| New
Year’s Day Concert |
Popular Hungarian classics, 1st January, Vigado concert hall. |
| The
Farsang Season |
Masked balls, 2nd January-4th March, throughout the city. |
| Budapest
Film Festival |
Long weekend in early February, throughout the city |
| Carnival
Sunday |
Masked
procession, last Sunday before Lent February/March, throughout
the city |
| Spring
Uprising |
Commemorating the 1848 Revolution, including street theatre,
15th March, in front of the Hungarian National Theatre |
| Budapest
Spring Festival |
Arts
festival with opera, concerts and plays, mid-March to mid-April,
various venues. |
| Earth
Day |
Green issues, 22nd April, throughout the city |
| May
Day |
Craft markets, street theatre, sausage and beer tents have
replaced communist practices, 1st May, throughout the city |
| Book
Week |
New books are displayed along the streets of central Pest
between the Danube and Nagykörút, first weekend
June, Pest |
| World
Music Day |
Nation-wide music festival, with rock, folk and jazz, mid-June,
free open-air venues around Budapest |
| Budapesti
Búcsú |
Celebration of the 1991 withdrawal of Soviet troops, with
music, dance and theatre, last weekend June, various parks
and public spaces |
| MATAV-WOFUME |
3-day world music festival, June, Budai Parkszinpad |
| Open-Air
Summer Festival |
Music, dance and theatre, June-August, Margaret Island, Hilton
Hotel and the Buda Park Stage |
| Anna
Ball |
200-year-old event of the Lake Balaton summer season with
chamber music concert, fireworks, July, Balatonfüred |
| St
Stephen’s Day |
Celebration of Szent István, founder of Hungary, with
fireworks, 20th August, Gellért Hill |
| Hungaroring,
Grand Prix |
Second
Sunday in August, Mogyorod, near Budapest |
| Student
Island Festival (Diáksziget) |
One of Europe’s biggest week-long cultural events (rock,
folk and jazz), third week August, Óbuda Island |
| BudaFest |
Opera
and ballet festival, early-mid August, Opera House |
| Festival
of Crafts |
Mid-August,
Buda Castle |
| Jewish
Summer Festival |
Late
August or early September, throughout the city |
| Budapest
International Wine Festival |
Exhibition
and fair, second week of September, Buda Castle |
| Architectural
Heritage Days |
Open
house weekend for important architectural buildings, September,
throughout city |
| Budapest
International Fair (BNV) |
September, Budapest Fair Centre (Budapesti Vásárközpont) |
| Budapest
Contemporary Music Weeks |
Opening
of concert season on the anniversary of Bartók’s
death, late September-end of October, various venues |
| Budapest
Autumn Festival |
Contemporary
Arts festival, late September-mid-October, many venues |
| Budapest
Marathon |
October,
throughout the city |
| Remembrance
Day |
National
day of mourning of the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian rebellion,
23rd October, Kossuth tér |
| Vox
pacis, festival of choral music |
November, various venues |
| Mikulàs |
Giving
of presents, 6th December, throughout the city |
| Szilveszter
(New Year) |
31st
December, throughout the city |
| New
Year’s Eve Masked Ball |
31st December, Opera House |
| Silver
and Gold Sunday |
Serious day of Christmas shopping, last Sunday before Christmas,
throughout the city |
