3 Best Performing Arts Venues in Excursions from Warsaw, Poland

Each summer, the meadows by the Bug River become a stage of the Land Art Festival, which will celebrate its eighth birthday in 2018. The art installations, by artists from Poland and abroad, are made of natural materials. They do not interfere, nor compete, with nature; instead, they bring magic and poetry into the landscape. All the works are ephemeral, and one day they will just disappear back into nature, but several have proven to be lasting enough that they can be seen along the river bank. If you arrive during the time of the festival, however, you can join a guided walk, chance upon a performance piece, or catch a concert.

The theater, which was designed by Polish architect Romuald Loegler, is one of the most important classical halls in the country. Particularly noteworthy are the organ concerts performed here, as Filharmonia Łódzka is the only one in the world to have not one but two independent instruments: one baroque, and the other classical romantic.

The oldest theatre in Łódź continues the tradition of the first permanent stage established in 1888 at Piotrkowska Street, staging both classical and modern drama, unafraid of challenges. Their mission is to find contemporary relevance is clasical plays. Every autumn, Teatr Jaracza hosts the New European Classics Festival, which may include works by such masters as Samuel Beckett, William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, August Strindberg, and Peter Brook, interpreted by contemporary Polish and international theater directors and ensembles.