Festivals in Poland

Polish Festival is a celebration of entire things Polish - the food, the music, the language, the customs, the ritual and the traditions of the Polish people. Polish Fest on the Summer fest Grounds on the lake front of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a celebration of the Polish culture. Poland, a predominantly Catholic country, celebrates sacred holidays according to the Catholic schedule. Poland vital festival are:

Palm Sunday Observation - March

Poland, a predominantly Catholic country, celebrates sacred holidays according to the Catholic calendar. Palm Sunday, which comes a week before Easter Sunday, is observed all above Poland.

Eastern Sunday Festival - March

While collection is attended by many on Easter Sunday, this holiday is also celebrated with the consumption of Easter foods, gathering of family and friends, and with pisanki, Polish embellish Easter eggs.

Constitution Day - May 3

This national holiday is celebrated with parades and many other festivities throughout Poland. This day follows one more national holiday, Labor Day, which falls on May 1st.

Saint Stanislaw Festival - First Sunday after 8th of May

This spiritual procession is a site to behold. Religious officials of Poland pay their compliments to the country's relics while parading them through the historic part of Krakow. Religious persons join the procession as it makes its manner through the city.

Karnawal (Carnival)-December

The Karnawal is a wonderful time in Poland between the end of Christmas holidays and the starting of Flaxt Ash Wednesday. In the previous days it was a period of active socializing in Poland. During the period of carnival, entertainment included hunting, weddings, balls and masquerades.

New Year's Eve- December 31st

New Year's Eve in the city in Poland is celebrated at more or less formal balls. Some of them have a long-lasting custom, as for example the ball at the Warsaw Philharmonic Society, the sportsmen's ball or the ball at the castle in Golub-Dobrzyn attended by "the man of the year". A New Year's Eve ball forever begins with a polonaise.