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
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
CYRKI
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
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Cancelled concerts
20 March – Jelonek
21 March – Dyjak
22 March – Przybysz
Gwarek Club
Żaczek Club
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
ZetPeTe
- Batushka, Malevolent Creation, Konkhra (13 March)
- Percival (15 March)
Cheder
Chicago Jazz
Prozak 2.0
Strefa
Szpitalna 1
Tawerna Stary Port
Forum Przestrzenie
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
Mikro Cinema
Pod Baranami Cinema
Multikino
JCC Krakow
Goethe-Institut Krakau
Bonobo Bookstore
Cafe NOWA Księgarnia(os. Zgody 7)
De Revolutionibus Books&Cafe
EMPIK (Rynek Główny, Bonarka)
HEVRE
Karakter Bookstore
Pod Globusem Bookstore
Spółdzielnia Ogniwo
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
Kościuszko Mound
- Kościuszko Mound and all exhibitions are closed until further notice