31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: John Daversa & ACM Trio (USA/SK)

Name: 31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: John Daversa & ACM Trio (USA/SK)
Start: 2026-07-27T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-27T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Piwnica pod Baranami

took place · 27 Jul 2026

Tavern Under the Rams in Krakow, Poland

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31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: John Daversa & ACM Trio (USA/SK) — Tavern Under the Rams in Krakow, Krakow

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International jazz festival featuring American trumpeter John Daversa and Slovak ACM Trio. The concert takes place in the iconic Kraków venue Piwnica pod Baranami.

About the festival: 31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: John Daversa & ACM Trio (USA/SK)

~50 000

annual visitors

31st edition (1996-2026)

edition / years running

~150

concerts in 2026 edition

venues across Kraków

Good to know

Concert on 27 July 2026, starts 21:00
Venue: Piwnica pod Baranami, Rynek Główny 27, Kraków (stone-vaulted cellar, capacity ~150-200)
Full festival runs 27 June - 31 August 2026 (~150 concerts)
Tickets via Ticketmaster.pl and festival office; headliner concerts 100-300+ PLN
No camping - urban festival across multiple city venues
New Orleans Sunday (free outdoor event) opens the festival each year on the Main Market Square
Central location - Old Town; most venues walkable from Main Market Square
Smart-casual dress code; stone cellar stays cool regardless of outside temperature

What's new

2026-07
John Daversa & ACM Trio (USA/SK) perform at Piwnica pod Baranami on 27 July 2026 at 21:00 as part of the 31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków.
2026-06
The jubilee 31st edition (1996-2026) opened on 27 June 2026 with Pat Metheny performing his 'Side-Eye III+' programme at ICE Kraków.
2026-06
Jan Garbarek returned to the festival on 28 June 2026 at Kijów Cinema, joined by special guest Trilok Gurtu.
2026-01
The 31st edition will present nearly 150 concerts running until 31 August 2026, with tickets available via Ticketmaster.pl from the second half of January.

Line-up

John Daversa

ACM Trio

About: John Daversa

A three-time Grammy winner at the 61st Awards, Daversa leads his big band and small ensembles with equal command - blending rigorous jazz tradition with spontaneous, risk-taking improvisation. His trumpet playing has graced stages from Montreux to Jakarta, and his Frost Jazz Orchestra residency at the University of Miami keeps him at the center of American jazz education.

Grammy Awards won at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards (2019)

1,624

Spotify monthly listeners

8,159

Facebook page likes

What's new

2025-08
Daversa announced the release of "Improvisatory Observatory: Live and Raw at The Baked Potato, Exhibit 4" (Blue Canoe Records) on August 29, 2025, the fourth and final installment of his acclaimed live series.
2025-08
To mark the Exhibit 4 release, the John Daversa Big Band held a four-night residency at The Baked Potato in Los Angeles over Labor Day weekend, August 28-31, 2025.
2025-05
"Improvisatory Observatory: Live and Raw at The Baked Potato, Exhibit 3" was released on May 23, 2025 via Blue Canoe Records.

Tour

Los AngelesKrakówToruńCedar Rapids

Tracks

American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom2018 album with 53 DACA artists; won 3 Grammy Awards at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards

Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music of the Beatles2016 big band Beatles reimagining; earned 3 Grammy nominations and Global Music Awards Gold Medals

Improvisatory Observatory: Live and Raw at The Baked PotatoFour-part live series (2024-2025) capturing the Big Band's raw, spontaneous performances at the iconic LA jazz club

Cuarentena: With Family at Home2020 quintet album of Cuban boleros featuring Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Dafnis Prieto, recorded during COVID

Junk Wagon: The Big Band Album2011 debut big band studio album; praised by the Los Angeles Times for genre-stretching originality

Recent shows

Apr 28, 2024 Yoshi's Oakland, Oakland (US)
Feb 26, 2023 Yoshi's Oakland, Oakland (US)
Feb 24, 2023 Lincoln Recital Hall, Portland (US)

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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