During the festival, there will be traditional ceramic fairs, market stalls, workshops for children and a wide range of clay-related attractions. A flea market will be organised for lovers of old treasures. The ceramic stalls will be accompanied by performances from nationally known stars and local bands.

Ceramic fair

18–22 August, 10:00–22:00
Market Square and Prusa Street

Flea market

20–22 August, 9:00–19:00
school sports field at 10 Bankowa Street

Glina Show

Body painting with clay and decorating with paints / Glina Show Town

  • 15:00 ZUMBA show – performance by the ZUMBA dance group of Magdalena Kwiatkowska-Korczowska and Joanna Piekarz
  • 15:30 FITNESS show at the FIT STYLE ZONE gym – Pole Dance and Street Workout demonstrations and prize competitions, free physiotherapy consultations, hand and upper-body massages, and a natural spa & wellness cosmetics presentation
  • 16:00 BODY PAINTING show – models painted by artists from the “Ceramika Artystyczna” Artistic Handicrafts Cooperative, Andrzej Pachom from Kaola Artistic Ceramics (Kaola studio) and artists from Ceramika Millena, as well as a film make-up demonstration by Jadwiga Raczko, a graduate of SzkolArt Wrocław
  • 17:00 MUSICAL show – a recital by Wiktoria Parkita promoting the album “Reaching for Dreams” and a mini-concert of theatrical song prepared by young artists: Eliza, Filip and Magda!
  • 18:00 Drum parade – GLINA SHOW participants’ procession around Bolesławiec Market Square accompanied by a drumming group

Saturday, 21 August, Bankowa Street

Concerts and performances

Friday, 20 August

stage, 1 Piłsudskiego Square

  • 17:00 Nikos Rusketos and the Greek Orpheus Group
  • 18:30 Flis & Doris
  • 19:30 Pop & The
  • 21:30 Chłopaki z ferajny

main stage, Water and Sports Centre, Spacerowa Street

  • 20:00 Roksana Węgiel with her band
  • 22:00 Kwiat Jabłoni

Saturday, 21 August

stage, 1 Piłsudskiego Square

  • 17:00 Final concert of the Euroregional project
  • 18:30 DBL 59-700
  • 20:00 Chapter One
  • 21:00 Żółta Febra
  • 22:00 Error Code

main stage, Water and Sports Centre, Spacerowa Street

  • 20:00 Piwnica Pod Baranami
  • 22:00 Performance by Teatr Ocelot and the “Bolesławiec” Song and Dance Ensemble

Sunday, 22 August

stage, 1 Piłsudskiego Square

  • 12:00 Children’s theatre “The Magic Bean”
  • 13:30 Bolesławiec Municipal Brass Band
  • 14:00 Young artists of the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre – International Ceramics Centre
  • 17:00 Young artists of the Youth Cultural Centre in Bolesławiec

main stage, Water and Sports Centre, Spacerowa Street

  • 20:00 Concert for medical staff and everyone involved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as well as for those who lost that fight. The concert “Keep Hope” directed by Marcin Kołaczkowski, featuring outstanding Polish artists including Beata Rybotycka, Jacek Wójcicki, Andrzej Poniedzielski, Kuba Badach, Anna Lasota and Janusz Radek, as well as acclaimed Kraków instrumentalists.

Exhibitions

  • Ceramics by Stanisław Brach
    18–22 August, 10:00–16:00
    BOK-MCC Gallery (1c Piłsudskiego Square) and Format MBP-CW Gallery (5 Głowackiego Street)
  • Photographs by Paweł Łączny, winner of the Grand Press Photo first prize
    18–22 August, 24 hours
    in front of the MBP-CW building (5 Głowackiego Street)
  • Exhibition of works by Georgian artists (Lari Papidze, Levan Mantidze)
    19–22 August, 10:00–18:00
    BOK–MCC first-floor foyer (1a Piłsudskiego Square)
  • New designs in Bolesławiec ceramics
    20–22 August, 10:00–18:00
    Forum cinema foyer, BOK–MCC (1 Piłsudskiego Square)
  • “Lower Silesia in Form” exhibition – how the region changed thanks to EU funds
    18–22 August, 24 hours
    municipal parkland by the town pond

Exhibition openings

  • Opening of the exhibition of works by Georgian artists (Lari Papidze, Levan Mantidze)
    18 August, 19:00, BOK–MCC first-floor foyer (1a Piłsudskiego Square)
  • New designs in Bolesławiec ceramics
    19 August, 18:00
    Forum cinema foyer, BOK–MCC (1 Piłsudskiego Square)
  • From Bolesławiec clay – a presentation of contemporary ceramic plants operating in the Bolesławiec region
    21 August, 18:00
    Ceramics Museum, 14 Kutuzowa Street

Workshops, demonstrations, meetings and other events

  • A discussion about the Eastern Borderlands – Prof. Stanisław Sławomir Nicieja and Sebastian Zielonka
    18 August, 18:00
    MBP-CW (5 Głowackiego Street)
  • Opening of the 27th Bolesławiec Ceramic Festival
    20 August, 18:00
    main entrance to the Town Hall (from the west)
  • “Nightlife in pre-war Bolesławiec” tour
    20 August, 20:00
    Ceramics Museum, 13 Mickiewicza Street
  • Ceramic City – Polish-German visual arts workshops, painting, ceramics, sculpture, design and drumming workshops
    20–22 August, 12:00–19:00
    square behind BOK-MCC
  • Demonstrations and workshops – focused on ceramics in the museum garden
    20–22 August, 12:00–18:00
    Ceramics Museum, 13 Mickiewicza Street
  • Demonstration “How Was Laundry Done in the Past?” – an interactive activity for children
    21–22 August, 11:00–13:00 and 15:00–16:00
    Ceramics Museum, 14 Kutuzowa Street
  • Fashion show “What Did the Countess Wear Under Her Dress?” prepared by Krobnitz Castle
    21–22 August, 15:00
    Ceramics Museum, 14 Kutuzowa Street
  • Historical ceramics workshops
    21–22 August, 12:00–19:00
    Market Square

Side events

Ceramika Artystyczna, 23 Kościuszki Street

  • 18–22 August, Ceramic Garden, 9:00–18:00, sale of ceramic products in the latest stamped decorations, stamp makeup, clay modelling, ceramic painting demonstration – activities with children
  • 21 August, 10:00, meeting with decoration designers Teresa Liana and Maria Starzyk
  • 21 August, 12:00, promotion of the children’s book “Frank’s Extraordinary Adventure”, meeting with its author Grzegorz Nowicki and illustrator Mariusz Ochocki

Healthcare Facility in Bolesławiec, car park behind BOK–MCC
Health Town (vaccination point, physiotherapy and dietary consultations, first-aid training)
22 August, 10:00–16:00

TYRCZ Ceramics Centre, 24b Kościuszki Street
20–22 August

  • 10:00–18:00 – picnic, decorating demonstrations, throwing on a potter’s wheel and clay modelling
  • 12:00–15:00 tour of the facility

Municipal Sports and Recreation Centre
22 August, 11:00 “Bolesławiec Stair Run – Run for a Ceramic Cup”, Hm. H. Bonin Park, Tyrankiewiczów Street

The organisers reserve the right to change the programme