Madách Imre Square
This year, music and dance will return to Madách Square as the community launch event of the Budapest Spring Festival.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hungary's accession to the EU, the world-famous Chamber Orchestra of Europe opens the Budapest Spring Festival with an unmissable concert.
Ludus Europae
Merlin
On 1 May 2024, we will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of our accession to the European Union with a very special and unique night.
Open Air Concert in Városháza Park
Városháza Park
Sparkling, enchanting melodies, original compositions, exceptional talent: this is how Budapest celebrates International Jazz Day.
Participatory performance in your living room
Private apartments in different locations in Budapest
What is Europe actually: a geographic border, a cultural identity, a coalition of states?
At several locations
Spring is a celebration of jazz when outstanding artists of the Hungarian and international scene play in Budapest's concert halls, clubs and public squares.
Sunrise Trio, Coltrane Legacy, Ioannis Vafeas Quartet
Trafó House of Contemporary Art
For one ticket you’ll get three amazing concerts at Trafó.
Participatory circus performance
Madách Imre Square
Ready for risk? Be the hero of this partipatory production by the French Cirque Inextremiste mixing dance, street art and music.
Solo Exhibition of the Winner of the Esterházy Art Dating
The Space Contemporary Art Gallery
The Space Contemporary Art Gallery presents "Not_Found", a solo exhibition by Emese Kádár, winner of the Esterházy Art Dating.
Immersive parliamentary play
Trafó House of Contemporary Art
Welcome to the Parliamentary Chamber! Armed with a remote control, you are a Member of Parliament called to vote. Education, security, civil liberties, pop music... it's up to you to govern and take a stand!
City Hall courtyard
Over the past 20 years, cultural and community spaces, the ruin pubs, have shaped the cityscape of Budapest and are still an integral part of the vibrant and diverse life of the capital.
Theatre audio walk
Kolibri Children and Youth Theatre
Father and son set out to collect the debt.
Rezes-Tihanyi-Gerlóczi: Revived wardrobe
Merlin
Rethinking the way we dress is no longer a passing fad, but an increasingly necessary and inevitable part of our lives. Yet we often get lost in the mazes of fashion consumption, filling our wardrobes and our lives with more and more unused clothes.
Documentarist VR performance
Merlin
Time travel allows us not only to look into the mirror of our past, but to face our contemporary problems.
Catwalk Concert
Memento Park
Costume designer Fruzsina Nagy and conductor Dóra Halas created a surprising and original new genre: the catwalk concert.
Global themes, personal stories
Városháza udvar
Sub/Version presents documentary films exploring the choices people make when striving to change their lives.
Susan Sontag in Sarajevo Film screening (in Bosnian with English subtitles), meet and greet, book launch
ÖrkényKÖZ Workshop
Susan Sontag arrived in besieged Sarajevo in 1993, where she staged ‘Waiting for Godot’. The documentary features interviews with actors and creators of the play to present a moving account of life in Sarajevo under siege, where Susan Sontag’s presence brought a powerful burst of life. The black and white photos of Sarajevo under siege by prominent photographers Milomir Kovačević and Paul Lowe and their striking simplicity served as a visual inspiration for Nihad Kreševljaković’s film.
Women in Charge
Toldi Cinema
This year, women take charge of Little Europe, while exploring the contemporary Central European cinema.
Immersive theatre performance by Stereo Akt
Wesley János Primary School
What makes a young teacher fresh out of university or a professional who has spent decades in education say goodbye to teaching?
Co-production of MESS International Theatre Festival, SARTR, Maladype Theatre and Budapest Spring Festival.
Örkény István Theatre
With unfettered fantasy, Susan Sontag’s play ‘Alice in Bed’ tells the story of Alice James (1848-1892), the sister of the world-renowned American novelist Henry James and the great psychologist and philosopher William James.
The performance will be performed in Bosnian with Hungarian and English subtitles.
The performance will be performed in Bosnian with Hungarian and English subtitles.
Participatory performance
Újpalotai vásárcsarnok
When and why does the female body become invisible with age? How do these bodies, carrying knowledge and stories, appear in the urban public space? What do they tell us? What can we learn from them?
Erkel Színház
The legendary saxophonist Bill Evans (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock) brings together jazz greats on one stage as a team.
Theatre in the bomb shelter
Merlin
BUNKER CABARET is a new performance by Hooligan Art Community that started life in the bomb shelters of Kyiv. Combining music, poetry, dance and film, this unique theatre event is a powerful exploration of love versus totalitarianism, and the personal conflicts of making art in a time of war. By turns ironic, raw, funny and devastating, the performance starkly reveals the artists’ individual experiences of the war while communicating a shared humanity, creating beautiful moments of connection between artists and audiences.
a National Centre for Recreation and Integration performance - participatory game - concert
Central European University
A four-day series of performances, participatory actions, and concerts by members, former and current students, and teachers of the Freeszfe Association will transport you to a dystopian Hungary of 2034.
Moses Yoofee Trio, Sinnoi
Trafó House of Contemporary Art
One ticket - two concerts. Prepare yourself for an exciting meeting of musical worlds on the Trafó stage.
Nagy Emma Quintet, Ajtai Péter | Mingus! Mingus! Mingus! Lisztes Jenő Cimbalom Project feat. Roby Lakatos
Rákóczi tér – Szabadtéri színpad
Exciting experiments and interpretations take in one evening. Representatives of a new generation of modern contemporary jazz, Nagy Emma Quintet's compositions include intricate drum grooves, free improvisations, contemporary compositions and unique arrangements.
The concerts are free of charge.
The concerts are free of charge.
Béla Bartók reimagined for sampler, drum machine and turntable feat. Heureka Pop Orchestra
Városháza Park
Bartokosmos is composed entirely of individually re-composed transcriptions of works by Béla Bartók.
The concert is free of charge.
The concert is free of charge.
International design and all-arts event series
Kiscelli Museum
For the 20th time, the Kiscelli Museum will host the region's outstanding independent design and all-arts event series featuring nearly 200 artists from 20 countries. The rich programme will also include guided tours, contemporary dance performances, and classical and modern music concerts.
Piano concert by Takuma Onodera (JP)
Liszt Academy - Chambre Solti
His brilliant musical career started when he was five. Still a high school student, he had already performed at Carnegie Hall and won prizes at some of the world's most prestigious music competitions.
sleeping theatre for adults
Merlin
Sleep theatre performance - arrive in your pyjamas
When was the last time you were covered up?
When was the last time you were covered up?
TÁP walking theatre at the Town Hall
Merlin
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Budapest, 23 contemporary writers created the Budapest Big Novel, which was a great success with the public. The stories will be read by TÁP Theatre artists in the exciting spaces of the City Hall, allowing visitors to discover both the new literary creation and the previously unknown details of the huge building.
Péch Lóránt Trio Batyu | Borbély | Lőrinszky
Liszt Ferenc Square
Two exceptional trios will fill the Liszt Ferenc Square with music: pianist-composer Lóránt Péch and his fellow musicians will play well-known standards alongside their compositions, combining modern and traditional jazz.
The concerts are free of charge.
The concerts are free of charge.
a National Centre for Recreation and Integration performance - participatory game - concert
Crystal Stage
A four-day series of performances, participatory actions, and concerts by members, former and current students, and teachers of the Freeszfe Association will transport you to a dystopian Hungary of 2034.