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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2026
July–August: Jazz na Starówce, Warsaw (free Saturday concerts on Old Town Square)
July 23–August 2: Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival (includes many performances in English)
July 25–August 16: St. Dominic's Fair, Gdańsk (market stalls, music, general revelry)
August 7–15: International Chopin Festival, Duszniki-Zdrój, southwestern Poland (world's main Chopin festival, held in the composer's house)
August 15: Assumption Day (closures)
September 18–26: Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music
October 2–11: Unsound Festival, Kraków and Warsaw (avant-garde music)
October 3: Rawa Blues Festival, Katowice
October 9–18: Warsaw Film Festival
November 1: All Saints' Day/Remembrance Day (religious festival, some closures)
November 6–11: Sacrum Profanum Festival, Kraków (contemporary and experimental music)
November 11: Independence Day (closures)
November 29: St. Andrew's Eve (partying before St. Andrew's Day; some closures)
December: Christmas market, Kraków
December 4–13: 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)
2027
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
January 6: Epiphany (closures)
March 28 & 29: Easter Sunday and Monday (closures)
April 18: 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 16: Pentecost (closures)
May 27: Corpus Christi (religious festival with processions; closures)
May 30–June 6 (likely): Kraków Film Festival
June 3: Lajkonik Festival, Kraków (colorful traditional parade)
June 12–27 (likely): Crossroads Festival Kraków (world music)
June 18–20 (likely): Wrocław Good Beer Festival
June 20–21: Wianki Festival, Kraków (midsummer festival; wreaths on rafts in Vistula River, fireworks, music)
June 24–27 (likely): Sztuka Ulicy, Warsaw (street performers festival)
June 30–July 3: Open'er Festival, near Gdańsk (alternative rock/pop festival)
June 30–July 4 (likely): Jewish Culture Festival, Kraków
July–August: Jazz na Starówce, Warsaw (free Saturday concerts on Old Town Square)