A South African project surfing and blending a variety of genres such as acid jazz, rap, lo-fi and drum and bass, 2 Cardigans & Bowtie has an out-of-the-box thought sound cemented on baseline grooves.
Angry Town
A hybrid genre of their own, Angry Town are an interesting blend of styles: a stripped-down, aggressive, punchy and poppy sound, with obvious 90’s grunge overtones.
Blisko
A psychedelic rock trio, Blisko is also a jamming’ band with a unique sound blending spoken singing and musical improvisations.
Bodo Tanga
A Kraków-based quintet playing jazz music and beyond.
Box Anima
Box Anima is a Kraków-based, prog-rock, avant-folk, acoustic trio with a wild melancholic sound. The cello, guitar, cajon and female vocal blend into a unique sound that dwells in the fringes of folk-metal and acoustic rock.
Brighter Colours
With an eclectic sound, which spans over a wide spectrum of pop melodies, contemplative themes, emotive beats and nostalgic ballads, Brighter Colours creates music inspired by the indie and alternative gods of the past, enriched with dual harmonies, jangly guitar, electrifying synths, driving bass and drums that make you want to get up and move.
Buskers Band
If you’ve been long enough in Kraków, you have heard their music. Buskers Band is essentially a brass street band with a kick & punch. Check them out!
Choque Sonidero
A Kraków-based Latin American Cumbia Band An authentic Latin American ensemble bringing the best of latin rhythms and cumbia music to Kraków and Poland. This band will knock your socks off with their shockingly shaking sound. If you're in for some dancing, then you should make sure to catch them live at every chance. CONTACT [...]
Chłodno
A pop-rock and folk duo with a melancholic and warm sound!
CroDad & 100 Years
A unique blend of avant-rock paired with spontaneous, outlandish stage performances.
Dark Leaves
A locally-grown band, Dark Leaves’s sound is rooted in blues music, but blends elements of folk, progressive and psychedelic rock. A powerful ensemble of strings accompanied by a strong female voice able to arouse and sooth at the same time.
DUKT
An ambient experimental band, DUKT improvises electronic music that combines sounds of nature, samples from various instruments, drone sounds and a pinch of new age.
Dynamic Trees
A Kraków-based alternative rock band strongly influenced by 90s grunge.
EarthTwins
Psychedelic rock-funk with a latin kick An instrumental, Kraków-based, psychedelic rock band Earthtwins formed around mid 2021 when Chilean guitarist Cristóbal Arévalo Farizo joined forces with two local Polish musicians, bass player Maja Wikieł and drummer Kamil Kaczmarczyk. They started writing their first songs while at the same time began performing on stages of the [...]
Free Men in the Band
A musical journey of three men out to explore their own forms of self-expression and funs through jazz music. A local jazz trio with a piano, bass and drum configuration.
Galleons and Guns
An intercity/country collaborative project laced with field recordings from exotic places between two Irish friends (Phil Soanes and Shaun O’Neill) who play guitar, some keys/synth, and other assorted forgotten things they happen to be able to tune.
Hot Tamales
A blend of blues, folk, jazz all wrapped up in a hot tamal ready for your enjoyment!
Klejnot Bazaru
An atypical punk’n’roll underground duo blending rock, blues and jazz.
KNEDLOVE
An indie-folk Kraków-based duo, KNEDLOVE blends blues rock with soul in a unique, laid-back and mellow sound powered by Eliza Sicińska’s warm voice and powdered with melodic electric guitar interjections by Kacper Chmura
Konstelacje
Konstelacje is a Krakow-based band formed in 2017. Their music is a blend of folk-rock ballad with a Polish highlander air. They perform original songs with a base constellation of guitar, harp, drums and voice and always open to incorporate more instruments and sounds.
Kraków Creek
A Kraków-based Americana outfit playing bluegrass, country and folk music, Kraków Creek brings the music of the Appalachian Mountains to the foothills of the Polish Carpathians.
Kriva Drina
A folk-rock band with a unique blend of Balkan and ethno sounds that takes you into the depths of the Slavic soul.
LeMa Project
A childhood inspired project, LeMa performs Hungarian translated versions of Polish Christmas carols.
Luiz de Oliveira & Michele Cuscito – The Old-School Blues Show
An intimate blues sound performed by the international duo, LUIZ DE OLIVEIRA & MICHELE CUSCITO. Luiz de Oliveira is a half Brazilian/Polish old school blues gunslinger. Originally from Italy, Michele Cuscito is the co-founder and frontman in many bands in Kraków.
Madame JeanPierre
A quartet with a sound rooted in contemporary jazz, Madame JeanPierre composes music full of deep and warm emotions and with a strong sense of form and freedom.
Majesties
With a base blend of primal roots rock and electric psychedelic rock, Majesties is a no holds barred rock band who brings mystique, swing and psychedelia to the rhythms of rock‘n’roll in a unique style. Their sound is unconstrained by genres and have a unique and energetic vibe to every gig.
Moonstone
Moonstone combines heavily distorted guitars, a gut wrenching bass, and thunderous drum beats. This mixture of atmospheric doom flavors with stoner fierceness will cause a sonic trance on an orbital scale.
MUSEART
With a characteristic indie melancholic sounds, their sound is a blend of electric power guitars and gentle acoustic sounds of piano and guitars. Emotional music that can resonate in times of extreme uncertainty.
Neon Faces
A tour-de-force of eclectic instrumental jams and hypnotic ethno jazz, Neon Faces veers towards the fringes of free jazz, but they’re not afraid to dabble in more progressive rock drones, with swirling and visceral sax interjections.
non-essential workers
We are People. We are Workers. We are Musicians. We are non-essential workers.
PapugaZu
A Kraków-based, Brazilian soul band celebrating the best of samba, forró and other Brazilian rhythms.
Rajka
Stylistically rooted in rock and psychedelia of the 60’s, Rajka is the musical project of Małgorzata Szypura. It is also influenced by the Polish alternative scene of the 90s and stealthily borrows from classical music.
Ringhold
Avant-blues from Estonia RINGHOLD is avant blues from Estonia. Imagine desert blues with rather distinctive, avant-garde vocal stylings. With a captivating sound, some call their unique style melancholic, some say it’s sort of a freaky, danceable music. The smooth and textured vocalisations delivered by Eleonora Kampe have been described as Nico channeling Meredith Monk. Kalle Tikas [...]
Sara Paczyńska Trio
A young trio performing acoustic version of original songs, Sara Paczyńska Trio draws inspiration from popular and alternative music, sung poetry, indie pop and the 1980s.
Się Zobaczy
An acoustic band clearly inspired by the “unplugged” concert series, Się Zobaczy also blends elements of jazz & folk in their music.
Stefan Mladenovic Orchestra & Heyli
The Stefan Mladenovic Orchestra & Heyli is a cultural bridge performing Balkan brass music. A three-generation Serbian brass orchestra meets Polish singer.
SZYMON
A five-piece band formed in 2020, SZYMON blends jazz, rock and funk to create their own style. Their influences are as varied as their sounds and include Led Zeppelin, Vulfpeck, Jaco Pastorius and John Coltrane.
The Arc & Tech Arrows
Their music definitely is knee-deep in the rock genre but floating above in the raging rapids are fallen branches and dead logs of blues, crocodile heads and turtles shells of jazz, and sometimes, in the midst of the foamy chaos, the twirly curling, soft undercurrent of folk and the romantic ballad form.
The Awarians
An unrepeatable rock and funk atmosphere with energetic performances, The Awarians add the “art” prefix to rock.
The BlueSource
An energetic jazz and blues band strongly influenced by American rhythms of the Chicago golden era.
The D.G. Dudes
A Kraków-based cover band with groove performing rock, funk, pop, disco, whatever…
The Fake
An international, Wrocław-based psychedelic rock band with a stoner and trippy vibe.
The Foreigners
A Kraków-based band playing covers since 2017 is now focusing on releasing their own material. Keep an eye on this power-pop rock band.
The Hypnotunez
A true attack of sound and energy straight from Ukraine, The Hypnotunez blend the sound of a swing orchestra with the rebelliousness of punk to give you what could be dubbed swing-core genre and jazz-punk. Classic big band instruments such as double bass, guitar, tenor saxophone, clarinet, baritone saxophone, keys and drums are used to create a “dirty” underground sound that will make you dance immediately.
The Jam Machine
An international Kraków-based cover and jamming band, The Jam Machine will surely keep you grooving to the rhythm of rock, funk and blues.
Transmission Zero
An instrumental post-rock trio you need to listen to.
Tres del Son
A musical journey to the joyful and warm sounds of Cuba, Tres del Son will delight you with the characteristic latin rhythm of Buena Vista Social Club.
UMMA
An art-rock, trip-hop local duo with a dirty, poetic and intimate sound!
White Suits Music
A creative musical venture by composer and producer Jean-Philippe Breuil, White Suits Music is a catalyser for new musical directions.
Żmij
A folk-rock band performing original music, Żmij draws inspiration from traditional Slavic music. Enthusiasts of native Slavic mythology and ancient beliefs, they blend folk texts and melodies with their own compositions.