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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2025
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)
2026
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
January 6: Epiphany (closures)
April 5 & 6: Easter Sunday and Monday (closures)
April 12 (likely): Kraków Marathon
May 1: May Day/Labor Day (some closures)
May 3: Constitution Day (Swieto Trzeciego Maja, celebrates Europe's first constitution; street fairs)
May 24: Pentecost (closures)
May 24–31 (likely): Kraków Film Festival
June 4: Corpus Christi (religious festival with processions; closures)
June 11: Lajkonik Festival, Kraków (colorful traditional parade)
June 12–14 (likely): Wrocław Good Beer Festival
June 19–21 (likely): Wianki Festival, Kraków (midsummer festival; wreaths on rafts in Vistula River, fireworks, music)
June 24–28 (likely): Jewish Culture Festival, Kraków
June 25–28 (likely): Sztuka Ulicy, Warsaw (street performers festival)