Warsaw This Week: 26 October - 1 November 2026

The last week of October closes Warsaw's autumn season with opera, ballet and chamber music, then ends with one of Poland's most distinctive holidays. Here is the verified week ahead.

Opera and ballet at Teatr Wielki

On Tuesday 27 October at 19:00, the Polish National Opera stages Matki Chersonia (Mothers of Kherson), the opera with a libretto by George Brant that had its world premiere on 16 October 2026 as a co-production with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, performed in the original English. Madame Butterfly follows on Friday 30 October at 19:00, and Saturday 31 October at 19:00 brings the ballet evening Symfonia tańca bis, all on the Moniuszko stage. See our opera and ballet guide for the venue picture.

Chamber music at the Philharmonic

The Warsaw Philharmonic programme lists a chamber music concert on Tuesday 27 October, following a weekend that included the 17th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition Prize Winners' Concert on 25 October.

Halloween at the cinema

Kino Iluzjon, the National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute cinema, marks Halloween on 31 October with its Mroczne taśmy (Dark Tapes) night, summoning the ghosts of Polish genre cinema from its archive. More in our Warsaw cinemas guide.

All Saints Day on 1 November

Sunday 1 November is All Saints Day, when Warsaw's cemeteries fill with candles and visitors. The Museum of the Earth PAN is among the institutions closed on 31 October and 1 November. For the transport picture, read our All Saints cemetery transport guide, and note the current metro M2 service changes.