Friday
5pm - : St. Martin’s Day Wine Festival at Danubius Hotel Gellért Amid the historic Art Nouveau ambience of Budapest’s riverfront Hotel Gellért, the fifth-annual St. Martin’s Day Wine Festival during November 5-8 offers guests unlimited tastings of diverse libations from across Hungary and beyond, along with varied regional foods to snack on and special dinner events over the course of four days. Special entertainment programs include belly dancing, a jazz concert, and DJ sets at after parties stretching late into the night. The Hungarian tradition of St. Martin’s Day is to eat goose dishes, and this festive event will see the debut of new specialties unique to world gastronomy, fusing east and west: Peking goose and goose sushi.
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9. Graphifest opening ceremony at Tesla Budapest The event Graphifest will be held for the 9th time, in cooperation between the Aranyrajzszög Társaság (ART), the Society of Hungarian Graphic Designers and Typographers (MATT, Magyar Tervezőgrafikusok és Tipográfusok Társasága), and Design Terminal. The exhibition offers a selection of works awarded the 14th Aranyrajzszög Prize and sent to MATT’s tender, titled “Kép-Regény-Hős”.
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NØ – Scandinavian Women’s Festival at Scandinavian HouseScandinavian House Foundation organizes a large-scale festival under the name, to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. The festival is not just about gender equality and women’s suffrage, but in a broader sense it concentrates on women of the 21st century with some historical outlook. The festival’s diverse program includes presentations of Scandinavian authors, film screenings, writer-reader meetings, reader’s theater, a quiz related to Scandinavian women, a gastronomy program, a fashion show, roundtable discussions, a dance party with a Scandinavian female DJ, and essay and photo contest, an exhibition, a Nordic book fair, and much more… 7.30pm - : Shining, Caligula’s Horse, Jack Dalton at A38 The Norwegian band Shining has been to Budapest this year at Barba Negra Club, organized by A38, as the opening band for Devin Townsend.
The serious and brilliant “fjordcore formation” returns to A38 on Friday, to show what real uncompromising jazzpunk is like.
10pm - :
Casino Bangkok – Florian Meindl at Corvintető This year’s season took off powerfully for fans of Casino Bangkok. After the guest appearances of O [Phase] and Alex.do, it became obvious that the series turned towards darker techno music in a more emphasized way than ever; all this with the help of guests who have not yet presented themselves to the club scene of Budapest. To compensate for this, they can welcome an old friend at Corvintető, Florian Meindl, who is a classic guest of the series, and returns with a new especially techno-sounding album, thus providing a worthy sequel to the series.
Saturday
10am - : Fall Wedding Exhibition at HungexpoAre you about to get married? You’re just in time!
VIP lounge, wedding school, fashion shows, 200 exhibitors – you can find everything you might need here!
2pm - : Whisky Show 2015 at Corinthia Hotel Budapest The 5th Whisky Show awaits whisky enthusiasts and curious visitors over the age of 18 in an even more beautiful environment, and with even more exhibitors than before! From single-malt Scotch to fine glassfuls from Japan, all types of top-quality whisky awaits here.
7pm - : Legionfest at Dürer Kert At Legion Metalfest, 15 Hungarian underground bands will perform in three halls.
The event will mainly build around two musical styles. On one hand, there will be a somewhat usual extreme/modern line with Watch My Dying, Omega Diatribe, Lost Continent, and Horda; on the other, there will also be a doom/stoner/sludge line, with performers like Magma Rise, Shapat Terror, Hot Beaver, and Angertea.
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James Arthur at Papp László Budapest SportArena As one of the most popular X Factor contestants to date, James Arthur created the BRIT Award-nominated single ‘Impossible’, which was the fastest-selling single of 2012 in the UK, achieving over 2.5 million sales worldwide and topping the iTunes charts in 34 different countries. His much-anticipated debut album is certain to further cement his status as one of the most exciting and talented musicians ever to emerge from the show.
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BalconyTV & Urbanplayer Presents: Music With A View Fest #2 at Toldi Klub Do you still remember last year’s Balcony TV/Urbanplayer lovemaking? Expect something similar on November 7th, at Toldi!
The evening’s lineup was selected from the bands featured on Balcony TV, so no need to worry – quality entertainment is guaranteed.
Sunday
5pm - : Lay-Up!
at Művelődési Szint (Müszi)Kosmische musik for afternoon chilling: don’t dance, but sit down on a sofa and let the music take you to a whole new galaxy – the soundtrack will be made of deep house, pulsing dubtechno, acid, and ambient. Your ears will surely love it, and let’s not forget that every Lay-Up! comes with real eye-candy visuals. A laid-back way to spend the last day of the week.
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Gamma Ray – Best Of The Best: Party Tour ’15, Serious Black, Dragony at Club 202Celebrate 25 years of heavy metal from vocalist and guitarist Kai Hansen’s band from Hamburg. Along with their classics, the set list, in true Gamma Ray tradition, will include the odd rare track for their hard-core fans!
