PROGRAMME
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The 17th Bydgoszcz Water Festival
20-21 June 2026 – Mill Island, Mostowa Street Amphitheater
20.06 SATURDAY
MILL ISLAND
12.00 – 20.00 BEACH stop – relaxation zone
beach and the Brda riverfront
12.00 – 20.00 Water Activity Zone – pools, skimboard tracks
Mill Island green area
12.00 – 21.00 Barbeque & foodtruck zone
Mill Island green area
13.00 – 15.00 Dragon Boat Race
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
14.00 – 15.00 Charity Duck Race – Rotary Club Bydgoszcz Stare Miasto
Młynówka River, start: Klenczon Footbridge
14.00 – 15.20 Sąsiedzi Gustawa - concert
festival stage
14.00 – 18.00 Bydgoszcz Canal MuseumCreative Workshop
green area on Mill Island
14.00 – 18.00 Aktywni Błękitni – a water-friendly school – PGW Wody Polskie
Mill Island green area
14.00 – 19.00 How to SUP Workshops – walking on water with SUP Bydgoszcz
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 SHAMROCK – Irish music and dance
festival stage
18.30 – 19.30 Własny Port – shanty concert
festival stage
19.30 – 20.30 Aleksandra Kwiatkowska with band – jazz concert
Rother's Mills terraces
21.00 – 22.30 Artur Rojek – concert
festival stage
22.30 – 00.00 Disco with DJ Paulo B.O.K.
Mill Island
Exhibition by Bydgoszcz Canal Museum: "Time capsule. A photographic story of Bydgoszcz from the early 20th century"
Amphitheatre by Mostowa Street
13.00 – 20.00 Barbeque & foodtruck zone
13.00 – 14.30 SHAMROCK - Irish music and dance
15.00 - 16.00 DJ PAULO Shanty SET
16.30 – 17.30 PEARL HARBOR – rock shanties
18.00 – 21.00 DJ Night
21.06 SUNDAY
MILL ISLAND
09:00 – 10:00 „Yoga on the grass with Nitro-Chem”
Mill Island green area
12.00 – 20.00 BEACH stop – relaxation zone
beach at the Brda riverfront
12.00 – 20.00 Water Activity Zone – pools, skimboard tracks
Mill Island green area
12.00 – 21.00 Barbeque & foodtruck zone
Mill Island green area
12:00 – 12:10 FLYBOARD Synchro Show
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
13.30 – 15.00 Zrefowani – pirate folk concert
festival stage
14.00 – 18.00 Creative workshops by Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
Mill Island green area
14.00 – 18.00 Aktywni Błękitni – a water-friendly school – PGW Wody Polskie
Mill Island green area
14.00 – 19.00 How to SUP Workshops – walking on water with SUP Bydgoszcz
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
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: 00 – 16:10 FLYBOARD Battle Show
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
16.30 – 18.00 Zawisza Czarny Choir- concert
festival stage
18.15 – 19.30 KODA – concert on the terrace
Rother's Mills terraces
18.45 – 18.55 FLYBOARD Synchro Show
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
19.30 - 19.40 FLYBOARD FLY DANCE
Brda River: Mill Island waterfront
Mill siland
Exhibition by Bydgoszcz Canal Museum: "Time capsule. A photographic story of Bydgoszcz from the early 20th century"
Amphitheatre by Mostowa Street
13.00 – 20.00 Barbeque & foodtruck zone
13.00 – 17.00 ANIMILANDIA - kids' activities and performances
17.30 – 20.00 DJ PAULO Shanty SET
ROTHER’S MILLS
20.06 SATURDAY
12.00 – 13.30
Life in the Seas & Oceans – Family Workshops (Ages 7–12) 4th Floor, Flour Granary
13.00 – 14.30
The Nature of the City – Guided tour of the "Knots" (Węzły) Exhibition
14.00-15.30
Rivers of the World: Life, Culture, and Secrets of the Great Currents – Family Workshops (Ages 7–12) 4th Floor, Flour Granary
20.06 SATURDAY / 21.06 SUNDAY
"WATER" Exhibition
LEMARA BARGE
21.06 SUNDAY, 15.30
The Great Skipper’s Afterparty – hosted by the Museum of Skippers’ Legends and the Bydgoszcz Water, Industry and Craft Trail
DISTRICT MUSEUM
VISIT THE MUSEUM
20.06 SATURDAY, 11.00 – 22.00
21.06 SUNDAY, 11.00 – 20.00
ARCHEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS, 2 Mennica Street
· In the Stronghold of Bydgost: Secrets of Early Medieval Life in Bydgoszcz and the Surrounding Area
· On the border of Wielkopolska and Kujawy Regions: Bydgoszcz and the Region at the Dawn of History
EUROPEAN MONEY CENTRE, 4 Mennica Street
· The Bydgoszcz Treasure
MODERN ART GALLERY, 8 Mennica Street
· Re/visions. Film poster by Polish female artists 1954-1982
· Donations from the National Bank of Poland
· Non-professional textiles
LEON WYCZÓŁKOWSKI’S HOUSE, 7 Mennica Street
· The work of Leon Wyczółkowski (1852-1936)
Park by the Old Canal – Floating stage on the Sebastian Malinowski Boulevard square at Staroszkolna Street
21.06 SUNDAY, 19.00
"A Musical Journey Through the History of Popular Music" – concert
We invite you to a unique concert by Emilia Hamerlik, "A Musical Journey Through the History of Popular Music," where the audience will hear popular music hits, well-known rock classics, and timeless Polish jazz evergreens.
The organiser, the City of Bydgoszcz, reserves the right to make changes to the Festival programme