Space of Freedom

Space of Freedom was a concert performed by French musician Jean Michel Jarre in Poland, at the Gdańsk Shipyard, on August 26, 2005, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Solidarity trade union's foundation.

[1] Jarre was invited by Lech Wałęsa to hold this concert,[2] which was watched by an audience of more than 170,000 people who bought tickets,[3] as well as many others who observed the event from outside the shipyard, in high buildings such as Zieleniak and the hills of Góra Gradowa.

[citation needed] Lech Wałęsa, the union leader who led the strikes from 1980, and the current president of the city of Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz, attended the concert.

[1] Lech Wałęsa gave a speech on the meaning of Solidarity and on the non-violent upheaval of the political system.

It was reproduced in commemorative books, on audio CD and DVD.