Jazz Night 2026

It is the sort of night (or, to be more precise, the afternoon and evening as well) when the sounds of jazz can be heard coming from almost every corner of the city. The concerts will start on the Small Market Square at 3.30 pm, and the line-up will include Brume Trio, drummer Grzegorz Pałka's band Heartbeats, pianist Mateusz Gawęda's trio, saxophonist Sławek Pezda's quartet, the Mika/Wajdzik/Borgiel trio with their Unbound project, and the Małopolska Big Band with special guests: Lora Szafran, Bryan Corbett and Andy Ninvalle. The Scena Berlin will be occupied by Baobaby – a band drawing inspiration from nature and a quintet led by singer Julka Dobrowolska, which reinterprets jazz standards; the programme will conclude with a jam session. At the Cracow Groove Lab, graduates of the Kraków School of Jazz and Popular Music and the Academy of Music will be joined by renowned artists: Adam Niedzielin, Tomasz Kupiec and Marek Olma. The greatest hits of Polish popular music will be performed in jazz style by the eight-piece band Główny Zawór Jazzu at the Pod Jaszczurami Club. In an open-air space close to the Wesoła Immersive centre, turntablist Mr Krime and trumpeter Tomasz Nowak will present a joint programme designed both for listening and for having fun, whereas the Kraków Cultural Forum will host an intermedia concert Poważne niepoważne [ Serious Unserious ] featuring Ewa Ryks's original songs. In an open-air space next to the Nowa Huta Cultural Centre, jazz will meet video games; trumpeter Piotr Wojtasik's quintet will join forces with Anna Maria Jopek; and the Kuba Banaszek Trio will perform tracks from their 2020 album. At Dworek Białoprądnicki Cultural Centre, we will hear the Milan-based quartet led by Polish bassist Jaromir Rusnak; the Hilarious Disasters ensemble led by Ukrainian pianist Kateryna Ziabliuk, featuring a guest appearance by Ida Zielińska; Lunamë, a band blending jazz with electronic music and folk motifs; and jazz standards in Paulina Przybysz's Insides project. At the Solvay Centre for Modern Art, we will trace a brief history of big band music, from Count Basie's legendary band to the funk collective Tower of Power, performed by the Sitkowski Band – Two Generations. When it gets dark, the music will move to the clubs – after all, the Kraków Summer Jazz Festival is in full swing. Full programme: HERE .