Polish singer Anita Lipnicka has postponed a concert she was due to perform in Kraków on Sunday, 8 November, after a fatal shooting on the city's Main Square the previous day. The show at the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre was to mark the 30th anniversary of her debut solo album. According to Pudelek.pl, the artist announced the decision in a statement to fans on Instagram, published alongside a black-and-white photograph of the square.
Why it matters
The cancellation places one of the country's better-known performers among the first public figures to alter scheduled events in response to the attack. Pudelek.pl describes the shooting as having shocked the whole country, and reports that figures from media and entertainment have been speaking out in solidarity with those affected. A jubilee concert is a fixed point in an artist's calendar, often booked months or years ahead; setting it aside signals how far the repercussions of Saturday's events have reached into ordinary cultural life.
What happened on Saturday
Pudelek.pl reports that on Saturday afternoon a 24-year-old assailant opened fire on passers-by on Kraków's Main Square, killing some of those present and wounding more than a dozen others. The report says emergency services subdued the suspect quickly, and that accounts of the victims, together with later disturbing findings at the man's home, dominated headlines nationwide. CYBEV.io has not independently verified these details and is relaying them as reported by Pudelek.pl.
The statement and the decision
In her message, Lipnicka said the concert planned for 8 November would be moved, and that further information and a new date would follow once arrangements had been settled with the organiser and the theatre's management. She said she was shaken by the day's events and could not picture herself taking the stage the next day to celebrate her anniversary. She also said that she and her whole band shared in the grief of the victims' families and those close to them, and that their thoughts were with them.
Pudelek.pl reports that the singer, who is 51, reached the decision without hesitation once news of the attack reached her. The outlet also reports that the response from internet users was immediate and sympathetic, with commenters saying that a joyful celebration would be out of place at such a moment.
The anniversary being marked
The concert was planned as the centrepiece of a wider anniversary programme. According to Gazeta Krakowska, Lipnicka had intended to celebrate three decades since her first solo record with the 8 November performance at the Słowacki Theatre. The music site cgm.pl reports that the anniversary has also been accompanied by a remastered edition of the album "Wszystko się może zdarzyć", a live version of the record, and a commemorative tour. The Kraków date was therefore not an isolated booking but part of a season built around the milestone.
A wider reaction
Pudelek.pl frames the postponement as part of a broader response from public figures. Its reporting notes that other people from the media and entertainment world have also spoken about the attack, expressing dismay and standing with those injured and bereaved. The outlet's coverage references comments from broadcaster Marzena Rogalska, who said in a separate report that friends of hers had been in the area half an hour before the shooting, and from journalist Bartłomiej Jędrzejak, who described being warned away from the scene by a woman shouting that a shooting was under way. These accounts are as reported by Pudelek.pl.
The decision also reflects a pattern familiar from other national tragedies, in which organisers of concerts, festivals and premieres quietly stand down out of respect rather than under any formal instruction. Pudelek.pl does not report any official request for cancellations, and Lipnicka's statement presents the choice as her own, made in consultation with her promoter and the theatre.
What to watch
Ticket holders are awaiting word on a replacement date, which Lipnicka said would be announced together with further details after talks with the organiser and the theatre. The status of the remaining dates on the anniversary tour has not been addressed in the reporting summarised here.
