The Great Libraries Night, an annual cultural event focusing on library activities in the capital, will take place on October 16, 2026. Information about the date of this edition was published on October 15, 2026, on the platform of the Statistical Office in Warsaw. This publication serves as a source of contextual data regarding this day in the history of Warsaw's reading culture.
Event Date Archive
Analysis of the event archive shows that the date of Libraries Night is not fixed and changes annually, often fluctuating around the second half of October. In 2025, which was the previous edition, the event also took place on October 16, suggesting that this date has become established in recent times.
Let's look at the history of recent editions to understand the dynamics of the date changes. In 2024, the event took place one day later, on Saturday, October 17. The year 2023 saw the event shifted to an earlier date, October 11. In contrast, in 2022, Libraries Night was held on October 7, and in 2021 — on Monday, October 1. The previous decade also shows variability in dates: in 2020, the event took place on October 9, and in 2019, it was held twice — first on the 5th, and then on the 10th of October. Such historical data allows us to track the evolution of the organization of this event in Warsaw over the years.