Here is an event that may not interest everyone but that strives to embrace all. From 8 to 10 December, the WŁĄCZNIK! (or "on switches", a pun on the Polish word "włączać", which is "include") International Engaged Culture Forum will take place in the Zamek (Castle) Cultural Centre.
A month after the cream of violinists battled it out during the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition, Poznań will once again become the scene of a musical competition, this time among choirs. The Stefan Stuligrosz Polish Choral Singing Grand Prix Competition is renowned for remarkable contenders.
Happy Family: A Home Counselling Centre is an exhibition that sums up findings of research on a family carried out by Karolina Balcer, a visual artist who explores painting, video, textiles, and architecture. Balcer embarked on her project in 2020 seeking to understand how one person's addiction and disorders can affect other family members. To that end, she examined Aleksandra (mother and wife), Karolina (daughter and sister), Sławomir (husband and father) and Filip (son and brother).
Instead of St. Martin (Św. Marcin) Street Nameday, this year's event will celebrate St. Martin's Days. The street's extensive reconstruction in the city centre has compelled the organisers of this unique and popular Poznań event to change its venue as well as its format.
The star of this year's autumn Jazz Era gala is Indra Rios-Moore. Fans of stylish female jazz vocals are sure to be delighted!
The Posters Are Up exhibition in the Courtyard Gallery (Galeria na Dziedzińcu) of the Old Brewery (Stary Browar), curated by Wojciech Piotr Onak, offers an overview of work by Polish poster artists from times ranging from the post-war period to the present day. What is on offer? Is it poster history or a casual, eye-pleasing presentation?
Between 18 and 23 October, the organisers, documentary filmmakers, guests and film experts will meet in the Zamek Cultural Centre to discuss the rapid social, geopolitical, and environmental changes taking place in today's world. The OFF CINEMA Documentary Film Festival will be held in Poznań for the 26th time.
Spanning from Zbąszyń to Konin and from Piła to Kalisz, and of course, well represented in the region's capital, here comes another edition of Ireneusz Zjeżdżałka Wielkopolska Photography Festival scheduled to kick off on 14 October. Unlike most festivals, this one is more of an artistic review than a great joyful fiesta culminating with a party and musical bacchanalia. Don't count on foreign headliners either. In the end, audiences are invited on tours of local art galleries.
Due to its ongoing remodelling, Święty Marcin is a street that most Poznań dwellers steer clear of and only visit when absolutely necessary. Its intersection with al. Niepodległości will not be restored to full functionality any time soon. For the time being though, we suggest you ignore what you see and shift your focus to what you can hear, and specifically to violin music, which once again will resound in Poznań as the city turns into the world capital of violin.
Fifteen years ago, the Ukrainian Spring Festival of Culture would only draw Eastern scholars, students of Ukrainian philology and members of the small local Ukrainian community. With every successive edition, audiences grew more numerous as more Ukrainian people settled in Poland. This year's edition, set to begin seven months after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, marks another watershed.
