Welcome the New Year with Haydn's The Seasons at Müpa Budapest
Start 2023 by indulging in classical music at Müpa Budapest's annual New Year's concert.
Start 2023 by indulging in classical music at Müpa Budapest's annual New Year's concert.
Watch award-winning movies for free when the Japanese Film Festival Online streams between 14-27 February. All 20 films are being shown with English subtitles.
Discover the origins and traditions surrounding Farsang and the carnival season in Hungary – along with the cultural background behind the national dance practised at this time of year, Palotás.
Playwright Stephen Brown talks to We Love Budapest about Dr Semmelweis, co-written and starring the Oscar-winning Mark Rylance, currently being performed at the Bristol Old Vic.
See beautiful Budapest at Christmas as opera stars produce new video showing festive scenes of the Hungarian capital.
Continuing our series on useful Hungarian words and phrases, we focus on that seasonal delight, the pumpkin, whose use in everyday language may either indicate perfection or complete stupidity.
Our series of Hungarian expressions now turns to Vénasszonyok nyara, the 'old ladies' summer' of warm early autumn, whose origins are as romantic as the phrase itself.
Legendary violinist Tibor Varga would have been 100 this year. To honour the life and work of his father, Gilbert Varga conducts a special memorial concert at the Liszt Academy next Monday.
You say goodbye, and I say 'halló'! Discover how this most Anglo of words crept into Hungarian to be used for both 'hello' and 'goodbye' in today's Learn Everyday Hungarian lesson.
English-language theatre is back in town with a play about Budapest life through the eyes of expats. The Asterion Project theatre group presents Most Budapest at the Fészek Művészklub on 10 October.
We are back with another snappy Hungarian expression, with a rather distressing backstory. Learn to recognise what's going on around you in Budapest and suddenly the language will seem less alien.
Budapest post-'89 is the setting for a jazzy first novel by Bruce Lewis, a Kentucky guitarist once of this parish. Joshua Fragmented depicts a city in transition – and those drawn to its allure.
We sit down with alt-rock singer-guitarist, Gergely Balla of Platon Karataev, soon to play the A38 Ship and release their third album after a sell-out show at Müpa.
An English-friendly circus-theatrical adaption, Great Stories of Budapest runs on Wednesday at Bethlen Tér Theatre. The drama features the local artists who paved the way for performers of today.
Starting on 1 October, the Russian Music Festival celebrates the life and work of Tchaikovsky while showcasing several of his compatriots. We speak with pianist and festival founder Marcell Szabó.
What is ize? In the first of our series on learning handy Hungarian, we introduce a three-letter word that can mean... literally anything! Dive into easy Magyar with this lexical jolly joker.
Look out for free alfresco screenings of celluloid gems in the shadow of the Basilica this week, when the Budapest Classics Film Marathon takes place. Other venues include the Toldi and Uránia.
This week, Afterparty is being staged at Trafó, a challenging (and English-friendly) performance of dance, music and theatre created during lockdown. We speak with its director, Réka Szabó.
Budapest-based American artist John Francis Steffen is holding his second exhibition in as many years. Following the Light shows at the Bonbonier café and chocolate boutique on Ráday utca.
Take a look at the trailer for a short film made of the dramatic projections beamed across Parliament and Buda Castle when fireworks were exploding across the Budapest sky on 20 August.
A teenage prodigy at the Salzburg Mozarteum, Miranda Liu came to Budapest and set up the New Millennium International Chamber Music Festival. On the eve of NMICMF 2021, we meet the US-born violinist.
Good news for UK musicians hoping to come and play in Hungary – visas will now not be needed for short tours. Questions marks still hang over the bureaucracy required for road crew and equipment.
The Hungarian film industry marks its 120th anniversary in 2021. To celebrate, the Ludwig Museum hosts a superb English-friendly exhibition, Wide Angle, tracing this history in entertaining detail.
Twice thrown into a prison camp, György Cziffra made it to the top thanks to his extraordinary talent and his ability to relearn how to play. Now a new mural celebrates the centenary of his birth.
People who have been vaccinated in Hungary can now receive the EU Digital Covid ID card for travel throughout Europe. Here's how!
Created by a small, Budapest-based production team, 'Lovely Weekend' premieres this Saturday, 3 July at Kultik Terrasz on the rooftop of the Corvin Plaza. We speak with director Grégoire Biessy.
Starting today, Tuesday, 15 June, Japanese Film Week at the Toldi cinema shows four recently acclaimed movies, screened with English and Hungarian subtitles.
Curtains rise at six multiplexes in the Cinema City chain this week, with English-language screenings for recent Oscar winners ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Promising Young Woman’. Pandemic rules apply.
Known for his work with local band The Serial Chillers, Jeff Joyner talks up his new solo project, a relaxing listening experience typified by 'Hey Babe' and several more releases expected this month.
Iranian director Mansour Forouzesh speaks with We Love Budapest about the city he loves, the location for his latest feature with universal themes, ‘When I Killed the Cat’.