ABOUT FESTIVAL

The Łódź of Many Cultures Festival is an invitation to engage—with the city’s history, its residents, and, above all, with the diversity of experiences, languages, and sensibilities that shape its identity. For over two decades, the event has been developing the idea of intercultural dialogue, drawing on the tradition of the Festival of the Dialogue of Four Cultures and giving it new, contemporary meanings.

Łódź remains the focal point of the festival—a city built by communities of many languages, religions, and traditions. The festival not only serves as a reminder of this heritage but, above all, reinterprets it through artistic initiatives that engage with contemporary social, migratory, and cultural processes.

The festival program is shaped by the intersection of various art forms and social practices. It consists of concerts, performances, site-specific projects, workshops, and gatherings held at cultural institutions and throughout the city. These are events that invite participation, not just passive viewing.

The Łódź of Many Cultures Festival is a festival about connections—between people, stories, and places. It’s about memory, which helps us understand the present. And it’s about art, which allows us to look toward the future.