The
CAFe Budapest Contemorary Arts Festival
features the best performers of Hungarian and international contemporary art such as Yann Tiersen, Hiromi, Plaid and Southbank Gamelan Players, Squarepusher, Shobaleader One, Krzysztof Penderecki, Yellowjackets, FAMILIE FÖLZ, and Krisztiány Gergye’s band
between October 7-23
(photo: café Facebook)
Over the past 25 years the festival became a prominent contemporary cultural festival in Central Europe. During 17 days more than 100 contemporary musical, dance, opera, theater, world music, jazz, and design-related programs fill the essential institutes and squares of
Budapest,
at 30 venues. This year’s central topics are the Polish culture and Béla Bartók’s heritage, furthermore, various programs pay tribute to the heroes of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
The main guests of the festival are such stars as Krzysztof Pendereckzi, Yann Tiersen, the wonderful Japanese jazz pianist, Hiromi, the legendary Yellowjackets, Koop Oscar Orchestra, the prominent band of electornic music, Schobelader One, the Polish Cloud Theatre, and Teatro Potlach. Performances directed especially for the festival enrich the repertoire: Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, and The Miraculous Mandarin.
