Wianki is one of Kraków’s great Summer festivals of music and fun, to celebrate the pagan tradition, popular in Slavic countries, of weaving flower head garlands or wreaths (Wianki in Polish) which are worn by young women. Wianki 2025 will take place from Friday 20th June to Sunday 22nd June.
The flower wreaths are then placed into the Wisła river, sometimes with a candle, to float away, traditionally for young men to retrieve to capture the heart of the woman launching the wreath. The sight of ladies walking around wearing the floral head wear certainly brightens up the city over Wianki weekend.
In previous years Wianki featured spectacular riverside fireworks displays, however for the sake of animal welfare and environmental awareness, the fireworks no longer form part of the event. Instead the focus is on music, nature, flowers, water, science and all round family fun.
Celebrate the arrival of summer with us!
About Wianki 2025 – ‘From Dawn to Dawn’ (od Switu do Switu)
Silent disco, concerts of Sorry Boys, Project WOW and Dawid Tyszkowski, electronic music in Barbic, Slavic sounds in the Gazebo, competition for the most beautiful wreath and cruises with historical jelly – this year’s Wreaths in Krakow under the slogan “From dawn to dawn” will be extremely diverse and will last as long as three days. From Friday 20 to Sunday 22 June, the city will be dominated by music and the traditions of the night will be bought.
The night of the kupala, which falls on the summer solstice, is the most important point of the year in the Slavic tradition, when nature reaches the fullness of vitality. The old rituals associated with this time were supposed to bring people purification, harvest and prosperity. Flowers, herbs and water play a special role in these rites. Maintaining these ancient customs, we invite everyone to the banks of the Vistula River to celebrate the magical St. John’s night together and welcome the coming summer.
Programme Wianki 2025
FRIDAY 20th June
21:00 Silent Disco
Outdoor Square in front of Galeria Kazimierz.
Free Admission
A silent Disco kicks off the Wianki celebration’s on Friday evening in the Kazimierz Gallery. Unique musical journeys await us on two channels: Eltron will take us to the world of soul, disco and summer hits in a nostalgic atmosphere, and Kaha will warm up the dance floor with energetic dancehall and reggaeton, recalling memories of holiday nights.
SATURDAY 21st June
04:30 Wreaths in Symbiosis
Centre for Ecological Education “Symbiosis”
The event will take place in the Okocimski Pavilion, a charming, modernist building in the heart of the Wolski Forest, where it is currently located, the Center for Ecological Education “Symbioza”. It will last almost the whole day. It will begin at sunrise and end at such a time as to allow evening contemplation of sunset and other musical events of the day in the place chosen by the participants.
The axis of this day are musical events: the Cisza concert performed by Eta Hox and Pruski, during which we will immerse ourselves in the sounds of ambient ambient in an atmosphere of peace and neighborhood of nature, and sound workshops conducted by the same people, during which you will learn the basics of music production, with particular emphasis on ambient music.
They will be accompanied by activities drawing in various ways from Saturday symbolism and working with plants, as well as based on an attentive and tender look at nature, allowing you to find the harmony of its rhythms and sounds and to tune the senses in anticipation of a musical feast resounding with silence in the forest ecosystem.
The place created in this way will be filled with human and non-human beings and the sounds they create, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in its space and experience it in a previously unknown way.
04.30 | Ornithological walk
08.00 | Forest bath
11.00 | herbal and nature workshops
13.00 | Walking soothing the senses
13.00 | Sound workshops
17.00 | Eta Hox and Pruski’s ambient concert
Details here: Wreaths in Symbiosis | Center for Ecological Education “Symbiosis” in Krakow
Workshop on weaving wreaths in the Factory zone
11.00 – 1st Workshop
12.30 – 2nd Workshop
Rodła Boulevard | Above the Dębnicki Bridge
During the workshop you will learn how to choose flowers correctly, how toeave a wreath, how to take care of it and what technique to use so that everything holds beautifully! And all this under the watchful eye of the winner of the first place of one of the previous competitions for the most beautiful wreath – Bernadeta Walczak. Her love of tradition, folklore and nature directed her towards art and plants. He loves to tell stories with his compositions, wreaths and harvest wreaths, one of which can be seen in the Ethnographic Museum in Krakow.
Duration of the workshop: approx. 1 hour. Each wreath woven during the workshop can take part in the Competition for the most beautiful wreath, the outcome of which will be announced: 17:15
Free tickets are valid, tickets can be downloaded on KBF from 16.06.2025 from 12:00
11.00 Krakow Museum Marina
Rodła Boulevard | Above the Dębnicki Bridge
11:00 – 15:00 | cruises on historic galleys
12:00 – 15:00 | art workshops
17:00 – 20:00 | Wreath making and rafting matchmakers
Cruises – “City from the river”
On two Krakow galliers, participants will be able to swim through the center of Krakow and see our city from the perspective of the river. A “floating exhibition” will accompany and will be – large-format prints of photographs depicting Krakow in the 19th and early 20th centuries. We will sail to the places that these photos show, so we will be able to compare how the area around the Vistula in Krakow has changed. The guides during the cruises will be employees of the Krakow Museum – historians specializing in this subject. Cruises will be divided into two main themes “Not only Crocodile, or about the old Krakow beaches” and “Krakow Galary”
To take advantage of the “City from the River” cruise, you must purchase a ticket for PLN 30 per person via the Museum website: https://bilety.mhk.pl/
Workshops on moored boats and on the shore
Nature workshops – all interested, big and small, will be waited by scientists from the Institute of Nature Conservation of the Polish Academy of Sciences, who will talk about the secrets of plants and animals related to the Vistula and its surroundings. There will be information about the magical properties of plants, mysterious fern flower, birds, insects and invasive species. The youngest (and not only) will be waiting for live specimens of aquatic insects, quizzes, puzzles and the opportunity to perform mini-experiments. For all those interested, there will also be an opportunity to demonstrate artistic talents, taking into account natural themes.
“Weaving from ropes” At a time when most Krakow residents will weave wreaths of flowers, we invite you to weave from ropes. Under the supervision of a rafter and a rafter, you will be able to learn how to tie several types of knots, which will be useful in everyday life, but also in everyday life. The more persistent will be able to weave the bouncer with their own hands. The workshops are free, do not require reservations, and operate continuously. The sooner you come, the more you can use.
Wreathing and rafting matchmakers
Again, it is at our Krakow Museum Marina that we will host all those who on this special day want to let go of their braided wreath with the intention attributed to it in the spirit of St. John’s tradition. An additional attraction that we have prepared will be the possibility of fishing for the rafters, who, equipped with paddles, will hunt them barefly on the river. Who knows, maybe some young flisak will just fish out your wreath?
Place of catching wreaths: by the Dębnicki bridge
More details: https://muzeumkrakowa.pl/kalendarium/flisackie-wianki-przystan-muzeum-1
14:00 – 17:00 Wreath weaving stations
Different Locations
Free Admission
14:00 Competition for the most beautiful wreath
Powiśle | Czerwieński Boulevard
We will accept wreaths for the competition on the Czerwieński Boulevard (Powiśle 11). Applications will be accepted on the basis of a completed form, which you will find on site.
16:00-17:00 | jury meeting.
17:15 | announcement of the winner at the venue of the competition.
18:00-18:20 | award ceremony on stage in Powisle.
17:00 Concerts and chill out area
Powiśle | Napoleon’s Great Army Square
Free Admission
In the spirit of integration, shortening the distance and the idea of celebrating together, we decided to erect an innovative and shimmering with colors dome stage in the epicenter of Powisle, in which concerts and DJ sets will take place. The musical wreath that we weave around it will stand out for its artistic quality and diversity and nostalgically unite generations, reaching for songs known from the end of the previous century and creatively combining them with modern sounds.
17.00 | Wow Project
18.45 | Dawid Tyszkowski
20.30 | Sorry Boys
16.15, 17.45, 18.20, 19.30 | DJ Majli
Hosted by Mateusz Opyrchał.
17:00 Wreathing and rafting matchmakers
Rodła Boulevard | Above the Dębnicki Bridge
Free Admission
Again, it is at our Krakow Museum Marina that we will host all those who on this special day want to let go of their braided wreath with the intention attributed to it in the spirit of St. John’s tradition. An additional attraction that we have prepared will be the possibility of fishing for the rafters, who, equipped with paddles, will hunt them barefly on the river. Who knows, maybe some young flisak will just fish out your wreath?
Place of catching wreaths: by the Dębnicki bridge
More details: https://muzeumkrakowa.pl/kalendarium/flisackie-wianki-przystan-muzeum-1
18:00 Street Gaming
Different locations
Free Admission
We will also musically revive Krakow’s planty – a natural wreath surrounding the Main Market Square. We will give this scene to talented Krakow artists, whom we want to support and promote in this way. We announced the recruitment for the Open Call program in cooperation with Tak Brzmi Miasto. See you…
– at Piotr Skrzynecki Square (at the Grażyna monument)
– at the square at the church of St. Kazimierz (near the Palace of Art)
– on the square at Galeria Kazimierz.
18:00 Concerts in the Albo
Gazebo on Planty
Free Admission
We dedicate the space of the gazebo to Slavic sounds, which, performed by two local bands, will give space for breathing and reflection, but also fun between Powiśle and Barbakan.
18:00 | Duet Wspa
19:00 | D r o g a (Duet Joanna Słowińska and Zosia Słowińska)
18:00 Wianki in Barbakan
Barbakan
Free Admission
The novelty at this year’s Wreaths will be the musical revival of Barbican. Electronic music will sound there for the first time. Krakow residents, after weaving their wreaths, will be able to dance to the DJ sets of the Krakow collective Swawola People, as an alternative to fun on Powisle.
14.00 – 17.00 | Free wreath weaving workshop. Until stocks last.
18:00 – 22:00 | Swawola People
22:00 Club night
Different locations – see website for details.
The night edition of Wianki in Krakow is a collaboration with selected Krakow clubs, the most important points on the club map of Krakow. The most interesting events with ambitious electronic music and original curatorial artistic programs take place in these places.
22:30 Silent Disco in Powisle
Powiśle | Napoleon’s Great Army Square
Free Admission
In the spirit of integration, shortening the distance and the idea of celebrating together, we decided to erect an innovative and shimmering with colors dome stage in the epicenter of Powisle, in which concerts and DJ sets will take place. The musical wreath that we weave around it will stand out for its artistic quality and diversity and nostalgically unite generations, reaching for songs known from the end of the previous century and creatively combining them with modern sounds. We dance until 01.00.
Featuring: Zambon (The Very Polish Cut Outs) and Rusałka.
SUNDAY 22nd June
03:30 Night of Songs X CONCERT at DAWN: EtnoKraków x Wreaths
Poleski Boulevard
Free Admission
Concert at dawn – crowning Krakow’s Wreaths on the Vistula and at the same time complementing the festival Song Night on the Razst. On the night of the summer solstice, we will hear songs of the Sami people inspired by shamanic rituals (Torgeir Vassvik), Slavic songs, including Polish (Joanna Słowińska z Przyjaciółmi) and Serbian (Łada with a workshop group) – referring to the symbolism of fire, water, Kupal, St. John and Saturday traditions.
Our video from Wianki 2023
More information can be found at the links below.
Wianki 2025 official page on kbf:
Wianki on www.krakow.pl
Wianki – Changes to public transport
Wianki Programme Polish- pdf download
Wianki – Facebook Event
Wianki w Krakowie – Facebook
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