We would like to invite you to the 11th Edition of the Roots of Europe 2025 Ethnic Music Festival.
There will be concerts, workshops and animations in Bródno Park on Sunday, 1 June 2025, 14:00-21:30. Entry free!

The "Roots of Europe" Ethnic Music Festival is devoted to the ethnic cultures of Poland and Europe, but also refers to archaeology and anthropology. The festival popularises folk and folk music, as well as science and historical education, and spreads knowledge of the culture of the Mazovia region. It is an integration of various circles of Central and Eastern Europe by reaching back to common roots, building new social bonds and promoting traditional folk art and using its sources in contemporary culture.

The event has a multidimensional character, which presents the cultural richness of the region to the audience and brings closer the diversity of performing, singing and also ritual traditions. Moreover, it contributes to changing the stereotypical perception of folk culture as homogeneous and limited to the sphere of folklore or a hermetic set of means of expression. For many years now, the festival has been building an interpersonal network reaching back to the roots and their contemporary interpretations, bringing together people of different provenance and generations.

Finally, the festival is a joint community activity - we invite, among other things, workshops for children and young people. But undoubtedly the most anticipated highlight of the programme are the music concerts.

Event programme:

14:00 - 18:00 - festival zone workshops and animations for children
16:00 - concert of the band LAPOSA JULCSI - (Hungary)
17.00 - concert by NAME IT SOUND
18.00 - concert of the BUM BUM ORKESTAR ensemble
19.00 - concert of the CZEREMSZYNA band
20.20 - concert of HABAKUK* band

*Event times are subject to minor changes.

The artistic director of the event from the very beginning has been Maciej Szajkowski - a recognised musician, radio journalist, expert and promoter of ethnic music.

The event is held under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Council of the District of Targówek City of Warsaw, Michał Jamiński, and the Mayor of the District of Targówek City of Warsaw, Krzysztof Miszewski.

Media patrons: Radio Kampus, TVP Kultura, waw4free - in Warsaw for free, Pismo Folkowe, Independent.pl, Informator Stolicy, Kulturaludowa.pl, strefamusicart.pl.

Partners: NAMASTE INDIA, Liszt Institute Warsaw - Liszt Intézet Varsó.