PROGRAMME
STER NA BYDGOSZCZ (SET YOUR HEADING ON BYDGOSZCZ)
The 16th Bydgoszcz Water Festival
14 – 15 June 2025 – Mill Island, Old Market Square, Fish Market (Rybi Rynek)
June 14, SATURDAY
MILL ISLAND
12.00 – 20.00 BEACH stop – relaxation zone
beach and the Brda riverfront
12.00 – 20.00 Water Activity Zone
Mill Island green area
13.00 – 15.00 Dragon Boat Race
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
14.00 – 15.20 Thorn – Irish music concert
festival stage
14.00 – 18.00 Creative Workshop - Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
green area on Mill Island
15.00 – 15.15 Bydgoszcz – Water Impressions - opening of a photography exhibition by Justyna Szelągowska
Mill Island
15:20 – 15:30 FLYBOARD Synchro Show
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
15.00 – 20.00 Stilt show – Mimezis Art
16.00 – 17.00 Parade of Boats
Competition for the most beautifully decorated boat
Brda River: Bydgoszcz Marina - Esperanto Bridge
17.00 – 18.15 oJ TaM – shanty concert
festival stage
17.00 – 20.00 ”Sea stories”– meetings in the Rother’s Mills – entrance from the terraces
17.00 – 17.30 Inland waterways as a tourist attraction - the example of Bydgoszcz and beyond -Dr Dawid Szatten, Faculty of Geographical Sciences , Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Information and Promotion Centre of Inland Waterways in Bydgoszcz
17.30 – 18.00Polar research as a key to understanding climate-environmental change on Earth - opening of an exhibition by the Faculty of Geographical Sciences and the Committee on Geographical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences - Dr Danuta Szumińska, Kazimierz Wielki University Professor
18.00 – 19.00 Breasts in the Arctic - how to organise a women's expedition on open-deck sailing boats in Spitsbergen (and have fun doing it) -Małgorzata Rzepecka, Anna Wierzbicka, Joanna Plenzler, Wiktoria Parzych
19.00 – 20.00 Unobvious gems - actively around Bydgoszcz - Kasia Węgrzyn - blogger and author of ‘Where in Poland for the weekend’ books
17:30 – 17:40 FLYBOARD Battle Show
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
18.30 – 20.00 Własny Port – concert
festival stage
19.45 – 20:00 FLYBOARDFLY Dance Show
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
20.00 – 21.00 Damian Manikowski & Julian Prus – concert
terraces of Rother’s Mills
21.00 – 22.00 Paula Biskup – concert
festival stage
22.00 – 22.20 Festival h2o - NURT - mapping show - District Museum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Design Arts
Mill Island
22.00 – 23.30 Natalia Przybysz with band – concert
festival stage
23.30 – 00.00 Flyboard Synchro & Freestyle Night Show & DJ PAULO B.O.K.
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
OLD MARKET SQUARE
13.00 – 19.00 Kubik Theatre for children - performances, animations, circus workshops
15.00 – 20.00 Stilt show– Mimezis Art
16.00 – 17.00 Tomasz Krzemiński and Dimitr Czabański - concert
19.00 – 20.00 Kaive band and guests - Irish and shanty music concert
FISH MARKET (RYBI RYNEK)
13.00 – 20.00 barbeque & foodtruck zone
15.30 – 16.30 A song is a woman - Kinga Blaczkowska and Tomek Czyżewski - concert
18.30 – 19.30 ”Cynamony” street band - concert of songs about Bydgoszcz
LEMARA BARGE
12.00 - 17.00 Retro - Techo - Bazar and premiere exhibition of the action ‘Wind from the Sea’ - a mobile collection of maritime paintings of Bydgoszcz Water, Industry and Craft Trail
12.00 – 18.00 Sea Stories - stop-motion animation workshop for children over 10. Leader: Łukasz Wiese. Number of places limited! Registration: 503 - 584 - 840
16.30 – 17.30 SHAMROCK – folk music group - concert
Amphiteatre Mostowa/Grodzka Street
14.30 – 15.30 oJ TaM – shanty concert
17.30 – 19.00 DJ PAULO Shanty SET
Concerts on the M/S Bydgoszcz Ship
14:30 – 15.30 Dawid Cholewiński and drummers
17:30 – 18.30 Buttons on Deck! BOA Begins to Choke! - Bydgoszcz Accordion Orchestra BOA
Brda River: Mill Island – Fish Market (Rybi Rynek)
June 15, SUNDAY
WYSPA MŁYŃSKA
12.00 – 20.00 BEACH stop – relaxation zone
beach and the Brda riverfront
12.00 – 20.00 Water Activity Zone
green area on Mill Island
13.00 – 14.00 Canoe doubles competition for tourists organized by the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
Brda river: Bydgoszcz Marina (2 Tamka Street)
14.00 – 15.00 Grupa Trzymająca Ster – shanty concert
festival stage
14.20 – 14.30 FLYBOARD Synchro Show
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
14.00 – 18.00 H2O water-based science workshop ANIMANIA
Mill Island green area
14.00 – 19.00 Stilt show – Mimezis Art
15.00 – 16.00 The Great Bottle Race (16.00 – 16.30 award ceremony - beach)
Brda River: Fish Market (Rybi Rynek) – Mill Island
16:40 – 16:50 FLYBOARD Battle Show
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
16.45 – 17.50 Kapitan Thorn – shanty concert
festival stage
17.50 – 18.00 FLYBOARD Synchro Show
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
18.00 – 19.15 Cztery Refy – concert
festival stage
19.15 – 20.00 Music school TOP FLOOR SCHOOL – concert
terraces of Rother’s Mills
19.50 - 20.00 FLYBOARD FLY Dance Show
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
OLD MARKET SQUARE
13.00 – 19.00 Kubik Theatre for children - performances, animations, circus workshops
14.00 – 19.00 Stilt show – Mimezis Art
16.00 – 17.00 Summer just a step away - Marcelina Bociek and Michał Maćkiewicz - concert
19.00 – 20.00 A song is a woman - Kinga Blaczkowska and Tomek Czyżewski - concert
FISH MARKET (RYBI RYNEK)
13.00 – 19.00 barbeque & foodtruck zone
17.30 – 18.30 Tomasz Krzemiński and Dimitr Czabański - concert
18.30 – 19.30 Kaive band and guests - Irish and shanty music concert
LEMARA BARGE
12.00 - 17.00 Retro - Techo - Bazar and premiere exhibition of the action ‘Wind from the Sea’ - a mobile collection of maritime paintings of Bydgoszcz Water, Industry and Craft Trail
12.00 – 18.00 Sea Stories - stop-motion animation workshop for children over 10. Leader: Łukasz Wiese. Number of places limited! Registration: 503 - 584 - 840
Amphiteatre Mostowa/Grodzka Street
14.30 – 15.45 Remont - concert
16.00 – 17.30 Grupa Trzymająca Ster – concert
Concerts on the M/S Bydgoszcz Ship
14.00 – 15.00 Dawid Cholewiński and drummers
17.00 – 18.00 Buttons on Deck! BOA Begins to Choke! - Bydgoszcz Accordion Orchestra BOA
Brda River: Mill Island – Fish Market (Rybi Rynek)
Park by the Old Canal
17.00 19.00 Adela Konop - concert on the water and author meeting with Justyna Szelągowska
Floating stage on the Sebastian Malinowski Boulevard square at Staroszkolna Street
Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, ”Pejzaż” Publishing House, Associate - Canpack Bydgoszcz
The organiser, the City of Bydgoszcz, reserves the right to make changes to the Festival programme