Art & culture
Under the Old Town lies a maze of brick cellars, and in some of them very good jazz plays late into the night.
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Kraków has had a lively jazz scene since the days when jazz was a quiet act of freedom under communism. Today the Gothic cellars under the Main Square host concerts and jam sessions almost every night.
I tell you where it’s worth going on your evenings, and add the Summer Jazz Festival if you travel in July.
For bigger concerts yes, and I book them. Jam sessions are often free or cheap: you just walk down the stairs.
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