31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Pat Metheny - Side-Eye III+

Name: 31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Pat Metheny - Side-Eye III+
Start: 2026-06-27T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-27T20:00:00+02:00
Location: ICE Kraków Congress Centre

took place · 27 Jun 2026

ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Krakow, Poland

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31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Pat Metheny - Side-Eye III+ — ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Krakow

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Concert on 27 June 2026 at ICE Kraków Congress Centre from 20:00. Legendary American guitarist Pat Metheny presents his Side-Eye III+ project.

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About: Pat Metheny

A guitarist who has won 20 Grammys across 10 categories and sold 20 million records, Metheny brings his Side-Eye III+ ensemble to Europe in 2026 - touring with new music from his first major studio album in six years, released on his own Uniquity Music label.

Grammy Awards won (across 10 different categories - no other artist has matched this)

20M+

Records sold worldwide

648K+

Facebook followers

Additional Grammy nominations (beyond 20 wins)

What's new

2026-02
Pat Metheny released Side-Eye III+, his first major studio album in six years, on his newly founded label Uniquity Music.
2026-02
Metheny launched Uniquity Music, a new label that will also house reissues of his entire catalogue since 1984, in partnership with Primary Wave.
2025-11
Metheny announced the 2026 Side-Eye III+ Tour, a 55-date run across the US and Canada starting March 2 in Jackson, Mississippi.

Tour

FlensburgLübeckHamburgWrocławWarsawGdańskBerlinMunichDortmundFreiburgNürnbergFrankfurtKrakówBudapestLondonBarcelona

Tracks

Bright Size Life1976 debut album, widely credited with reinventing the jazz guitar sound for a new generation

Letter from Home1989 gold album, one of three gold records in his catalogue alongside (Still Life) Talking and Secret Story

Offramp1981 landmark album introducing Latin influences to the Pat Metheny Group sound

Dream Box2023 solo baritone guitar album, Grammy-nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Side-Eye III+2026 studio album on Uniquity Music - first major studio release in six years, featuring 18 musicians

Recent shows

Jul 11, 2026 Ahoy, Rotterdam (NL)
Jul 9, 2026 Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan (IT)
Jul 8, 2026 Piazza Europa, La Spezia (IT)

About the venue: ICE Kraków Congress Centre

ICE Kraków Congress Centre is a multifunctional venue opened in 2014, located opposite Wawel Castle in the heart of Kraków. It hosts international congresses, conferences, concerts, opera, theatre and ballet performances. The centre has four main halls seating up to 1,915 (Auditorium), 600 (Theatre), 400 (Chamber) and 350 (Conference Complex) guests. Its signature feature is a glazed three-storey foyer with panoramic views of Wawel Castle and the Vistula River.

Marii Konopnickiej 17, 30-302 Kraków Get directions

31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Pat Metheny - Side-Eye III+

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