalne.pl 
    www.metamorfozysentymentalne.pl

  • Description:
    The Festival, held since 1997, takes place in the historic interiors of Lublin, which become the backdrop for performances of early music by soloists and groups from Poland and abroad. The programme of the festival emphasises the European dimension of Lublin’s cultural heritage by presenting the masterpieces of Jewish, Russian, and early music. As the founders of the Festival are attuned to the spiritual side of culture, the aptly titled “Tempus Paschale” is organised during the paschal period, and presents masterpieces of religious music. The Festival offers Lublin-based musicians an opportunity to cooperate with top instrumentalists and singers in Poland and to display their skills. The programme interweaves locality and Polishness with European contexts. Concerts are accompanied by exhibitions of painting. 

    Contact:
    Pro Musica Antiqua Association 
    +48 81 743 26 30
    www.tempus-paschale.pl

  • Description:
    “Meetings of the Artists of the Unblazed Trail” is a festival during which inclusion theatres from Poland and abroad showcase their skills. During intermissions artists, audience, volunteers, and organisers jointly sing songs that refer to the leitmotif of the particular edition of the Festival.

    Contact:
    Nieprzetarty Szlak Association
    +48 603 306 687
    michal.stanowski@gmail.com
    www.nieprzetartyszlaklublin.pl

  • Description:
    The Lent is a special time for all Christians. At this time, the Restaurare Basilicam Foundation and the Dominican Monastery in Lublin invite all to participate in pre-Easter reflection. Lenten Singing is a series of concerts accompanied by short meditations on religion delivered by Dominican friars. The concerts take place every Lent Sunday in the Dominican Basilica in Lublin’s Old Town. Featured performers include ensembles, choirs and soloists from all over Poland. 

    Contact:
    Restaurare Basilicam Foundation The Dominican Monastery in Lublin 
    +48 81 532 89 80 fundacjarb@dominikanie.pl 
    www.lublin.dominikanie.pl

  • Description:
    "Wschody" Art Song Festival is a competition open to up-and-coming soloists, non-professional and professional entrants from all over Poland. The Festival seeks to promote out-of-the-ordinary music and scount new talent. The festival is customarily headlined by established vocalists who perform live with their solo projects. So far, the Grand Concert Gala, the culmination of the festival, has been attended by Hubert “Spięty” Dobaczewski (lead singer of Lao Che), COMA’s Piotr Rogucki, and Katarzyna Nosowska. 

    Contact:
    Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Alumni Foundation 
    Academic Radio Centrum in Lublin 
    +48 662 941 946 
    wschodyfestiwal@gmail.com
    www.centrum.fm/wschody

  • Description:
    Lublin Jazz Festiwal is an event devoted to the diversity of forms of modern jazz. Since its inception, the Festival has showcased artists representing various trends
    and styles of music. Additionally, the organisers have been dedicated to the idea of creating a living space that would provide educational opportunities and facilitate the integration of the jazz scene. The artists who have graced the stage during the Festival include among others Tomasz Stańko, John Scofield, The Ex, Ken Vandermark, Dave Douglas, Hamid Drake, Jazzanova, Ravi Coltrane Quartet, Satoko Fuji Orchestra.

    Contact:
    The Centre for Culture in Lublin
    +48 81 533 26 04
    impresariat@ck.lublin.pl
    www.lublinjazz.pl

     

  • Description:
    “Bruno4ever” is the slogan that encompasses the idea behind the Festival of Bruno Schulz’s artistic output as well as art and culture inspired by him. Organised in Lublin for almost a decade, the Festival is an international platform for exchange between artists, scholars, and enthusiasts, a fertile ground that provides ample space for exhibitions, discussions, book launches, and concerts. The April-July part focuses on the birth of the writer, while November events commemorate his death. The participants are offered a chance to travel to Drohobych (Ukraine) and participate in the artistic events entitled “The Second Autumn”, prepared by the Ukrainian collaborators and co-organisers of the Festival. The events include concerts, exhibitions, theatre performances, as well as an ecumenical meeting on the spot where the author of “The Cinnamon Shops” was shot. 

    Contact:
    Brunon Schulz Festival Association 
    + 48 81 472 65 76 
    grzeczuk@wp.pl 
    www.brunoschulzfestival.org

  • Description:
    “Contestations” – The Festival of Polish Student Theatres is built on the broadly defined “contestation” of the status quo in all its incarnations. The stage becomes a space in which young people are given an opportunity to articulate their opinions on any subject they care about, and present alternative ways of expressing themselves through art. The Festival is addressed to independent people who seek their own way and are critical of traditional norms. The festival has gained its dedicated audience and is becoming more and more influential every year. It offers a basis for the discussion on the meaning of alternative theatre that has been flourishing in Lublin. The Festival attracts theatre groups from Polish academic environments and goes back to the tradition of student theatrical activity of the turn of the 1970s and 1980s and of the Student Spring Theatre Festival.

    Contact:
    “Chatka Żaka” - Maria Curie Skłodowska
    University’s Academic Centre for Culture
    +48 81 533 58 41
    kontestacje@ack.lublin.pl
    www.kontestacje.ack.lublin.pl

  • Description:
    “Codes” Festival of Traditional and Avantgarde Music is an international event devoted to the idea of combining the archaic and the new in music. Presentday composers and improvising musicians often formally and thematically allude to archaic musical forms and seemingly antiquated sonic patterns. The mixture of two distinctive canons of aesthetics forms a completely unique listening experience where the magic of archaic melodies and the artistry of contemporary music co-exist. The festival provides a rare opportunity for excellent contemporary music composers, representatives of the avant-garde jazz, traditional musicians, and artists reconstructing old music to meet together and co-work. The following musicians have so far performed in Lublin during the Festival: Laurie Anderson, Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk Evelyn Glennie, Iva Bittová, Thurston Moore, Kronos Quartet.

    Contact:
    The Centre for Intercultural Creative Initiatives - “Crossroads”
    +48 81 466 61 67
    info@kody-festiwal.pl
    www.kody-festiwal.pl

  • Description:
    Initiated by Professor Gabriela Klauza and Agnieszka Kreiner, the Witold Lutosławski Contemporary Art Forum in Lublin is a festival of contemporary music. It is held yearly, and is organised by the Lublin Philharmonic in cooperation with Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, the Karol Lipiński School of Music in Lublin and the Tadeusz Szeligowski School of Music in Lublin. The Festival features works by Lutosławski and pieces by other composers, performed by established and up-and-coming musicians. 

    Contact:
    Henryk Wieniawski Philharmonic in Lublin
    +48 81 531 51 20
    info@filharmonialubelska.pl
    www.filharmonialubelska.pl

  • Description:
    Multicultural Lublin - The Festival of Minority Cultures is an artistic and educational event that presents the diversity and cultural richness of Lublin. Multicultural Lublin promotes tolerance and intercultural dialogue by educational and cultural activities, aimed at improving social relations and breaking stereotypes. The Festival will be a chance to meet other cultures and customs, and see the presence of other religious traditions in Lublin. Through the Festival the organizers want to emphasize the value and meaning of this diversity which lets us call Lublin a multicultural city. The Festival is co-organised by organisations and institutions that represent national, ethnic, and religious minorities living in Lublin.

    Contact:
    The Centre for Culture in Lublin
    +48 81 466 61 51
    edukacja@ck.lublin.pl
    www.wielokulturowylublin.pl

  • Description:
    Renowned for its atmosphere and literary traditions, Lublin makes an unmatched setting for poetry debates, for meetings with poets, but also for diverse social and artistic initiatives popularising poetry. Characteristically, for the duration of the Festival poetry permeates both the centre and the outskirts of Lublin: universities, libraries, cultural centres, streets, squares, bus stops, schools, churches, galleries, cafes, trolleybuses ... One of the very many traditions of the Festival is “tattooing” a multitude of poems onto the pavements of Lublin. The organisers of the “City of Poetry” attempt to encourage the residents of Lublin to contribute to and co-create the Festival. For that reason,
    cooperation with the entire cross-section of culture enthusiasts - amateurs and professionals alike, critically acclaimed poets as well as up-and-coming ones, critics and readers - has been encouraged since the very inception of the Festival. In other words, the “City of Poetry” focuses on Lublin’s agora, its public open space, but also provides access to the city’s nooks and crannies, backstreets, more secluded alleyways, less trodden paths, and even living rooms.

    Contact:
    The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre
    +48 81 532 58 67
    miastopoezji@tnn.pl
    www.miastopoezji.pl

  • Description:
    The International Organ Festival Lublin - Czuby started in the autumn of 1995, when Jerzy Kulka and Father Ryszard Jurak went to Munich to collect a priceless and unique instrument – a present for the city. The generous gift was installed in Holy Family Church in Czuby, Lublin. The pipe organ permits the execution of every piece of music, from renaissance to contemporary compositions, including the repertoire of Italian, German, and French masters. The tradition of organ concerts was created by the parish priest, who persuaded a famous concert manager, Robert Grudzień, to help organise the events. On summer days, the church resounds with the finest organ music played by outstanding virtuosos from all over the world.

    Contact:
    The Holy Family Parish in Lublin
    +48 81 526 51 31
    info@par.sw-rodziny.lublin.pl
    www.par.sw-rodziny.lublin.pl

  • Description:
    The  Night of Culture inspires both Lubliners and tourists to explore the charm of the city by artistically enlivening its main streets as well as back alleys, its less prominent districts and somewhat forgotten squares. During this special Night Lublin does not sleep as its residents‘ cultural sensibilities are reawakened, encouraging even the most passive and culture-wary of inhabitants to be active, to stay awake and be day and night receptive to artistic and cultural initiatives. During the  Night of Culture all Lublin’s cultural institutions throw their doors wide open, offering not just free but also specially commissioned events to cultural night-crawlers walking the city’s streets till the early hours of the morning. Lublin’s cityscape – its urban setting – becomes the  Night’s number one stage, where world-famous theatres share spotlight with buskers, and where symphonic music be- comes intertwined with jazz, folk, rock and dance-inducing electronica. Anything can happen and everything happens: concerts on rooftops, in courtyards and in squares, performances and happenings in backstreets, visual art in the city’s main artery, theatre plays in Old Town’s gates or in the city’s fountains, fashion shows on the stairs leading to public insti tutions, drive-in cinemas, film screenings in the parking lot of the  City Hall. All the events – rising in numbers every year – attract tens of thousands of visitors. 

    Contact:
    Workshops of Culture 
    +48 81 533 08 18 
    info@nockultury.pl 
    www.nockultury.pl

  • Description:
    The Festival comprises recitals and music-oriented spectacles that constitute crossover works typified by sophisticated musical arrangement, unique interpretation and high quality lyrics. This is a motley of kaleidoscopic musical emotionality. Grounded in the subtlety of arrangement, the music is complemented by the vocals that add dramaturgic gravitas and intellectual stature. At the same time, the Sound of Words is a meeting of a diverse range of musical genres that marry the lyrical content with thespian expressiveness situated in the transborder region between cultures. As a result, totally disparate musical temperaments meet together producing music that can be experienced like a theatre play.

    Contact:
    Lublin Art Salon – The Centre for Culture in Lublin
    +48 81 466 61 08
    irenabeata.m@ck.lublin.pl
    www.ck.lublin.pl

  • Description:
    Lublin-based “Open City” is one of the most important presentations of contemporary art in Poland and the biggest event of this kind in the  East of Poland. The Festival is founded upon the principle of opening art, liberating it from the confines of institutionalised exhibition space, and de-contextualising it from museum space. Instead, the city - with its fluidity and malleability - becomes open-air exhibition space. For a month artists allow their output to be judged and commented upon by residents and tourists. By being exposed not only to the fleeting emotions of the passers-by but also to the elements, the artworks become inscribed in the both historical context and the modern problems of Lublin as an urban centre. They become a living commentary and a chapter in the city’s historical narrative. Full documentation of the Festival in the shape of a catalogue and the non-temporary artworks that are also part and parcel of Open City provide an additional dimension, becoming the added cultural value
    of the Festival and Lublin. 

    Contact:
    The  Centre for Intercultural Creative Initiatives “Crossroads”
    +48 81 466 61 67
    info@opencity.pl
    www.opencity.pl

  • Description:
    Summer Contemporary Dance Forum is a series of performances, films, dance workshops and lectures addressed to a wide audience, mainly from Lublin and the region. The organizers, Lublin Dance Theatre and  Centre for Culture in Lublin, invite artists from Poland and abroad to take part in artistic and educational activities. Each event
    aims at presenting the most interesting performances by professional dance theatres, as well as promoting polish artists who search for an opportunity to present and discuss their works. The meetings and discussions allow the participants and audiences to penetrate the arcane art of choreographers and their groups. 

    Contact:
    Lublin Dance Theatre – The Centre for Culture in Lublin
    +48 81 466 61 46
    taniec@ck.lublin.pl
    www.ltt.art.pl

  • Description:
    The aim of the Land Art Festival in Lublin is to create and popularize land art. This art movement links nature and art and opens new opportunities for artistic activities in the landscape and in the public space.
    The Festiwal creates new opportunities and new standards of artistic discourse and also helps promote the image of the Lublin region as a as a friendly environment for people, art and culture. The artistic projects have been carried out in symbiosis with natural environment. Undertakings such as these are a result of the perception that contemporary art is a movement engaged in promotion of environmental, social, and spiritual values. The Festival is an international event. Its subsequent editions take place in various locations of the Lublin region.

    So far, the invited artists have created their original works in Kazimierz Dolny, at the Polish - Ukrainian border, in Józefów and in Zwierzyniec.


    Contact:
    fundacjaryba@gmail.com

  • Description:
    The Small Theatres Festival is a showcase and a contest of monodramas. One of the key events during the festival is the  Monodrama Festival, a competition in which there are awards for professional as well as amateur actors. The competition is accompanied by professional monodrama performances. The Festival was created by Henryk Kowalczyk, the orig- inator of Scena 6 alternative theatre and an instructor in the Voivodship Cultural Centre. The festival aims at inspiring new initiatives that would enliven stage events, especially among communities that have no day-to-day contact with the theatre. The organisers hope the Festival can also educate people about the theatre, increase the level of their cultural compe- tence and help create conditions for the development of artistic activity.

    Contact:
    Voivodship Centre for Culture
    +48 81 532 42 08
    ftn.lublin@gmail.com
    www.ftnlublin.wordpress.com

  • Description:
    The Different Sounds Art’n’ Music Festival is a meeting of world-class artists that represent various nationalities and practise diverse music styles. For that reason,
    the Festival does not intend to limit itself by focussing on one pre-defined art form. Constantly looking for and aspiring to greatness, the organisers scout rock, reggae, electro and even classical musicians. What inspires the Festival programmers the most is the liminal space where genres, traditions and cultural influences overlap. For that reason, they focus on originality, premium artistic quality and unforgettable aesthetic experiences provided by handpicked headliners. So far the Festival’s line-up has included the following artists: Morcheeba, Tinariwen, Asian Dub Foundation, Balkan BeatBox, Goldfrapp, Arrested Development, Ebo Taylor and Tiger Lillies. Focused on music, the Festival is a multi- disciplinary event: apart from concerts, there are organised debates concerning European identity, workshops and exhibitions as well as a special “Little Different Sounds” programme dedicated to children.

    Contact:
    Workshops of Culture
    +48 81 533 08 18
    innebrzmienia@warsztatykultury.pl
    www.innebrzmienia.pl

  • Description:
    The event has been organised annually since 1984, which makes it one of the old - est and most important events of its kind in Poland. Organised under the auspices of CIOFF - International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts, the event showcases children’s and adult ensembles in alternate years. There are street parades, concerts in Lublin, Nałęczów, and throughout the entire region. There are also special, charitable concerts organised for the benefit of the young patients of the Lublin-based Children Research Hospital. In addition, dance and music workshops are organised as a way of enabling young artists to get to know Polish music and familiarise themselves with national and folk dances.

    Contact:
    Wanda Kaniorowa Folk Song and Dance Ensemble
    +48 81 532 78 43
    kaniorowcy@lublin.net.pl
    www.zpit.lublin.pl

  • Description:
    “The Magicians’ Carnival” is the time of the so-called New Circus and assorted street extravaganza. The  Carnival is Lublin’s one of a kind calling card. The city is a magnet for performers from all over the world, who not only perform circus-theatre crossover spectacles but conduct workshops as well, which are dedicated to experienced professionals and aspiring beginners alike. The Festival features also Urban Highline – the biggest slackline festival in the world. Inspired by the figure of the  Magician of Lublin – the title character of Noble Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel, the  Carnival is the biggest and the most important New Circus festival in this part of Europe. 

    Contact:
    Workshops of Culture
    +48 81 533 08 18
    carnaval@warsztatykultury.pl
    www.sztukmistrze.eu

  • Upcoming edition:
    July -  August 2018

    Description:
    Central Playground is an interdisciplinary project that creates an attractive space for a variety of artistic, educational, sport and leisure activities by involving representative of a diverse range of “urban tribes”. It supports integration as well as the promotion and development of creative, productive, active leisure, combined with cultural and artistic education. The project is situated in the vicinity of the  Centre for Culture in Lublin – in Lech Kaczynski Square, on the adjacent playgrounds and inside the originally arranged
    courtyard of the institution. Everyone is invited to join the animation activities carried out there, showcases, workshops, screenings, concerts and events dedicated to children, teenagers, adults and seniors. 

    Contact:
    The Centre for Culture in Lublin
    +48 81 466 61 09
    impresariat@ck.lublin.pl
    www.ck.lublin.p

  • Description:
    “Meeting of Styles” - The International Graffiti Festival focuses on presenting graffiti as one of the progressive art modalities in public space. In accordance with the city’s mission statement, “Lublin - A City of Inspiration”, the municipality promotes all initiatives underpinned by the ideas of creativity and activism on the part of the younger generation. The acclaim generated by previous editions of the Festival is evidence of its popularity and of public demand for this type of events. Lublin’s increasingly active graffiti circle further testifies to the Festival’s evolutionary diversity.

    Contact:
    City of Lublin’s Marketing Department Magnifiko
    marketing@lublin.eu  
    www.facebook.com/MeetingOfStylesPoland

  • Upcoming edition:
    August 2018

    Description:
    The Jagiellonian Fair is a commercial and artistic event. The fair gives a chance to admire handicraft goods from craftsmen who come here form all over Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. The Fair harks back to the famous Lublin Fairs, which – in the late 15th and early 16th century – were one of the most famous international merchant events. The Fair is also accompanied by a host of cultural events, including historical re-enactments. The event is linked to a number of late-evening folk concerts, which attract a lot of attention, as well as traditional open-air dances.

    Contact:
    Workshops of Culture
    +48 81 533 08 18
    biuro@jarmarkjagiellonski.pl
    www.jarmarkjagiellonski.pl

  • Description:
    The festival promotes young, talented Polish musicians and enables their stage debut. Anyone wishing to take part in the festival should record their own solo performance on any instrument with a music background of their choice. The jury evaluates the solos and selects the artists who appear on stage during the final concert. As one of the key components of the Solo of a Lifetime Festival there are performances of the best Polish instrumentalists playing various types of popular music. The festival culminates with a concert by a famous star and a jam session. The solo artist chosen as the winner is awarded with an opportunity to appear at the Solo of a Lifetime Festival the following year, and, thanks to agreements between the organizers and their affiliates, to headline other Festivals. For its many entrants, the Festival provides a springboard for further professional career.

    Contact:
    Workshops of Culture
    Solo Życia Foundation
    +48 81 533 08 18
    info@warsztatykultury.pl
    www.warsztatykultury.pl

  • Description:
    The Festival focuses on multiculturalism and the culinary heritage of the Lublin region. It is also the biggest culinary festival of the region, attracting residents and tourists alike through its confluence of cultural events and the traditions of Lublin’s cuisine. This is a splendid opportunity to wind down and get familiarised
    with assorted specialities of the Lublin region. To this end, the organisers would like visitors and local participants to slow down and unhurriedly partake in and partake of surrounding flavours and scents. Recharged, suffused with the positivity offered by a diverse set of dishes available, the tourists will return home relaxed and satisfied. The Festival’s signature features include: a wide-ranging repertoire of cultural events, including among others concert of Balkan and  Ukrainian music, exhibitions and expositions, contests and culinary workshops.

    Contact:
    Kresowa Akademia Smaku Association
    +48 605 848 848
    waldek.sulisz@gmail.com
    www.europejskifestiwalsmaku.pl

  • Description:
    The goals of the Festival is the presentation of the most valuable phenomena and tendencies of the Polish and international musical culture, with the primary emphasis on the oeuvre of Professor Andrzej Nikodemowicz - one of the leading living composers of sacral music, and an Honorary Citizen of the  City of Lublin. The essence of Nikodemowicz’s music is characterised by religious meditativeness, intensive expressiveness, textural density, a diversity of musical content, an evolutionary type of narrative as well as a signature nod to the traditions of past epochs. His early output is typified by neo-romantic references (the audibly present influence of Karol Szymanowski and  Aleksander Skriabin), while his later works draw on the twentieth-century aesthetics, e.g. dodecaphony, sonorism. To do Nikodemowicz (and other composers) justice, the Festival showcases foremost musicians from different parts of Europe.

    Contact:
    Henryk Wieniawski Music Association in Lublin
    +48 81 532 84 19 e society@wieniawski.lublin.pl
    www.wieniawski.lublin.pl

  • Description:
    International Festival Theatre Confrontations is one of the best and most highly regarded theatre festivals in Poland. It was first organized in 1996 by the outstanding theatre directors: Janusz Opryński,
    Leszek Mądzik, Włodzimierz Staniewski and Tomasz Pietrasiewicz. Initially, all of them constituted the Festival’s Programming Board. Then, each consecutive edition of the Festival was programmed by an Artistic Commissioner, selected every year. At present, Janusz Opryński is in charge of the Festival’s programming, setting the event’s tone through a syncretic approach to theatre traditions. The Festival focuses on most intriguing and inspiring artistic achievements that provide new ways of understanding the theatre as a form of art. Since 2010 the main programme has been supplemented by
    a “Lublin showcase”, which is a presentation of the Lublin-based theatre troupes, performers, actors, actresses, and directors. In addition, 2011 saw the inclusion of the  Maat Festival, which is built upon the idea of theatricality and the theatre stemming from the corporeal, the expression of the body. International Festival Theatre Confrontations is accompanied by a series of interdisciplinary events: films - Festival Cinema, concerts – Musical Confrontations at Night, exhibitions – Confrontations’ Gallery, as well as debates and Q and As.

    Contact:
    The Centre forCulture in Lublin
    +48 81 466 61 19/20
    konfrontacje@ck.lublin.pl
    www.konfrontacje.pl

  • Description:
    The festival presents the oldest pieces of music that prove the long history of traditions present in different corners of Europe. The previous editions attracted dozens of groups and soloists from
    Albania, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia and Italy. Archaic songs, whose roots can be found in preChristian times, are performed by folk artists of different ages, who come from rural and urban communities. They make efforts to reconstruct the old singing techniques and save almost extinct songs. The festival provides an opportunity to listen to the few
    ancient songs preserved in different parts of Europe, to the songs which are still alive or have been brought back to life by ethnomusicologists and artists. Each edition of the festival is preceded by a thorough research conducted by ethnomusicologists and various research Centres. The festival is accompanied by workshops of traditional dances, exhibitions, discussions
    and lectures. 

    Contact:
    The  Centre for Intercultural Creative Initiatives “ Crossroads”
    +48 81 466 59 89
    info@npe-festiwal.com
    www.npe-festiwal.pl

  • Description:
    Chatka Blues Festival is a two-day event featuring concerts by original and established blues bands, practitioners of the genre’s acoustic and electric form. So far the following artists have performed as part of the Festival: JJ  Band, Osły, Magda Piskorczyk, The  River, Przytuła i Kruk, Highway, Karolina Cygonek, Gienek Loska Band, Harmonijkowy Atak, Szulerzy, Bogdan Szweda & Easy Rider. The  Max Vatutin Trio (Ukraine) headlined the Festival in 2012 while in 2013 Carlos Johnson (USA) was the main star. The purpose of the Festival is to promote blues music and highlight its practitioners. Since 2010 the Festival has been annually organised in „ Chatka Żaka” – Maria Curie Skłodowska University’s Academic Centre for Culture.

    Contact:
    Maria Curie Skłodowska University
    Alumni Foundation 
    “Chatka Żaka” – Maria Curie Skłodowska University’s Academic Centre for  Culture
    607 508 730
    info@chatkablues.pl
    www.chatkablues.pl 

  • Description:
    IFF Golden Anteaters is a festival which was created thanks to its organisers passion and  undying enthusiasm. The enthusiasm that was part of the Golden Anteaters since its first edition in 2007, when it was a local event directed at the Lublin's amateur filmmakers, and that lasts to this day, when it has become a large international affair bringing together authors and film fans from all over the world. The organisers are Kinoteatr Projekt, which is a part of Centre for Culture in Lublin, and the festival's founder – Maciej Misztal. The first rule of the Golden Anteaters is the high quality of our film programme and breaking the restrictive limits. Any author of auter and independent films can participate in our festival – there are no age, geographical, professional or thematic limitations.

    2015 has seen a radical change in the festival – it will now contain two previously separate  festivals: The Full-Length and Freaked-Out Films. This way, the Golden Anteaters gains two new categories: full-length films and short “freaked-out”, wacky films. Thanks to this development, the Golden Anteaters has become even more universal, interesting, bigger and more important for the filmmakers as well as the audience.

    Contact:
    Kinoteatr Projekt 
    Centrum Kultury w Lublinie, 
    ul. Peowiaków 12,20-007 Lublin 

  • Description:
    The Festival’s programming is a testament to the importance of art theory and educational praxis. Apart from presentations of performance art there are workshops, lectures, debates, exhibitions, multimedia events, as well as film screenings. The Festival bridges the gap between the audience and the artists, and galvanises the viewers into action as far as their individual expression is concerned: the participants of the workshops have an opportunity to confront their visual sensibilities with real-life audiences. One of the cornerstones of the Festival is showcasing diverse avenues, strategies, points of departure, and destinations of performance art. The Festival welcomes artists from various, often far-flung, countries, who also represent a wide range of generations - contemporary classics, middle-aged renowned practitioners, and up-and-coming ones. The wide scope of perspectives and a plethora of artistic experiences enable the audiences access not just to a bigger picture but to a more up-to-date view of performance art in Poland and abroad. 

    Contact:
    Performance Art Foundation Labirynt Gallery
    +48 81 466 59 20
    perfound@gmail.com
    www.performanceplatform.pl

  • Description:
    The Festival is a showcase of contemporary Ukrainian culture. It consists of concerts of popular bands from Ukraine that offer a wide array of musical styles, interpretations, and aesthetic types. There are also stage performances, theatre plays, film screenings, exhibitions, art workshops - all of which have become over the years the Festival’s flagship events. In addition, there are also educational events, such as the school-level quiz on Ukrainian culture, a football tournament - known as the Friendship Cup, and a guided tour of Lublin featuring the sites of Ukrainian heritage. The aim of the Festival is the presentation of the most interesting and original trends endemic to contemporary Ukrainian culture as well as the dissemination ofthe PolishUkrainian intercultural dialogue.

    Contact:
    Kultura Duchowa Pogranicza Foundation
    +48 669 207 678
    ukrainawlublinie@gmail.com
    www.ukrainawcentrumlublina.com

  • Description:
    Launched in 1997, the Festival constitutes one of the most important cultural events in Lublin. It is also a highly regarded dance festival in Poland and  Europe. The idea of the festival is to enable dancers from Poland, Central Europe, Western Europe and other parts of the world to meet, exchange ideas and find inspiration in cultural differences. The organizers emphasize the universal dimension of the event and remind us that contemporary dance is a unique medium of communication – a fully democratic form of art that can convey the impact of intellect upon emotions. The festival presents interesting performances by professional dance theatres from all over the world and promotes Polish artists seeking opportunity to present and discuss their work. It is a platform of exchange of experience and mutual inspiration for practitioners of different domains of art.

    Contact:
    Lublin Dance Theatre – The  Centre for  Culture in Lublin
    +48 81 466 61 46
    taniec@ck.lublin.pl
    www.dancefestival.lublin.pl

  • Description:
    “Bakcynalia” – The Student and Tourist Song Festival is one of the legendary student song festivals. Known for a considerable number of years as “Bakcynalia” – The Epidemic of Tourist Song, it has joined the ranks of “Yapa” (Łódź), “Bazuna” (Gdańsk) and the Student Song Festival in Cracow, one of the most widely known events dedicated to the dissemination of student culture. All the leading artists of the late 1970s, 1980s and the early 1990s performed during “ Bakcynalia”. In 2007, after over a decade of inactivity the Festival was re-started. At present, it is regularly organised in “Chatka Żaka” – Maria Curie Skłodowska University’s Academic Centre for Culture and features a music competition (live concert) that enables up-and-coming artists to present their skills and repertoire in front of a wide audience as well as a main concert headlined by a specially invited star. In addition, there are also accompanying events, including exhibitions, slide shows, jam sessions.

    Contact:
    “Chatka Żaka” – Maria Curie Skłodowska University’s Academic Centre for  Culture
    +48 503 503 207
    b.bracha@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl
    www.bakcynalia.art.pl

  • Description:
    Falkon is one of the biggest fantasy conventions in Poland. Every year it attracts over 1000 participants. It embraces all that fits into the notion of fantasy and science fiction and as such it focuses on literature, film, art and computer games. The three days of the convention are filled with lectures, discussions, competitions, tournaments, performances and other attractions. The distinctive feature of Falkon is that all the participants learn and have fun; they broaden their horizons, create a community of a kind, which, although colourful and varied, is bound by a common pursuit – the desire to develop their interests. The aim of the convent is to promote and preserve the interest in fantasy among both teenagers and adults. The aim of the convention is to promote and pre- serve
    the interest in the broadly defined fantasy and science fiction among both teenagers and adults by exposing them to literature, film, art and games.

    Contact:
    “Cytadela Syriusza” – Lublin Fantasy and Science Fiction Association
    info@falkon.co
    www.falkon.co

  • Description:
    MAAT Festival, an international residency programme, has become a home of dance, where the meetings with the invited artists can take place all year round. It is the first Polish festival of this kind, comprising year-long artists’ residencies, which come to their end in December; each artist, along with their body of work, is also the subject of a documentary produced as part of the festival. Eminent contemporary dance artists from all over Europe are invited to participate in the project. 
    Teatr Maat Projekt The Centre for Culture in Lublin 

    Contact:
    Teatr Maat Projekt The Centre for Culture in Lublin 
    +48 81 466 61 25 
    teatr.maat@gmail.com 
    www.teatrmaat.pl

  • Description:
    "Jazz Bez” - International Jazz Festival is a critically acclaimed event of long-standing renown on the Polish and  Ukrainian music circuit. Established in 2001, the Festival has since become a favourite of both audiences and musicians, becoming associated with the popularisation of the best templates of modern improvised music, and significantly contributing to the fostering of Polish-Ukrainian
    cultural relations, including the creation of international jazz combos. Initially, the Festival was organised in Lviv and Przemyśl, gradually spreading out to include other Ukrainian and Polish towns and cities. Since 2010 it has been organised in Lublin. 

    Contact:
    The Centre for Culture in Lublin
    +48 81 466 61 00
    fundacja@transkultura.org
    www.ck.lublin.pl

  • Description:
    It is the oldest and one of the biggest folk festivals in Poland. It was first organized in 1991. It aims to promote traditional culture in all its forms. The participating artists use modern means to transform old folk music into something fresh and likely to appeal to a wide audience. Such projects result in original compositions that help preserve traditional folk music. Thanks to an interesting and diverse repertoire and the atmosphere of a “folk holiday,” Mikołajki Folkowe Festival is regarded as an importantcultural event and one of the most
    interesting and prestigious reviews of folk music in Poland. 

    Contact:
    The Saint Nicholas Orchestra – “Chatka Żaka” Maria Curie Skłodowska University’s Academic Centre for  Culture
    +48 81 533 32 01 w. 114
    mikolaje@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl
    www.mikolajki.folk.pl

  • Upcoming edition:
    December 2018 - Januray 2019

    Description:
    The Christmas Festival is inseparably connected with the tradition of arranging a nativity scene in Po Farze Square. During the Festival the square echoes with carols, which help evoke the magical atmosphere of Christmas. The nativity scene is different every year; the square is decorated with colourful lights and beautiful Christmas trees. The Old Town becomes a miniature Bethlehem, where the spirit of Christmas is omnipresent. The opening of the Festival takes place during the Old Town Christmas Eve, a yearly event organised by Dominican Friars. Contests for kids and concerts by popular artists make the event extremely popular with the residents of Lublin.

    Contact:
    The Chancellery of the Mayor of the City of Lublin
    The Dominican Monastery in Lublin
    +48 728 429 926
    furta.lublin@dominikanie.pl
    www.lublin.dominikanie.pl

  • Upcoming edition:
    31 December 2018

    Description:
    The New Year’s Eve is inscribed in the calendar of Lublin events. Every year the residents of Lublin welcome the New Year together in Litewski Square. Everyone can join in the fun. The special
    attractions range from sketches and DJs playing dance music to concerts of stars like Brathanki, Big Day, Czerwone Gitary, Bajm, Zakopower, and Kayah. Every year at midnight a representative of the city authorities wishes people a happy New Year and the sky is illuminated by fireworks. Glass containers or bottles are not allowed on the site of celebrations for the duration of the festivities. Special
    night buses operate during Municipal New Year’s Eve.

    Contact:
    The Centre for Culture in Lublin
    +48 81 466 61 00
    sekretariat@ck.lublin.pl
    www.ck.lublin.pl

  • Description:
    Scenes from Shakespeare in English Festival was created in 1999. Every year young people from schools in Poland present monologues, dialogues and group stagings which last from 5 to 20 minutes. Every year the Grand Prix winner(s) go to England on a one-week trip. They stay in London with an English family and see a play by William Shakespeare in the most famous theatre in the world -“The Globe”. They also go for one day to Stratford-upon-Avon to visit Shakespeare’s Birthplace and see a play in Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre.
    The 18th Festival Scenes from Shakespeare will take place on March 12th, 2016 in Centrum Kultury, ul. Peowiaków 12, Lublin. It will be accompanied by two events: a display of posters made by participants and a competition about life and output of William Shakespeare for members of public and participants.
    In 2016 the whole world celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. The Festival Scenes from Shakespeare is part of the Polish program organized by British Council https://www.britishcouncil.pl/shakespearelives. During the Festival Panopticum Theatre from Lublin will present a special play based on “Hamlet”, “Macbeth” and “Othello”.

    The event is organised by:
    Jerzy Wrzos 
    Fundacja RATIONE FORTES , 20-059 Lublin, Al. Racławickie 17 
    Gimnazjum i LO im. Kazimierza Wielkiego w Lublinie, Al. Racławickie 17, 20-059 Lublin 

    Contact:
    Tel./fax +48 81 5337607 ; 602476120 
    e-mail: jerzywrzos@gmail.com 
    e-mail: sekretariat@glkw.pl 
    www.kazimierzwielki.lublin.pl 
    www.sobieski.lublin.pl (archiwum)

     

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