Wrocław for weekend: October 9-11, 2015 [EVENTS]

The new permanent exhibition at the Centennial Hall: Panorama of Lviv

Open daily, 9 am - 6 pm, tickets: 5/8/10 PLN

In a specially arranged space Centennial Hall an unusual installation created. Its main component is a spatial model of the eighteenth-century Lviv, built with great attention to detail by architect and historian Janusz Witwicki. The exhibition is accompanied by a modern, multimedia setting that draws visitors closer to both the person of the author creator and the dramatic post-war fate of the historic model of the city.

Housing Fair New HOUSE New FLAT

Saturday - Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm, Wroclaw Stadium, tickets 10/18 PLN (family)

Nearly 70 exhibitors and 20 independent legal, financial or tax experts will be waiting for all interested in the conference rooms and the Free Advice Centre, assisting them in making the right decision of purchasing a new property. Special offers and high discounts are announced in all the fair booths. The fair will be accompanied by the Secondary Market Centre, organized by the Lower Silesia Association of Realtors and Property Managers.

The autumn edition of Wroclaw Meetings With Curiosities

October 10-11, opening hours: Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm, the Centennial Hall, tickets 10/12 PLN

The event gathers exhibitors from a broadly understood area of ecology, healthy food, esotericism, astrology and alternative medicine. Visitors can buy handicraft products or natural jewellery directly from the manufacturers. Those interested in a healthy lifestyle will be able to learn and buy publishing market novelties, equipment for relaxation and all kinds of herbs and spices.

Ehibition: BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life

from Saturday, September 26, 10 am, tickets 25 PLN

Visitors have the opportunity to learn about changes in the human body - from conception, through infancy, childhood, maturity, until the autumn of life. Thanks to an innovative process of plastination, invented and patented by Dr. Gunther von Hagens, visitors can admire the inner beauty of our body, look into its innermost recesses and get to know in detail the organ systems, including skeletal, muscular, digestive, respiratory, circulatory and nervous systems. The exhibition will be running for three months.

Odloty Festival

Saturday, October 10, 12 am, Centre for Water Sports and Recreation of Wroclaw District in Borzygniewo, ul. Sportowa 4 (Mietków municipality), free admission

Food Truck and Fine Beer Festival

Saturday-Sunday, 12 am - 8 pm, Browar Mieszczański, ul. Hubska 44, admission is free

The autumn edition of Wroclaw Street Eaters. Once again, the festival of street food will take over the entire Browar Mieszczański. It will be a good farewell to the summer vacation and a summary of the busy time for the mobile eateries. You will be able to try food from around the world in a relaxed atmosphere.

Exhibition - Anna Bujak. Bewilderment

Wroclaw Municipal Museum, Old Town Hall, exhibition open until 31.10.2015, tickets 7/10 PLN

Anna Bujak is one of the most interesting figures of the young generation of Polish artists. In the years 2007-2011, she studied at E. Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, the Faculty of Painting and Sculpture.

The exhibition will present animalistic spatial forms (mixed media technique, steel, aluminum): full and open, which is a kind of a geometric drawing developing in space. Spatial objects will be complemented by drawings and photomontages.

Fruhstuck and aTOM - a concert in Firlej

Saturday, 4 pm, Firlej Club, ul. Grabiszyńska 56, tickets 10 PLN

Fruhstuck has a great powerful vibe and a lot of achievements on their account. This four-man band from Wroclaw has been playing in an unchanged composition since 1997; they recently released their fourth album.

aTOM is an initiative of four experienced rock musicians. In October 2014, the band released their debut album.

Laboratories' Night

Saturday, from 5 pm, various places, registration is mandatory

On Saturday, October 10, doors of laboratories that are normally off limits will open for the public,. These are, among others, Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+, the European Centre for Software Engineering Nokia Networks, Wroclaw Technology Park, University of Life Sciences, International Laboratory of High Magnetic Fields and Low Temperatures, as well as the Provincial Police Headquarters. Details on http://www.noclaboratoriow.pl/

Concert of Concha Buika in the NMF

Saturday, October 10, 7 pm, the National Music Forum, the Main Hall, tickets 60-150 PLN

This singer, songwriter, composer and music producer of Afro-Spanish origins is endowed with an amazing voice - both coarse and soft. Her work is a unique blend of world music, jazz and flamenco. She has won several awards so far and is appreciated by music associations around the world. In her career, she has worked with artists such as: Pat Metheny, Anoushka Shankar, Chick Corea, Mariza, Charles Aznavour, Seal, Yasmin Levy and Nelly Furtado.

Special multimedia fountain shows at the Pergola

9 pm, Saturday-Sunday, the Pergola at the Centennial Hall

• October 10th, 8 pm, Dreams
• October 11th, 8 pm, a show to celebrate the canonisation of Pope John Paul II

Muchy in Stary Klasztor

Saturday, October 10, 8 pm, ul. Purkyniego 1, tickets: 30-35 PLN

The band's eleventh birthday will be celebrated with a bunch of fellow musicians. During the concert, Muchy will play an overview material from the four previous albums, as well as that from an album, which is to appear in November. It will be the band's first live album ever, titled "FALA", based on the soundtrack of a 1985 film directed by Peter Łazarkiewicz by the same title.

Wrocław Gourmet Bazaar

10 am - 4 pm - every Sunday throughout the year, Browar Mieszczański, ul. Hubska 44, admission is free

Every Sunday throughout the year, dozens of great exhibitors offer high quality Polish and foreign products as well as certified goods. At the Bazaar, you can find products manufactured in a traditional, non-mass way. You can fill your bazaar basket with sour cream, juices, cheeses, cold cuts, pastries and many other delicacies.

Football tournament "Football Against Racism"

Sunday, October 11, 10 am - 6 pm, pitch of Primary School No 58, ul. Składowa 2/4, and pitch of Junior High School No. 4, ul. Paulińska 14

The tournament is organised in Nadodrze as part of the "Football Against Racism" campaign, which will be held on 9-23 October across Europe. Its goal is to teach tolerance and recognition of the multiplicity of cultures and different attitudes, and to prevent acts of aggression among young people. Seven teams comprising, among others, national minorities, different ethnic groups and representatives of NGOs will take part in the games. List of participating teams: 1. Rita Baum Association2. Wrocław.pl3. Google4. Normals Nomada5. Africa United6. KS Piłkarze7. CRK- Centrum Reanimacji Kultury8. Plan W9. Razem10. Otwarte Klatki11. Błotniaki12. Google 2

12th Lower Silesia Pumpkin Festival at the Botanical Garden

Sunday, October 11, 11 am - 3.30 pm, Botanical Garden of the University of Wroclaw, ul. Sienkiewicza 23, the usual ticket prices apply

The program includes, e.g. a traditional competition for the largest pumpkin, exhibition: "The quirkiest pumpkin" - on the lawn under the chestnut trees, a culinary competition for the tastiest pumpkin, a contest for the best pumpkin costume, exhibitions, fairs, stands. Detailed programme of the event

Robert Sowa's culinary show in Auchan

Sunday, October 11, 11 am, Park Handlowy Auchan in Bielany Wrocławskie, ul. Francuska 6

Oriental soup, fish or aromatic wild mushroom sauce - these are but a few dishes that will be available for sampling this Sunday in the Park Handlowy Bielany Auchan. During the special show, chef Robert Sowa will present his culinary skills and try to convince the participants how fast one can conjure up delicious dishes.

Family History Picnic

Sunday, October 11, 12 am-6 pm, Wroclaw Congress Centre at the Centennial Hall, free admission

The toddler area will include history and spatial puzzles, as welll as art classes for children. In the Player Zone there will be contests with prizes. You can get to the picnic with a free historic tram - running from the terminus at the Opera House to the Centennial Hall (pl. Teatralny - pl. Dominikański - pl. Grunwald - the Centennial Hall/Zoo; departs on every hour from 11.30 am to 4.30 pm).

International Trotters Day on Partynice Horse Racing Track

Sunday, October 11, 1.20 am, free admission

The program of the International Trotters Day will feature six races intended for horses of all ages. The largest stake of 10 teams was gathered in a race involving six and seven-year-olds.

• 1.55 pm - race for 4- and 5-year-old trotters
• 2.30 pm - International race for 9-year-old trotters
• 3.05 pm - an international race for 8- and 10-year-old trotters
• 3.40 pm - an international race for 6- and 7-year-old trotters
• At the end, at 4.15 the oldest trotters will compete. Top Polish trotters will be challenged by the reliable Peter Pan from the Czech Republic

Uncompromising Singers Festival Vol. 2

6 pm, Sanatorium Kultury, Przejście Garncarskie 2

Uncompromising Singers Festival inaugurated in 2013. It is a response to the need for events and festivals in the realm of literary song, sung poetry and all its variations. During this year's three-day edition, the festival will host the legends of the genre of sung poetry as well as literary and author's song.

• 11.10.2015, 6 pm - Andrzej Garczarek, Project Volodia (new record)

Concert of Natalia Lubrano

Sunday, October 11, 7 pm, Mleczarnia, ul. Włodkowica 5, tickets 20-25 PLN

Natalia Lubrano is a Polish singer, composer and songwriter, associated with the Wroclaw music scene. Known to a wider audience from the fifth edition of 2014 The Voice of Poland, in which she reached the semi-finals in the group of Tomson and Baron from the band Afromental. In March 2012, the singer released her and her band's author's album, "R.E.S.P.E.C.T." Natalia Lubrano is currently working on her second album and touring extensively throughout the country.

Pidżama Porno in Eter Club

Saturday, October 11, 7 pm, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 19, tickets: 60-75 PLN

The band was formed in 1987 by the initiative of Krzysztof Grabowski and Andrzej Kozakiewicz, and made its début at the Jarocin festival. Despite the band's uneven activity, Pidżama continuously enjoys great sympathy of its fans, and since 2007, when the band was on hiatus, every concert has been recognized as a special event. Each of Pidżama's records found its way to the history of Polish rock music - from the early albums 'Streets As Stigmata' and 'Futurista,' to to the first album released by S.P. Records, 'Thieves of Lighters.'

Błażej Król in the Neon Side Gallery

Sunday, October 11, 8 pm, Klubogaleria Neon Side, ul. Ruska 46c, tickets 20-25 PLN

Błażej Król does not like to rest. While his solo début, 'Nielot' was mentioned among the most important records last year, he was finishing the recording of its successor. 'WIJ' was released in April this year.

Concert of Vertical Trio in Księgarnia Hiszpańska

Sunday, October 11, 8 pm, Księgarnia Hiszpańska, ul. Szajnochy 5, tickets from 15 PLN

The programme, inspired by the music of the Iberian Peninsula, includes the band's author's compositions and arrangements. It is a modern flamenco with influences of early music and jazz. Unlike traditional flamenco, which limits the instruments to guitars, the project is enhanced by the sound of bass and cajón.