Running for 31 years and counting, the Musica Polonica Nova festival is not just a series of shows and concerts; it's a carefully curated examination of music itself. This year's theme, #network, is focused on how the structural attachments and systemic connections of the internet affect the arts and our surrounding social behaviours. Aimed particularly at a younger (and yet widely encapsulated) audience, the festival seeks to bring in new, fresh ways of looking at music rather than being defined by a stiff, "connoisseur"-level typically reserved for the elite. The festival balances #online and #offline portions (with the former being streamed and open to viewing by anyone in the world who so desires); and also makes plenty of references to the post-internet trend. Pulling inspiration from our age of remixes, mashups, and covers, the festival will also clash a symphony orchestra with an improvising musician, classic opera with multimedia, traditional music with experimental sounds—with the aim of turning our definition of a concert experience on its head.