Lublin’s Jagiellonian Fair 2026 Celebrates Folk Tradition and Children

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1. festiwal  (m.)
   Duże wydarzenie kulturalne lub artystyczne, na którym odbywają się koncerty, spektakle lub inne atrakcje. ↩︎
2. odbyć się
   Mieć miejsce, wydarzyć się w określonym czasie i miejscu. ↩︎
3. jarmark  (m.)
   Duży targ lub bazar, często o charakterze tradycyjnym, gdzie sprzedaje się różne towary. ↩︎
4. główny
   Najważniejszy, podstawowy, centralny spośród innych. ↩︎
5. scena  (f.)
   Podwyższone miejsce, na którym artyści wykonują swoje występy przed publicznością. ↩︎
6. następny
   Kolejny, który nastąpi po obecnym lub po poprzednim. ↩︎

Translation

Text comprehension

Question 1: Where was the main stage located during the festival?

Question 2: Which three countries’ music was performed at the festival?

Vocabulary

Polish	English
festiwal  (m.)	festival
odbyć się	to take place
jarmark  (m.)	fair
główny	main
scena  (f.)	stage
następny	next

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The Re:tradycja – Jarmark Jagielloński festival returned to Lublin this year, with children as its central theme. Their role in traditional culture was reflected throughout the programme, which included events both designed for young audiences and dedicated to exploring childhood within folk heritage.

Because the Błonia meadow beneath Lublin Castle is currently undergoing renovation, the festival’s main stage was relocated to Plac Dominikański. Friday evening opened with a concert featuring experienced musicians alongside children continuing their families’ musical traditions. Kaja and Janusz Prusinowski, performing with their friends and the Muzykancka Kompania Dziecięca — a children’s musicians’ ensemble — took the audience on a musical journey through the four seasons.

A highlight of this year’s programme was the concert Horyzont, prepared by Ewa Grochowska, a musician, singer and philosopher with deep ties to Lublin. Having devoted 30 years to traditional music, Grochowska used the occasion of this symbolic anniversary to create the performance, subtitled Ewa Grochowska i muzyczni wędrowcy (Ewa Grochowska and Musical Wanderers).

Saturday’s main stage belonged to the duo Caamaño&Ameixeiras, who drew on the folk heritage of Spanish Galicia, presenting repertoire inspired by local beliefs and dance music. They were followed by Poolidor, a group formed by Clément Royo and Gabriel Bonnin, two professional musicians who turned to the folk heritage of the Berry region of France, the area from which Gabriel’s grandfather came.

On the festival’s final day, the acts Biele and fie.dronowicz brought audiences musical stories from the Suwałki region of north-eastern Poland, reinterpreting local songs and melodies in an entirely new way. Alongside the concerts, the festival also featured folk art and craft markets, as well as late-night communal dances that proved particularly popular.

Organisers have already announced the next edition of the festival, scheduled for 20–22 August 2027.