The collaboration of civil organizations, private persons, businessmen, and cultural institutes results in ELEVEN Tavasz and Ősz (meaning ELEVEN Spring and Autumn), a gathering with a truly noble goal.
The residents of the area aim to bring life and a bohemian buzz back to the everyday environment of Újbuda. Guests can enjoy nearly 80 exciting events at about 50 various venues in Buda’s most prominent cultural street during September 16-18. Moreover, the recently renovated Hadik coffeehouse is now open, awaiting all festival guests on their way to the programs.
The boulevard’s galleries, cafés, restaurants, bookshops, and designers hold special surprises for this exciting festival, such as Pagonykert, Kelet Café and Gallery, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Gross Arnold Atelier, Gdansk Bookshop and Café, Tranzit Art Café, and Szkéné – to mention only a few venues. This autumn’s festival highlights various exhibits, concerts, and cookie tasting. Keep in mind that some of these programs require registration in advance.
Browsing the programs, you might observe the frequent occurrence of the world “lengyel”, meaning “Polish” in Hungarian, which is due to this year’s special guest: Poland. Visitors of the festival will have the chance to try Polish street food, such as Zapiekanki (a hot sandwich), or Obwarzanek, which includes pretzels and cookies, and they can also enjoy literary evenings, cartoon screenings, a house party, a Sunday brunch, and creative workshops.
And if you learned everything about the dear Polish friends of Hungarians, you can check out various other events as well. Here is a list of a few of our most eagerly anticipated festival programs:
- Street Art: Make a flower out of sugar – workshop with the contribution of Violet and the Botanist (description in Hungarian)
- Design Fair at MOHA Café and KÉK Cultural Center (description in Hungarian)
- Szárnyszegetten - Café Theatre: Bitterly funny acts from contemporary Bulgarian, Polish and Russian absurds.
(description in Hungarian) - Polish Hungarian Reflection: A cooking competition of outstanding Hungarian and Polish chefs
- Handmade graphic workshop:
Design your own tote bags at Három Hét Gallery (description in Hungarian) - Concrete Workshop: design concrete objects at this workshop (description in Hungarian)
- Jazz concert at Szatyor Bar (description in Hungarian)
- Cookie tasting at Kelet Café and Gallery (description in Hungarian)
- Cosa Polska concert (description in Hungarian)
If you would like to get to know the lovely Újbuda district of Budapest a bit more, or to learn more about the values of Polish culture, it is worthwhile to visit this three-day-long festival. Bring your kids, granny, friends or even come alone; the organizers thought of all ages.
How to get there: Take tram 49 and disembark at the “Gárdonyi tér” station, or take metro 4 to the “Szent Gellért tér” station.
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