Thursday
Various times and venues:Halloween celebrations
It’s time to get spooky! Many events are taking place across Budapest to mark Halloween, from Samhain Celtic celebrations at the Aquincum Museum to an LA Halloween Special at the Budapest Marriott Hotel. For kids, the holiday starts early with witch face-painting and pumpkin carving at Budapest Zoo, while grown-ups can let their freak flags fly at the three-night Budapest Metal Halloween at the S8 Underground Club and the Dürer Kert. For all details, see here.
6pm - :Taiwan Dox 2019 at the Toldi and Kino cinemas For three nights and each screening free to enter, Taiwan Dox – Taiwan Documentary Days comprises eight features, subtitled in English and Hungarian, covering subjects from family secrets to a transforming tribal world. The first session takes place at the Toldi, the next two days from 3.45pm at the Kino.
7pm - :Non Solus at Müpa Award-winning Recirquel premiered this piece at the Brooklyn Academy of Art in New York and now undertake a series of four shows at Budapest’s prestigious Müpa, starting this evening. Under Bence Vági, Recirquel have pushed the boundaries of contemporary circus, dance and movement. Non Solus, performed to the music of Bach and Rachmaninov, features two artists who interpret the arc from birth to death, and the human quest for each other.
8pm - :Tiger Lillies at the A38 Ship Led by Martyn Jacques since their inception 30 years ago, London’s three-piece Tiger Lillies bring Brechtian cabaret to the stage, performed with Jacques’ falsetto voice and accordion, and with a touch of Soho thrown in.
Friday
All Saints’ Day
A national holiday, 1 November is when Hungarians pay respects to departed loved ones, flocking to cemeteries with candles and flowers. For outsiders, it’s a chance to discover some of Budapest’s most atmospheric historic landmarks, bathed in a beautiful glow once darkness descends. With 1 November falling on a Friday this year, these rituals should go on all weekend. For a guide to Budapest’s five leading cemeteries, see here. Note also that many shops and offices close on Friday but public transport will be running.
7pm - 8.30pm:Beetlejuice at the Bem cinema.
Tim Burton’s comic-horror smash from 1988 helped launch the career of Winona Ryder, who stars along with ghoulish couple Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. An Oscar winner for Best Makeup, this is the perfect choice before you head out to party for Halloween. Screened in English with Hungarian subtitles.
7.30pm - :Fran Palermo at the Akvárium Klub Taking inspiration from Mexican and Egyptian culture, Fran Palermo celebrate All Saints’ Dayas a Funeral Band with a special bittersweet party. After successfully appearing at the Zandari Festa in Seoul, the Hungarian group perform a few new numbers and creepy covers for this ghoulish bash.
11.30pm - :Parra for Cuva at the A38 Ship Multi-talented Berlin-based musician Nicolas Demuth, aka Parra for Cuva, brings his atmospheric electronica to Budapest, seamlessly switching from melancholy to euphoria as showcased on recent album Paspatou. Providing support will be Daniel Santiago, Daniel Ban and Marcello Baptis.
Saturday
7pm - 8.30pm:Carmina Burana at Müpa The Ballet Pécs stage the Budapest premiere of their interpretation of Carl Orff’s powerful cantata. Choreographed and directed by Balázs Vincze, it features a cast of 20 dancers who search for spiritual salvation and common humanity as Orff’s medieval truisms boom out.
8pm - 10pm:Bruce Dickinson at the Budapest Congress Centre What Does that Button Do? involves Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson giving two-hour one-man show based on his 2017 best-selling biography. Dickinson illustrates its content with pictures and satirical comments, before answering questions from the audience at this two-part event. All takes place in English.
8pm - 5am: Dance of the Dead at The Studios Make sure you dress up to party through the night at The Studios in this combination of Halloween, Día de Muertos, Samhain and other ghoulish celebrations. Entertaining the up-for-it crowd on all three floors here will be spinners Adis Abbé, Aron Ya, Imre Kiss, Nikolas Aasheim, Sazabio and the Broken Dreams Club. Open to all, 3,000 forints on the door.
Sunday
8.45am & 1.30pm: Halloween Express on the Children’s Railway Twice a day, children can board the spooky Halloween Express, a witchified version of the Children’s Railway. Wizards join everyone for the journey from Hűvösvölgy station, where the 3.5-hour adventure also involves magic lanterns and ghost hunting. The Halloween Express delivers everyone safely back to Hűvösvölgy afterwards.
Noon - : Halloween Run at Rottenbiller Park
A handful of Halloween-themed runs take place in and around Rottenbiller Park in District X, from the 300-metre trot for little ones to the 21-kilometre challenge for individuals and relay runners. Some dress up as zombies and vampires, in case they come across anything scary in the Kőbánya cellar system for the longer races.
7.30pm - 10pm: Verdi’s Requiem at Müpa Under the baton of Gábor Hollerung, the Budapest Academic Choral Society and the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok perform one of music’s most popular and sacred requiems, Verdi’s lament for his literary friend Alessandro Manzoni. Award-winning Franz Liszt Academy graduate Adrienn Miksch stars as soprano.
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