Upcoming Holidays and Festivals in Poland

Before planning a trip around a festival, verify the festival dates on the festival's website or with a local tourist information office. For more information about these and other events, visit the official tourism site for Poland.
This list includes major festivals in major cities, plus national holidays observed throughout Poland. Many sights and banks close down on national holidays — keep it in mind when planning your itinerary. Note that this isn't a complete list; holidays can strike without warning.
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May 1: May Day/Labor Day (some closures)

May 3: Constitution Day (Swieto Trzeciego Maja, celebrates Europe's first constitution; street fairs)

May 25–June 1: Kraków Film Festival

June 8: Pentecost (closures)

June 13–15: Wrocław Good Beer Festival

June 19: Corpus Christi (religious festival with processions; closures)

June 20–22: Wianki Festival, Kraków (midsummer festival; wreaths on rafts in Vistula River, fireworks, music)

June 25–29 (likely): Jewish Culture Festival, Kraków

June 26: Lajkonik Festival, Kraków (colorful traditional parade)

June 27–29 (likely): Sztuka Ulicy, Warsaw (street performers festival)

July–August: Jazz na Starówce, Warsaw (free Saturday concerts on Old Town Square)

July 2–5: Open'er Festival, near Gdańsk (alternative rock/pop festival)

July 3–6 (likely): Crossroads Festival Kraków (world music)

July 24–August 3 (likely): Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival (includes many performances in English)

July 26–August 17: St. Dominic's Fair, Gdańsk (market stalls, music, general revelry)

August 1–9: International Chopin Festival, Duszniki-Zdrój, southwestern Poland (world's39;s main Chopin festival, held in the composer's house)

August 15: Assumption Day (closures)

September 19–28 (likely): Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music

September 22–23 & November 8–11 (likely): Sacrum Profanum Festival, Kraków (contemporary and experimental music)

September 25–October 5 (likely): Unsound Festival, Kraków (avant-garde music)

October 4 (likely): Rawa Blues Festival, Katowice

October 10–19: Warsaw Film Festival

November 1: All Saints' Day/Remembrance Day (religious festival, some closures)

November 11: Independence Day (closures)

December 5–14: Watch Docs, Warsaw (human rights film festival)

November 29: St. Andrew's Eve (partying before St. Andrew's Day; some closures)

December: Christmas market, Kraków

December 24–25: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (closures)

December 26: Boxing Day/St. Stephen's Day (closures)

December 31: New Year's Eve (huge street party in Kraków)

January 1: New Year's Day (closures)

January 6: Epiphany (closures)

April 5 & 6: Easter Sunday and Monday (closures)

April 12 (likely): Kraków Marathon