Dash! @ Opus Jazz Club

They say that just like a 100m dash, this concert by the Amsterdam free-funk trio is a profound, almost physical experience. Audiences rave about how they combine complex interplay with a committed yet easy going stage presence.

9 January - 1093 Budapest, Mátyás u. 8.

Open Studio Workshops @ Apacuka Ceramics

Xpats are invited to create something using your own hands, with some help of course - with no advance knowledge needed. You can make your own ceramic plate or mug by clay, using tons of patterns and templates.

10 January - 1066 Budapest, Jókai utca 1.

Amazon Body: Awakening @ Body Factory Budapest

This specially designed workout uses music in combination with endurance and strength training. Apparently the class uncovers the deeper layers of stress and stagnant energy trapped in the body...

11 January - 1125 Budapest Virányos út 15/a

Bp Comedy Night @ House Bar

Meryl O'Rourke's solo stand up show "Bad Mother" was a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Brighton Festival. Meryl is a highly sought after gag writer who has written for the BBC, you can check him out live in Budapest.

12 January - 1065 Budapest, Nagymező u. 40.

Board Games Night @ Dürer Garden

This free-time initiative in Budapest quickly outgrew the living room where it all began, and has become a popular event series with hundreds of participants who pass the night away playing board games.

13 January - 1146 Budapest, Ajtósi Dürer sor 19-21.

Paper Making Workshop @ MiraDoor

This 'Environmental Awareness Program' was created because "MiraDoor's people need to spread consciousness on our role in protecting the so fragile and so essential environment of our planet" we're told.

14 January - 1094 Budapest, Bokréta u. 10.

Book Club: Picaresque Novels: A Confederacy Of Dunces @ Massolit

This Pulitzer Prize winning work is many things, including a 'picaresque novel' n. "a genre of narrative fiction which deals episodically with the adventures of an individual, usually a roguish but attractive hero" - attend to discuss.

15 January - 1072 Budapest, Nagy Diófa u. 30.