Events and attractions cancelled or closed due to the coronavirus outbreak
11 March 2020
Responding to the risk of spreading of the SARS-Cov-2 virus and following the safety measurements related to the virus outbreak, the organisers concerned about the health and safety of the audiences and performers and participants, have decided on the cancellation or postponement of numerous cultural and sports events in Kraków.
The following list is being regularly updated.
Krakow Festival Office
- Orfeo & Majnun open rehearsal (19 March)
- Orfeo & Majnun opera (20 March)
- Early Music Day – Church of St Martin – concert held as a prologue of the Misteria Paschalia Festival (21 March)
- The Second Life of Books at the French Institute in Kraków (23 March)
- 17th Misteria Paschalia Festival (6-13 April) SEE THE STATEMENT OF THE ORGANISER
ICE Kraków Congress Centre
- Dental Spaghetti / organiser: Targi w Krakowie | 13-14 March
- 10 Tenors / organiser: Agencja Brussa | 14 March
- Poets of Rock / organiser: Music Company | 15 March
- Securac Hacking Party / organiser: Securitum | 16 March
- Peering Days – conference | 17-19 March
- Orcheston / organiser: Prestige MJM / 18 March (postponed to 11 October)
- Speaking Concert – The 4 Seasons / organiser: Fundacja Fabryki Sztuki | 19 March (postponed to 23 October)
- Orfeo & Majnun open rehearsal (19 March)
- Orfeo & Majnun opera (20 March)
- Cracow Fashion Week | 20-22 March (postponed to 5-12 September)
- ICE Classic: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 25 March
- Invest Cuffs / organiser: Fundacja Invest Cuffs | 26-28 March
- Możdżer Danielsson Fresco & Holland Baroque (21 April)
- Wardruna (4 May, postponed to 31 August)
- Riedel 4 Riedel (5 May, postponed to 20 February 2021)
Tauron Arena Kraków
- concert by Carlos Santana (17 March)
- concert by Gregorian (20 March, postponed to December)
- Film Music Concert – Music of Wojciech Kilar (21 March, postponed to 18 September)
- Lamb of God, Kreator and Power Trip concert (2 April)
- Queen Symphonic: A Rock Band & Orchestra (6 April, the event to be postponed)
- World of Games in Concert (26 April, postponed to 4 November)
Kraków Philharmonic
- Due to introducing the state of epidemic, all concerts and event organised from 20 March 2020 have been cancelled until further notice.
Kraków Opera
- Cinderella (13, 14 and 15 March)
- Mr. Tralaliński (20 March, postponed to 9 June)
- premiere and futher performances of Orpheus in the Underworld (27, 28, 29, 31 March)
SEE THE STATEMENT OF THE ORGANISER
Academy of Music in Kraków
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All cultural and scientific events of the Academy of Music in Kraków organised between 12 March and 15 April have been cancelled.
Capella Cracoviensis
- concert of the Matinée cycle – Romanticism (14 March, postponed to 4 April)
- concert of the Joseph Haydn. Complete Symphonies cycle (22 March)
Alchemia
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all concerts suspended until further notice
CYRKI
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all events in March cancelled
Klub Studio
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Postponed concerts
13 March – Turnau
14 March – Kult
15 March – Clock Machine
19 March – Sokół
25 March – Fisz Emade
31 March and 1 April – Bass Astral
23 March – Tones and I -
Cancelled concerts
20 March – Jelonek
21 March – Dyjak
22 March – Przybysz
Gwarek Club
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Postponed concerts
12 March – The Pau
20 March – U Studni
21 March – Distant Dream, Walk Among Statues, Yenisei
22 March – Uli Jon Roth
24 March – NaviBand
Żaczek Club
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closed until further notice
Kwadrat
The club remains closed from 15 March until further notice.
- Lion’s Law, Saints&Sinners, Charge 69, Bachor, The Sandals (14 March)
- Hunter (15 March, postponed to 11 October)
- Świetliki (29 March, postponed to 6 November)
Forty Kleparz
- Baranovski (21 March, postponed to 14 June)
- Natalia Nykiel (29 March, the event to be postponed)
Klub RE
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all events cancelled in March
ZetPeTe
- Batushka, Malevolent Creation, Konkhra (13 March)
- Percival (15 March)
Cheder
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all March events cancelled or postponed
Chicago Jazz
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club closed until 25 March
Prozak 2.0
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club closed until further notice
Strefa
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club closed until 25 March
Szpitalna 1
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all events cancelled until further notice
Tawerna Stary Port
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all events cancelled until the end of March
Forum Przestrzenie
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closed until further notice
Cultural centres:
- Nowa Huta Cultural Centre: closed until 25 March, all events will be postponed
- Kraków Cultural Forum, Olsza, Malwa, Strych, Kazimierz clubs, Piwnica pod Baranami: closed until 25 March, all events will be postponed
- Podgórze Cultural Centre: closed until further notice
- Kraków-Nowa Huta Cultural Centre: closed until 25 March
- Białoprądnicki Manor: closed until 25 March
- Cyprian Kamil Norwid Cultural Centre: closed until 25 March
Theatres
- Kraków Variété Theatre (12-31 March)
- Bagatela Theatre (12-25 March)
- Barakah Theatre (cancelled events: Drag Queen Revue 13, 14 and 15 March, Folk Session 18 March, Chochla Literacka 20 March, Rhythmic Barakah 25 March, postponed events: The Sheldoners, concert put off to June)
- Groteska Theatre (12-29 March)
- Juliusz Słowacki Theatre (12-25 March)
- Ludowy Theatre (11-25 March)
- Łaźnia Nowa Theatre (12-25 March)
- Proxima Nowy Theatre (12-31 March)
- Praska 52 Theatre (from 12 March until further notice)
- Szczęście Theatre (12-25 March)
- Współczesny Theatre (12-25 March)
Cinema City
- Cinema City establishments closed from 12 March until further notice. Questions concerned the return of tickets to be directed at: bok@cinema-city.pl
Kijów Cinema
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closed from 11 March until further notice
Mikro Cinema
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all events cancelled from 11 March until further notice
Pod Baranami Cinema
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all events cancelled from 12 March until further notice. Questions concerned the return of tickets to be directed at: kasa@kinopodbaranami.pl
Multikino
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all Multikino establishments closed from 12 March. Tickets to be returned online
JCC Krakow
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all events suspended from 14 to 25 March
Goethe-Institut Krakau
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all events suspended, cancelled of postponed
Bonobo Bookstore
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all events suspended, cancelled of postponed, bookstore and café closed
Cafe NOWA Księgarnia(os. Zgody 7)
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all events cancelled until 25 March, bookstore and café closed
De Revolutionibus Books&Cafe
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all events cancelled, bookstore and café closed
EMPIK (Rynek Główny, Bonarka)
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all events cancelled to 14 April
HEVRE
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all events cancelled
Karakter Bookstore
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all events cancelled, bookstore closed
Pod Globusem Bookstore
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all events cancelled, bookstore closed
Spółdzielnia Ogniwo
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all events cancelled to 25 March
Other events
- 6th International Biennial of Interior Design (7-31 March, change of the date, to be annouced)
- Remembrance March (15 March)
- Marzanna Half-Marathon (22 March, postponed to 30 August)
- 62nd Nowa Huta. Why Not concert (28 March)
- ŁAŁ Kraków – fair of toys and children accessories (29 March, postponed to 24 May)
- 9th Kraków Comic Book Festival (3-5 April)
- Emaus – traditional Kraków indulgence on Easter Monday (13 April)
- Easter Fair on the Main Market Square (3-13 April)
- Remember with Us, event and run (3-4 April)
- Rękawka Traditional Fair (14 April)
- Badyle – plant fair (postponed to 26 April)
- Cracow Art Week KRAKERS 2020 (19-26 April, postponed to October)
- 13th Mastercard Off Camera (24 April – 3 May)
- 19th PZU Cracovia Marathon (26 April, postponed until autumn)
- Kraków Family Festival (17 May, postponed to September)
- Volleyball Nations League tournament in Kraków (22-24 May, postponed to an undetermined date after the Tokio 2020 Olympics)
Museums and galleries
- Museum of Krakow – all branches (12-25 March, events cancelled until 29 March)
- National Museum in Krakow – all branches (until further notice)
- Wawel Royal Castle (12-25 March)
- Cricoteka (12-25 March)
- Museum of Archaeology (12-25 March)
- Archdiocesan Museum (until further notice)
- Home Army Museum (11-25 March)
- Ethnographic Museum (12-25 March)
- Museum of Photography in Kraków (until further notice)
- Museum of Municipal Engineering (12-25 March)
- Museum of Natural History of ISEA PAS (12-25 March)
- Museum of the Jagiellonian University (until further notice)
- Museum of Contemporary Art in KrakowMOCAK (until further notice)
- Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery (until further notice)
- International Cultural Centre (12-25 March)
- „Wieliczka” Salt Mine (12-25 March)
- Kraków Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka (12-25 March)
- Auschwitz Museum and Memorial (12-25 March)
Kraków Zoological Garden
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closed from 14 to 31 March
Kościuszko Mound
- Kościuszko Mound and all exhibitions are closed until further notice