Summer Jazz Festival Kraków 2018

Summer Jazz Festival at Piwnica Pod Baranami was organized for the first time in 1996 during celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Piwnicy pod Baranami. Witold Wnuk - founder and director of the Festival inspired by legendary Piotr Skrzynecki, has presented during July a cycle of everyday concerts at the Piwnica club. Each year the Festival expanded presentions beside 31 everyday concert at the Piwnica club for more additional events at the Krakow's Philharmonics, Krakow’s Opera, Radio Krakow auditorium, theaters, art galleries and open air concerts on the Main Market and the Archeological Museum grounds. Every year festival presents about 100 concerts with approx. 200 artists from Poland and abroad. Total number of spectators is around 50.000. Festival is the biggest Polish Jazz Festival and one of the biggest in Europe. Most of this year's programme has not yet been announced.