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- ↑ "Historia | Jarocin Festiwal 2012". Jarocinfestiwal.pl. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- Internet forum about history of the festivals (in Polish)
- Several articles on history of the Festival Archived 2019-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
