The Ceramic Festival will last until Sunday. There are many events. We have divided the event program into fairs, concerts, children's events, exhibitions, accompanying events and sports.
You will find everything below in clear tables. We have given up on elaborate event names. It is simple and easy to understand. Here is the clear program of this year's festival.
Fairs, demonstrations, flea market
| day | time | location | event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday Saturday Sunday (22–24 Aug) |
10:00–20:00 | Market Square | Ceramics fair |
| 15:00–19:00 | Market Square | Historical pottery demonstration: throwing on a wooden fast-turning wheel, throwing using the strip-and-slip technique, building with coils, building from a ball. | |
| 08:00–17:00 | Prusa St. | Antiques market |
Concerts
| day | time | location | event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday (22 Aug) | 16:30 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Freak Out (rock) |
| 21:00 | Main Stage, Asnyka St. | Bracia (rock) | |
| Saturday (23 Aug) | 16:30 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Powerebel (rock) |
| 18:30 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Tres and friends (jazz, blues, funk) | |
| 19:30 | Main Stage, Asnyka St. | Marika | |
| 22:00 | Main Stage, Asnyka St. | Loka | |
| Sunday (24 Aug) | 17:30 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Agnieszka Musiał (pop, jazz, ethno) |
| 19:30 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | GaDMu Trio – Michał Grasza with his band | |
| 21:00 | Main Stage, Asnyka St. | Ewa Farna (pop, rock) |
For children
| day | time | location | event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri–Sun (22–24 Aug) | 15:00–19:00 | Square behind BOK-MCC | Children's town: pottery demonstrations, throwing workshops on a potter's wheel, painting and stamping bisque ware. Ceramic Wheel of Fortune game. Clay Olympics – program: relay race, straw-bale run, timed mixing of clay plaster, poetry/song contest. Demonstrations and workshops on applying plaster to straw. Art activities. |
| Saturday (23 Aug) | 12:00–18:00 | Square behind BOK-MCC | Clowns' Land – balloon zoo, face painting, limbo, mohidło |
| Sunday (24 Aug) | 15:00 | Square behind BOK-MCC | Children's show – A Trip to a Mysterious Land |
| 15:30 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | TIK TAK and Fasolki – a vocal and dance group performing children's songs |
Gliniada
| day | time | location | event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday (23 Aug) | 10:00–14:00 | green spaces by Bankowa St. | Preparations and painting with clay |
| 14:00 | green spaces by Bankowa St. | Singing the anthem | |
| 14:30 | steps by the bank on Bankowa St. | Clayfolk wedding | |
| 15:30–16:30 | city streets | Parade Out of Love for Clay – route: Kościelna, Łukasiewicza, Karola Miarki, Asnyka, Sierpnia 80, Market Square, Kościelna | |
| 16:30–20:00 | steps by the bank on Bankowa St. | Concerts |
Other events
| day | time | location | event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday (22 Aug) | All day | Escarpment in the Market Square | Construction of the “Wall of Fire” structure by Mateusz Grobelny |
| 15:00 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Performance by the guitar workshop | |
| 17:30 | Piłsudskiego Square | Cabaret (street performance) by the “Living Theatre” | |
| 19:30 | Market Square → Main Stage, Asnyka St. | Parade opening the Ceramic Festival (route: Kościelna, Market Square, Sierpnia 80, Asnyka main stage). Official opening, announcement of the winner of the competition for the most interesting parade presentation, handover of the keys to the city gates to the Ceramic Brotherhood | |
| Saturday (23 Aug) | 12:00–18:00 | Market Square | Traditional crafts today – workshop and demonstration |
| 12:00 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Performance by the Jutrzenka Municipal Song and Dance Ensemble | |
| 13:00 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Performance by the Modus BOK-MCC Contemporary Dance Workshop | |
| 13:00–16:00 | Market Square | 2nd Pottery Wheel Throwing Championship | |
| 14:00 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Performances: “Bolesławiec” Song and Dance Ensemble, Song Studio, Vocal Workshop, Peanuts | |
| 15:00 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Performance by the Youth Cultural Centre | |
| 17:30 | Piłsudskiego Square | Three Lives of Salvador Dalí – street performance by Dariusz Miliński’s Pławna 9 Group | |
| 18:00 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Award ceremony for the 2nd Pottery Wheel Throwing Championship | |
| 22:00 | Escarpment in the Market Square | Evening culmination of the firing of the “Wall of Fire” structure by Mateusz Grobelny | |
| 22:30 | Tent in Popiełuszki Square | Silent Disco – participants receive wireless headphones and can choose from 3 different channels, where three DJs play three different music genres | |
| Sunday (24 Aug) | 12:00 | Stage, Piłsudskiego Square | Miss Ceramic Festival contest and performances by BOK-MCC workshops: “Arabeska” Oriental Dance School, “Carmen” Flamenco Dance School, Break-Dance, Canon and Canonki, and Idalia Kowara – tribal fusion |
| 12:00–18:00 | Bolesławiec – Market Square | Traditional crafts today – workshop and demonstration | |
| 14:30 | Piłsudskiego Square, Asnyka St., Sierpnia 80, Market Square | Street theatre performance from Spain | |
| 17:00–18:00 | Escarpment in the Market Square | Opening of the “Wall of Fire” structure by Mateusz Grobelny | |
| 22:30 | Main Stage, Asnyka St. | Closing of the Ceramic Festival and fireworks display |
Exhibitions
| day | time | location | event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri–Sun (22–24 Aug) | 10:00–18:00 | Market Square Town Hall | Exhibition of works from the International Ceramic and Sculpture Symposium |
| Friday (22 Aug) | 10:00–16:00 | Library, 8 Sądowa St. | Edward Szutter painting exhibition |
| 18:00 | Market Square / Under the Dome Gallery | Opening of the post-symposium exhibition of the 50th International Ceramic and Sculpture Symposium in Bolesławiec and a display of works by internationally renowned ceramic artists | |
| Sat–Sun (23–24 Aug) | 11:00–16:00 | Museum of Ceramics, 14 Kutuzowa St. | Anniversary exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the International Ceramic and Sculpture Symposia |
| Saturday (23 Aug) | 16:00 | BOK-MCC Gallery | New design in Bolesławiec ceramics – exhibition opening |
| 18:00 | Museum of Ceramics, 14 Kutuzowa St. | Opening of the anniversary exhibition “50 Years of Ceramic and Sculpture Symposia in Bolesławiec” |
Sports events
| day | time | location | event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday (23 Aug) | 10:00 | MOSiR courts, Spacerowa St. | Beach volleyball tournament |
| 10:00 | Tennis courts, Spacerowa St. | Tennis tournament | |
| 10:30 | MOSiR courts, Spacerowa St. | Boule tournament | |
| 12:00 | MOSiR courts, Spacerowa St. | Modern pentathlon championship | |
| 14:00 | Pools, Spacerowa St. | Swimming competition | |
| Sunday (24 Aug) | 10:00 | Tennis courts, Spacerowa St. | Tennis tournament |
| 10:00 | Beach, Popiełuszki Square | Beach soccer tournament | |
| 10:00 | Beach, Popiełuszki Square | Badminton tournament | |
| 12:00 | City Office skyscraper, Piłsudskiego Square | Race for a ceramic cup – stair race |
The 20th Bolesławiec Ceramic Festival is being held as part of the ARGINET project, co-financed by the European Union under the Culture program. The organizer of the 20th Bolesławiec Ceramic Festival is the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre – International Ceramics Centre.
