On 25 April, Budapest's most popular inner-city festival spot, Budapest Park, opens for its eighth season, looking funkier than ever. This year, the Park takes on a whole new dimension, turning into Planet 8, the place where you can leave reality behind and get ready for the coolest concerts of the summer. The design has been revamped with playful portraits and graphics evoking the atmosphere of the '90s and neon colours breathing new life into this alfresco attraction. Offering a lot more than just a place to party, Budapest Park will play host to so many exciting events this season, there’s hardly time to count them all.
An impressive line-up includes Three Days Grace + Halestorm, Sum 41, Disturbed, Architects, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Iggy Pop, Flogging Molly, Infected Mushroom, Little Big, Zaz, Thievery Corporation and Ziggy Marley – and this is not even the final list. These international acts are joined by top Hungarian bands such as Tankcsapda, Random Trip, Szabó Balázs Bandája, Bohemian Betyars, Wellhello,Punnany Massif and Quimby.
Those who wish to take partying to the next level can now enjoy three Skyboxes with the best views, and two lounge terraces for chilling out. And if you arrive not yet ready to rock, at DM's Pimp Me Up! container you can get your perfect party make-up and hair within minutes.
A new spot called Dzsungel is also setting up for the season, hosting art and contemporary circus performances, fairs and film screenings before each concert, and themed after parties with the hottest atmosphere. Lovers of rock music can let loose at the NeverNight Party, while electronica buffs can shake it at TrueBeat. Those who fancy playing live Tinder can find the one at a Match Party, while the Freddie Mercury Night honours one of the greatest singers of all time. Those who are interested in folk dancing can learn a few basic steps at a traditional Hungarian Dance House.
Budapest Park is also co-operating with the Robert Capa Contemporary Centre of Photography and nearby Ludwig Museum, hosting temporary exhibitions that shine a light on our relationship with technology, as well as on the difficulties of the visually impaired.
For more details and tickets, check out the Budapest Park website.
