The 2nd Budapest International Film Festival (BIFF) will present 36 movies in over 50 screenings at Budapest's Corvin Cinema between October 25 and November 2, the organizers said in a statement this Sunday. The festival program will include films from other international festivals as well as "experimental works by contemporary makers." The festival's retrospective section […]
From Tuesday to Sunday, visitors to the Downtown Beer Festival on Szabadság Square can sample more than 250 types of specialty beers from 30 domestic and international breweries, according to SPAR Hungary, the event's sponsor, in a statement to MTI on Tuesday. The Downtown Beer Festival has opened its doors for the ninth time in […]
This year is particularly joyful in the small but vibrant village of Cered in Nógrád County as it will host the 30th international art exhibition. In some respects, this Hungarian settlement, which could be considered the ‘end of the world’, has an active artistic life throughout the year, but the festival on August 9th shines […]
The 24th Gyula Pálinka Festival, celebrating this special Hungarian fruit brandy, will be held between May 17-19, the organizers announced at a press conference on Monday in the Castle Garden in the southeastern Hungarian town of Gyula. Mayor Ernő Görgényi said that the festival is the town's biggest gastronomic event and has a significant tourist […]
Free concerts, the traditional Europe Day running race, quizzes and civic programs attracted thousands of visitors to Budapest's downtown Szabadság Square on Sunday, where the focus was on the 20th anniversary of Hungary's EU accession and the EP elections. The Europe Day events were organized by the European Commission Representation in Hungary and the European […]
This year's Fall Festival of Museums, which will take place from September 25 to November 12 across Hungary, will focus on the relationship between science and technology, the authentic communication of scientific findings and the links between science and museums. According to Zsolt Bernert, Director General of the Hungarian Museum of Natural History, "in today's […]
Among others, Kobo Town, Kommuna Lux, Gangar, Ti'Kaniki, Puuluup, Koza Mostra, Vinicio Capossela, Djely Tapa and Barrut will be among the world music acts on the Global Village stage at this year's Sziget Festival. From August 10 to 15, a wide range of genres and styles will line up, from Mexican cumbia punk to Celtic […]
From Thursday to Sunday evening, the international festival celebrating the 120th anniversary of Harley-Davidson takes place at the Puskás Arena Park in the Hungarian capital with all kinds of activities from morning till night. The largest motorcycle parade in Budapest's history took place late morning and early afternoon this Saturday with 6,000 riders marching through […]
The Gyula Pálinka Festival, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year and features 19 Hungarian commercial distilleries, will be held between May 26 and 28 this year in the southeastern Hungarian town of Gyula. According to Imre Bora, the head of the company organizing the event, the festival has become a cross-border event, […]
The Gyula Flowers Festival is held again this weekend, with sixty exhibitors presenting their special plants and horticulture-related products in the southeastern Hungarian town of Gyula. The town's chief gardener, Adrienn Várkonyi Szász said that ten percent of the exhibitors com to the event for the first time. Most of them offer annual flowers, but […]
A free all-day festival was held in Budapest to celebrate Hungary's accession to the European Union. This year's event was packed with exciting and colorful activities. There was a chance to run with famous Olympians in the now traditional Europe Day running race, but music lovers and families were also in for a treat with […]
The traditional Jelly Festival is held again this year in the northeastern Hungarian city of Miskolc between March 3 and 5. The even was canceled in 2020 and 2021 to the new coronavirus epidemic. This year's jelly festival began with a spectacular parade and opening ceremony on Friday afternoon and will end on Sunday afternoon […]
The VOLT Festival in Sopron will be cancelled in 2023. In a statement sent to the state news agency MTI on Friday, the organizers justified the decision with the uncertain economic environment. Tamás Kádár, the head of Sziget Organizing Office organizing major festivals such as Sziget, Balaton Sound and Telekom VOLT, stressed in the statement […]
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 […]
