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.
- See upcoming holidays and festivals across Europe
2015
April 5–6: Easter Sunday and Monday (closures)
May 1: May Day/Labor Day (some closures)
May 3: Constitution Day (Swieto Trzeciego Maja, celebrates Europe’s first constitution; street fairs, including Wrocław’s Festival of Good Beer; closures)
Mid-May: Kraków Marathon
May 24: Pentecost (closures)
May 31–June 7: Kraków Film Festival
June 4: Corpus Christi (religious festival with procession; some closures)
June 11: Lajkonik Festival, Kraków (colorful traditional parade)
June: Sztuka Ulicy, Warsaw (street performers festival)
June 20–21: Wianki Festival, Kraków (midsummer festival; wreaths on rafts in Vistula River, fireworks, music)
June 26–July 5: Jewish Culture Festival, Kraków
July 1–4: Open’er Festival, near Gdańsk (alternative rock/pop festival)
July–August: Jazz na Starówce, Warsaw (free Saturday concerts on Old Town Square)
Mid-July (8 days): Crossroads Festival Kraków (world music)
Late July–mid-August (3 weeks): St. Dominic’s Fair, Gdańsk (market stalls, music, general revelry)
Early August: International Chopin Festival, Duszniki-Zdrój, southwestern Poland (world’s main Chopin festival, held in the composer’s house)
August 15: Assumption Day (closures)
August (2 days): Live Music Festival, Kraków (hip-hop, rock)
Mid-September (1 week): Sacrum Profanum Festival, Kraków (contemporary and experimental music)
Late September (9 days): Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music
Late September–early October (9 days): Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival
Early October: Rawa Blues Festival, Katowice
October 9–18: Warsaw Film Festival
Mid-October: Unsound Festival, Kraków (avant-garde music)
November 1: All Saints’ Day/Remembrance Day (religious festival, some closures)
Mid-November–mid-December 12: International Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw
November 11: Independence Day (closures)
November 29: St. Andrew’s Eve (partying before St. Andrew’s Day; some closures)
December: Christmas market, Kraków
Early December: Watch Docs, Warsaw (human rights film festival)
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)
2016
January 1: New Year’s Day (closures)
January 6: Epiphany (closures)