Our weekly roundup for the upcoming weekend offers plenty of suggestions for where to go, what to do, and who must not be missed during the next three days. There are always so many happenings to choose from in Budapest – club parties, exhibits, live music, cocktails, performances, and more – but here is our pick of the bunch for the imminent 72 hours or so:

Friday

4pm - :

Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
at Művész Cinema The only human-rights documentary-film festival in Hungary. Besides showcasing some of the most recent documentaries that address varied social issues, Verzio – through its workshops, retrospectives and studentscreenings – works towards creating a forum where films are examined creatively and critically.
Verzio is a bilingual event (Hungarian-English).

7pm - : World of Tenebiszi for the Night of Jewelry at Mono Art & DesignThis exhibition is an official event of Budapest’s Night of Jewelry, featuring numerous avant-garde pieces of creative necklaces, rings, bracelets, and much more, all of which remain on view until November 23rd.

On Friday evening between 7pm and 10pm, and all day on Saturday, you can purchase your favorite jewelry in MONO Art & Design with a discount of 10-20%.
Featured

artists:

Zsófi Biró, Zsófia Neuzer, Sapi Szilágyi, Nóra Tengely.

7pm - : 24 Hours of Reality: for a greener tomorrow at Brody StudiosMake November 13th a green Friday by joining GREENWILL and REC in an environmental movement that supports the petition for a greener tomorrow sponsored by Al Gore and Climate Reality. Organizations active in environmental protection join forces to help spread the word, and anticipate countries achieving a strong emission reduction agreement in Paris at the UN Climate Summit (COP21) in December 2015.

During the event, visitors can learn about some of GREENWILL’s latest initiatives, listen to inspiring speakers on where the environmental movement stands today, and also... HAVE FUN!
8pm - : Jaga Jazzist, Kozmodrum at A38 Ship One of the most important formations of Scandinaviannu jazz, Norway’s JagaJazzist, celebrates its 20th anniversary with a new album, an all-CD box release, and of course a great European tour. Their new Starfire is also released by the Ninja Tune, and is as diverse and rich as their former works. Support comes from the Croatian organic-dance music band Kozmodrum.

10pm - : Budapest Calling Presents David K & Stafan Biniak at Tesla Budapest David K and Stefan Biniak will test the magnetic fields of the dance floor at TESLA and will cause a huge electrical storm in the city! This time the two DJs will come together and present a five-hour musical journey for deep-house and house-music fans in Budapest.

Saturday

12.30pm - : Mitiszol Fesztivál 2015 at Millenáris Park Mitiszol (“me-tea-sol”, meaning “what do you drink?”) is the country’s first drinkfestival themed around beverages made with the same philosophy: respecting nature (in many cases organic or even biodynamic farming), no additives, and as little intervention and manipulation as possible during the production. The result is a drink, be it alcoholic or non-alcoholic, that not only tastes better, but is also healthier than its conventional counterparts.

6pm - : Total Dance Festival at Hungexpo Fantastic visuals, breathtaking choreographies, perfect sound, and the best house-party atmosphere with the country’s best audience: this is the recipe for Total Dance! The most spectacular dance show of the year features 13 Hungarian and five foreign performers.

7pm - :
Keep Wiseman Alive IX.


at Barba Negra Music Club Bloody Roots was founded five years ago by Tamás Schmiedl, the lead vocalist of the legendary Hungarian thrash-metal band Moby Dick. During this time they released two albums and became very well known in the country. They will come to celebrate their five-year anniversary at Keep Wiseman Alive with a full-length jubilee show. Demonlord was the leader of the new wave of Hungarian heavy metal around the turn of the millennium, and became one of the most famous bands of this genre. They released four albums and still work with the original line-up. For this night, they promise an unforgettable show from their history.
8pm - :

Saburo Teshigawara & Rihoko Sato – Obsession at Trafó
A duet dance inspired by Luis Buñuel's Un Chien Andalou. An inner obsession tears apart the conscious. Impossible desires become reality only through irrational love.

Love is crystalized into the seasons by death. The piece is constructed around the prelude of Tristan and Isolde by Wagner, tango and noise music.

Teshigawara’s keenly honed sculptural sensibilities and powerful sense of composition, command of space, and his decisive dance movements all fuse to create a unique world that is his alone. Keen interests in music and space have led him to create site-specific works, and collaboration with various types of musicians.

8pm - :

Chelsea Wolfe, A Place To Bury Strangers, Grooms, A Dead Forest Index
at A38 Ship This is going to be a very special Saturday night aboard Budapest’s premiere pleasure boat: two great dark diamonds of the USA will share the stage! One of the greatest personalities of electronic Gothic folk, ChelseaWolfe, and the band mixing psychedelic rock with industrial and noise, A Place To Bury Strangers, are going to make a double splash.
Sunday

7pm - :

Recirquel Contemporary Circus Company – The Naked Clown
at MüPa - Palace Of ArtsThe Naked Clown is the second production of Recirquel, Hungary’s first contemporary-circus company.

Director-choreographer Bence Vági and his regular creative partners, together with his team of outstanding young circus performers, looked extensively at the evolution of the medieval court jester into the popular figure from the circus arena.

The creators were primarily interested in what lies beneath the clown’s perpetually smiling, painted mask. In this production, the disguise is removed both literally and figuratively, as the performers invite the audience on an unusual inner journey into imaginary realms, where the layers covering and protecting reality disappear. Our fellow travelers and guides in this spectacular large-scale production, accompanied and expanded with live music and dancers, are the young artistes of Recirquel.
7.30pm - : Ariel Pink, Jack Name at Dürer Kert Ariel Pink’s special brand of homemade (and, now, studio-processed) psychedelic music has antecedents in the records, tapes, and CD-Rs of outsiders like R. Stevie Moore. With last year’s record pompom, Pink’s music – the lo-fi product of an imagination in constant motion, frantically picking through the threadbare simulacrum of contemporary Los Angeles – has escaped the bedroom and resonates with a larger audience. The Internet is littered with the corpses of his imitators’ MySpace pages.