Twenty-three musicians from five continents will perform at the second edition of Jazzfest Budapest, part of the Budapest Spring Festival (BTF) until May 17. This year's series of events are hosted in ten venues. The program has been put together by a team of curators, including internationally renowned Hungarian jazz musicians Tamara Mózes and Kornél […]
The Korean Cultural Center's exhibition ‘Insights into Nature and Humanity’ provides a comprehensive overview of Korean contemporary photography. The selection of more than 100 images, on display from Tuesday until June 30 as part of the Budapest Photo Festival, spans the past 40 years of South Korean photography through the personal journeys of twelve well-known […]
This week has seen the traditional Busójárás (the March of the Busó), a pagan Hungarian heritage. It is the symbolic ‘burying’ of winter and the welcoming of spring with folk music and dance in the south-central Hungarian town of Mohács near the Serbian border. Going back to medieval roots, the march of people in frightening […]
This year’s Budapest Independent Film Festival (BIFF) 2023 is to take place in February, screening 15 films of different genres. After last year’s Special Edition screening, the event returns to the venue, Kino Cafe Mozi with a rich and diverse program. Aiming to showcase emerging talents and address social issues of today, the BIFF 2023 […]
The World Press Photo 2022 exhibition was opened at the Hungarian National Museum this Thursday, presenting close to 140 photographs from around the world. According to the organizers, the public can discover many carefully uncovered stories in the World Press Photo exhibition. The four global winners have each spent years working on their subject. Documenting […]
The Cervantes Institute is not only the largest Spanish language teaching institution in the world, but also offers free cultural programs to promote and disseminate the culture of Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. This Saturday, September 10, the Cervantes Institute in Budapest is organizing an open day where visitors will be able to attend free tutorials […]
After two years of forced hiatus, the relaunched Sziget Festival was met with great interest, according to a statement by the organizers. The event closed with a total of 452,000 visitors. The festival started last Wednesday with a full house, and on Friday and Saturday, it was close to being full. Chief organizer Tamás Kádár […]
World stars, big favorites, currents names, established artists from previous seasons and hundreds of non-musical programs, in the usual diversity of genres. This is what Budapest’s Sziget (‘Island’) Festival – one of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe – offers for the "big comeback" between August 10 and 15 after two years of […]
Paloznak, a small village of 500 people on the northern shore of Lake Balaton, has once again become the Balaton capital of jazz, funk and soul for three days (August 4-6). The big concerts are held at the main stage next to the village with guest resting on blankets during the day and dancing on […]
From this Tuesday until August 14, the public can watch free movies sitting on the lawn of the Margaret Island Athletic Center in Budapest. This year's Cinema Island will screen comedies and dramas from Spain, Austria, Poland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, France and Finland. EUNIC Hungary, the Hungarian network of European cultural institutes, will screen […]
The organizers of the largest all-arts festival in Hungary are awaiting visitors with more than two thousand programs in 36 locations in the villages of Kapolcs, Taliándörögd and Vigántpetend, near the northern shore of Lake Balaton from July 22 to 31. The programs inlcude big stage concerts, fabulous panoramas, theater, new circus, contemporary literature, exciting […]
After two years of hiatus due to the pandemic, the village of Szőreg, located near the city of Szeged in SE Hungary, is again hosting a rose festival at the end of this week: guests are welcome to the village, which is decorated with hundreds of thousands of flowers. As András Avramov, the organizer and […]
The traditional Book Week in Hungary celebrates its 93rd anniversary this year. In 176 book pavilions, 182 exhibitors offer their books between June 9 and 12 and the program also includes book launches and signings. “After a long period of discontinuity, we were able to meet in person at Vörösmarty Square and the Danube embankment […]
Bloomsday will be a two-day contemporary art festival in Szombathely, W Hungary on June 16 and 17 this year, celebrating the centenary of the first book-length publication of James Joyce's iconic work Ulysses. Soma Horváth, deputy mayor of Szombathely, who is also responsible for culture, said at a Bloomsday press conference on Tuesday that the […]
The International Festival of Nature and Environment in Hungary opens on May 27, with more than a hundred films screened in four venues. The three-day event will feature a wide range of family and cultural activities, including scientific lectures, concerts, craft and film activities and exhibitions in the Royal Castle and its park in Gödöllő, […]
