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Pol’and’Rock Festival will take place on 2-3-4 August 2018 in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, western Poland.
Pol’and’Rock Festival is considered to be the largest non-commercial music and arts festival in Europe. This free festival will see its 24th instalment play out in August this year, and it enjoys an ever growing cult following among music-lovers from all over the world. This year the festival will, for the first time in its history, be held under a new, original name. Formerly known as Woodstock Festival Poland it drew inspiration from the illustrious Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in 1969. The festival, held in Poland since 1994 continued to nurture the ideals of peace, love, and friendship, becoming a seminal event in central Europe.
Pol’and’Rock Festival is unique in more ways than one – the event is not only completely free, open to everyone and promoting the ideals of peace, friendship, and tolerance, but it is also organized, promoted, and held by the largest non-governmental body in Poland. The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation is the leading philanthropic organization in the country, working to improve the level of medical care available to patients in paediatric and geriatric wards in public hospitals in the country. In the quarter of a century of its activity, the charity has purchased medical equipment worth over 825 million PLN. The annual charitable money collection is held both in Poland and across the globe and involves almost 120 000 volunteers. Initially, this free festival was meant to be a way of thanking everyone involved in the money collection, but it soon grew to be one of the major music and cultural events in Europe, attracting hundreds of thousands of music enthusiasts to the town of Kostrzyn nad Odrą in western Poland.
“This home is for everyone, don’t let anyone feel less than welcome! Our doors are open to everyone!” Jurek Owsiak, the promoter of the Festival and the head of the GOCC Foundation, said in his kick-off message. “You are our strength, you built this Festival. Give us your positive energy and we will do all in our power to be the roof over your heads that saves you from harm.”
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