Friday
10am - 8pm: Judafest at Kazinczy Street
Between Friday and Sunday, this festival fills Kazinczy Street with live performances, concerts, and a colorful street fair. Visitors can attend Jewish liturgies, and join a series of exciting city walks showcasing the hidden corners of the old Jewish Quarter. In addition, we can try flavorful authentic Jewish dishes and a collection of craft art, while children are offered several activities throughout the day. This year, Judafest hosts Europe as its guest of honor.
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Kolorádó Festival at the Buda HillsA hidden spot amid the Buda Hills – a popular hiking destination on regular days – turns into a huge party venue during Budapest’s Kolorádó Festival, an amazingly chilled-out alfresco jamboree held during June 7-11.
During the day, revelers can recover from the previous night while chilling amid the greenery of Buda, and after the sun goes down several local and international musicians step on stage, enticing everyone to dance under the starry skies until dawn.
More details 5pm - 10pm: Czech Beer Festival at WestEnd City CenterDuring June 9-18, you can taste glassfuls of popular and lesser-known artisanal Czech beers and handheld meals on the roof terrace of a downtown shopping plaza, WestEnd City Center.
Throughout ten days, more than 100 types of succulent suds tempt taste buds, while palatable grilled goods provide another reason for feasting alfresco.
More details8pm - Budapest Summer Festival at various venuesThe Budapest Summer Festival is a performance series kicking off on Friday and goes on until August 30th, connecting several cultural institutes and outdoor venues in the city’s sprawling parklands of Margaret Island and Városmajor Park. Homegrown Hungarian talents and prominent entertainers from all around the planet participate in powerful performances, like classical concerts, captivating circus shows, and soaring opera spectaculars.
More details 10pm - 4:30pm: Necc Party at Budapest ParkThose who have a ton of nostalgia for the 2000s and those who like to zig-a-zig-ah can venture into the pop goldmine of Budapest Park on Friday night, and dance to the hottest and most awkward hits of Backstreet Boys and Hip Hop Boyz, Spice Girls and Girls Aloud, Bon-Bon and Bon Jovi, Sum 41 and Eiffel 65 late into the night.
More detailsSaturday
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Pop-up picnic in the Galleryat the Hungarian National GalleryOn Saturday, the third floor of the Hungarian National Gallery dresses up in a green picnic costume and opens its gates to host a picnic underneath the splendid green dome of the Buda Castle, which is visible citywide but is off-limits on regular days. A yoga session awaits early birds at 9am, while from 10am picnic spots can be occupied around the dome, from where the panorama is truly picturesque. More details 10am - 11pm: Hegyvidék Days at Gesztenyéskert
Between Saturday and Sunday, the most colorful and popular family weekend of Hegyvidék returns to Gesztenyés Garden and MOM Kult, with wine and food tastings, family programs, and concerts of popular Hungarian musicians.
More details10am - 6pm: Summer Etyek Picnic at EtyekBetween Saturday and Sunday, the picturesquely rustic wine village of Etyek – found about 30 km west of Budapest – hosts a homey picnic to present the top wines and gastronomic treasures of the summer season. The Etyek Picnic welcomes visitors from all over the world with delicious wines, flavorful dishes, family programs, outdoor cooking, and fantastic folk concerts. Guests can stroll the unpaved roads of Újhegy, stepping into the various cellars to try the distinctive essences of each, amid the musty aroma of oak barrels mildly mingling in the air with the tantalizing bouquet of wines.
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Winelovers Champagne June Tasting at Corinthia Hotel Budapest During the Winelovers Champagne June Tasting, visitors can taste more than 150 champagnes, reds, whites, and sparkling wines from 30 Hungarian and more than 40 international wineries on Saturday, amid the elegant atmosphere of the Corinthia Hotel Budapest.
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Night of Choirs I Sing the street!
at the Palace District Hundreds of velvet voices rise to the sky in Budapest on Saturday night when the Night of Choirs is held for the fifth time. This cultural celebration involves 20 venues, 51 choirs, flash mobs, and more than 600 voices united in song and enjoyed by throngs of onlookers and supporters.
More detailsSunday
9am - : Napfényes Festival at Dürer Kert
For over ten years, the Napfényes Festival has been one of the biggest, most colorful, and all-encompassing events focusing on healthy lifestyles in Hungary. Its purpose is to offer knowledge and methods appropriate to the modern age for the physical, mental, and spiritual adoption of a harmonious and fulfilled lifestyle.
More details 10am - 6pm: Vegan Sunday Market at Anker’t
A small vegan market is held each month at Anker’t ruin pub, warmly welcoming followers of a vegan or healthy lifestyle with countless salubrious treats. Pamper your taste buds with wonderful vegan produce purchased at this market, such as grillable vegan ingredients, coffee specialties, cakes, sandwiches, chili sauces, and much more, to be enjoyed while meeting new people at this cool community center. The event is child- and dog-friendly, and is also complete with cooking workshops.
More details 11am - 7pm: WAMP Design Fair at Erzsébet Square In June, WAMP – a beloved design fair in Budapest – takes place twice in June, presenting the latest products of Hungarian designers on the 11th and on the 18th at Erzsébet Square in the sweet summertime sunshine. After browsing through the countless accessories, clothing, and stunning small-scale pieces, marketers can cool down by dipping their feet in the cold pool found in the middle of the square.
More details 6pm - 8:45pm: The English Patient at the Bem CinemaIn this heart-twisting 1996 British-American war drama, a badly burned man, Laszlo de Almasy (Ralph Fiennes) – who turns out to be a Hungarian cartographer – is tended to by a nurse, Hana (Juliette Binoche), in an Italian monastery near the end of World War II. As he does not remember his true identity, his past and passionate love affair with an Englishwoman are slowly unveiled by flashbacks, leading to an ending that changes both his and Hana’s lives forever. The film screens with original English audio and Hungarian subtitles. 8pm:
Orthodox Pentecost Concert at St. Stephen’s Basilica Talented Hungarian musicians – Bea Palya, Balázs Szokolay, and the Saint Ephraim Male Choir – celebrate Pentecost at Budapest’s St. Stephen’s Basilica on June 11th with songs performed in eight different languages. Besides sacred songs from all over the planet, a melody from renowned Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, and one from György Ligeti will also fill the air amid the wonderful walls of this hallowed shrine.
