HARMONICA BRIDGE 2026

XX International Harmonica Festival

Musicians from around the world. Extraordinary concerts. Workshops, jam sessions and a contest with Grand Prix €1,000

MUSIC in the heart of Toruń

The festival takes place in one of the most atmospheric cities in Poland

The festival aims to showcase outstanding harmonica players from around the world, representing a wide range of musical genres and styles. Performing on both diatonic and chromatic harmonicas, they present a repertoire that includes blues, folk, jazz, rock, classical music, crossover, and pop.

Contest

During the festival, a harmonica contest will take place with a Grand Prix prize of €1,000!
The prize has been funded by the Association of Performing Artists

Contest regulations

ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Over two decades, we have welcomed more than 100 artists from the USA, Europe and Asia — from blues legends to jazz innovators

BLUES

JAZZ

FOLK

CROSSOVER

Highlights

Full festival schedule available here

21 SIE
15:00

Hub Kulturalny Bydgoskiego PRzedmieścia

HARMONICA CONTEST

21 SIE
19:00

AMFITEATR
Muzeum EtnograficzneGO

Kraków Street Band, Marcos Coll

22 SIE
15:00

Fontanna Flisaka

Hootin’ the Blues, Fata Morgana

22 SIE
20:00

ZAMEK DYBOWSKI

Nocna Zmiana Bluesa, Andy J. Forest

This is our twentieth edition!

Since 2006, Harmonica Bridge has been bringing together harmonica lovers from around the world. The festival has grown from a local event into one of the most important harmonica festivals in Europe.

Over 20 years, more than 100 artists have performed on our stages, drawing audiences of tens of thousands. Toruń has become a meeting place for harmonica players of all generations and musical styles.

Organisers

The "Harmonica Bridge" festival is organised by the City of Toruń and the Toruń Cultural Agenda, with the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship as Partner, and with one of Poland's leading harmonica players — Sławek Wierzcholski — serving as Artistic Director.