Manufaktura also hosts an annual 'Independence Day Picnic' on its Rynek each November 11th. Billed as a family event, there are all kinds of attractions and distractions, most of which are rather militaristic and patriotic in nature. Among the things you'll find are recruiting stations for all branches of the military, as well as the scouts. There are even military tactical demonstrations (including belaying down the walls of the former industrial complex), weapons displays and live gun ranges, not to mention tanks, helicoptors, antique vehicles and other military equipment parked about. Marching bands and dancers perform, there are historical re-enactors from various doomed military campaigns, historical exhibits, military items and paraphrenalia for sale, and more. The whole thing ends with a big fireworks display, so if the rest of that makes you a wee bit uncomfortable, just find a good vantage point after dark for the grand finale.