Unsound Festival

Krakow's Unsound Festival has, over the years, established itself as a mainstream event in the city's cultural calendar while at the same time maintaining its avant garde integrity. It's not just about the range of acts that clamour to join the programme - though these are richly varied and can include anything from experimental to neoclassical, noise to dubstep, and more. It's also the quality of the festival that stands out, and the rich body of accompanying events such as workshops, panels, exhibitions and film screenings.

But don't just take our word for it. The influential online electronic music magazine Resident Advisor has ranked Unsound as the second best festival in October, a first for any Polish festival. The magazine wrote: "Poland continues to stake its claim for a place among Europe's premier festival destinations, and perhaps the most intriguing of the nation's offerings is the seven-day Unsound Festival".

Each edition has been more ambitious than the last, and this year is no exception. See the highlights below, and visit www.unsound.pl for a full programme and to find out how to book tickets.

Saturday - 8 October

00:00 - Kino pod Baranami
Official festival opening - Future Shock film season
15zl

Sunday - 9 October

15:00 - Kino 18
In Search of the Unsound - documentary
Free

17:00 - Former Miraculum Factory
Opening of 2011 Unsound installations
Free

19:00 - Engineering Museum
Movie screenings - Hold On
25zl

22:00 - Pauza
Opening party - Modular Fun Palace
Free

00:00 - Kino pod Baranami
Future Shock Film Season
6zl

Monday - 10 October

17:00 - Bunkier Sztuki
Presentation - Symptom of the East
Free
19:00 - Krakow Music Academy
Concert - Immersion Tank
25zl
00:00 - Kino pod Baranami
Future Shock Film Season
6zl

Tuesday - 11 October

16:30 - Klub Re
Eastern Bridges 1 - Art from the East of Europe
Free
17:00 - Bunkier Sztuki
Presentation - Without Boundaries, Robin Fox
Free
19:00 - Manggha
Concert - The Maximized Message
25zl
00:00 - Kino pod Baranami
Future Shock Film Season
6zl

Wednesday - 12 October

16:30 - Klub Re
Eastern Bridges 2
Free
17:00 - Bunkier Sztuki
Strategies for Survival - William Bennett
Free
19:00 - Manggha
Concert - The 800th Lifetime
25zl
22:30 - Pauza
Exhibition - Reversions
Free
00:00 - Kino pod Baranami
Future Shock Film Season
6zl

Thursday - 13 October

14:00 - Bunkier Sztuki
Presentation - Social Media Hacking
Free
15:30 - Bunkier Sztuki
Presentation - The Wire Magazine
Free
16:30 - Klub Re
Eastern Bridges 3
Free
17:00 - Bunkier Sztuki
Presentation - Face to Facebook
Free
18:30 - St Catherine's Church
Concert - Deaf Center, Christian Wallumrød, Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer
50zl
21:00 - Manggha
Concert - The Experience Makers
30zl
00:00 - Kino pod Baranami
Future Shock Film Season
6zl

Friday - 14 October

13:00 - Bunkier Sztuki
RA Live Exchange 1: Morphosis
Free
14:15 - Bunkier Sztuki
Presentation - The Wire Magazine
Free
15:30 - Kino 18
Screening - In Search of the Unsound
Free
15:45 - Bunkier Sztuki
RA Live Exchange 2: Catz n Dogz
Free
16:00 - Klub Re
Eastern Bridges 4
Free
17:00 - Bunkier Sztuki
Presentation - The Wire Magazine
Free
18:30 - Kijow Centrum
Music and Memory - Time Horizons
40zl
21:30 - Teatr Laznia Nowa
Concert - Mutations 1: Techno Rebels
40zl
00:00 - Kino pod Baranami
Future Shock Film Season
6zl

Saturday - 15 October

13:00 - Bunkier Sztuki
RA Live Exchange 3: John Foxx & Benge
Free
13:00 - Kino 18
Screening - In Search of the Unsound
Free
14:00 - Manggha
Concert - The Fun Specialists
15zl
14:30 - Bunkier Sztuki
Q&A: The Past Is Present And The Future Is Upon Us, with Morton Subotnick
Free
18:30 - Engineering Museum
Concert - Enclaves of The Future
40zl
21:30 - Teatr Laznia Nowa
Concert - Mutations 2: Overload
40zl


Sunday - 16 October

13:00 - Kino 18
Screening - In Search of the Unsound
Free
14:30 - Feniks
Concert - The Information Pylon
15zl
19:00 - Tempel Synagogue
Concert - Stability Zone
25zl
21:00 - Pauza
Closing Party
Free

For more information and a complete schedule, visit the Unsound Festival website.