Culture

The following events are among serial cultural events taking place in the Voivodeship: International “Picnic Country” in Mrągowo, International Old Jazz Meeting “Złota Tarka” in Iława, International Old Sea Chanteys Festival “Szanty w Giżycku”, International Meetings of Music-Making Families in Dobre Miasto and Countrywide Castle Meetings “Śpiewajmy poezcję”. There are also supraregional events that take place in the most beautiful cathedrals and churches of the region (such as in Frombork, Giżycko, Morąg, Olsztyn and Św. Lipka) organised under a common slogan: “Sunday Organ Music Concerts”. Every year in July, Polish youths attend the Festival of Rock Music in Węgorzewo and “Przystanek Olecko” which are accompanied by theatre spectacles, happenings and concerts of sang poetry. The Festival of the Borderland Culture has also been increasingly gaining popularity over the last years. There are two theatres in the Voivodeship: Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Olsztyn and Drama Theatre in Elbląg. The Concert Hall in Olsztyn bears the name of the composer Feliks Nowowiejski who was born in the Warmia Region.

source: www.wrota.warmia.mazury.pl