The picturesque Plac Dietla in Szczawnica served as the venue for another outdoor concert of the 33rd FESTIVAL OF THE CHILDREN OF MOUNTAINS. On 24 July, our Slovak-Żywiec comrade pair performed on stage.

On 23 July, our comrade pair performed on the outdoor stage in Limanowa: the ARGINETI ensemble from picturesque Khulo in Georgia, alongside the young highlanders from the MAŁY HOP CUP ensemble from Zakopane.

On Wednesday, 22 July 2026, our festival pair took to the outdoor stage in Ludźmierz: Academia de Danzas Folklóricas Francisco de León from Panama and this year’s hosts, the Piątkowioki ensemble from Piątkowa.

How strange. For so many years, every time we met in the Market Square by the Town Hall, it was clear that this was the beginning – that everything was just getting started – that the children would be given the keys to the town, and the clinking of one key against another would mark the start of the comradeship festivities. Today, they are already comrades. It is not the beginning, but the very end. A crowning event.