The following is a selection of special events:
International Computer Expo, trade fair, Jan, Palace of Culture and Science
Warsaw Theatre Meetings, Jan, various venues
‘Fat Thursday’, everyone purchases paczki (jelly-filled doughnut-like pastries) to achieve a better social standing or to absolve past sins, Feb, throughout the city
Warsaw Theatre Meetings, Mar, various venues
Shrovetide, a festive, pre-Lent carnival season week filled with music and dancing, Mar, various venues
Topienie Marzanny (Drowning of Marzanna), celebrating the end of winter by drowning the witch Marzanna, 21 Mar, Wisla River
Pryma Aprylis (April Fools’ Day), 1 Apr, throughout the city
Niedziela Palmowa (Palm Sunday), blessing of floral bouquets and processions, late Mar/early Apr, throughout the city
Easter Sunday, dawn Mass and processions followed by an Easter breakfast, Easter Sunday, late Mar/early Apr, throughout the city
Labour Day, 1 May, throughout the city
Constitution Day, 3 May, throughout the city
Slaska Noc Swietojanska (Midsummer’s Eve), wreathes with candles on the Wisla River, ending with fireworks, 21 Jun, Wisla River
Chopin Music Summer Concerts, Jun-Aug, Sun 1200 and 1600, Royal Garden, Lazienki Park
Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Jun-Jul, various venues
Open Air Jazz Festival in the Old Town, Jul-Aug, free concerts in the Old Town Square
Anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, 1 Aug, throughout the city
Assumption of the Virgin Mary, pilgrimage to the Black Madonna, 15 Aug, Czestochowa
Warsaw Autumn, international contemporary music festival, Sep, various venues
Warsaw Autumn of Poetry, Oct, various venues
Warsaw Film Festival, throughout Oct, various cinemas
Jazz Jamboree Music Festival, throughout Oct, various venues
Warsaw Theatrical Encounters, Nov, various venues
All Saints’ Day, ‘Feast of the Dead’, 1 Nov, throughout the city, especially the cemeteries
Independence Day, 11 Nov, throughout the city
Independence Day Race,11 Nov, throughout the city
Christmas Fairs, throughout Dec, especially plac Defilad, in front of the Palace of Culture and Science, and plac Zamkovy
Sylwester, New Year’s Eve celebrations, 31 Dec, throughout the city
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