Three hundred and fifty events will take place between August 18 and 23, and on the main day, August 20, 12 flower-decorated floats will parade along the route of the 57th Debrecen Flower Carnival route, with the floats accompanied by 17 Hungarian art groups and nine international troupes, organizers announced at a press conference on […]

The Sziget festival "must move forward to break free", according to its founder, Károly Gerendai. "Based on feedback from the audience and the media, the direction we have outlined is good, but many circumstances were not in our favor, so the numbers did not turn out as we would have liked," he said. "Our main […]

Visitors have arrived at this year’s Sziget Festival from all six inhabited continents, representing a total of 112 countries, ranging from Iceland to New Zealand and from Canada to Japan, press officer Viktória Vető said. Sziget has been Hungary’s most significant cultural and tourist attraction for decades, bringing tens of thousands of visitors to Budapest […]

British, French, Slovak and Dutch police officers are assisting the work of the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) at this year's Sziget Festival that officially kicked off this Tuesday in Budapest. "We are cooperating with the Civil Guard, the Standby Police and the Metropolitan Municipality's Law Enforcement Directorate to provide external security for the event," a […]

The Hungarian capital will host its first street music festival, Budapest Play, at ten venues between July 30 and August 1 as well as between August 6 and 8, financed by the capital. At a press conference on Tuesday, the city's mayor, Gergely Karácsony, said that "music is a universal language that we should all […]

This year’s Sziget Festival welcomes visitors with a new concept: the Jardin des Arts (Garden of the Arts) connects the worlds of contemporary circus, dance, audiovisual arts, and multidisciplinary performances as a cohesive cultural quarter, allowing visitors to be not only spectators but also creators of the experiences. According to a press release sent to […]

The Central European University (CEU) will hold its Liveable World Festival in Budapest on June 12-13, featuring lectures, film screenings and exhibitions. The events at the university’s downtown Nádor Street building are free, though some require prior registration, MTI reports. The festival will include a discussion with clinical psychologist Annamaria Tari and HaverVagy community founder […]

With a renewed approach and involving the entire town, the Tokaj Wine Days will welcome visitors on June 5 and 6 in NE Hungary under the theme "White Wines, Colorful Culture," organizers told MTI. They noted that one of the event’s most significant highlights is that, following a two-year renovation, the event is returning to […]

This Sunday, the 22nd anniversary of Hungary’s accession to the European Union was celebrated at Szabadság Square, in downtown Budapest, where free concerts, the now-traditional Europe Day race, quizzes, and a variety of programs attracted thousands of visitors throughout the day. The Europe Day events were organized by the European Commission Representation in Hungary and […]

Global stars Rick Astley, Matt Bianco, Earth, Wind and Fire Experience, Gregory Porter and Ella Eyre will be among the headliners at the 14th Paloznak Jazz Picnic in W Hungary between August 6 and 8 this year, the organizers said in a statement. "The great value of festivals is their incredible power to build community. […]

This Thursday will see the start of the traditional Busójárás (the March of the Busó), a pagan Hungarian heritage with traditional carnival programs and costumed children. 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 […]

Grammy Award–winning American jazz-soul singer Gregory Porter will take the stage and get everyone dancing this August at the Paloznak Jazz Piknik at Lake Balaton, the organizers have announced. Gregory Porter stormed the world with his unique sound, bringing contemporary jazz to the masses. He has received numerous accolades, including two Grammy Awards for Best […]

The Sziget festival, held annually on Óbuda Island in the Danube in Budapest, was again awarded for standing up for societal issues at the European Festival Awards in Groningen, in the Netherlands. The festival was recognized in the category 'Take a Stand', founded to recognize events taking a stand for peaceful dialogue, humanity, tolerance and […]

One of Europe's largest festivals is back in Hungarian hands. Sziget will begin organizing the 2026 event with its current management and organizing team, under the strategic leadership of its founder, Károly Gerendai, according to a press release issued by the event. This will allow Sziget, once again as an independent festival, to further strengthen […]

Hungarian runners won the main event of the 40th Spar Budapest Marathon on Sunday, the second day of the traditional running festival: Viktória Nyikos was the first to cross the finish line in the women's marathon, while Máté Vásárhelyi won the men's race. Vásárhelyi, the national champion on the classic 42.195-meter distance, was also the […]