Taking place on
December 16-24
, this year’s
Hanukkah Festival
will have new venues, a new environment and a new center, while still bearing the usual cozy vibe.




But why rename a festival that has become well known - and the organizers hope acclaimed - over the six years of its existence? What does 8 have to do with it?
The primary question posed by the festival is how
parts of town
that have a similar history, yet very different present stories relate to each other. How can you connect and how far apart can Districts VI and VII, having turned into Central-Eastern Europe’s main
party districts
by 2014 and losing some of their character in the process, and the much less commercialized District VIII. Taking walk through the latter, you often feel like it is much more original and exciting than its big brother, thanks to its cultural diversity and the socio-cultural projects popping up all over the area. Why are the same social problems more visible in one district than in the other? Why does one have more solutions than the other?




Their aim is to make friends, brainstorm, experiment and try to involve new places, but they have no intention of abandoning District VII. They came up with the idea of connecting the two districts by creating twin establishments.
Fekete Kutya, Gólya, Massolit, Csiga and Auróra
have agreed to participate in this year’s exchange program.