31. Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Lora Szafran & Jan Piwowarczyk

Name: 31. Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Lora Szafran & Jan Piwowarczyk
Start: 2026-08-29T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-29T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Filharmonia im. K Szymanowskiego

took place · 29 Aug 2026

K. Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakow, Poland

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31. Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Lora Szafran & Jan Piwowarczyk — K. Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakow, Krakow

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Jazz concert as part of the 31. Summer Jazz Festival Kraków featuring Lora Szafran and Jan Piwowarczyk.

About the festival: 31. Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Lora Szafran & Jan Piwowarczyk

31st edition

edition number

~150

concerts in 2026 edition

~50 000

visitors per edition

since 1996

years running

Good to know

Runs 27 June - 31 August 2026 (66 days)
Nearly 150 concerts across the city
Tickets from 27 PLN; major headliners at ICE Kraków approx. 130-250 PLN+
No festival pass - ticketing is per concert
10% discount when buying in person at festival office, Karmelicka 52/1, Kraków
Venues: ICE Kraków, Piwnica pod Baranami, Harris Piano Jazz Bar, Globus Music Club, Kino Kijów, Filharmonia Krakowska, Manggha Museum, Alchemia, Radio Kraków, Pałac Potockich
Some outdoor events are free (e.g. New Orleans Sunday parade on the Main Market Square)

What's new

2026-06
The jubilee 31st edition runs 27 June - 31 August 2026, presenting nearly 150 concerts with Polish and international artists.
2026-06
Pat Metheny opened the festival on 27 June 2026 at ICE Kraków with his Side-Eye III+ project.
2026-06
Jan Garbarek returned to the festival on 28 June 2026 at Kino Kijów, joined by percussionist Trilok Gurtu.
2026-01
Tickets went on sale in the second half of January 2026 via Ticketmaster.pl and the festival office.

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Lora Szafran

Jan Piwowarczyk

About: Lora Szafran

A graduate of the Katowice Music Academy and winner of the 1990 Sopot Festival Grand Prix, Szafran has spent forty years shaping the sound of Polish vocal jazz - from classic standards with New Presentation to her gold-certified Leonard Cohen project and the 2023 Ewa Demarczyk tribute album.

What's new

2025
Szafran appeared as a featured artist on the single 'Panie Jazz' released in 2025.
2025-12
Szafran performed a concert in Warsaw on 12 December 2025 with the programme 'I tak się trudno rozstać' (Wars, Szpilman, Wasowski).
2024-09
Szafran performed at the Love Polish Jazz Festival in Tomaszów Mazowiecki on 21 September 2024.

Tracks

Lonesome Dancerdebut album (1989, Polish Jazz Vol. 76), voted Jazz Album of the Year 1990 by Jazz Forum magazine

Sekrety życia według Leonarda Cohena2012 album of Cohen songs in Polish translation; certified gold in October 2013, reached #10 on OLiS chart

Droga do Ciebie2007 album of Wasowski/Przybora cabaret classics with Bogdan Hołownia; also certified gold

Nad ranem2013 album of original material, stylistically diverse; arrangements by Miłosz Wośko

Lora Szafran Ewa Demarczyk Inspiracje2023 album re-interpreting songs associated with Ewa Demarczyk, released by Agencja Muzyczna Polskiego Radia

Recent shows

Nov 9, 2019 Centrum Kultury, Łomianki (PL)
Apr 30, 2019 Akwarium, Warsaw (PL)
Sep 17, 2017 Cafe Próżna, Warsaw (PL)

About the venue: K. Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakow

The Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Kraków is a cultural institution of the Małopolska Region that has operated continuously since 1945. Located at ul. Zwierzyniecka 1, it has borne the name of composer Karol Szymanowski as its patron since 1962. The concert hall seats 693 and is decorated in 1930s style with gilded columns and coffered ceilings; its 180 m² stage accommodates over 200 musicians. The philharmonic is renowned for oratorio performances and works by Krzysztof Penderecki, and has toured in more than 30 countries.

Zwierzyniecka 1, 31-103 Kraków Get directions

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