Festival program 2026
opublikowano:
“The Baltic Union”
Warsaw, April 22-25, 2026
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
Old Tradition 2025
The 15th Old Tradition competition is addressed to young instrumentalists, singers and bands (aged under 45) that are rooted in the traditional Polish rural music. To apply, fill in the FORM and send three recordings until March 21, 2025.
Festival – April 23-26
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!
We’re putting off the festival
Dear All, we have made a tough but necessary decision to postpone the April edition of Mazurkas of the World.
10th Instruments Fair
The 10th edition Instruments Fair (Targowisko Instrumentów) will take place on 25.04.2020. Application form will be open beetween 31.01. 29.02.2020.
Spring 2019 – program
Festival Mazurkas of the World, download spring 2019 program.
Workshops
The program of the workshops is already announced, we invite you to read it.