Editing Lesser Poland (section)

== Sports and entertainment ==
[[File:March of Independence (5).jpg|thumb|[[KS Cracovia (football)|KS Cracovia]] on Independence Day 2019]]
Several renowned sportspeople and entertainers come from Lesser Poland. Among them are some of the most famous personalities of contemporary Polish sports – boxer [[Tomasz Adamek]], [[Formula 1]] driver [[Robert Kubica]], swimmer [[Paweł Korzeniowski]], skier [[Justyna Kowalczyk]], tennis player [[Agnieszka Radwańska]], football and volleyball stars [[Jakub Błaszczykowski]], [[Artur Boruc]], and [[Piotr Gruszka]]. Among late and retired sports stars who were born in the region, there also are [[Polish Sportspersonality of the Year|Polish Sportspersonalities of the Year]]: tennis player and [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] finalist [[Jadwiga Jędrzejowska]], skier [[Józef Łuszczek]], ski jumper [[Stanisław Marusarz]], and driver [[Sobiesław Zasada]].

Kraków's major association football teams – [[KS Cracovia (football)|KS Cracovia]], and [[Wisła Kraków]], are multiple champions of the country, also [[Stal Mielec]] won Polish championship twice (1973, 1976), and [[Garbarnia Kraków]] and [[Raków Częstochowa]] once each (1931 and [[2022–23 Ekstraklasa|2023]]). Other popular football teams from Lesser Poland are [[Zagłębie Sosnowiec]] (four time [[Polish Cup]] winner), [[Górnik Łęczna]], [[Korona Kielce]], [[Motor Lublin]], [[Radomiak Radom]], [[Stal Stalowa Wola]], and [[Sandecja Nowy Sącz]].

Besides association football, Lesser Poland's teams were multiple national champions in other sports:

* [[ice hockey]] ([[Podhale Nowy Targ]], [[TH Unia Oświęcim]], [[Cracovia (ice hockey)|Cracovia]], [[KH Zagłębie Sosnowiec]]),
* men's and women's volleyball – [[AZS Częstochowa]], [[Płomień Milowice]] – Sosnowiec (which in 1978 won the [[CEV Champions League]]), [[Hutnik Kraków]], Wisła Kraków, [[BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała]], [[Muszynianka Muszyna]],
* men's and women's [[Team handball|handball]] – Hutnik Kraków, [[Vive Targi Kielce]], Cracovia, Montex Lublin,
* men's and women's basketball – Zagłębie Sosnowiec, Cracovia, Wisła Kraków,
* [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] – [[Włókniarz Częstochowa]], [[Unia Tarnów (speedway)|Unia Tarnów]], [[KM Cross Lublin (speedway team)|Motor Lublin]].

Major sports venues of the province are [[Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana]], [[Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego]] and [[Tauron Arena Kraków]] in Kraków, [[Stadion Miejski (Kielce)|Stadion Miejski]], [[Hala Legionów]] and Kielce Racetrack in Kielce, [[Arena Lublin]] and Hala Globus in Lublin, [[Miejski Stadion Sportowy "KSZO" w Ostrowcu Sw.]], [[Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy]] in Sosnowiec, [[Dębowiec Sports Arena]] in Bielsko-Biała, Arena Częstochowa, Hala Sportowa MOSiR in Radom, [[Wielka Krokiew]] in Zakopane.

Among popular rock music bands from Lesser Poland, there are [[Budka Suflera]], [[Golec uOrkiestra]], [[Maanam]], and [[Zakopower]]. From Lesser Poland hail composers [[Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz]], and [[Krzysztof Penderecki]], as well as singers [[Basia]], [[Ewa Demarczyk]], [[Justyna Steczkowska]], [[Grzegorz Turnau]], [[Maciej Zembaty]]. Major music festivals in the province are: ''Coke Live Music Festival'' in Kraków, ''Celtic Music Festival ZAMEK'' in Będzin, ''Film Music Festival'' in Kraków, ''Gaude Mater'' in Częstochowa, ''Boyscout's Festival of School Music'' in Kielce, ''Summer with Chopin'' in Busko-Zdrój, ''Festiwal of Shanties'' in Kraków, and ''Festival of Student Song'' in Kraków.