The National Hungarian Dance House Festival is both a showcase and meeting place for folk musicians, folk dancers and folk artists from all over the Carpathian Basin, Moldavia and anywhere else in the world where Hungarians live.

It is THE opportunity for folks who simply enjoy dance house events, professional folk performers, groups of children and/or adults, folk music schools and tradition preserving folk artists to gather and celebrate Hungarian folk culture and the culture of other ethnic groups living in the region.

The National Dance House Festival and Market has been going since 1982. It is organized by the Dance House Association.

With just a couple “force majeure“ type exceptions over the years, it has been held every spring as part of the Budapest Spring Festival. The Dance House Festival is one of the most important Hungarian folk festivals.

With the participation of our professional colleagues and help from our sponsors in 2010 and 2016 the festival got an “excellent folklore festival” rating from the Hungarian Festival Association. In 2017-2018 it was listed amongst the best European cultural festivals.

Schedule of events:

11:00 BaHorKa
13:00 Navratil Andrea and Kobzos Ensemble
14:00 „Gyöngyszemek” – Savanya István and Bokros Trió record release concert and Southern Plains dance house with guests: Tóth Gábor, Goda Katalin
15:30 Thirty-five year anniversary Gajdos Band concert and Rábaköz dance house
17:00 Vajdaszentivány dance house – with Bekecs Ensemble; Hajdú Flórián and partner
17:45 Bodrogköz dance house –with Bekecs Ensemble; Demek István, Fehér Eszter
18:30 Kalotaszeg dance house–with Kalász Banda; Fitos Dezső, Kocsis Enikő
20:00 All Hungarians Dance – Mezőség dance house, with Kalász Banda

Tickets: 1000 Ft (in advance), 1500 Ft (Day of the event)

Admission only with valid ticket and COVID health certification.

Place: Fonó Budapest

Address: 1116 Budapest Sztregova u 3.