The Krakow band Ariadne's Thread attempts a new take on folk music by blending contemporary sounds with the ancient and archaic. The band's work is European folk set in the dark and mysterious, drawing from medieval, renaissance, Scandinavian and Celtic music and incorporating elements of trance electronica and modern metal. They made their debut in 2019 with the EP From the Very Beginning.
Diaboł Boruta is a folk metal band from Rzeszów, Poland. The artists play lively music, and the lyrics of their songs are drawn from the works of Polish, Belorussian and Ukrainian poets – both old and contemporary. After forming in 2010, the band played a bit heavier music, but they changed the concept a bit, introducing folk instruments and giving their music a folk atmosphere. Since then, they have been performing regularly in Poland and abroad; they've also released four studio albums, the latest being 2022's Żywioły.
Joining them as support is the band Vilkatis. This Krakow-based five-piece formed in 2021 and their name means Vilkatis in Latvian, which fits in with their gothic-folk take on metal. They made their debut in 2022 with the single Eter.