Budapest's Sziget Festival, one of Europe's most popular outdoor musical and cultural events kicks off today with Day Zero. The festival’s Main Stage will host the 7-time Grammy winner American pop-icon Prince.

The Heineken Balaton Sound Festival at a fancy beach on the southern shore of Lake Balaton set a new record this year, as it registered more than 100,000 guests, according to main organiser Norbert Löbenwein.

Within the frames of Francophone Film Week organized by the French Institute, Diplomacy and Trade visited the press screeding of a marvellous film by Jean Berger titled, 'My Afternoons With Margueritte and talked to the director.

The Millenaris Park in Budapest will see - between April 14 and 17 - one of the greatest international gatherings of the year: international authors, exhibitions related to Hungary’s EU Presidency and a good glance at the book market.

Hungarian director Béla Tarr's "The Turin Horse" won the Jury Grand Prix (Silver Bear) prize at the 61st Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, in addition to the main prize of the International Federation of Film Critics on Friday.

The Hungarian Film Week, the country's most important film festival, has not been cancelled contrary to earlier reports by industry journal Variety, but no foreign guests will be invited, according to the general manager of Magyar Filmunió.

Time is the main theme of the 13th edition of Photoespana 2010 (PHE10). The festival features an exhibition on Hungarian-born artist László Moholy-Nagy as a main attraction.

A myriad of programs awaits visitors in Pécs this summer. With the M60 motorway finally completed, it takes no more than 2 hours to reach Hungary’s most Mediterranean city.

“This festival is not exclusively about books,” organizers of the 17th International Book Festival say. It is more likely a festival of combined arts. Film screenings, theater performances and a number of exhibitions are available to the public every year.

One of the Belgian EU presidency summer event locations will be Sziget festival this year. Károly Gerendai is pleased with the cooperation. The invitation for partnership means, they count with the Sziget festival in Europe.

In the middle of the economic recession it sure does good for Sziget to win Vodafone as the main sponsor of the biggest summer happening. As regards entrance fees, prices will be reduced!

The European Capital of Culture programs in Pécs, southern Hungary, kicked off in January and the city awaits visitors with more than 450 programs in 2010. Pécs is one of the best venues to go to this spring.

The 41st Hungarian Film Week was organized in early February. 48.015 visitors were interested in Hungarian films, this is less than last year’s record attendance.

Up to 10,000 visitors attended Budapest's Pan-European festival called 'Biennale.' The two-week-long series of events offered more than 40 programs of theatre, films, fine arts, literature, music and dance at 15 premises.

Eco-Design Festival at the Budapest VAM Design Center