Nightlife
Budapest JazzHouse to stage Secret Garden concert
Budapest JazzHouse is staging a Secret Garden concert this Thursday, 2 July at an undisclosed alfresco location – and featuring some of the best names in the business.
Nightlife Culture
Recognise these top Budapest nightspots by their beers
You can't judge a book by its cover but can you tell a nightclub by the beer it might make? Artist Péter Csuth is behind a unique project of devising a brand for every major venue in town.
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Budapest spas, museums, cinemas and theatres may open in June
Lights, camera... action! Cinemas, spas, museums and theatres may reopen in June if the Hungarian Parliament agrees when they vote on the 16th of the month.
Gastro Nightlife
7 best rooftop bars now open in Budapest
Cheers! Here are Budapest's sexiest rooftop bars, all now open, offering fabulous cocktails and fantastic cityscape. Enjoy! It's the weekend!!
Gastro Nightlife
Budapest’s bars and restaurants to open indoor spaces
With bars opening their interiors from today, Friday 29 May, the city is seeing its nightlife industry come back to life – but many, such as Memories Pub Crawl Budapest, need foreign visitors back.
Nightlife
Huge open-air hangout soon to open at Budapest Park: ParkKert
There's no summer without Budapest Park! The popular seasonal venue may have been forced to cancel its concert agenda until August, but it's now opening a venue within a venue: alfresco ParkKert.
Gastro Nightlife
9 lively terraces now open in Budapest
Raise a post-shutdown glass on one of these lively terraces around Budapest, either by the Danube or deep in the heart of industrial Pest. And remember – social distancing, please!
Gastro Nightlife
13 top terraces to celebrate the end of quarantine!
They're open! Here's a selection of top terraces around Budapest that can legally open from this week – some are already serving drinks, others are opening up later. Cheers!!
Nightlife
No Kertem this summer – popular City Park hangout seeks new site for 2021
No Kertem this summer – Budapest's busy alfresco hangout in the City Park won't be opening but the team are keen to find another site for 2021.
Gastro Nightlife
Cheers, Budapest! FIRST Craft Beer to hand out 10,000 free pints when the city reopens
Free beer is on the menu for 10,000 lucky residents of Budapest, says a local brewery, as soon as quarantine measures are lifted!
Nightlife Budapest
Sziget and other major festivals cancelled after new regulations announced
Summer without Sziget – today's government announcement continuing the ban on public events attracting 500+ visitors means that many scheduled shows and festivals have had to be cancelled.
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Ferencváros celebrates Thursdays with music!
If it's Thursday, it must be live music in Ferencváros! Performers entertain locals who enjoy the shows from their balconies.
Nightlife
Budapest’s Kolorádó Festival moved from June to August
Budapest's wild and wacky Kolorádó Festival has been moved from June to 12-15 August, when audiences can look forward to four days of alternative music and entertainment.
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One big happy family and 1,000 shows – Budapest Bár launch new album and plan special show
Róbert Farkas of universally popular Budapest Bár talks about their 1,000 shows and eight (or is it 11?) albums of Gypsy, swing and evergreen tunes on stage and in the studio.
Nightlife Culture
Hungary’s own online music festival brings live music into our living rooms
Hungary's key musicians, bands, artists, venues and festivals have come together to create a platform for live performance, streamed into people's living rooms: Maradj Otthon! (Stay at Home!).
Nightlife Budapest
Budapest blog: Farewell, Big Mark!
In this latest of our Budapest blogs, with the city in shutdown mode, a memorial drink-up for well-known Londoner and long-term local Mark Phelan is postponed – but let's all raise a glass at home.
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Sziget Festival still on – for now!
This summer's Sziget Festival, the biggest music event in the region, is still scheduled to take place this August, say organisers. The same goes for the VOLT Festival in Sopron and Balaton Sound.
Nightlife
Budapest’s top nightspots and concert venues close for gigs and parties – some stay open as bars
Following the restrictions in place to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, major Budapest concert venues and party spots are forced to cancel events but several still operate as bars and restaurants.
Nightlife
Top Budapest nightspot Akvárium Klub postpones concerts but keeps its bistro and terrace open
Right in the heart of Budapest, live venue, party spot, dining destination and downtown hangout the Akvárium Klub is postponing all events due to coronavirus measures but will keep its bistro open.