Opole Days 2025

Concerts, artistic shows, meetings and workshops – a total of several dozen events that will create the Days of Opole full of attractions.

This year, the city festival will take place on May 23-25 ​​and – like every year – will attract hundreds of residents and tourists.

The meeting with Elżbieta Zapendowska will take place on Friday (May 23) at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Polish Song.

On Saturday evening (May 24), the NCPP amphitheater will be filled with phenomenal sounds – Miuosh and the Śląsk Group will appear on stage. The following will perform on stage: Laboratorium Pieśni, Igo, Piotr Zioła, Bela Komoszyńska, Dawid Tyszkowski, Natalia Szroeder, Wiktor Waligóra, Natalia Grosiak, Marcin Wyrostek, Renata Przemyk, Maciej Musiałowski and Mateusz Konieczny. It will be a stage full of power and a truly musical feast. Tickets for the concert are available at: https://ncpp.opole.pl/

The guest of the Opole Days will be Tomasz Sianecki, a radio and television journalist, one of the hosts of the program “Szkło kontaktowe” and the author of the book Szklane ukłony.

The meeting will take place on the outdoor stage at the Municipal Public Library on Saturday (24th May) at 4:00 p.m. and will be led by Tomasz Zacharewicz.

Four outdoor stages will be filled with artists and guests of the Youth Culture Center. Opole Market Square, Wolności Square, Castle Pond and the stage at MDK will be filled with artistic programs of participants in classes at culture centers from all over Poland. As part of the organized festival called National Artistic Meetings “Opole Artis” On Saturday morning, the Opole Puppet and Actor Theater opens its doors very wide and invites all residents to the Open Day of the Theater. On this day, no one in the Theater needs tickets, passes or reservations, because everyone is invited! As part of the Opole Days, the Star of the Evening: Urszula will be heard at the Opole Market Square on Sunday (May 25) at 7:00 p.m.

PROGRAM:

FRIDAY, MAY 23 TRANSFER CENTER – ul. 1 Maja 4

6:00-21:00 / Sealing – exhibition of NATI KRAWTZ, winner of the President of Opole Award at the Spring Salon 2024 Free admission MUNICIPAL PUBLIC LIBRARY – ul. Minorytów 4 10:30-13:00 / Conference “Our Life in the EU” – a conference on the exchange of good practices in the presence of young artists in the cultural life of cities (in English) The event is held as part of the EU project “Forever Young” with the participation of representatives of Opole and other cities – Alba Iulia (Romania), Kranj (Slovenia), Székesfehérvár (Hungary), Zadar (Croatia) GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART – Pl. Teatralny 12 + GALLERY ZPAP 1ST FLOOR – ul. Krakowska 1

11:00-19:00 / SPRING SALON 2025 – exhibition, annual competition review of the work of the Opole artistic community Free admission GALLERY ANNEX – Pl. Teatralny 12 11:00-19:00 / EYES TO SPEAK – exhibition by artist Mia Milgrom Free admission MUNICIPAL PUBLIC LIBRARY – CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH DEPARTMENT – 10 Kopernika Square 12:00-16:00 / Meeting with Teddy Bear – artistic workshops for children and youth MUNICIPAL PUBLIC LIBRARY– 4 Minorytów Street 17:00 / Screening of films about Opole: “The city’s second youth” (1959, dir. J. Hoffman, E. Skórzewski), “Opole Land” (1959, dir. J. Hoffman, E. Skórzewski)

YOUTH CULTURAL CENTER, PARK, ul. Strzelców Bytomskich 1, 15:00 – 19:00 / slide and ball pool, artistic workshops for children, ice cream, cotton candy, popcorn, coffee, drinks and other attractions 16:00 – 19:00 / PERFORMANCES AND GAMES: 16:00 – dance games and entertainment for children / 16:30 – performances by participants of the National Artistic Meetings OPOLE ARTIS / 17:00 – PECH Dance Group / 17:30 – Studio Piosenki Debiut z MDK w Opole / 18:00 – performances by participants of the National Artistic Meetings OPOLE ARTIS

FREEDOM SQUARE 15:00 – 19:00 PLAY PARK FOR CHILDREN – inflatables, animations and games, stilt walkers, balloons, face painting, workshops for children and other attractions 16:00 – 20:00 / PERFORMANCES AND GAMES: 16:00 – In the rhythm of zumba, Fokus Dance School / 16:30 – performances by participants of the National Artistic Meetings OPOLE ARTIS / 17:00 – Modern Dance Ensemble ADENA from MDK in Opole / 17:30 – MUSICAL ELEMENTS, OR SONGS THAT MOVE THE HEART – Group 4 żeniy from MDK in Opole under the direction of Andrzej Skiba / 18:30 – PECH Dance Ensemble from MDK in Opole / 19:00 – DUETS IN LOVE, vocalists of the METRO Song Studio from Opole under the direction of Ludmiła Wocial. 

STAGE AT THE CASTLE STAW 16:00 – 20:30 / PERFORMANCES AND CONCERTS: 16:00 – Opole Youth Choir / 17:00 – musical programme performed by students of the State Music School of the 1st and 2nd degree in Opole *OPUSowcy Children’s Choir and the “Smyki” Children’s Orchestra of SM Ist – conductor Ludmiła Wocial * Symphony Orchestra of the State Music School of the 2nd degree – conductor Karolina Nowak * Instrumental Quartet of the State Music School of the 2nd degree under the direction of Aleksandra Czajor – Kowalska * String Sextet conducted by Aleksandra Czajor – Kowalska 18:30 – Opole String Orchestra OPOS conducted by Karolina Nowak / 19:00 – performances by participants of the National Artistic Meetings OPOLE ARTIS / 19:15 – Modern Dance Ensemble ADENA / 19:30 – A SONG IS GOOD FOR EVERYTHING, a musical performance with songs from the Kabaret Starszych Panów performed by Studio EM from MDK Opole conducted by Andrzej Skiba. 

DOM ART ŻAR – Mały Rynek 9A 5:00 PM / CREATION – art workshops with Oliwia Nowak (classes are subject to a fee / registration required: domsztukizar@gmail.com, tel. 570 504 684) MUSEUM OF POLISH SONG – ul. Piastowska 14A (Amphitheater, entrance from ul. Barlickiego) 7:00 PM / meeting with Elżbieta Zapendowska. 

SMALL MARKET 20:00-24:00 / DJ SET: DJ STAHOU, GRAND F, SEB SKALSKI, DJ AXEL P, VOCAL: ANNA NUNO. 

OPO CAFE – ul. Krakowska 32 24:00 – AFTERPARTY.

SATURDAY, MAY 24

CENTER TRANSFER – ul. 1 Maja 4 6:00-21:00 / Fokowanie/Sealing – exhibition by NATI KRAWTZ, winner of the President of Opole Award at the Spring Salon 2024 Free admission. 

DOM ART ŻAR – Mały Rynek 9A 9:00 / GET TO KNOW THROUGH A MEETING – art workshops with Wiktoria Koenigsberg 13:00 / ARTISTIC DATE – art workshops with Magdalena Chrostowska 17:00 / PAINT THIS PICTURE – art workshops with Emilia Piątek) (classes are subject to a fee / registration required: domsztukizar@gmail.com, tel. 570 504 684). 

JAN PAUL II SQUARE 11.00 / FOREVER YOUNG: OUR LIFE IN THE EU – opening of an outdoor exhibition by young artists from cities participating in the EU project “Forever Young”.

CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY – 12 Teatralny Square + ZPAP GALLERY 1ST FLOOR – 1 Krakowska Street 11:00-19:00 / SPRING SALON 2025 – exhibition, annual competition review of the works of the Opole artistic community Free admission. 

GALERIA ANEKS – Pl. Teatralny 12 11:00-19:00 / EYES TO SPEAK – exhibition by artist Mia Milgrom, Free admission. 

OPOLE PUPPET AND ACTOR THEATRE NAMED AFTER ALOJZY SMOLKA – 2a Augustyna Kośnego St. 11:00–14:00 / OPEN DAY AT THEATRE in the programme: meetings with actors, theatre workshops, performative readings with the participation of actors and the audience, exhibition of theatre puppets, creating puppets in the art studio, improvised readings of fairy tales, a space friendly to the youngest, theatre dressing room, workshops in the theatre recording studio, a screening of the play “In the World of Volumes” performed by students of PSP No. 26 in Opole.

MUNICIPAL PUBLIC LIBRARY – CHILDREN’S LOAN – FAIRY TALE ROOM, ul. Minorytów 4 12:00 / SATURDAY WITH MOM AND DAD – FROM LEGENDS OF OLD OPOLE (free admission) FROM OPOLE TO OPOLE – LEARNING THE CITY AND REGION – library classes for children (registration required: tel. 77 454 80 30, ext. 201). 

YOUTH CULTURAL CENTER, PARK, ul. Strzelców Bytomskich 1 15:00 – 19:00 / slide and ball pool, artistic workshops for children, ice cream, cotton candy, popcorn, coffee, drinks and other attractions 16:00 – 19:00 / PERFORMANCES AND GAMES: 15:00 – performances by participants of the National Artistic Meetings OPOLE ARTIS, 16:00 – PECH MDK Opole Dance Ensemble / 16:30 – performances by participants of the National Artistic Meetings OPOLE ARTIS / 17:00 – ADENA MDK Opole Modern Dance Ensemble / 17:30 – dance games and entertainment for children / 18:00 – dance games and performances by participants of the National Artistic Meetings OPOLE ARTIS. 

STAGE AT THE CASTLE STAWEK 15:30 – 20:30 / PERFORMANCES AND CONCERTS: 15:30 – concert of the Biała Podlaska Brass Band / 16:30 – INGENIUM Dance Ensemble from Nysa / 17:00 – PECH MDK Opole Dance Ensemble / 17:30 – performances by participants of the National Artistic Meetings OPOLE ARTIS / 18:00 – BajkoNutki – children from the METRO Opole Song Studio (Miłka Wocial and Dorotka Janeczek) / 18:30 – ADENA MDK Opole Modern Dance Ensemble.