Friday
10am - 6pm:
Steve McCurry –
Legendary Photographs at Kunsthalle Steve McCurry is an iconic figure of contemporary photography. His works graced the covers of magazines and books, he published more than a dozen books, and his work appeared in countless exhibitions around the world.
There’s a chance that there is not a single newspaper reader/Internet user who hasn’t seen the American photographer’s iconic photo from 1984: the green-eyed Afghangirl, SharbatGula, was 12 years old when McCurry made his most famous shot, and that was the first time she was ever photographed. The picture appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic, and instantly became the most famous photo of the magazine, spreading across media all over the world. Among many other works, this picture (lent to the museum by a Danish collector) will be on display at the exhibition that opens at Kunsthalle on Friday, and can be visited until April 3rd.
6pm:
Eger-Szekszárd Bull’s Blood Duel 2016 at Corinthia Hotel Budapest – Royal Spa A wine-tasting event will be held in the elegant ballroom of the Corinthia Hotel Budapest on February 26th, in order to familiarize guests with the different characteristics of Hungary’s famous Bikavér (Bull’s Blood) wine, produced in Hungary’s top terriors of Eger and Szekszárd.
7pm:
Francophone Film Days at Uránia National Film Theater In the course of the Francophone Film Days festival, more than 30 contemporary French films are screened in Budapest between February 26-March 6. Visitors can see such stars as Isabelle Huppert, Omar Sy, Vincent Cassel, Guillaume Canet, Matthieu Amalric, and Gérard Depardieu. On Friday, you can catch Guillaume Nicloux’s Valley of Love – a semi-Lynchian movie that features Depardieu’s best turn in years. The film will be screened with English subtitles and original (French) audio.
8pm:
Caroline Laurin-Beaucage & Martin Messier – Soak at TrafóA coherent unity between light, sound, and dance: it will grab you and won’t let you go. This is Soak. An illusion, a futuristic trip, a vibrant flashback with pulsing music of noise. It will remind you of Jefta Van Dinther and Hiroaki Umeda. This work of the Canadian duo of Martin Messier and Caroline Laurin-Beaucage will be on for one evening at Trafó.
11pm:
A38 Night/Life Presents Ghostly International Label Night at A38On 26 February, A38 Ship hosts an exclusive showcase from Ghostly International’s three most in-demand producers and DJs.
Shigeto sounds like a blend of early Boards of Canada with a twist of Onra’s Asian sampling palette; his earthy, percussive-led take on hip-hop has been released exclusively on Ghostly International ever since, with his recent “Intermission” EP garnering a particularly positive critical reception. He’s joined by Polish producer Heathered Pearls. Although Jakub Alexander’s music is often pigeonholed as ambient, dub techno, or minimal, in truth his music doesn’t comfortably fit within any genre.
Lord Raja is a young producer with rich musical experience, as influenced by classic Chicago footwork artists R.P. Boo and DJ Rashad as J Dilla and Madlib.Saturday
10am:
BBU underground run at Budapest1106, Maglódi Street 12/A.The main aim of the run is to show participants an underground labyrinth, the Kőbánya tunnel system, which used to be a limestone mine. The place was once converted into a brewery, but its cellars are now abandoned.
5pm:
Pork Festival at Ráday StreetHow about pigging out at a street fair held on one of Budapest’s most lively lanes, where you can taste countless pork pieces, enjoy a traditional Hungarian pig-slaughter dinner, or roast bacon in the city center? If this sounds good to you, don’t miss this sublime porcine party happening on Ráday Street.
7pm:
Phoenix Music Hungary & KVLT BP Presents: Lionheart, Desolated, Fallbrawl, Wolfpack at KVLT BPA real, uncompromising beatdown hardcore party with a triple album release.
Lionheart, Desolates, and Wolfpack will present their newest works, and also the Fallbrawl – from the mosh and hardcore scene of Ruhrpott – will get on stage. So, wall-to-wall mosh pits, breakdowns, and street anthems with the force of a jackhammer are guaranteed. What a night for fans of the genre!
8pm:
Electrify – Aïsha Devi, TCF, Helm at TrafóThe ninth installment of Trafó’s Electrify series takes us through Aïsha Devi’s Nepalese-Tibetan trans-music, the data-based modernist ambient of TCF, and Helm’s evocative aural landscapes.
Devi’s own music mines her Nepalese-Tibetan heritage, using her machines to transmute deep meditation. Whether they are guttural or soprano, Devi’s warped pop mantras instruct us to find the unseen through a tense, visceral musical landscape that is often as gnarled and industrial as it is danceable.
TCF is the moniker of Norwegian contemporary artist and musician Lars Holdhus, whose work explores themes of codes, cryptography, and musical composition through the use of visual, sonic, built, and written concepts.
Helm is Luke Younger, a sound artist and experimental musician based in London, working with a vast array of revolving instrumentation and abstract sound sources. “Olympic Mess”, his last full-length album from this past summer, focuses on the dialogue and repetition of wonderfully sculpted noises and heavily layered, floating soundscapes.
10pm:
Le Grand Circus at Tütü Circus acrobats, amazing tumblers, and show dancers light up the stage with their delightfully bizarre hybrid of nightlife-theater; the host of the night is the phenomenal Duo-RAW.Sunday
6am:
Contra Mundum: Afterhours – 1 Year Anniversary at Corvin Bar Budapest never sleeps – not even after a Saturday night spent dancing and drinking.
That’s why Afterhours came to life: a party series that starts at 6am, for those who still don’t want to leave the club, but spend some more time on the dance floor. This time, Tom Select and the special Polarize b2b Zvezda Beta will blow out the candles on the birthday cake.
10am:
Palace Of Delights at MüPa – Palace Of ArtsThe Palace of Delights awaits families who wish to spend their time in active, creative, and meaningful activities. The children’s concerts, dance performances, and fairy-tale theater performed on stage – as well as musical and other creative activities, skills-development programs, and games taking place in other parts of the foyer – are closely linked to a weekly theme, and to concerts and other performances elsewhere on the Palace of Arts program.
11am:
Oscar Day at ToldiBefore the Oscar gala begins in Hollywood, Toldi is screening nominated movies all day log (Carol, Spotlight, The Hateful Eight, and more), including the animated movie Anomalisa that wasn’t previously distributed at cinemas. During the evening you can cheer for the Hungarian-made feature film Son of Saul to win the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar!
5pm:
Lay-Up! – Golden Age of Science Fiction / Žagar (DJ set) at Művelődési Szint (MÜSZI) Another thematic Lay-Up!
arrives on the last weekend of February. This evening will be all about the golden age of science-fiction cinema, featuring such cult favorites as Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, Solaris, and Blade Runner. They invited an expert selector to create the soundtrack for this time-traveling show; this DJ is recognized at an international level and works with a broad spectrum of genres – Balázs Zságer will base his two-hour-long set on the genres of ambient, electronica, dub, and deep techno. The other guest will be an old friend, Ricsi Szabó (aka DJ ER) in the colors of Audestin and Holly Rollerz, and he will give the guests a taste of favorite ambient and electronica.
7pm:
Filmtekercs Fényportál and Budapest Secret Cinema present: And the Oscar goes to...
at Anker’t Budapest Secret Cinema and Filmtekercs Fényportál organize their annual Oscar-watching party together for the third time. Similarly to last year, the event will take place at Anker’t, the music will be provided by DJ Panda, and the exciting quiz game will be held by QuizNight.hu.
As a warm up for the special event, you can watch an Oscar-nominated movie: Ex Machina. Attend and cheer on Son Of Saul to win!
