For those who haven’t yet decided whether to attend the festival, we recommend watching a film about the previous edition – from 2025 – which you can view HERE

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2026
Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe, Podskarbińska 2 Street

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. 🟠WORKSHOPS in dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. 🟠CONCERT – the finale of the Old Tradition competition
Performers: finalists of the competition

Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe, Podskarbińska 2 Street
9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. 🟠FESTIVAL CLUB
Performers: finalists of the competition

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2026
Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe, Podskarbińska 2 Street
Ksawery Konopacki’s Palace, Strzelecka 11/13 Street

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. 🟠WORKSHOPS in dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments

Kultura Wysoka, Szwedzka 2 Street

7 p.m. – 9 p.m. 🟠CONCERT “The Bug River Polesie – Songs Revived”
Performers: Karolina Jadwiga Demianiuk, Poleski Skład Smyczkowy, Z Lasu, Polesie_PL, Zaświatycze, Obłoka, Dziki Bez, Jarzębina of Zabłocie, Zyzula of Hanna

Kultura Wysoka, Szwedzka 2 Street

9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. 🟠FESTIVAL CLUB
Performers include: Sounds and Stories from Ruhnu Island and Leanne Barbo (Estonia), Poleski Skład Skrzypcowy, Mateusz and Agnieszka Niwiński, Kwadryl, Smyki, Zbyten (Ukraine)

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2026
Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe, Podskarbińska 2 Street
Pałacyk Ksawerego Konopackiego, Strzelecka 11/13 Street

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. 🟠WORKSHOPS in dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments

Kultura Wysoka, Szwedzka 2 Street

7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. 🟠CONCERT “The Baltic Union”[3.1]
Performers:
Storösterlens Spelmanslag (Sweden)
Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen (Norway) – singing
Opka (Lithuania) – singing
Markus Svensson & David Eriksson (Sweden) – nyckelharpa
Bogusława Drzewiecka and Kapela Łódzkiego Domu Tańca
Kapela Jana Szymańskiego
Janusz Prusinowski Kompania

Dancers:
Klara Andersson, Grzegorz Ajdacki, Dominik Wóltański, Piotr Zgorzelski

Kultura Wysoka, Szwedzka 2 Street
10 p.m. – 2 a.m. 🟠FESTIVAL CLUB
Performers: concert participants, Memento Mori Dance Club, Sounds and Stories from Ruhnu Island and Leanne Barbo (Estonia)

SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2026
Forteca Kręgliccy, Zakroczymska 12 Street

11 a.m. – 6 p.m. 🟠INSTRUMENT FAIR
• instrument traders from all across Poland
• instrument building shows
• presentations and stories
• 🟠LITTLE MAZURKAS – activities for kids

Forteca Kręgliccy, Zakroczymska 12 Street

7 p.m. – 5 a.m. 🟠NIGHT OF DANCE
Performers playing dance music include: guests from Sweden, Estonia and Norway, Tęgie Chłopy, Warszawskie Combo Taneczne, Kapela im. Tadeusza Kubiaka, and Janusz Prusinowski Kompania with Maria Siwiec

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Co-financed by: the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Culture Promotion Fund
Funds from the Mazovian Voivodeship Self-Government in the framework of the ‘Strategy for Cultural Development in the Mazovian Voivodeship 2023-2027’
Co-financed by: the City of Warsaw
Organizer: Fundacja Wszystkie Mazurki Świata
Media patrons: Polskie Radio Dwójka, Radiowe Centrum Kultury Ludowej, Radio Dla Ciebie, TVP Kultura, Muzykatradycyjna.pl
Partners: Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe, Dom Kultury Praga, Forteca Kręgliccy, KMD Studio, Hit Hotel, Zapętlona restaurant

Ticket sales are now open! Take a look at our detailed programme, read the regulations. And click on the TICKETS link. Early bird tickets for the Night of Dance are waiting for you!

Mazurkas of the World Festival 2025 – “On the Dancehouse Trail”
Warsaw, April 23-26, 2025
PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025
Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe, Podskarbińska 2 street
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. WORKSHOPS in dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments

7 p.m. – 9 p.m. CONCERT the finale of the Old Tradition competition
Performers: finalists of the competition

Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe, Podskarbińska 2 street
9.30 p.m. – 1 a.m. FESTIVAL CLUB
Performers: finalists of the competition and guests

THURSDAY, April 24, 2025
Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe, Podskarbińska 2 street
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. WORKSHOPS in dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments

Terminal Kultury Gocław, Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego 24 street

7 p.m. – 1 a.m. CONCERT Celebrating 30 Years of the Dance House of Poland
A meeting of all the friends of the Dance House of Poland – activists, musicians, and dancers from all across the country.
The guests include: Tęgie Chłopy, Dia Bu Bu, Chłopcy z Nowoszyszek, Andrzej Malik band, Wiesia Gromadzka band, Kożuch, Niwińscy band, Mateusz Kowalski, Warszawsko-Lubelska Orkiestra Dęta, Zwykli Ludzie, Raszewski band and many, many others.

FRIDAY, April 25, 2025
Terminal Kultury Gocław, Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego 24 street and
Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe, Podskarbińska 2 street

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. WORKSHOPS in dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments

Terminal Kultury Gocław, Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego 24 street

7 p.m. – 9 p.m. CONCERT On the Dancehouse Trail
Performers:
Muzička band and dancers: Alfred Lincke, Antónia Rokošná (Slovakia)
Klervie and Awena Guelou /singing; Tangui Pensec /binioù and Julien Tymen /bombard (France, Brittany)
Erdőfű band and dancers Zalán Pásztor and Melinda Balogh (Hungary)
Maria Siwiec and Janusz Prusinowski Kompania with dancers (Poland)

Terminal Kultury Gocław, Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego 24 street
9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. FESTIVAL CLUB

SATURDAY, April 26, 2025
Forteca Kręgliccy, Zakroczymska 12 street

11 a.m. – 6 p.m. INSTRUMENT FAIR
– instrument traders from all across Poland
– instrument building shows
– presentations and stories
– Little Mazurkas – activities for kids

Forteca Kręgliccy, Zakroczymska 12 street

7 p.m. – 5 a.m. NIGHT OF DANCE
Performers playing dance music include: festival guests from Slovakia, Hungary, France / Brittany, Tęgie Chłopy, HrayBery (Ukraine / Poland), Agopsowicz band, Warszawska Orkiestra Sentymentalna, Janusz Prusinowski Kompania, Kapela Zastawnych and many others
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The Festival is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage National cultural programme of the Polish presidency of the EU Council 2025.

Co-financed by: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund, the City of Warsaw, funds from the Mazovian Voivodeship Self-Government in the framework of the ‘Strategy for Cultural Development in the Mazovian Voivodeship 2023-2027’
Co-organizer: National Centre for Culture Poland
Organizer: Fundacja Wszystkie Mazurki Świata
Honorary patron: The National Institute of Culture and Rural Heritage
Media patrons: Polskie Radio Dwójka, Radiowe Centrum Kultury Ludowej, Radio Dla Ciebie, TVP Kultura, Muzykatradycyjna.pl
Partners: Stowarzyszenie Dom Tańca, Dom Bretanii, Instytut Słowacki w Warszawie, Instytut Liszta – Węgierski Instytut Kultury w Warszawie, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Terminal Kultury Gocław, Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe, Forteca Kręgliccy, Noclegi Stadion, Restauracja Zapętlona

On Saturday, the last day of the Festival, the 15th Instrument Fair will take place in Warsaw, in Forteca Kręgliccy, at 12 Zakroczymska street, between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. You can apply to present instruments and propose other activities until March 7 through this FORM.

The Instruments Fair, which is the culminating element of the Mazurkas of the World Festival every year, not just an exhibition of musical instruments – it is a colorful carnival that fosters an informal, creative network of artists.

We invite exhibitors from Poland, Europe, and the whole world to present their work: traditional, classical, historical, reconstructions, as well as novel musical inventions. As in the previous years, we will also host instrument technicians, tuners, collectors, musicians, researchers, musicologists, and museum specialists.

The exhibition of acoustic instruments is accompanied by concerts, workshops, lectures, showcases, theater, spontaneous music and a rich set of activities for children.

We present traditional and novel instruments and a variety of music genres.

In previous years, we hosted over 120 instrument creators from 10 European countries, and the number keeps growing!

The 15th Old Tradition competition is coming! Applications are open until March 21, 2025.
The competition is addressed to young instrumentalists, singers and bands (aged under 45) that are rooted in the traditional Polish rural music.
The goal of the competition is to promote young musicians and singers who carry on the traditions of music from particular (modern or historical) regions of Poland, and to search for a formula that would ensure the music’s presence in today’s culture.
The laureates will be chosen by a Jury composed of experts, musicians, and musical heritage researchers – Andrzej Bieńkowski, Ewa Grochowska, Dorota Majerczyk, Kuba Borysiak, and Janusz Prusinowski.
The laureates of the competition will perform at the 2025 Mazurkas of the World Festival.

To participate in the competition, read the RULES AND REGULATIONS, fill out the FORM, and send us three mp3 recordings of your performances, along with a picture.

The FORM can be:
1) filled out online: https://tiny.pl/0t6v2ty6 (preferred)
2) sent via email (if you do not have a Google account)
download the form on your computer from this page https://tiny.pl/c8kffg0y, fill it out, and then send to staratradycja@gmail.com, along with three mp3 recordings of your performances and a picture. The subject of the email should be: “Competition Application – name of the soloist / band.”

The festival Mazurkas of the World is coming! Get your dancing shoes ready, fantastic dance workshops and dance parties await! We invited the best teachers, such as our guests from Slovakia – Alfred Lincke and Antónia Rokošná with the Muzička band!
Preparations for the Festival are going full speed ahead!
FESTIVAL DATES: April 23-26
This spring’s FESTIVAL LOCATIONS:
– Centrum Promocji Kultury w Dzielnicy Praga Południe (2 Podskarbińska street),
– Terminal Kultury Gocław (24 Nowaka Jeziorańskiego street)
– Forteca Kręgliccy (12 Zakroczymska street)
We are working on some last program details – the final form of the Festival will be revealed soon!
The Festival warm-up will be the Mazurkas Monday in Bielany on Easter Monday, April 21.