The greater part of the festival will be hosted again in Ronald Reagan Park and on the nearby school playgrounds in Przymorze Wielki. From Saturday to Sunday, July 7-9, in the green areas of the seaside park, you will have the opportunity to watch the most interesting Polish and European large outdoor shows (such as the Polish-German co-production La Luna), intimate performances on the border of new circus art, dance theatre, movement, new media and puppet, using the means of an animated form. You will find there performances for children, adults and tadults,ithout age limits. Theater artists from Poland, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Denmark, and Ukraine will come to Gdańsk. The bands of the Biuro Podróży Theater and the antagon theaterAKTion, beloved by the Gdańsk audience, will return to the festival. In addition, you will find performances for children in the program, such as: Granica from Danish theater Dansk Rakkerpak, muzyczny Hop w Kosmos! Mały Gotyk from Teatr Czwarte Miasto and Głowa mała.
You can also expect crazy and spontaneous happenings of artists in various spaces of the park and all over Gdańsk.
If you are interested in design, then you should check out Gdynia Design Days. This is an annual festival that showcases the latest trends and innovations in design from Poland and abroad. The festival features exhibitions, workshops, lectures, discussions, and networking events that cover various aspects of design such as graphic design, product design, fashion design, urban design, and more. The festival will take place from July 1st to July 9th 2023 at various locations in Gdynia.
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Open'er in Gdynia is the largest festival in Poland and a two-time winner of the European Festival Awards in the Best Major Festival category. For 20 years, it has achieved cult status, hosting artists such as Prince, Bruno Mars, Lana Del Rey, Coldplay, Drake, Depeche Mode, Imagine Dragons, Twenty One Pilots, The Weeknd, Florence & The Machine, Radiohead, Kylie Minogue and Arctic Monkeys. Open'er combines music with many other forms of art and culture, while being a platform for debates on the most important social issues.
Changes this year: new sections and film competitions. As always, a lot of pre-premiere world cinema in the competition and non-competition sections.
NEW international Scandinavian film competition.
Traditionally, there was a concert of film music, meetings with artists and open-air screenings.
Not appreciated during his lifetime, he was a model of harmony, almost mathematical precision in music and absolute genius for later great composers.
Beethoven referred to him as "the forefather of harmony", while Hector Berlioz summed it up briefly: "Bach is Bach as God is God".
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The Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival is an event not to be missed. This is the twentieth edition of the largest film festival in Poland, which will take place at the Gdynia Film Centre. The festival will last from 12 to 21 May, and the program includes over 80 documentaries from around the world. The award of the Mayor of Gdynia will be open to 12 films, and the authors and heroes of the films will take part in meetings and debates during which they will raise many important topics.
This is a unique night during which you can visit museums, galleries, libraries, theatres, cultural centers, and art academies free of charge or for a symbolic 1PLN. Thirty institutions have joined the action in Gdańsk, where, apart from permanent exhibitions, specially prepared programs await - walks, workshops, performances, as well as educational games and activities for the youngest. This year, a competition for the most active visitors was also launched. Access and return from sightseeing will be facilitated by occasional, free public transport.
Gdynia's museums guarantee that no one will fall asleep on this special night - from Saturday to Sunday, from 13 to 14 May, the next edition of the Night of Museums. The institutions are preparing unique attractions, because the program will include a game with the queen of hearts, textile madness, ambient love or singing Eurovision hits together. See what the institutions have prepared and plan an addictive night!
The first edition of Sea You Music Showcase whetted the appetite for the next editions and clearly showed how colorful and diverse the artistic environment of the Tricity and Pomerania is. Those who missed last year's celebration of the Tricity music scene will soon be able to make up for it.
On April 13-15, 2023, Sea You will warm up the local alternative scene again. For three days, on two stages, we will see performances by over 30 bands from the Tricity and the surrounding area. In the climatic nooks of The Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre, there will be performances by those who have recently broken into the awareness of Polish audiences and those who are just at the beginning of their adventure with music. Concerts of local bands will be accompanied by meetings with representatives of the Polish music industry and panel discussions for young adepts of the music scene.
If you are interested in music, you cannot miss the Actus Humanus Resurrectio festival, which will take place on April 5-9, 2023 in various locations in Gdańsk. This is a unique opportunity to listen to early and baroque music performed by outstanding artists from around the world. The festival will feature Ensemble Correspondances, La Compagnia del Madrigale, Les Arts Florissants and Concerto Italiano. Tickets for individual concerts and passes for the entire festival can be purchased at www.actushumanus.pl.
From March 31 to April 19, Targ Węglowy at Brama Wyżynna in Gdańsk will host the nationwide exhibition "When the Earth ceased to be the center of the Universe". The exhibition, prepared by the State Archives on the occasion of the 550th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, presents the life and achievements of the brilliant astronomer in an accessible way.
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is a nationwide culinary event, one of the largest food truck rallies in Poland. The idea behind the festival is to promote street food and slow food. The event is attended by food trucks from all over Poland, which are selected in terms of the quality of the dishes offered and the variety of the menu. The festival is already taking place in over 30 Polish cities, taking participants on a culinary journey around the world.