31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Marek Napiórkowski Trio

Name: 31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Marek Napiórkowski Trio
Start: 2026-07-14T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-14T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Piwnica pod Baranami

took place · 14 Jul 2026

Tavern Under the Rams in Krakow, Poland

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A three-day jazz festival in Kraków featuring Marek Napiórkowski Trio and other artists. Concerts take place at Piwnica pod Baranami.

About the festival: 31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Marek Napiórkowski Trio

~50 000

annual visitors

~150

concerts in 2026 edition

31st edition (1996-2026)

edition / years running

200+

artists per edition

Good to know

Festival runs 27 June - 31 August 2026 (jubilee 31st edition)
Marek Napiórkowski Trio concert: 14 July 2026, 21:00, Piwnica pod Baranami (Rynek Główny 27)
Tickets from PLN 27 (club concerts); higher-tier concerts up to PLN 80-100
Tickets via Ticketmaster.pl and festival office (ul. Karmelicka 52/1, Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00)
Piwnica pod Baranami capacity approx. 150-200 people - book early
New Orleans Sunday (free outdoor event) opens the festival each year on the first Sunday in July
Multiple venues across Kraków: Piwnica pod Baranami, Harris Piano Jazz Bar, Globus Music Club, Alchemia, ICE Kraków, Kijów Cinema, Kraków Philharmonic, Manggha Museum
Co-financed by the City of Kraków, Małopolska Region and Ministry of Culture

What's new

2026-06
The jubilee 31st edition runs from 27 June to 31 August 2026, presenting nearly 150 concerts with Polish and international artists.
2026-06-27
Pat Metheny opened the festival on 27 June 2026 at ICE Kraków with his 'Side-Eye III+' programme.
2026-06-28
Jan Garbarek returned to the festival on 28 June 2026 at Kijów Cinema after a three-year absence, joined by special guest Trilok Gurtu.
2026-07-14
Marek Napiórkowski Trio performs at Piwnica pod Baranami on 14 July 2026 at 21:00, the night after the Dorota Miśkiewicz & Marek Napiórkowski duo concert.

Headliners

Marek Napiórkowski Trio Pat Metheny Jan Garbarek Trilok Gurtu Dorota Miśkiewicz & Marek Napiórkowski Mike del Ferro Trio Krzysztof Ścierański Quartet Bernard Maseli & Rasm Al Mashan Hania Derej Trio Chuck Frazier Trio Hildegarde Wanzlawe Quartet Szymon Mika Trio

About: Marek Napiórkowski

A guitarist whose name appears on over 150 albums and who has shared stages with Pat Metheny, Marcus Miller and Anna Maria Jopek, Napiórkowski is the most decorated Polish jazz guitarist of his era - a Fryderyk Award winner and the readers' choice for Jazz Guitarist of the Year in Jazz Forum magazine every year since 2012.

150+

albums credited on

Jazz Guitarist of the Year in Jazz Forum readers' poll, every year since 2012

16×

Fryderyk Award nominations (won 2019)

~5K

Instagram followers

What's new

2025-07
Napiórkowski is scheduled to perform at the 30th Summer Jazz Festival Kraków - both with Dorota Miśkiewicz (7 July) and leading his own Trio (8 July) at Piwnica pod Baranami.
2025-11
The String Theory project with a string quintet continued its Polish tour, with a concert in Zielonka on 30 November 2025 drawing positive audience reviews.
2023
Napiórkowski's film soundtrack work was nominated for the Polish Film 'Orły' Award in 2023 and won the Audience Award at the Kraków Film Music Festival.

Tour

KrakówWarszawaSopotBydgoszczKielceGdańskLesznoLubinCieszanówZielonkaPoznań

Tracks

String Theory2022 multi-part suite for guitar, rhythm section and AUKSO Chamber Orchestra; won Onet Kultura O!śnienia Award

Hipokamptitle track of 2019 album blending jazz improvisation with electronics, prog-rock and ethno; praised by Stereophile Magazine

Wolno2007 acoustic album with Mino Cinelu and Grégoire Maret; went gold in Poland, nominated for Fryderyk

NAP2005 debut solo album featuring Leszek Możdżer and Anna Maria Jopek; Fryderyk-nominated

Brainstormlead single from Hipokamp (2019), one of the most-streamed tracks from that album

Recent shows

May 23, 2024 Podziemia kamedulskie, Warsaw (PL)
Nov 5, 2021 Jassmine, Warsaw (PL)
Feb 21, 2020 Teatr Ziemi Rybnickiej, Rybnik (PL)

About the venue: Tavern Under the Rams in Krakow

Piwnica pod Baranami (Cellar under the Rams) is a legendary Polish literary cabaret housed in the Gothic cellars of the Pałac pod Baranami on Kraków's Main Market Square. Founded by Piotr Skrzynecki in 1956, it was for over thirty years the most renowned political cabaret in communist Poland. Today it continues to host cabaret performances, jazz concerts, tango evenings, and other cultural events.

Rynek Główny 27, 31-010 Kraków Get directions

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