Mayor István Tarlós said that other Budapest cultural festivals held in the spring and summer had already proven the success of cooperation between the government and the city council.

“CAFe Budapest is a good example showing that the greatest beneficiary of cooperation between the government and the capital is culture,” Tarlós said. CAFe Budapest has been organised by the Hungarian Tourism company, the Budapest Festival and Tourism Centre (BTFK) and the Palace of Arts (Müpa).

BTFK managing director Teodóra Bán said that CAFe Budapest would be among the top European festivals. Müpa managing director Csaba Káel noted that the festival programme includes 84 free events. Among the festival’s highlights Káel noted a literary event featuring Lajos Nagy Parti and a concert by organist László Fassang.

He said a circus tent would be set up next to the Palace of Arts that will feature, among others, shows by Recirquel, The Tiger Lillies and Nina Hagen, he added. Works by renowned composed Péter Eötvös, who turned 70 this year, will be performed at several events.

The A38 boat will be another important venue for the festival, with concerts by St. Vincent, Tycho and Benjamin Clementine, and Budapest’s popular ruin pubs will host shows by a literary travelling circus.

The Ludwig Museum will show an exhibition dubbed Revolution, Anarchy, Utopia, focusing on central and eastern Europe, and attempting to explore whether contemporary art since the 1980s contributed to the start of important social and political changes or it only reacted to the changes.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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