Citizens Conference
The 2nd International Gdansk Citizens Conference

Shift into spring at this year’s Cycling Marathon, brought to you by Powerade and Intel

Days of Jewish Culture
An overview of Gdansk’s Jewish history and the bright fibers it’s shown into the city’s culture

Green Gate
Miracles of the Orient

Gdansk Musical Summer
This summer’s cycle of classical concerts will be sponsored by the Baltic Philharmonic Hall and will showcase both Poland and International talents. Be sure to highlight the concerts taking place on Olowianka Island, where a stunning amphitheater projects the artist’s sweet sounds out over the Motlawa River and into the Old Town

7th Sense of Humour Festival
The ‘Sense of Humour’ Festival is the Polish national competition/review of Polish TV and full screen comedy productions: episode series, programmes, talk
shows, and stage music performances. The festival ranks among the youngest events in the Tri-City and is a sure sign of Gdansk’s recently restored vitality. Despite its age, it’s already won the approval of the Polish masses! It’s no wonder, as the festival is accompanied with a host of performances, shows, and eventful days arranged by comedy theatres and cabarets, satirists, circus performers, and the world of fine art. Any political caricatures, newspaper illustrations, posters, street shows, happenings, and picnics that use humour to convey meaning are also represented

Open'er Festival
Stars/Groups : Franz Ferdinand, Pharrell Williams and PLACEBO!
Gdynia, Babie Doly Airport

29th Festival of Organ, Choir, and Chamber Music
The initiative goes back to 1985 and reactivates St Mary's Organ Nights. Every Friday night in July and August the Gothic St Mary's Basilica hosts organ masters from all over the world, soloist singers, choirs, chamber music ensembles and large symphonic orchestras.
Concerts every Friday

The Oliwa Gate - Gdansk Musical Stage
An energetic assembly of summer concerts given by Polish Pop sensations on Saturdays and Sundays. Shows will take place in the open air of the Oliwa Gate area and are sure to attract a flock of pop and rock fans from around the country

Gdansk Amber Fishing Championships, "Gedanit 2006"

10th FETA Festival of Open Air and Street Theatre
The Old Town and the Main Town
Theatrical performances in Gdansk’s historic streets! For the people, by the people…who happen to be Europe’s finest stage actors! The unique setting makes the theatre a thrilling, magnetic, and engaging experience.
The stage is borderless and spectators often find themselves a part of the action.
Minor juggling shows and monumental expressive performances combine in the midst of mimes, stilt-walkers, dancers, and story tellers from every corner of the world to form a rich landscape of theatrical festivities. The FETA repertoire also includes many attractive productions shown on other renowned street stages world wide

The Baltic International Sailing Rally - Sail Gdansk!
The ‘Baltic Sail’ is an international 5-week sailors' rally held annually in Norrköping, Karlskrona, Rostock, Gda?sk, Lübeck, and Helsingor. Gdansk’s role in the event makes for a colourful sailing holiday set in the heart of the historic city centre. The programme includes the
Gdansk Major Cup Regattas, Dragon Boat races along the Motlawa River, and the a Sailing festival under the eaves of Gdansk’s world famous Crane. The meeting provides a unique opportunity to get on board, get in touch with the sailors, and have a closer look at the customs and rich tradition that has ruled the lives of sea salts for centuries!

48th International Festival of Organ Music in Oliwa
The International Festival of Organ Music at the Oliwa Cathedral has the longest history of any musical event of its kind in Poland. For almost half a century, Tuesday and Friday nights in July and August have brought the Oliwa organ back to life with the music of both early masters and blossoming new creations. The cathedral organ is an instrument of unrivalled sound, construction, and potential. It consists of two sections: the central instrument, and the side prospectus. The performer can play them both from a single keyboard achieving stereophonic effects. The opulence of the Baroque ornamentation is enhanced with movement - trumpets, angel bells, and whirling stars set in motion while playing. The annual festivals attract celebrity virtuosos from all over the world.
Concerts every Tuesday and Friday

St Dominic Fair
If you’re picking and choosing a time to visit Gdansk based on the myriad of exciting events this summer, look no further! The tradition and splendor of St Dominic’s Fair go back to the 13th century. Held on the last Saturday of July, it once drew crowds of German, French, English, and even Spanish and Portuguese merchants to Gdansk’s medieval shores. The port took in over 400 ships filled to the brim
French and Spanish wine, silk, fruits and syrups, spices, tin, and clothes fit for a king. Not the types to miss out on all the fun, circus performers, acrobats, magicians, and
Theatre troops rode into Gdansk on that wave of riches.
Today, the fair continues to attract both tourists and residents combining its commercial roots with a kinetic programme of cultural and sporting events. The scale
Gdansk’s fair stands in close comparison to such acclaimed European events like Munich’s Octoberfest or Hamburg’s Weinachtsmarkt.

Folk Festival of the European Broadcasting Union /EBU/
Long Market and St John Centre
The EBU Folk Festival is an established event with a 25-year history. The host country changes every year. In 2005 it will be organized in Gdansk by Polish Radio to mark the station's 80th jubilee. The idea behind the event is to promote European national traditions, support ethnical and national identity, and promote young artists who turn to the local music for inspiration.
There are typically about 20 bands representing a cornucopia of European broadcasting stations. They are typically some of the most noteworthy performers of the year; therefore the festival always attracts huge audiences, no matter its location. The festival status is enhanced by the representation of a dozen European countries and a number of international concert transmissions.

8th Gdansk Carillon Festival
The Carillon Festival is a perfectly unique musical event in Poland. This is because Gdansk is the only Polish city to have the two precious instruments needed! One is the carillon of the Main City Town Hall, the other is the concert bell set at St Catherine's Church. The festival is another example of the city reviving its ancient traditions. Its programmes are mostly made up of solo
performances. The repertoire provides a cross-section of exquisite masterpieces from carillon-music literature, ranging from Baroque pieces by Johann Sebastian
Bach to the 20th century compositions by Arthur Rubinstein.

10th Shakespearean Festival
The Shakespearean Festival has taken place in Gdansk every year since the city’s millennial celebration in 1997. The event is rooted in the Renaissance tradition of having
English theatrical troupes visit the city to perform some of the best theater the English language has to offer. Ambitious and interesting, the festival provides an international overview of the most interesting productions
from the works of the Master of Stratford. Shakespeare invariably remains fashionable, up to date, and inspiring. All that is most valuable in his output, universal truths and ever-present human emotions, have remained unchanged throughout the ages. It’s these sentiments that make the festival so popular among the spectators and so highly regarded in theatrical circles.

Gdansk Mayor Cup Regattas

Gdansk Dance Corporation
Zak Club
The summer edition of a major Polish dance festival - performances, film show, and meetings

Sopot Festival
The 40th "Sopot Festival" at the Forest Opera

Bay of Gdansk Days
Sport, culture, and recreational activities can be found in abundance all along the bay, from September 2nd to September 11th.

Vilnius Fair
Coal Market
These days celebrate Lithuanian culture and crafts and their influence in Gdansk. All are welcome to listen to Lithuanian folk music, try the traditional beer, cold meat and bread, and buy products crafted by Lithuanian masters.

Green Weekend

31st Gdynia Polish Film Festival

Gdansk Biographies
The event reaches back to the early mixed-culture tradition of Gdansk. The aim of the national minority meeting is to give us insight into the diversity and richness of the nationalities that live amongst us. The event will open with a minority parade in Long Market, followed with dance and musical performances, and, to satisfy the hunger common to us all, culinary presentations by individual groups!

Kite Festival
A kite-flying competition - an open air family picnic.

15th annual ‘Yach Film’ Polish Music Video Festival!
Each year, Gdansk turns into the capital of the Compact Disc. The Tri-City hosts musicians, directors, artists, and production managers, and honors past achievements while keeping an eye out for what’s up and coming.
Yach Film is the only event of its kind in Poland and one of the few in Europe.
It is a competition distinguishing the creative minds behind the best Polish Music Videos. Realizing the ever-growing interest in the event, its organizers have broadened the formula and since 2001, Yach Film has been accompanied by the ‘Videoclip Festival of the Scandinavian and Baltic States,’ which gives the undertaking an international status.

John Paul II Day

Christmas Eve in Gdansk
Long Market

New Year Greetings
Coal Market