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November 2026
06.11.–11.11.
🎪 Sacrum Profanum
Kraków, Poland · Festival · KBF, Kraków's city festival bureau — official ticket sales ↗
A contemporary music festival produced by the city's festival bureau, offering a programme that cannot be heard anywhere else in Central Europe. It gives a concrete reason to be in Kraków in early November, when the city otherwise has little to draw tourists.
11.11.
🕯 Independence Day Public holiday Non-working day
Poland · entire country · Commemoration · Zielona Linia (gov.pl), list of public holidays ↗
December 2026
24.12.
🕊 Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day Public holiday Non-working day
Poland · entire country · Religious event · PIP, announcement on Christmas Eve as a public holiday ↗
January 2027
01.01.
🕯 New Year's Day Public holiday Non-working day
Poland · entire country · Commemoration · Zielona Linia (gov.pl) — list of public holidays ↗
06.01.
🕊 Epiphany and the Three Kings Processions Public holiday Non-working day
Poland · entire country · Religious event · Zielona Linia (gov.pl) — list of public holidays ↗
On the sixth of January, street processions of the Three Kings pass through more than 870 Polish towns and cities, featuring costumed participants and carol singing. It is the largest public religious event in the country and can be witnessed entirely free of charge.
February 2027
15.02.–28.02.
📅 Winter School Holiday in Kraków
Kraków, Poland · Other · Ministry of Education (gov.pl), winter holiday dates 2026/2027 ↗
April 2027
18.04.
🏅 Kraków Marathon
Kraków, Poland · Sports event · Cracovia Maraton organiser (ZIS Kraków) ↗
A marathon that starts and finishes on Rynek Główny, the most visited square in Poland, and passes through the historic city centre. It is free to watch and gives you a great reason to be in the city that particular weekend.
August 2027
02.08.–08.08.
🏅 Tour de Pologne
Poland · entire country · Sports event · Organiser, Tour de Pologne ↗
The largest cycling race in Poland, part of the highest world-ranking circuit, and free to watch — the route passes through towns and villages with no entrance ticket required.
15.08.
🕊 Assumption of Mary Public holiday Non-working day
Poland · entire country · Religious event · Zielona Linia (gov.pl), list of public holidays ↗
November 2027
01.11.
🕯 All Saints' Day Public holiday Non-working day
Poland · entire country · Commemoration · Zielona Linia (gov.pl), list of public holidays ↗
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March–April
🎊 Emaus Easter Fair at Salwator date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Traditional event · City of Kraków — Emaus announcement ↗
A centuries-old Easter fair held around the Church of the Most Holy Saviour in Zwierzyniec. Wooden figurines, clay cockerels and whistles are on sale — things you will not find anywhere else in Kraków.
March–April
🎊 Rękawka at Krakus Mound date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Traditional event · Krakow Travel, city tourism service, Rękawka announcement ↗
A reconstruction of the early Slavic world on Krakus Mound in Podgórze: warrior brotherhoods, a staged battle, workshops in herbalism and calligraphy, medieval food, and a craft fair. Admission is free.
March–April
🕊 Easter Sunday and Easter Monday date not confirmed
Poland · entire country · Religious event · Zielona Linia (gov.pl), list of public holidays ↗
March–April
🛍 Easter Fair on Rynek Główny date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Fair or market · City of Kraków — Easter fair on Rynek Główny announcement ↗
The same square and the same format as the Christmas market, with around ninety-five exhibitors from several countries, but with an Easter range of goods — the only Polish Easter fair of that scale.
May–June
🎊 Lajkonik date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Traditional event · City of Kraków — Lajkonik report ↗
A costumed rider on a hobby horse travels the Royal Road to the Rynek, accompanied by a procession with music. According to local belief, being touched by his mace brings good luck. The Museum of Kraków states explicitly that the real Lajkonik can be seen only once a year, during the octave of Corpus Christi.
01.05–03.05
📅 Majówka: The May Bank Holiday Travel Rush date not confirmed
Poland · entire country · Other · GDDKiA (gov.pl) — May bank holiday road traffic announcement ↗
May–June
🕊 Corpus Christi date not confirmed
Poland · entire country · Religious event · Zielona Linia (gov.pl), list of public holidays ↗
May–June
🕊 Corpus Christi Procession in Kraków date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Religious event · Archdiocese of Kraków — announcement of the central Corpus Christi procession ↗
The central procession departs from Wawel Cathedral and proceeds along the Royal Route to the Rynek, stopping at four altars along the way. It is the largest religious procession in the city and can be watched from the street, free of charge, with no ticket required.
June–July
🎪 Jewish Culture Festival in Kazimierz date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Festival · Organiser, Festiwal Kultury Zydowskiej ↗
The oldest and largest Jewish culture festival in Europe, and it is all contained within a single district — the tent on Józefa Street, the High Synagogue, the Jewish Community Centre, and the Galicia Museum are all within a few minutes' walk of one another.
June
🎪 Wianki, Kraków's Midsummer Night Festival date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Festival · ZIS Kraków, municipal institution, Wianki announcement ↗
Three days on the Vistula boulevards — wreaths floated down the river, a night-time projection on the façade of the Potocki Palace, concerts, and watching the sunrise. Everything is free of charge.
August
🎪 Pierogi Festival at Mały Rynek date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Festival · Kraków Merchant Congregation, organiser ↗
Five days of pierogi competitions and sales at Mały Rynek, with a jury and announcement of the best entries. The simplest way to sample Poland's national dish in around twenty variations all in one place.
September
🏅 Men's Volleyball World Championship date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland, Gdanjsk, Poland, Katovice, Poland, Lodj, Poland, Olstin, Poland · Sports event · FIVB, announcement of 2027 World Championship host cities ↗
Poland is the only host country where volleyball fills arenas like nowhere else. Kraków will host the semi-finals and medal matches.
October
🛍 International Book Fair in Kraków date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Fair or market · Medzynarodowe Targi Ksiazki w Krakowie — official website ↗
The largest literary event in Poland. The organiser reports that the previous edition attracted around 59,000 visitors in person, over five hundred exhibitors, and more than a thousand author programmes.
28.10–02.11
🕯 All Saints' Day in Kraków: Cemetery Traffic Restrictions date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Commemoration · ZTP Kraków — public transport changes announcement for All Saints' Day ↗
October
🎪 Unsound in Kraków date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Festival · Organiser, Unsound ↗
The Kraków leg of Unsound — four evenings of programming across clubs and unconventional venues — draws international audiences specifically for this part of the festival.
November–January
🛍 Christmas Market at Rynek Główny date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Fair or market · City of Kraków — Christmas market at Rynek Główny announcement ↗
A market held on one of the most beautiful medieval squares in Europe, with around one hundred and five stalls and exhibitors from several countries. It runs through the New Year period as well.
December–February
🎊 Kraków Nativity Scenes date not confirmed
Kraków, Poland · Traditional event · Muzeum Krakowa — nativity scene competition regulations ↗
Kraków nativity scenes are on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list and look like nothing else — they are multi-storey towers of foil and cardboard modelled on Kraków's architecture. Once a year they are all brought out to Rynek Główny, around the Mickiewicz monument, and that is the only hour of the year when they can all be seen together in the open air.