During the two-day festival, there will be ceramics workshops and the “Sieciaki on Holiday” picnic, organised in cooperation with the Orange Foundation and the Nobody’s Children Foundation. The campaign aims to educate children through play. By taking part in the picnic, children learn how to respond to threats on the Internet and how to avoid them. There will also be activities for the youngest children: mini circus workshops, long-balloon twisting, a bubble show and an amusement park.

It will be possible to shop at the following stalls: Ceramics: RUTPOL, Millena, Gorczyński, Bee products will be available at the following stalls: Piekarz, Centrum EKO Monika Ruta. Handicrafts will be presented by: Aniela Kopała from Milików, Urszula Cierlik (straw decorations), Pai Siuda from Gościszów (occasional cards), village councils of the Nowogrodziec Municipality, the Municipal and Communal Social Welfare Centre, the Day Care Home in Nowogrodziec, the Hunting Club, HYDRO-TECH.

The organisers of Nowogrodziec Days are the Municipal Cultural and Sports Centre in Nowogrodziec and the Nowogrodziec Municipal Office.

Nowogrodziec Days programme

  • 10:00–15:00 Open Chess Tournament for the Cup of the Director of the Municipal Cultural and Sports Centre in Nowogrodziec
  • 16:30 Concert by NATALIA DUDZIAK
  • 16:45 Dance and vocal performance by children from the Primary School in Wykroty
  • 17:00 Presentation by the Primary School in Zebrzydowa
  • 17:15 Concert by NATALIA HAUSMAN and ANNA RUCIŃSKA from the Bolesław Chrobry Primary School in Nowogrodziec
  • 17:25 HIP-HOP dance show
  • 17:35 Artistic presentation by the Irena Sendler Lower Secondary School in Wykroty
  • 17:50 The “Three Little Pigs” theatre performance by the Primary School in Gościszów
  • 18:10 Concert by ALICJA RUDZIK
  • 18:25 Cultural and artistic presentation by the SRBAC Municipality (Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • 19:25 TOP TOYS dance show by finalists of the GO TO DANCE programme
  • 19:40 “Love Stories” — theatre group of the Municipal Cultural and Sports Centre in Nowogrodziec
  • 20:05 TOP TOYS dance show
  • 20:30 Concert by the band MANCHESTER
  • 22:00 Night music: THOMAS GEEL (LIVE) & KAMIL SZYMULA

Sunday, 18 August

  • 10:00–14:00 Orlik Football Tournament for the Mayor of Nowogrodziec’s Cup (Municipal Stadium). The following Orlik teams have registered: GCKiS Chrobry Nowogrodziec, “Talent” Football School from Bolesławiec, BKS Bobrzanie, LTS Leśna, Piast Wykroty, Łużyce Lubań, Orliki Węgliniec UKS
  • 12:45 Parade
  • 13:00 Official opening of the Nowogrodziec Days celebrations
  • 13:25 Nowogrodziec Municipality Song and Dance Ensemble
  • 13:30 Welcome to the guests
  • 13:40 Nowogrodziec Municipality Song and Dance Ensemble
  • 13:45 Folklore Festival: “Gościszowianki” from Gościszów, “Milikowianki” from Milików, “Czernianki” from Czerna, “Zagajnik-Wykroty”, “Podolanie” from Czerwona Woda, “Błękitne Kamizelki” from Łagów, “Kapela HERBUTY” from Tomisław, “Niespodzianka” from Tomaszów Bolesławiecki, “Sołtysowe Gryfinki” from Proszówka, “Rząsinianki” from Rząsiny, “ECHO” from Chocianowiec
  • 17:00 Municipalities Tournament: Nowogrodziec (Poland) versus Srbac (Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina) versus Przemyślany (Ukraine)
  • 17:30 Hunting show and concert by the “DURLAKOWE ROGI” band
  • 18:00 Charity event for Laura Jadach (Municipal and Communal Social Welfare Centre in Nowogrodziec)
  • 18:30 Concert by ORKIESTRA WCZORAJSZEGO FASONU
  • 19:30 Announcement of the results of the “Presentation of Folk Handicrafts of the Village Councils of the Nowogrodziec Municipality 2013” competition
  • 19:40 Cultural and artistic presentation by the SRBAC Municipality (Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • 20:40 Presentation of statuettes for promoting Nowogrodziec
  • 21:00 Concert by KORA with the BAND Kombii
  • 22:30 FIRE SHOW

The main sponsor of Nowogrodziec Days is HYDRO TECH Sp. z o.o. in Nowogrodziec.

Official sponsors: TBAI POLAND Sp. z o.o. in Wykroty, NOVOFERM Door Sp. z o.o. in Wykroty, Zakład Gospodarki i Usług Komunalnych in Lubań, Przedsiębiorstwo Konserwacji Urządzeń Wodnych i Melioracyjnych “MELIOBUD” Sp. z o.o. in Nowogrodziec, “NOELKEN” Sp. z o.o. in Nowogrodziec, “SURMIN – KAOLIN” S.A. in Nowogrodziec.

Honorary patrons: Robert Relich, Mayor of Nowogrodziec; Ewa Mańkowska, Deputy Voivode of Lower Silesian Voivodeship; Rafał Jurkowlaniec, Marshal of Lower Silesian Voivodeship; Barbara Nowak-Obelinda, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments; Jarosław Charłampowicz, Lower Silesian Tourist Organisation in Wrocław; Dariusz Osiński, Association of Polish Ceramists in Warsaw; Alojzy Wacławek, Association of Beekeepers of the Legnica Region; Stanisław Traczyk, Institute of Ceramics and Building Materials in Warsaw.

Media patronage for the event was provided by: TVP WROCŁAW, Nowiny Jeleniogórskie, Nj24pl, the bimonthly “Szkło i Ceramika”.

(commissioned information: Nowogrodziec Municipal Office)