Pole Position: Poland market report

IQ talks to some of the professionals delivering the best in live entertainment to an enthusiastic nation of fans

Feature By Adam Woods | 18 November 2025

Chappell Roan kicked off her 2025 festival run at Orange Warsaw Festival
Chappell Roan kicked off her 2025 festival run at Orange Warsaw Festival © Zuza Sosnowska

As one of the world’s fastest-growing live music markets, Poland has established itself on the tour circuit for a number of the planet’s biggest stars. Poland is big – the fifth largest country in the EU by both population (about 38m) and land area (312,679 km2).

What’s more, that ranking is comfortably reflected these days in the country’s status as a live music market.

“Poland is one of the top markets in Europe,” says Mikołaj Ziółkowski, CEO of…

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