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Festival of Folk Arts, Buda Castle, 18-20 August

• 4 Aug 2023 9:56 AM

Hungary's largest folk art festival, the biggest in the Carpathian Basin, involves almost 1,000 Hungarian and foreign craftspeople gathering at Buda Castle between 18-20 August. Admission is free.

This year's Guest of Honour is Czechia, whose masters demonstrate traditional folk crafts such as weaving, blueprinting, percussion woodwork, embroidery and wool processing.

Opening hours: 10am-10pm, stalls close 9pm.

Locations: Táncsics Mihály utca, Tóth Árpád sétány, Szentháromság park, Szentháromság tér, Tárnok utca, Dísz tér.

Stage programs available here

More: 
mestersegekunnepe.hu/english

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Words by Peterjon Cresswell for Xpatloop.com
Peterjon has been researching the byways of Budapest for 30 years, extending his expertise across Europe to produce guidebooks for Time Out and his own website liberoguide.com

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