Author: Yannick Chauvet

Inside Seaside 2025: Poland’s Biggest Indoor Festival Returns to Gdańsk

Inside Seaside 2025: Poland’s Biggest Indoor Festival Returns to Gdańsk

Inside Seaside 2025: Poland’s Biggest Indoor Festival Returns to Gdańsk The third edition of Inside Seaside, Poland’s largest indoor music festival, will take place on 8–9 November 2025 at AmberExpo in Gdańsk. In just two years, the festival has managed to establish itself as one […]

Dawid Podsiadło’s Zorza: An Event That Reimagines Polish Festivals

Dawid Podsiadło’s Zorza: An Event That Reimagines Polish Festivals

The summer of 2024 in Poland ended with a blaze of heat and light. While festivals like Mystic, Open’er, Globaltica, Rockowizna and few more had already passed through Tricity, one final newcomer swept in to close the season with ambition and imagination: Aurora powered by […]

Gallery: Rockowizna Day Two – Gdańsk

Gallery: Rockowizna Day Two – Gdańsk

Day Two: A War of Riffs and Memories Saturday morning, you could tell the veterans in the crowd from the newcomers, veterans had the slow, deliberate walk of people who’d been on their feet for ten hours yesterday. But when Hamulec opened, everyone moved. Young, hungry, tight; […]

Hanabie, Storm into Gdańsk with Harajuku-Core Chaos

Hanabie, Storm into Gdańsk with Harajuku-Core Chaos

In 2023, they sold out Warsaw’s Hydrozagadka. By summer 2024, they had an ocean of new fans after a blistering set at Mystic Festival. This autumn, Tokyo’s unstoppable Hanabie are back, and this time, they’re aiming for the big rooms. On Saturday, November 15, 2025, […]

Dropkick Murphys Bring the Punk Spirit to Warsaw, with Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls and Haywire

Dropkick Murphys Bring the Punk Spirit to Warsaw, with Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls and Haywire

Mark your calendars: Monday, October 27, 2025 at Progresja, Warsaw, will be a night to remember. The legendary Dropkick Murphys are coming, and they’re bringing a full arsenal of high-octane punk energy, along with powerhouse support from Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls and Haywire. […]

Zorza: A New Cultural Pulse, Powered by T-Mobile

Zorza: A New Cultural Pulse, Powered by T-Mobile

Zorza is a space where music, art, and people come together in a one-of-a-kind moment. These are the artists you already know, but here, you’ll discover them anew through groundbreaking collaborations and specially created performances that will never happen anywhere else. Supported by T-Mobile, Zorza […]

When the Train Finally Stopped: Ozzy Osbourne (1949–2025)

When the Train Finally Stopped: Ozzy Osbourne (1949–2025)

The Prince of Darkness takes his final bow, and a generation mourns the sound of rebellion. July 22, 2025 – It was a warm, heavy evening in Gdańsk. One of those humid summer days where the air clings like sweat and memory. In my garden, […]

An Evening with Heilung in Wroclaw

An Evening with Heilung in Wroclaw

Last Thursday, I stood inside the monumental Hala Stulecia in Wrocław, surrounded by people whose eyes were full of quiet excitement. We were all about to take part in a pagan ceremony – something old, something deep, something very powerful. I had seen Heilung once […]

The Subways Celebrate 20 Years of “Young for Eternity”

The Subways Celebrate 20 Years of “Young for Eternity”

Twenty years ago, The Subways burst onto the UK indie scene with “Young for Eternity“, a riotous debut that sounded like it was made for sticky pub floors, festival mosh pits, and the front row of teenage rebellion. Now, two decades on, the Hertfordshire trio […]

Inside Seaside 2025: Royel Otis Bring the Waves to Gdańsk

Inside Seaside 2025: Royel Otis Bring the Waves to Gdańsk

Inside Seaside has just confirmed their Saturday headliner for 2025, and it’s a name I didn’t expect to see in Gdańsk so soon: Royel Otis. The Australian duo has been quietly carving their own path in the alt-pop world, and this autumn they’ll bring their […]

Dream Theater at Opera Leśna – A Legendary Band in a Magical Place

Dream Theater at Opera Leśna – A Legendary Band in a Magical Place

On the cool evening of June 23, 2025, the Opera Leśna in Sopot, Poland, played host to a night that many in attendance will remember for years to come. It marked not just a return of the iconic progressive metal band Dream Theater to the […]

Gramy dla Zwierzaków: When Punk Meets Paws

Gramy dla Zwierzaków: When Punk Meets Paws

Some gigs remind you why live music is more than just entertainment – it’s a tool for change. Friday 20th of June at Stary Maneż was one of those nights. Under the banner “Gramy dla Zwierzaków” (“We’re Playing for the Animals”), the crowd came not […]