Friday
4pm:
Netherlands EU Presidency opening event at VárosligetCelebrate the Netherlands EU Presidency and check out what it is like to see the Dutch Ambassador on ice!
Enjoy a great ice-skating show performed by Dutch and Hungarian dancers. In order to keep warm, you can also taste some of the finest Dutch wintertime specialities like “koek en zopie” and the famous Dutch pea soup (erwtensoep).
5pm:
Budapest Pride LMBTQ Film Festival at Art+ Cinema The 20th Budapest Pride Film Festival returns with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LMBTQ) movies from January 20th through 24th. There will be over 30 fiction, documentary and short pieces from six continents, and they are followed by roundtable discussions. The screening of the opening movie will be the first time it is available to watch in Hungary – it is Freeheld, starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page. See the detailed program here.
7.30pm:
Tschüss
at Bortársaság - Parliament Everyone likes to drop in somewhere for a bottle of wine and some tasty bites before the party on Friday night... or skip the party and just drop in. So, the organizers had the idea of combining this action with nice places and quality ingredients. This is “tschüss” which is a “guided apperitivo” that pops up around town with the best drinks of Bortársaság. Apperitivo is a genre of tasting and consuming with a splash at the end. The oracles of Bortársaság will tell you tales and toasts.
8pm:
Marlene Monteiro Freitas (CV/ PT): ‘Of Ivory And Flesh - Statues Also Suffer’ at Trafó Stone, wax, wood, metal, ivory, and other materials have been used by man since the beginning of time to create bodies, figures, and mechanical puppets… physically and emotionally crafted symbols of the virtual world, deified or subjects of fantasy, they mimic real life and at the same time trick death.
In this story inside a story, which focuses on the theme of transgression, death and earthly limits are defied through desire. The performance is characterized by contradictory concepts and metaphors, including the transformation of humans into statues, rooted on the spot. The performance is held on January 22nd and 23rd.
11pm:
Friday Lust – Immi V, Goyah, Basics at Tesla Budapest Friday Lust is Budapest’s greatest girly party, definitely not only for ladies but for everyone who likes to dance all night to the best nu disco, house, and modern electro hits. Is there a better way to spend your Friday night than shaking your hips to the beats with a tasty cocktail in your hand? We think not.Saturday
10am: NRC run and blood donation day at 1956 Memorial Square This January, besides getting enough exercise, Nike+ Run Club promotes a great cause as well – at their next event they will organize a run from City Park to the Ice Terrace of Arena Plaza, where the Hungarian Red Cross will await those willing to donate blood.
11pm:
Pawprints – Alpár, Berriloom, Carla Under Water, Unknown Child at RoHAM Bár Four concerts and three album releases: on this event named Pawprints by the performers, explorers of electronic music’s limit will get on stage.
Carla Under Water, who pairs up saxophone with electronics, and jazz with noise, will introduces its new album; Berriloom will also introduce its newest release, just like the fragile guitar-music-playing Unknown Child. The founder of Farbwechsel label, Alpár, who works with pulsing guitar melodies, will also get on stage.
11pm:
MELT – Nigel Stately, Tigran, Used Disco at Tesla Budapest The team of MELT returns again this Saturday to make everyone dance all through the night on the floor of Tesla Budapest. The guests for the night at Kazinczy 21 will be the good friend of Nigel Stately, TIGRAN, who already proved himself on multiple occasions. Don’t worry, the duo of Used Disco will be there, too.
11pm: Incoming – Eddie C at Corvin ClubEddie C could well be described as one of the slo mo/edits/disco scene’s heaviest hitters. In just over three years he’s been featured on or been the main attraction on over 25 original EPs and singles and countless remixes. Having graced labels such as Jiscomusic, Endless Flight, Crue-L, Sleazy Beats, Wolf Music, 7 Inches of Love & Home Taping, amongst others, with his deep, lush, and beautiful grooves, C is constantly name-checked by every major playa this end of the underground. In 2011 he released his first full length album “Parts Unknown”, on Endless Flight, and later that year began releasing new projects on his own Red Motorbike imprint. The fact is, the guy hardly needs an introduction.
11.30pm: Midnight Music – Classical music for the night-owls at Millenáris Teátrum Some prefer listening to music by night, and, fortunately, there are also some who like to play music at night. It has become a tradition that the highlights of certain concerts are presented again for young audiences as late as half past 11 in the evening – after the regular concert hall performances. Midnight Music is for the open minded who enjoy the arts and exquisite experiences, and, of course, who also like staying up late. These are no ordinary concerts. They begin very late, tickets are assigned for large beanbags instead of seats, there is no dress code whatsoever, and, as well as a top-quality musical performance, the audience gets short, professional, and entertaining introductions to the pieces, facilitating a better understanding of the music. Those arriving by bicycle receive a 30% discount.
Sunday
11am: Ballet tales – Bartók: The Wooden Prince at MüPa – Palace Of ArtsIn this tale by Béla Balázs, the love between two young people can only be realized after great struggle. The Fairy’s magic sends the forces of nature to obstruct them, so that they cannot belong to one another until they have been cleansed of false external appearances that conceal their true value. Béla Bartók’s music raises this morality tale to the level of philosophy, allowing us to discover the purest ideal of love after looking into our own pained selves.
3pm: Death By Metal Festival – Kataklysm, Septicflesh, Aborted at Dürer KertThree rooms, 30 different local and foreign bands, from which are three internationally acclaimed headliners at some of the world's biggest metal festivals! Headbanging already starts from 3pm and doesn't stop until 1am.
The torchbearers of the “Northern hyperblast” genre, Kataklysm and Aborted, who mix death metal with grindcore to concoct a furious mix of blastbeats, inhuman vocals, and crushing riffs with the catchy melodic passages of their Global Flatline era will rip your head off.
Septicflesh, one of the giants of the Greek metal scene, together with bands like Rotting Christ or Necromantia, will also perform. After their hiatus, they returned as a symphonic death metal act, with a cleaner sound compared to their early materials. But after listening to their latest music, we have to say that they’ve changed for good.
