The East of Culture is a series of festivals organised in Rzeszow, Lublin and Bialystok, the aim of which is cultural cooperation between the cities of Eastern Poland and the Eastern Partnership countries.
The idea behind the project is to discover together what is unique in each culture and to exchange artistic experiences. It is the largest undertaking of this kind in Poland, which combines the activities of three cities into a coherent project.
The East of Culture are three festivals:
East of Culture - European Stadium of Culture in Rzeszow
East of Culture - Other Sounds of Art&Music Festival in Lublin
East of Culture - Another Dimension in Bialystok
The programme of the festivals is based primarily on initiatives by local cultural operators and artists, the exchange of projects between cities, and cooperation with artists from Eastern Partnership countries.
Each of the festivals has its own dynamics and programme, but they all share a common mission - to create the highest quality cultural offer.
The audience of festivals in the framework of East Culture in 2016-2019 years was 488 thousand people.
This project covered 527 different cultural events in the 2016-2019 years
In the 20114-2019 years, the participation of the National Centre for Culture in the budget of the festival was 1 million USD.
| Name of partner | Type of entity |
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The City Lublin
| Public Sector
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The City Białystok
| Public Sector
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The City Rzeszów
| Public Sector
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