Performances of the Városmajor Open-air Stage:

27 August (Tuesday) 2013, 8pm   - Benkó Dixieland Band: Face to Face concert

The Benkó Dixieland Band plays some 200 – 250 concerts every year in Hungary and abroad. They have released 64 albums and have had a total of 110 hours of television show time. The interviews and other TV programs in which they feature are being annually seen by 600 million viewers in the world. Their regular international tours have taken them to the most different countries of Europe, America and the Far East where they have been received as traveling ambassadors of both Hungary and New Orleans jazz. What a wonderful combination!

Besides the band’s highest Hungarian cultural honors, the honorable recognition of two american presidents confirm their international recognition.

After a long absence, the Benkó Dixieland Band returned to the Városmajor Open-air Stage last summer. They presented their 55th Anniversary concert with full house and exploding success.

Their new programme "Face to Face" will be introduced with the special emphasys on their hits influenced by New Orleans and other music styles.

Star guests:
Tamás Berki - vocal
György Ferenczi – harmonica, violin, vocal

The members of the Benkó Dixieland Band:
Sándor Benkó - clarinet, leader and manager of the group
Vilmos Halmos - piano, vocal
Jenő Nagy – banjo
Gábor Kovacsevics – drums
Zsolt Kelemen – bass
Béla Zoltán – trumpet
Iván Nagy - trombone, vocal

Source: szabadter.hu