Must-see entertainment in Kraków

  • Harris Piano Jazz Bar

    Kraków

    Lively jazz haunt housed in an atmospheric, intimate cellar right on the Main Market Square. Harris hosts jazz and blues bands most nights from around 9…

  • Kino Kijów Centrum

    Kraków

    Loved by Cracovians for its retro '60s, communist-era design and architecture, Kijów is one of many independent cinemas in Kraków. It's also home to a…

  • Klub Kwadrat

    Kraków

    This popular student club is a great place to catch up-and-coming Polish rock and indie groups, as well as visiting international acts. Check the website…

  • Piwnica Pod Baranami

    Kraków

    This 'Cellar Under the Rams' has been a legendary place since it came into being in 1956 as a 'literary cabaret'. Nowadays, the program is a bit sporadic,…

  • Stary Theatre

    Kraków

    This is the city’s best-known theatre company and it has attracted the cream of its actors. To overcome the language barrier, pick a Shakespeare play you…

  • Teatr im Słowackiego

    Kraków

    This important theatre focuses on Polish classics and large-scale productions. It’s in a large and opulent building (1893) that’s patterned on the Paris…

  • Kino Pod Baranami

    Kraków

    The Cinema Under the Rams is hidden inside a historic palace on a corner of the Main Market Square. There are three screening rooms given over to the best…

  • Opera Krakowska

    Eastern Kraków

    The Kraków Opera performs in the strikingly modern building at the Mogilskie roundabout. The setting is decidedly 21st century, but the repertoire spans…

  • Kraków Philharmonic

    Kraków

    Home to one of Poland's best orchestras. Check the website for a calendar of events. Buy tickets at the box office during working hours or an hour ahead…

  • The simple yet inviting exterior of Oliwa Pub along Miodowa Street

    Oliwa Pub

    Kraków

    This threadbare bar is one of the best venues in town for live rock and you'll find performances downstairs most weekends. Even if you don't happen to…

  • Kino Agrafka, its one screening room seats 109.

    Kino Agrafka

    Kraków

    This small but stylish cinema is housed inside a YMCA building not far from the Planty. It has just one screening room, but runs a regular repertoire of…

  • Re, keep an eye out for the sign tucked into a hedge along the street.

    Re

    Kraków

    You can't beat Re for its excellent line-up of live music, which features indie rock bands from all over the world, playing up close and in your face…

  • Piano Rouge, piano Rouge sits in the main square with seating outside during warmer months.

    Piano Rouge

    Kraków

    This sumptuous cellar jazz club and restaurant is decked out with classic sofas, red velvets, louche lampshades and billowing lengths of colourful silk…

  • Club Cabaret

    Kraków

    This red-velvet club harking back to the 1920s, both in appearance and programme, sponsors all types of shows from cabaret to burlesque, theatre, folk and…

  • Szpitalna 1

    Kraków

    Awesome live music club and cocktail bar with an eclectic programme of electronica, rock and occasional stand-up comedy nights. The cocktail menu is…

  • ICE Kraków Congress Centre

    Kraków

    Kraków's gleaming congress centre, across the river from Kazimierz, hosts a wide range of events, from trade fairs and music concerts to theatrical…

  • Church of SS Peter & Paul

    Kraków

    Hosts evening concerts of Vivaldi, Bach, Chopin and Strauss throughout the week, performed by the Cracow Chamber Orchestra of St Maurice. Buy tickets at…

  • Chopin Concert Hall

    Kraków

    A 15th-century townhouse and the primary venue for nightly piano recitals of music by Fryderyk Chopin, Poland's best-known composer. Check the website for…

  • Teatr Groteska

    Kraków

    The Grotesque Theatre stages mostly puppet shows and is well worth a visit. It’s 450m west of the Planty along ul Krupnicza. Note the troupe takes an…

  • Piec' Art

    Kraków

    Dark and inviting, this intimate basement bar is a seductive place for a drink even when it's quiet. Several times a week, there's live acoustic jazz,…

  • Stadion Miejski

    Kraków

    The home pitch for Poland's most successful football club, Wisła Kraków, which has won several national championships in the past decade. Buy tickets…

  • Jazz Club U Muniaka

    Kraków

    Housed in a fine cellar, this is one of the best-known jazz outlets in Poland, the brainchild of saxophonist Janusz Muniak. There are concerts most nights…

  • Teatr Barakah

    Kraków

    Highly regarded local theatre. Most of the productions are in Polish though they also host occasional folk-music jam sessions and English-language…

  • Łaźnia Nowa

    Kraków

    Small, alternative theatre located in a former technical school in the industrial suburb of Nowa Huta. Check the website for a current programme. Works…

  • IMAX Cinema City

    Kraków

    The great thing about IMAX theatres is that you don’t need to understand the words to appreciate the incredible cinematography surrounding you. Some of…

  • Kino Mikro

    Kraków

    Small, student-oriented cinema that's still going strong. Films are shown in their original language, with Polish subtitles. Buy tickets online through…

  • Florianka Recital Hall

    Kraków

    The recital hall of the Kraków Academy of Music. Check the website for upcoming chamber concerts. Also hosts the annual Bach Days music festival.

  • Kino Paradox

    Kraków

    Popular arthouse cinema features independent European, Polish and international films that will likely never make it to the multiplex.

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