Krakow Events

Poland Public Holidays 2025

This page contains a national calendar of all 2025 public holidays. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates.

Date Day Holiday

1 Jan Wed New Year's Day

6 Jan Mon Epiphany

20 Apr Sun Easter Sunday

21 Apr Mon Easter Monday

1 May Thu Labour Day

3 May Sat Constitution Day

8 Jun Sun Whit Sunday

19 Jun Thu Corpus Christi

15 Aug Fri Assumption Day

1 Nov Sat All Saints' Day

11 Nov Tue Independence Day

25 Dec Thu Christmas Day

26 Dec Fri 2nd Day of Christmas

Month	Event
JANUARY	3-Jan-2025 First heavy SNOW.
FEBRUARY
MARCH	https://krakowexpats.pl/culture/may-holiday-events-majowka-2024/ https://www.myguidekrakow.com/events/may-2024 1. Holi Święto Kolorów – https://www.holiswietokolorow.pl/ May 05, 2024, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM Kraków, Osiedle Szkolne 39, 31-978 Kraków, Poland 2. 25th Kraków Opera Summer Festival Friday, May 10, 2024 - Saturday, July 13, 2024 Kraków Opera, ul. Lubicz 48 These adventures are only some of the many attractions accompanying the two-month-long  25th Kraków Opera Summer Festival. In line with the old tradition, the cultural events in Kraków will bring the arias to all kinds of venues, not just the stage at Lubicz 46. MuFo Rakowicka will host Opera Film, the kick-off meeting of a new series co-organised with the museum, the Carmina Burana cantata will be heard in the TVP Kraków Studio in Łęg, the Botanic Garden will be visited by the Countess Maritza, and Tosca will reign supreme at Wawel Castle. https://karnet.krakowculture.pl/en/54021-krakow-25th-krakow-opera-summer-festival 3. 20th Museum Night Friday, May 17, 2024, 6:00 PM - Saturday, May 18, 2024 The Museum Night in Kraków is hundreds of events of night-time visits and special events, held at dozens of museums and their branches throughout the city. www.krakowskienoce.pl 4. Copernicus Festival 2024 – Machine Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - Sunday, May 26, 2024 Museum of Engineering and Technology, ul. św. Wawrzyńca 15 This year edition of the festival introduces participants to important topics connected with machines. Full program at the link: copernicusfestival.com 5. 17th Krakow Film Music Festival Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - Sunday, May 26, 2024 TAURON Arena Kraków, ul. Lema 7 https://karnet.krakowculture.pl/en/52724-krakow-17th-krakow-film-music-festival
APRIL
MAY	1. May 16th --Krakow Factory-Jungle Night-Additional -50% on outlet -- Same will be in October 2. Museum Night 17th-18th May 3. Tue, May 21 | Wodzisław Śląski -Copernicus Festival 2024 – Machine 4. Wed, May 22 | Kraków 17th Krakow Film Music Festival
JUNE	Mon, Jun 08 | Kraków DRAGONS PARADE https://photos.app.goo.gl/5tfAzwEuG25Tfxzb7 Festival starts at 10 PM and ends at 10.45 PM. A huge crowd will be gathered at the Krakow Wavel, Vistual Revier Bayside. We should be at Wawel Castle, Kraków, to get a seat by 7 PM. We have to sit opposite the Sheraton Grand Hotel to get a better view of the Dragon Parade. Public transport is the best. Parking may not get. 1.         Carrying one mat to sit on the gross (Vistula Riverside) is better. 2.         Water bottle. 3.         Evening 7 to 8 PM, reach the area to reserve your place. Otherwise, the backside stands without a clear view of the event. 3. Małopolska Festival 2024 - 9th June 12:00 PM To Night June 9, 2024. Polish Aviation Museum, Kraków The festival started at 12 PM. All children's games stalls are till 5 PM. Till 7 PM a minimal number of game stalls were open. Hot Air Baloon from around 3 PM to 9 PM worked. On June 9, in the picturesque spaces of the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, the next edition of the Małopolska Festival will take place. This year, we have prepared for you a program so rich and diverse that everyone. https://www.malopolska.pl/aktualnosci/promocja/swieto-malopolski-2024 2. 33th Jewish Culture Festival Sunday, June 23, 2024 - Sunday, June 30, 2024 One of the oldest and largest Jewish Culture festivals in the world, presenting contemporary Jewish culture from Israel and Diaspora, held in beautiful venues of Krakow's Jewish district of Kazimierz. Szeroka Street is the heart of Jewish Kazimierz. The Tempel Synagogue is worth a visit for at least two reasons. Firstly, the stained glass windows.
JULY
AUGUST	Polish Aviation Day in Krakow – the last Sunday of August will be truly awesome! DURATION: 25/08/2024 - 25/08/2024 TICKET PRICES: 15 PLN / 2 PLN for primary school students/children up to 7 years of age FREE On August 25, at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow, we will celebrate the 90th anniversary of two significant victories of Poles in international tourist and balloon aircraft competitions. Visitors can expect a lot of excitement, including: flight simulators, an exhibition of military equipment, scientific experiments, a presentation of a Mars rover and a rocket with jet propulsion, an aviation terrain game... And in good weather, additional attractions in the air!
SEPTEMBER	Ganesh Chaturthi
OCTOBER	Dasara Navaratri 13th October
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER	22.12 Sunday - shops open 23.12 Monday - shops open 24.12 Tuesday - shops close at 2 pm 25.12 Wednesday - shops closed 26.12.Thursday-shops -closed 27.12 Friday-shops reopen On December 31st Night fireworks are at Krakow City Center Main Square from 11.30 PM to 12.30 AM. It's the same in Wavel Castle Vistula Revier's side. There was no news about this event, but it will happen every year.