ETHNO PORT 2026 | Hajda Banda

Hajda Banda / Гайда Банда is a group formed by musicians known from bands such as R.U.T.A., Krzikopa, Żemerwa, Pokrzyk and Orkiestra Taneczna Bonanza, who live in Warsaw, Bielsko Podlaskie, Leipzig and Kraków. In May 2022, the band won third place, the Audience Award and the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic Award in Szczecin at the XXIV Polish Radio Folk Festival "Nowa Tradycja". In its first year of activity, the band performed 30 concerts, including at EtnoKraków, EtnoBaltica, the International Festival of Mountain Lands Folklore, the Tournament of Real Musicians and the Tutaka young Belarusian culture festival.

Band members:
Daria Butskaya – violin, vocals
Mateusz Dobrowolski – frame drum
Paweł Iwan – cimbalom, vocals
Kuba Zimończyk – three-row button accordion

The concert will take place on June 11, 2026 at 21:00 on the Castle Courtyard of the ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznań as part of the Ethno Port 2026 Festival.