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You can find out about Warsaw's thriving arts scene in the English-language Warsaw Insider or What's Up, both of which are available at most major hotels. If you read Polish, the monthly IKS (Informator Kulturalny Stolicy) and Activist and the daily Gazeta Wyborcza have the best listings. Tickets for most performances are inexpensive, but if you want to spend even less, most theaters sell general-admission tickets—wej?ciówki—for a few z?oty immediately before the performance. Wej?ciówki are often available for performances for which all standard tickets have been sold.
The philharmonic hosts an excellent season of concerts, with visits from world-renowned performers and orchestras as well as Polish musicians. Very popular concerts of classical music for children—run for years by Jadwiga Mackiewicz, who is herself almost a national institution—are held here on Sunday at 11 (for younger children, 3–6) and at 2 (for children 7–12); admission begins at zł 28.
The Royal Castle has regular concerts in its stunning Great Assembly Hall.
The Studio Koncertowe Polskiego Radia, open since 1992, has excellent acoustics and popular programs of mostly classical and modern classical music as well as jazz.
The Chopin Society organizes recitals and chamber concerts in various locations, as well as several important piano competitions, including the famous International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years (the last one took place in 2015; therefore the next is due in 2020). They are also the organizers of open-air piano recitals next to the Chopin statue in Łazienki Park, held from May to September.
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