Open air photo exhibition in Városháza Park
Városháza Park
How do contemporary photographers see the people of Budapest? Who are we, and what are we like?
International digital arts review
Kristály Színtér
Discover the immersive exhibition of works by international artists, superstars and pioneers on BINÁLÉ's unusual and magical digital canvas.
Premier at the Katona József Theatre Sufni
Katona József Színház
'The Politicians', a play by one of the most important contemporary German dramatists, Wolfram Lotz, is directed by Balázs Dohy in Sufni, the smallest venue of the Katona József Theatre. A dramatic and entertaining textual monster about the inflation of language, the loss of meaning and the truth disappearing in a sea of words.
Premier at the Katona József Theatre Kamra
Katona József Színház
After fifteen years, Sándor Zsótér is back again at the Katona József Theatre to direct Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's drama 'The Water Hen' with Béla Mészáros, Tamás Keresztes, Júlia Mentes and Natasha Stork, among others.
Gather up, build it up!
Kristály Színtér
How does the wooden model of Budapest follow the changes in its living fabric, the creation or disappearance of its buildings?
Budapest 2073
Kristály Színtér
Get on neo-futuristic drone wings with The Flying Data Collective and fly to Budapest in 2073. In this participatory theatre performance, equality and social justice come to life in the Egalitarian Eco-City of Budapest. Artificial intelligence will help anti-fossil citizens to understand the context and data.
Open day at the József Gruber Reservoir
Gellérthegyi Gruber József víztároló
A futuristic temple, an engineering feat, and a coveted location for sci-fi movies. Built into the belly of Gellért Hill, water in the two piano-shaped pools of the Gruber József reservoir covers 10,000 square metres, standing 8 metres high between 212 columns.
Óbuda legal wall opening weekend
Gázgyár utca
For two days nearly 40 graffiti artists from Hungary and abroad, invited or selected by appointment, will inaugurate the graffiti wall at the Gas Factory in Óbuda. The event includes music and dance performances, as well as a painting workshop for children.
Literary picnic with the Radnóti Theatre
Filozófusok Kertje
In the Garden of Philosophers, the Radnóti Theatre's actors are hosting a literary picnic, where they will read short stories, novels and diary excerpts about Budapest, the Budapest feeling, myths and legends related to the capital, written by Hungarian authors of the past almost a hundred years.
Photo marathon for friends, families and solo adventurers
Városháza Park
Take your camera out for a stroll on the streets of Budapest with your family and friends, or venture out alone!
A walk through the history of the Katona József Theatre
Katona József Színház
The last forty years and the next ten years of the Katona József Theatre will be enacted through a reading theatre performance by the actors and the young talents of the Katona Club in five locations.
Documentary Series Premiere
Toldi
Budapest’s trademark ruin pubs and the party district owe their emergence to numerous exciting figures from the city scene.
Budapest premiere of the production by Behívó program
Katona József Színház
The performance created by the young creative community of the Katona József Theatre paints a picture of Hungary today.
Singular scenes from the ®Alkotótárs programme
Jurányi Pordukciós Közösségi Inkubátorház
The works of renowned poets, writers and photographers on extreme poverty, sustainability and digitalisation served as an inspiration for this series of unconventional, boundary-pushing episodes.
Piano Concert by Kana Furukawa (JP)
Óbudai Társaskör
In cooperation with the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music and Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Japan), the best student of the seminar in 2022, pianist Kana Furukawa plays memorable masterpieces by Bach, Schumann, Beethoven and Liszt. The evening is also the world premiere of Hiroki Tanaka’s composition.
Poster exhibition in honour of the world-famous Hungarian mathematician
Városháza Park
Named Man of the Century by the Financial Times, John von Neumann had a lasting impact on several scientific fields, such as computer science, nuclear physics, game theory, economics, and numerical meteorology.
A literary soirée with Réka Borda, Mónika Ferencz, and Ádám Nádasdy
Eötvös10 Művelődési Ház
A literary soirée and a roundtable discussion about the newest play of the Trojka Theater Company which deals with the topic of heterosexuality and homosexuality in terms of love and female stereotypes.
Participants: Réka Borda, Mónika Ferencz, Ádám Nádasdy (poets)
Moderator: Sisso Artner
Participants: Réka Borda, Mónika Ferencz, Ádám Nádasdy (poets)
Moderator: Sisso Artner
Analogue photography exhibition by Angéla Eke
TOBE Gallery
Exhibition with the Trojka Theatre Company and the creators of the production 'Sex Cinema, or the Conviction of our Desires'
Sci-fi evening in honour of the Hungarian genius
Kristály Színtér
Science, imagination, genius and humour are packed into one evening. In the spirit of John von Neumann's visionary article, sci-fi writers and students give creative fictive answers to the challenges of information technology, mathematics and nuclear physics and explore our chances of survival in the shadow of ecological crisis, war and pandemic. A round table discussion at the end of the evening focuses on the relationship between von Neumann and science fiction.
Underground culture in the 1980's
Lumen Kávézó
In the eighties, spaces and forms of culture representing progress and breakthrough emerged in the face of closedness, suspicion, limitations of freedom of expression and public life, and a general sense of no perspective.
Musical theatre show
Alterego Club
Do we really know our sexuality? Or are we just following what society, our friends, partners or gender expect from us?
Three floors of underground happening
GÖDÖR Klub
The evening marks the end of the 20th-anniversary celebrations of the Gödör Klub and the VadArt art group, with an underground art party taking up three floors!
Open-air dance parade on World Dance Day
Madách Imre tér
On World Dance Day this year, feet will move to the beat in Madách Square. Aficionados of Argentine tango, West Coast swing and salsa will come together to the sound of great tunes. In the evening, Hungary's best-known Latin music pianist Richárd Révész and his band will bring vibrant Cuban melodies.
Journey to Antal Szerb's Universe
Rumbach zsinagóga
Zsolt Prieger's Antal Szerb fantasy is poetically surreal: acoustic and projected images, cities, stories and loves flash right before our eyes. A vision full of improvisation: an unmissable literary, musical and philosophical performance, at once an avant-garde experiment and a San Remo hit factory.
Documentary theatre
Trafó Kortárs Művészetek Háza
A group of disillusioned actors are looking for a new vocation and open an inn for burnt-out activists in Budapest. The guests of Hotel of Change fight for a fairer, more liveable, better world, each in their field. But at what cost? And who are they? Are they the heroes of our times, provocateurs, or bored fools? The documentary theatre piece focuses on activists and their initiatives, giving the staff of Hotel of Change a chance to understand what gives hope in turbulent times.
Exhibition of Tibor Kiss's works at the Főfotó Gallery
Főfotó
The exhibition of old and new works by Tibor Kiss, visual artist, songwriter and musician of Quimby and Aranyakkord focuses on mental well-being. The vernissage will feature a round table discussion on mental health and the importance of mental hygiene for musicians and creative industry professionals.
Closing concert of the Budapest Spring Festival performed by the Budapest Sound Collective
Zeneakadémia Nagyterem
Gergely Dubóczky and his ensemble perform rare curiosities and well-known pieces by Viennese masters. The Budapest Sound Collective's fresh, dynamic approach brings classical music even to those who feel alien to them.
Identities and belonging in the city
BTM Vármúzeum
The Budapest History Museum's exhibition features spectacular installations to stimulate the senses and bring to life the lights and sounds of Budapest now and in the past 150 years.