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Budapest Book Week to Include 80 Stage Performances & Pop Concerts, 12 - 15 June

• 6 Jun 2025 8:02 AM

Hungarian writer, poet and literary translator Janos Lackfi will open the 96th Budapest Book Week to be held between June 12 and 15 in downtown Budapest.

The four-day festival held on Vorosmarty Square, Vigado Square and the Danube promenade organised by the Hungarian Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association (MKKE) will feature 187 exhibitors and more than 1,100 signing events, award ceremonies, as well as some 80 stage performances and pop concerts, Katalin Gal of MKKE told a press conference.

After the greetings of the MKKE and Lackfi's opening speech, Gergely Karacsony, the mayor of Budapest, will also welcome guests, she said.

The event will continue with the award ceremony of the Beautiful Hungarian Book 2024 contest, Gal said.

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