KATOWICE - In Your Pocket

18 CULTURE & EVENTS
Rawa Blues Festival
06.10 Saturday
Rawa Blues Festival
B-3, Spodek, Al. Korfantego 35, www.rawablues.
com. Get ready for the 32nd Rawa festival. It’s the biggest
indoor blues event around and is the brain child of
Irek Dudek, a great blues advocate and musician, who
goes by the stage name of Shakin’ Dudi. As always
festival line-up looks most impressive and this year’s
stars include American guitarist Robert Cray and his
band. Definitely the main man this time around, he has
5 Grammies to his name. Meanwhile Roomful of blues
are an 8-person blues-swing big band from Rhode Island
who have performed with luminaries like Carlos Santana,
Eric Clapton and more. Eric Sardinas & Big Motor - this
American blues-rock guitarist revisits the festival. Interesting
fact - although he’s left-handed, he plays with his right
and this is why many critics believe he is so unique. The
splendidly named Davina and The Vagabonds come
from Minneapolis with an energetic mix of jazz, blues,
roots and rock. The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
play on authentic instruments form the 30s. Staples on
the American and Canadian scene, they now come to
Europe to show what us they’ve got. Finally Irek Dudek
Big Band - the composer, singer and bluesman will take
us on a journey through his compositions. Q Tickets 65-
300zł. Available at www.ticktpro.pl and Empik, ul. Piotra
Skargi 6, C-2 (Open 08:00 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 16:00).
13.11 Tuesday
Katie Melua
P-3, Zabrze, Dom Muzyki i Tańca, ul. Gen. de Gaulle’a
17. Georgian-born singer, songwriter and musician Katie
Melua requires no introduction to anyone in Poland or, indeed,
Europe, where she was the highest selling female artist in
2006 at the ripe age of 22. So absurd is her fame that she
had a tulip named after her in 2006. Her and her mates also
hold the splendidly inane record for the deepest underwater
concert ever performed, at 303m below sea level. This tour is
on the back of her 5th album: Secret Symphony. Q Concert
starts at 20:00. Tickets 120-320zł. Available at DMiT box
office (Open 08:00 - 18:00, Sat 10:00 - 16:00. Closed Sun).
Exhibitions
22.06 Friday - 16.09 Sunday
Women’s Art
C-3, Silesian Museum, Al. Korfantego 3, tel. (+48)
32 258 56 61, www.muzeumslaskie.pl. This exhibition
concentrates on women’s art and its development in the
second half of XIXth century.
Divided into two parts; the first concentrates on issues of
women’s education, the jobs which women did before the
First World War. The second section presents the difference
between their art before and after 1945. Q Open
10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 19:00, Fri 12:00 - 16:00, Sat
12:00 - 18:00, Sun 12:00 - 17:00. Closed Mon. Admission
12/7zł for all exhibits, 9/5zł for temporary exhibits only, 6/4zł
for permanent exhibits only. Sat free for permanent exhibits.
Festivals
Music Summer 2012 ul. Webera 18, www.dmit.com.
pl. Every Friday we have the chance to celebrate summer
by taking part in a concert. The festival will be inaugurated
with a concert of Oddział Zamknięty, then on 13th July Mrozu,
20th July tribute action with The Magic of Abba and Boney
M, 26th July Sebastian Riedel with Cree, 3rd August Basta,
10th August Golden Life, 17th Raggafaya, 24th Wesoły
Masorz and finally on 31st Disco. It’s all for free - what have
you got to lose? Q Concerts start at 20:00. Admission free.
03.08 Friday - 05.08 Sunday
Off Festival 2012
Dolina Trzech Stawów, ul. Muchowiec (Muchowiec),
www.off-festival.pl. This is definitely for all fans of a
bewildering array of genres from Indie folk, noise rock,
dubstep, jazzcore, exotica, black metal, psychodelica to
lounge. Organised by Artur Rojek of Myslovitz, one of the
most recognisable alternative music bands in Poland, it
is about promoting the music that’s new and sometimes
‘difficult’ and the 7th edition is bigger and better than ever.
Taking place on the fields of Muchowiec airport, the line-up
includes Swans, Iggy and the Stooges, Savages, Matthew
Herbert and many more. Q Tickets 80-140zł. Festival pass
120-220zł. Available at www.ticketpro.pl.
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23.08 Thursday - 26.08 Sunday
Tauron New Music Festival
C-4, KWK Katowice, ul. Kopalniana 6, www.festiwalnowamuzyka.pl.
This festival’s location down a coal mine
should create an unusual atmosphere and for 4 days we will
have the chance to see artists that have had the biggest
influence on electronic music over the past few years. The
line-up is impressive this year and is still growing. The stars
are: The Gaslamp Killer, Lapalux, Young Montana, Theopilus
London, Madlib and many many more. Q Pass 140-170zł.
Available at EMPiK, ul. Piotra Skargi 6 (Open 08:00 - 20:00,
Sun 10:00 - 16:00) and www.ticketpro.pl. Full schedule available
atwww.festiwalnowamuzyka.pl.
Misc. Events
23.09 Sunday
Xth Potato Day
J-6, Ethnographic Park, ul. Parkowa 25. The humble spud
is the focus of attention here. Come along and learn what to
do to make them grow, enjoy a fair with regional specialities
and eat something tasty. Go on, you know you want to. Q
Admission free.
02.10 Tuesday
Chippendales - The Ultimate Girls Night Out
Show
P-3, Zabrze, Dom Muzyki i Tańca, Gen. de Gaulle’a
17, tel. (+48) 32 271 66 22, www.makroconcert.
com/pl. Beefcake!!! The story of the Chippendales goes
back to 1978 when 12 ‘incredibly handsome’ guys from
Los Angeles formed the first group. Not looking back since
in their various incarnations the band have given over
40,000 shows in 150 countries. Apparently it’s not about
nudity, squadron of porkers at 6 o’clock, but about making
women’s dreams come true. All in the best possible taste.
Q Event starts at 19:30. Tickets 90-160zł. Available at
www.ticketpro.pl and DMiT box office (Open 08:00 - 18:00,
sat 10:00 - 16:00. Closed Sun).
Sport
07.10 Sunday
Silesia Half-Marathon
L-7, Chorzów, Wojewódzki Park Kultury i Wypoczynku,
www.silesiapolmaraton.pl. Come along and try your
luck over 21,097km. To register, fill in the form on organiser’s
website. Q Event starts at 11:00. Registration fee
30/50/70zł.
Theatre
08.11 Thursday
„TANGO PASIÓN“ - De Buenos Aires Tango
Show
P-3, Zabrze, Dom Muzyki i Tańca, Gen. de Gaulle’a
17, www.makroconcert.com/pl. This show has been
a regular feature on Broadway since 1993 and now they
are coming to Poland. Tango Pasion is performed by a
group of dancers chosen from the cream of Argentinian
dance schools and the aim, as the name suggests, is to
depict a number of passionate love stories. That said,
when I think of Tango, I can’t get away from Jack Lemmon
in ‘Some Like it Hot’. “Who’s the lucky girl?” asks
Tony Curtis. “I am,” comes the reply. Q Event starts at
19:00. Tickets 115-165zł. Available at www.ticketpro.pl
and DMiT box office (Open 08:00 - 18:00, Sat 10:00 -
16:00. Closed Sun). 1
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CULTURE & EVENTS
July - October 2012
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