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…
Must-see entertainment in Kraków
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Kraków
This sumptuous cellar jazz club and restaurant is decked out with classic sofas, red velvets, louche lampshades and billowing lengths of colourful silk…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Kraków
Highly regarded local theatre. Most of the productions are in Polish though they also host occasional folk-music jam sessions and English-language…
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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…
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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…
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Kraków
Small, student-oriented cinema that's still going strong. Films are shown in their original language, with Polish subtitles. Buy tickets online through…
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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.
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Kraków
Popular arthouse cinema features independent European, Polish and international films that will likely never make it to the multiplex.
