Friday[TempImageCode:G2bUVTuZ5992cac38f3aa/228507]9am:
Budapest Spring Festival at multiple venues around Budapest The 36th Budapest Spring Festival takes place during April 8-24, awaiting visitors with a colorful program involving various arts and genres, such as classical music, opera, jazz, pop, dance, theater, and visual arts. Performances of the best Hungarian and international artists always make the Spring Festival a truly special occasion, presenting premieres of musical and theatrical productions, as well as co-productions with partner institutions throughout the event. On Friday, you can enjoy the concert of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Horhos, and Igudesman & Joo, amongst others.
3pm - 8pm: Sztriptíz Indie Comics Fair at The ArtYardSztriptízIndieComicsFair is a weekend-long Budapest-based art festival of indie comic books organized by the ArtYard in collaboration with BP! Comics. The fair features comic presentations, projections, artist talks, workshops, and the launch of an anthology of the ten best indie comic stories from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Not only for comic junkies!
5pm: Titanic International Film Festival at Toldi Cinema, A38 Ship, Uránia, Sugar Cinema, and Puskin Art Cinema Titanic ’16, the 23nd edition of Hungary’s most popular international film festival, takes place during April 7-16 at the aforementioned five venues. On Friday, you can watch the documentary about the reunion of the iconic British band, Blur (New World Towers),
a gritty action-packed thriller set in the Old West (Bone Tomahawk), an uncompromisingly dark small-town procedural (What’s In The Darkness), and more. Films are screened with original audio and English/Hungarian subtitles.
8pm - 11pm: Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour – Budapest 2016 at Corvin Cinema Embark on an adrenaline-filled escapade to exotic places and explore the world’s massive rock formations, fast-flowing waters, and snow-capped mountains through exciting adventure documentaries! On Friday, you can embark on all kind of adventures while sitting in your chair, watching films like Women’s Speed Ascent, Chasing Niagara, 55 Hours in Mexico, and so on. All of them are screened in English.
10pm - 4am: En Vogue – Melitta Honeycup at Tütü On Friday, Melitta Honeycup is introducing everybody to the fantastic world of burlesque, straight from Barcelona. Her first rendezvous with the pole was the first step, then came the trapeze, the silk, and the rope – and this is how the passionate love affair took shape. The first spin made her want to fly higher and higher, and nowadays she spends her every minute with the art of burlesque.
Saturday[TempImageCode:bQLCDX4o5992cac38fa11/228532]10am - 5pm: Sakura Celebration at ELTE Füvészkert The Sakura Celebration is a traditional event at ELTE Füvészkert (“Botanical Garden” in English) connected to the blooming of Japanese cherry trees in April, and the traditional celebration of Japan, the Hanami. At this time, when the cherry trees blossom at Füvészkert, visitors follow the Japanese tradition and have picnics on blankets in the garden while admiring the blooming Sakura trees.
11am:Budapest Spring Festival Opening Parade at multiple locations Hundreds of professional and amateur dancers, singers, and musicians conquer some of the city’s public spaces – including Fővám Square, Városháza Park, and Szent István Square – to celebrate the arrival of the spring season amid blasting sounds on the occasion of the Budapest Spring Festival. As the parade traverses Andrássy Avenue, cheerful performances stir up the scenes at several venues, including the lively Liszt Ferenc Square and Kodály Körönd, with spectacular shows honoring the prolific Magyar composer Ferenc Liszt and his era.
When the procession reaches Heroes’ Square, the jamboree concludes with an all-encompassing spectacle, where anyone can participate.
11am - 5pm: April bicycle and parts bourse at Dürer Kert
The monthly bike fair will be relaunched to feature various fun activities. Get a used bike, bike parts, or accessories, or if you have anything to sell, register at durerbringaborze@gmail.com. Since this will be one of the season’s biggest bike fairs, so if you’re even only thinking about getting a two-wheeler, don’t miss it.
8pm - 11.30pm:
Electrify Series Volume 10 – William Basinski at Trafó The tenth installment of Trafó’s Electrify series will present William Basinski, one of ambient’s living legends, whose music captures the passing of time using decaying tape loops; Andrew Pekler, the cosmopolite of nostalgic experimental music; and Lanuk, who created his own language out of unstable sequencers, raw synth sounds, and caterwauling noises. If you are a fan of Brian Eno, John Cage, or Steve Reich, this program is a must!
11pm - 4am: Gang Of Ducks X Farbwechsel at Toldi ClubItaly’s Gang Of Ducks is difficult to pin down in pretty much all regards. More of a loose artistic collective with a record-releasing arm than a straightforward label, the group revels in anonymity, and only one thing is sure about them: they’ve been responsible for some our favorite releases from the last few years. This time, XIII and Sabla will represent the label, while Farbwechsel will send AiwA and S Olbricht in the ring.
Quack!
11pm - 6am: LavaLava Presents Kornél Kovács at LÄRM Along with fellow Academy grad Axel Boman and Petter, Stockholm’s Kornél Kovács runs the always-excellent, always-surprising Studio Barnhus imprint. The crew has injected a sense ofwhimsy into the often chilly/humorless climes of house and techno, with records that sample speed garage classics and bear titles like “Good Children Make Bad Grown Ups”. Kornél released an impressive amount of floor-focused cuts, so put on your dancing shoes when you leave for the club!
Sunday[TempImageCode:FO4JvqFd5992cac38ffa1/228582]6am - 2pm:
Contra Mundum Presents Afterhours at Corvin BarAfter a Saturday night elevated by the mighty Stephan Bodzin, Contra Mundum is doing an Afterhours event fitting for the occasion. Just like the NYE and Matador afterparties, this one will also stretch well into the afternoon with great B2B sets in Corvin Club’s main hall. A word to the wise: do not plan anything for Monday, as no less than eight DJs will stand behind the decks to make you dance the weekend away. 10am - 1pm:
Palace Of Delights at MüPa – Palace Of ArtsThe Palace of Delights awaits families who wish to spend time with creative and meaningful activities. The children’s concerts, dance shows, and fairy-tale theatrical acts – as well as musicals and other creative activities, including games – are always linked to a weekly theme.
2pm - 4pm: Free tasting at Dolce Fantasia Gelateria ItalianaAre you ready for some real Italianice cream? The paisanos of Dolce Fantasia await everyone at the opening of the new ice-cream shop on April 10th, at Andrássy Avenue 61, where, from 2pm to 4pm, everyone can eat ice cream for free (one chosen flavor per person)! They will also prepare other surprises for the opening.
6pm - 10pm: Terminator Versus Robocop Weekend at Bem CinemaOn Saturday and Sunday, Bem Cinema screens two films, starring two of the most badass action heroes of the ’80s:
Robocop and Terminator. Due to its impressive action sequences, taut economic direction, and relentlessly fast pace, it’s safe to say that the latter film hasn’t aged a bit since it premiered in 1984. And the same can be said about Paul Verhoeven’s smart and gory sci-fi flick, starring a crime-fighting cyborg. Both films are screened with original audio and Hungarian subtitles.
7pm: Karma To Burn, Sons Of Morpheus, Buso Von Kobra, Red Swamp at Dürer KertThe apocalyptic riff moguls, aka Karma To Burn, is back in Budapest!
Backed by spiritualism, mysticism, and unrelenting grooves, every concert of the pioneers of instrumental music is a unique chance to harness the spirit of the riff rock ritual – and their return on Sunday won’t be an exception. So be prepared for Dürer Kert to turn into a desertscape populated with riffs heavy as hell.
