Events 2023 - Polish Arts Festival

PAF Photography Callout “Forces of Nature” – “Siły Natury”

18th May 2023

Form / Formularz: Registration / Zgłoszenie [English] Polish Arts Festival will be holding a group exhibition entitled "Forces of Nature" on view from September 14th to 22nd in Belltable, Limerick. "Forces of Nature" will look beyond the traditional landscape to interrogate the ecological and...

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Official opening of PAF

12th May 2023

[English] Join us at the Opening of 16th Polish Arts Festival at The Hunt Museum on Thursday, September 14 at 6pm. Special performance of Festival Music Commission by Anna Banko -Szumacher & Emma Langford and the launch of the exhibition by Katarzyna Gajewska "The...

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Nameless

25th April 2023

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €12 / €15 [English] Galway Theater Festival with a Polish play. We cordially invite you to the show Nameless produced by the Polish Arts Festival on Sunday 30th April and Monday 1st May at An...

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PAF Stories – Opowiadania PAF

21st February 2023

STORY WRITER CALLOUT/ KONKURS OTWARTY DLA PISARZY [English] Deadline for expressions of interest: March 3rd Workshop for interested writers: March 7th Story proposals submissions deadline: March 20th Announcement of selected proposals: March 27th Deadline for finished stories: May 2nd Commission Fee: €500 PAF Stories...

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Christmas Carols Concert

1st December 2022

Tickets: FREE Come celebrate Christmas customs and winter traditions with the international communities in Limerick at The Hunt Museum. There will be music and dancing from Mexico and India, a children’s decoration making workshop, Polish carol singing, presentations, displays of cultural items and more!...

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Elemental Tales – Opowieści Żywiołów

22nd September 2022

Tickets: FREE [English] As part of Culture Night events Polish Arts Festival presents Elemental Tales. Elemental Tales is a promenade performance consisting of four multi-disciplinary performance pieces set in various locations within the Hunt Museum garden. The performance combines Slavic folk tales with Irish...

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Art Workshop with Aga Szot

9th September 2022

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €10* *Buy 2 workshops for €16 [English] As part of PAF Kids Day join us for an Art Workshop with an amazing artist Aga Szot, a founder of The Icon Factory in Dublin. Explore the...

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Clowning Workshop with Simon Thompson

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €10* *Buy 2 workshops for €16 [English] As part of Polish Arts Festival Kids Day. The Clowning Workshop workshop involves a series of fun improvisational games and movement exercises. Kids interact with objects and experience...

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Listening Party – PAF Stories / Opowiadania PAF

Booking: Get free Tickets: booking essential [English] Polish Arts Festival is proud to present PAF Audio Stories to young audiences in Limerick and beyond. PAF Stories is a literary project for children, commissioned and produced by the Polish Arts Festival. The selected writers Alison...

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Treasure Hunt – Poszukiwanie skarbów

2nd September 2022

Treasure Hunt START at The Hunt Museum Collect the sheet from The Hunt Museum - Odbierz kartę z The Hunt Museum Booklet / Broszura: Download / PobierzView / Zobacz [English] Get yourself ready for the one and only PAF Treasure Hunt - Poszukiwanie skarbów!...

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Vocal MasterClass with Warsaw Village Band

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €30 [English] Join us at the workshop where you can experience the traditional Polish tunes and the way they are sung with an award-winning Warsaw Village Band. Warsaw Village Band presents a repertoire consisting of...

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PAF Stories – Opowiadania PAF

Available online from 14.09 on www.polishartsfestival.ie, Spotify, YouTube. [English] Polish Arts Festival is proud to present PAF Audio Stories to young audiences in Limerick and beyond. PAF Stories is a literary project for children, commissioned and produced by the Polish Arts Festival. The selected...

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Łazor + Vaya & Friends (concert)

22nd June 2022

[English] Łazor (Rapodziad) is a Limerick rap artists, author of lyrics, 1/3 of a RAPODZIAD SQUAD and 1/2 of a Duet SHEITAN I ŁAZOR. Last year he released his own EP “Zakrzep” he will present during the concert. He mixed style from hip hop...

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Exhibition “A night full of skies” solo show by Olga Anacka – Wystawa Olgi Anackiej “Noc wypełniona niebami”

Artist statement I have a special shoebox in my studio where I keep small but not always quick works created to relax, unwind, and make notes on concepts when more complex pieces at a time are impossible to finish. This is my pause after...

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Cosmogonic VR Experience

14th June 2022

Tickets: FREE [English] Cosmogonic is the first VR experience inspired by the Polish science-fiction writer Stanisław Lem—known for investigating humanity and social justice through visions of faraway planets and mechanical beings. In Cosmogonic, we travel into the memories of the title character, a once-great...

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Songs About Love – Piosenki o Miłości (film)

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €8 [English] "Piosenki o miłość" turned out to be the greatest hit of the last festival in Gdynia. Tomasz Habowski's debut is a strong, new voice of Polish cinema. Bittersweet, like the best indie-pop piece...

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The Republic of Children – Republika Dzieci (family film)

13th June 2022

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €7 [English] The Republic of Children - Republika Dzieci In the winter of 1903 a bunch of figures created by the master painter Jacek Malczewski escape the canvas. Fauns, chimeras, vodniks, undines, and other fantastic...

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Kill It and Leave This Town – Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta (film)

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €8 [English] KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN, a psychological horror animation, is director Mariusz Wilczynski's debut feature film starring voice cast Krystyna Janda (Elle, Decalogue, A Short Film About Killing), Andrzej Chyra (United States...

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Warsaw Village Band – Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa (concert)

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €25 [English] Warsaw Village Band present a repertoire consisting of avant-garde interpretations of traditional Polish music, the broadly understood area of Mazovia, the beloved land of Chopin. Despite being faithful to the traditional techniques of...

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CALL OUT! ZAPROSZENIE!

27th May 2022

[English] Join us for the workshop audition for our new project TRADITIONS on Saturday 28th May at1pm - 3pm in Alchemy of Movement (1st Floor, 33 Davis St., Limerick). We are looking for community members that are not afraid to dance, sing and play...

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PAF Stories / Opowiadania PAF

24th March 2022

STORY WRITER CALLOUT / KONKURS OTWARTY DLA PISARZY EXTENDED EXPRESSION OF INTEREST [ENGLISH] Extended deadline for expressions of interest: April 11th, 5pm Workshop for interested writers: April 14th Story proposals submissions deadline: April 22nd Announcement of selected proposals: April 27th Deadline for finished stories:...

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Belonging in Aid of Ukraine

6th March 2022

[English] Celebrate International Women's Day with Belonging Exhibition, talk and concert in aid of Ukraine. Performances by Irish World Academy plus other guests. Place: St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick Time: 6.30 pm Donations via Irish Red Cross will be collected on the day and online....

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Lem’s Animations for Adults

18th September 2021

"Golem" dir. Patrick Mocue, Tobias Wiesner "Maska" dir. Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

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Podcasts on Stanisław Lem

2nd September 2021

[English Podcast] Title: Lem’s Universe of hapless space –pilots and fairy-tale robots (in English) Kamil Chechlacz talks to Jack Fennel about Stanisław Lem. To mark the centenary year of Stanisław Lem, this podcast will explore a universe of hapless space-pilots, mad scientists and fairy-tale...

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FE-MA VOICES Presentation of work in progress

30th August 2021

English Presentation of work in progress video project on the theme of Female Autonomy and its various aspects and multitude of voices through the use of paradox thinking methodology. Project is initiated and performed by Justyna Cwojdzinska, devised by Justyna Cwojdzińska and Aleksandra Rosiak,...

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Nocne Malowanie z Adrianą Laube (Polski)

Free / FB LIVE Event Serdecznie zapraszamy na ostatnie festiwalowe wydarzenie LIVE a w nim Nocne Malowanie z Adrianą Laube o temacie "Transformacja – Złota Ścieżka", której wystawę można zobaczyć w The Hunt Museum i Belltable foyer w Limerick od 16 września do 15...

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Warsztaty wokalno – instrumentalne z Przemkiem Łozowskim (Polski)

Tickets €10 Online na Zoom Warsztaty są poświęcone nauce tradycyjnych polskich pieśni i muzyki głównie z regionu lubelskiego. Zapoznamy się pokrótce z ich różnorodnością od pieśni obrzędowych, dziadowskich poprzez religijne jak i melodie taneczne. Warsztaty prowadzone są głównie w języku polskim z uwagi na...

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Celtic & Polish voice fusion with Anna Banko – Szumacher

Tickets €10 Online on Zoom ENGLISH Anna connects the two wonderful worlds of Polish and Irish music in a beautiful way improvising the styles. She wants you to feel the power of music in you, experience the wonderful rhythms, and discover in yourself possibilities...

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“Klapok” in a Bubble – Polish traditional dancing for all the family

ENGLISH Learn how to clap your hands in Polish traditional style. This workshop is designed for all of the family, learning one of the Polish traditional dances known as “Klapok”. The workshop will be demonstrated by the Scanlan’s family - members of Inisowiacy Polish...

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Irish dance session with Daniel Flannagan

Tickets €10 Online on Zoom English Join us for this family session of Irish Dance in a fun way. Learn the history behind this original dance and simply have fun together. Hailing from Shannon, Co. Clare, Daniel Flannagan is a qualified Irish Dancing Teacher...

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