Müpa Budapest Children's Day, 25 May
- 15 May 2025 7:07 AM

With performances and storytelling across three stages - both indoors and in the open air - plus a wide range of creative and musical activities, the event offers something truly special for children and the young at heart.
It's the perfect choice for those seeking a fun-filled day with meaningful experiences, beyond the usual cotton candy and fairground rides.
Music stage in front of Müpa Budapest (in the event of rain: Atrium) amplified:
10 am Rhythm Lab
11 am Búgócsiga Music School
12 am All-Star Picnic
Sena Dagadu, Viki Lábas, Péter Janklovics, Tamás Molnár, Trap Captain
13 am BeatStarz Kids feat. Saiid, Pista Busa, GEGE
14 am Circus, Music, Superar!
Festival Theatre amplified
11 am and 13 am Dance Magic – performance by members of the Hungarian Dance University
Storytelling and dance stage in the Atrium (in the event of rain: Festival Square)
10 am Kerekítő Tippy-Toe with Krisztina Benedek
11 am Sanyi, Me and the Kids: The Hedgehog
12 am I Would Drive the Goose Away! – puppet theatre
13 am Mother Goose’s Stories – performance by the PR-Evolution dance troupe
14 am Sunflower Dance House
All-day programmes
Outdoors:
- eco-world – sustainable toys, inspiring activities
- basket merry-go-round
- wheat processing – cleaning, grinding, sifting, filling into bags
- story island
- paper play with the Papety Paper Manufacture from Etyek
- folk tale commando
- Dragon Castle – five challenges for knights wishing to save the princess (castle catapult, ring toss, target throwing, nutcracker, rope maze)
- storyteller
- farmyard with traditional oven – bread’s journey from grinding to baking, wheel well…
- Seven Trials – knowledge, bravery, skill
- wheelchair obstacle course
- toy park
- folk games: barrel riding, corncob castle, potato gun, leapfrog, hoopla, fishing, bellows, chicken slapper, role-playing screens, bear paws, marsh walker, memory board, balance beam, swinging skittles, snail race, cheese labyrinth, tug-of-war, beanbag flyer, target throwing (horseshoe toss, feed the farmer, ring toss, bucket toss)
- logic and board games: optical lenses, giant tangrams, tactile box, table hockey, memory games, puzzle locks, naughts and crosses, Jenga, Hanoi towers, snake cube, maze, ball maze, puzzle lock box, nine men’s Morris, chess…
- sensitising games: mobility games, cognitive difficulty awareness, vision and hearing impairment simulation games
- skill games: antler ring toss, stilts, snail race, tin can toss, summer skis, extra mill, rocking horse, ball trap, swamp walker, ball maze, wobblers, basket toss, table hockey, wobbling board, spinning tops
- land of the giants: giant nine men’s Morris, giant pickup-sticks, giant Jenga, giant drawing board, giant dominoes, giant naughts and crosses, giant wooden story puzzles, giant catapult, giant wooden spoon, puzzle locks, “retro story” memory game
- model railway
- baby island: corn husking, sensory development games, puppets, ball pit, weighing game, play kitchen, skill development games
Creative activities (in the event of rain: Foyer)
- reed pipes
- origami flowers
- pipe cleaner flowers
- mandalas
- nail printing
- napkin water lilies
- rattles
- scented bags
- pottery
- textile tulips
- natural puppets
- hand fans
- rolling pins
- bead crafting
- postcards
- rope making
- animal figures
- pinwheels
- rag dolls
- sewing workshop
- wind chimes
- stork beaks
- little strawberries
- painting
- drum making
- spinning workshop
- recycled objects
- set design workshop
Foyer (in the event of rain: Glass Hall)
Musical development activities:
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Do-re-mi
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Boomwhacker
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Müpa treats
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Musical board game
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Musical water glasses
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Classroom cajón drum
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Syncopation
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Instrument recognition
- Ballerina magic – buns, tulle skirts, dance steps – workshop with the Hungarian Dance University
- Instrument petting zoo (recycled instruments: pumpkin lyre, tank drum, crank marimba, trash banjo, etc.)
- Instrument-crafting workshop – with instrument-maker Gábor Bodnár
Activities for little ones in the Glass Hall (in the event of rain: Staircase Hall) (Ages 0–3)
Rhyme time
Clap-clap
Filmstrip corner
Puppet play
Image maker
Hug-and-sing
Age: 0-12 year
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