Dance Meetings on Grochowska 2025: Balkan Music

The dance floor on Grochowska Street is ready for a lively crowd! Everyone who enjoys moving to music will find a dance style to suit them at Sinfonia Varsovia. Over six Friday evenings in June and July, the Concert Pavilion will come alive with live music from around the world. Dance lovers of all ages can enjoy Balkan horo and sirba, pre-war hits with a Warsaw twist, club-style funk and disco, American swing, traditional tunes from the villages and crossroads of central Poland, and the fiery energy of Latin salsa. Each evening of free dancing begins with a performance and a short lesson led by experienced instructors.

Every Friday from 20 June to 25 July, 7pm! The event is not ticketed and no reservation is required.

Performers

Music
Bum Bum Orkestar:
Oliwier Andruszczenko saxophone, clarinet, vocals, host
Bartosz Stępień tenor horn, vocals
Damian Marat trumpet, vocals
Mateusz Wachowiak accordion, vocals
Piotr Janiec tuba
Mateusz Sieradzan tapan, percussion, vocals
Marek Tyc sound engineer

Dance:
Iglika

Bum Bum Orkestar
Founded in 2014, Bum Bum Orkestar is a Polish band whose music blends Balkan, klezmer and Polish folk traditions. The influence of these three musical worlds makes their performances full of surprises – bursting with energy one moment, touching the heart with a plaintive melody the next, and ultimately compelling the audience to move to the beat. No two concerts are ever the same – each is unpredictable, spontaneous and uniquely theirs. The group’s name reflects exactly what they do and how they do it: explosive music – brilliantly played, charged with emotion, energy and power beyond measure. Bum Bum Orkestar is a band of soloists who together create what they call a “perfect harmony”. The ensemble has won awards at many of Poland’s leading folk festivals, including the Polish Radio Folk Festival New Tradition, Mikołajki Folkowe and Dragon Folk Fest. They have also represented Poland abroad, notably at the world-famous Guča Trumpet Festival in Serbia (2018).

source: Bum Bum Orkestar promotional materials

Partners

Made possible with the financial support of the City of Warsaw as part of the revitalisation projects