This year’s edition of Night of Culture (June 6/7, the Old Town) will once again move to the rhythm of hip-hop. The star of the rap stage will be Kosma Król, while Vin Vinci, Late Night Poems, the Dobre Flow crew, as well as young rappers from Lublin, will also perform. A new addition this year will be a freestyle battle, at the end of which one participant will earn the title of Pearl of the Night and take home a prize of 3,000 PLN.
This time, the Rap Stage will be located at Browar Perła and will be filled with diverse sounds — from classic rap and freestyle, through experimental forms, to inspirations drawn from jazz, soul, and spoken word. Traditionally, the first performers on stage will be representatives of the younger generation — winners of the Young Rap competition organized by the Workshops of Culture. Their appearance at Night of Culture 2026 may become a turning point in their careers. For most of them, it will be their first concert in front of such a large audience. Performing artists will include Bednar, Cuba Jay, Milky.wav, Młody Cud, M02M, RaV, Wencik, and Wktr & Raby.
After them, the stage will be taken over by the Dobre Flow collective, made up of four groups — Hope 4 Street, NePalTyle, Lament, and Vera Icon. Their story is one of a journey from Prague’s housing estate courtyards to the stage, from marginalization and exclusion to co-creating culture and social initiatives, as well as from loneliness in times of crisis to building a community of independent and open-minded people. The next act, Late Night Poems, is an acoustic quartet combining jazz with spoken poetry. The group consists of leading Polish jazz musicians and has released the critically acclaimed album “Ostatni Dzień Lata.”
On the night of June 6–7, the audience will also party to tracks by Vin Vinci. The rapper from Lublin blends street-style rap with melodic choruses and has already attracted 178,000 followers to the Vandal Vibe channel, which he founded, thanks to his honest and uncompromising message. Over the last year, his tracks have been streamed nearly 14 million times. Vin Vinci has earned gold records for the albums “Dokument tożsamości” and “Virtus.”
One of the highlights of this year’s Night of Culture will be a concert by Kosma Król — one of the most exciting young voices on Warsaw’s hip-hop scene. His musical passion is rooted in freestyle, which he has been practicing for over five years. In February 2025, in collaboration with producer Kania, he released his first full-length album titled “Polot.” The album earned him a nomination for the Fryderyk Award in the “Debut of the Year” category. Earlier, he had already won Popkillers awards in the “Progress of the Year” and “Alternative Album of the Year” categories. The artist has already performed at major festivals such as Open’er Festival and BitterSweet Festival, and also took part in the Hidden Gems tour.
At the end of the night, the audience will dance to a mix of hip-hop, funk, soul, and pop presented by Kamil Dankiewicz together with DJ Prosper — Lekka Strona Ciężaru.
A new feature this year will be a second stage located in the metal hall at the Browar Perła grounds. This is where the freestyle battle will take place, featuring six MCs selected during the May qualifiers (applications are open until May 28). They will compete for the title of Pearl of the Night and a special prize funded by the spon