31 December 2026 · Warsaw
New Year’s Eve 2026 in Warsaw
Warsaw sees the year out in its concert halls and grand hotels: a gala at the opera house on Plac Teatralny, Ravel’s Boléro at the Philharmonic, then dinner and champagne as midnight comes. Here is every New Year’s Eve and New Year event for 2026–27 that we could confirm on the organisers’ own pages on 12 November 2026.
Updated October 2026
The New Year’s Eve Gala at the Grand Theatre
The grandest ticket in town is the New Year’s Eve Gala of Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, at 8pm on Thursday 31 December in the Moniuszko Auditorium, behind the colonnade on Plac Teatralny. Yoel Gamzou conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera, with the soprano Sophie Bevan, the baritone Tomasz Kumięga and the pianist Benjamin Grosvenor.
The programme has a British accent: Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and Les Illuminations, Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance and Walton’s Crown Imperial, alongside Grażyna Bacewicz’s Overture, Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor with Grosvenor, and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
Our advice: tickets are sold through the opera’s own box office; book now, and dine nearby before the 8pm curtain or after the final chord.
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Image courtesy of © Scotch Mist · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsTeatr Wielki: New Year’s Eve Gala
“Invitation to Dance” at the Philharmonic
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Image courtesy of © Adrian Grycuk · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl via Wikimedia CommonsAt the Warsaw Philharmonic on ul. Jasna, the orchestra’s New Year’s Eve Concert, “Invitation to Dance”, begins at 8pm on 31 December. Jiří Habart conducts, with the violinist Janusz Wawrowski as soloist, in a programme that moves from Delibes’s Coppélia and Wieniawski’s Scherzo-Tarantelle to tangos, a Strauss polka, Márquez’s Danzón, Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen and, to close, Ravel’s Boléro.
There is a 20-minute interval. Tickets are PLN 190–390 through the Philharmonic’s box office (+48 22 55 17 127, bilety@filharmonia.pl).
Our advice: Boléro finishes the concert in good time for midnight, and the Old Town is a short taxi ride away.
Warsaw Philharmonic: New Year’s Eve Concert
Dinner at Raffles Europejski, the InterContinental and Nobu
Raffles Europejski welcomes 2027 with Ruinart Champagne on arrival, a five-course dinner, live music shared between the restaurant and the Long Bar, and Ruinart Blanc de Blancs for the midnight toast. Times and prices are by enquiry: warsaw@raffles.com.
High above the city, Anawa Restaurant at the InterContinental serves a six-course New Year’s Eve dinner from 6pm to 10pm, with a glass of champagne and views over Warsaw, for PLN 460 per person (plus a 12.5% service charge). Afterwards, Verdant Bar stays open from 6pm to 1am with drinks and music. Bookings: +48 538 137 873, festive.warsaw@ihg.com.
At Nobu Hotel Warsaw, the New Year’s Eve omakase runs from a Santen-Mori tasting through king crab tempura and Japanese wagyu flambé to a miso caramel dessert, at PLN 1,650 per person (plus a 12.5% service charge).
Our advice: the InterContinental’s early sitting leaves time for a late concert or a midnight walk; at Raffles, ask for a table near the music.
Raffles Europejski Warsaw: festive season InterContinental Warsaw: Festive Season 2026 (PDF) Nobu Hotel Warsaw: festive season Nobu Hotel Warsaw: New Year’s Eve omakase menu (PDF)
New Year’s concerts on Sunday 3 January
Warsaw’s two great halls repeat their New Year’s Eve programmes on the first Sunday of 2027. At Teatr Wielki, the New Year’s Concert at 6pm on 3 January brings back Yoel Gamzou, Sophie Bevan, Tomasz Kumięga and Benjamin Grosvenor in Britten, Walton, Elgar, Bacewicz and Grieg. At the same hour, the Philharmonic gives its New Year’s Concert, “Invitation to Dance”, again with Jiří Habart and Janusz Wawrowski.
On 1 January itself neither hall plays; the opera returns on Saturday 2 January at 7pm with Puccini’s Tosca.
Our advice: if New Year’s Eve is sold out, the Sunday concerts are the same music at a gentler hour.
Teatr Wielki: New Year’s Concert Warsaw Philharmonic: programme
Practical: what is still to come
When we checked, neither the city nor its tourism office had announced a public New Year’s Eve celebration or official fireworks for 2026, and Hotel Bristol had not dated its New Year’s Eve evening on its own page. We will add them as they are confirmed. For the Christmas lights and markets that last into the new year, see our Christmas in Warsaw page.
Our advice: book concert tickets and dinner tables now, keep your hotel within walking distance of the Royal Route, and allow extra time for taxis close to midnight.
Christmas in Warsaw Christmas concerts and midnight Mass in Warsaw
Questions and answers
Are there fireworks or a city party in Warsaw on New Year’s Eve 2026?
When we checked on 12 November 2026, the city had announced no public New Year’s Eve celebration or official fireworks. Warsaw’s main events are the gala at Teatr Wielki and the Philharmonic’s concert, both at 8pm.
What is on at the Warsaw opera on New Year’s Eve 2026?
Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera holds its New Year’s Eve Gala at 8pm on 31 December 2026, with Yoel Gamzou, Sophie Bevan, Tomasz Kumięga and Benjamin Grosvenor in Britten, Elgar, Walton, Bacewicz, Grieg and Queen. It is repeated as the New Year’s Concert on 3 January 2027 at 6pm.
How much is the Warsaw Philharmonic New Year’s Eve concert?
“Invitation to Dance”, at 8pm on 31 December 2026 with Jiří Habart and Janusz Wawrowski, costs PLN 190–390. A New Year’s Concert with the same artists follows on Sunday 3 January 2027 at 6pm.
Every event from the organiser’s own page (teatrwielki.pl, filharmonia.pl, raffles.com, warszawa.intercontinental.com, nobuhotels.com), checked 12 November 2026. Prices are as each venue prints them. Check before you go.