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Best Festival In Europe Ready To Rock Budapest Again
- 19 May 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
More than 1,000 performances and activities are lined up for visitors to the annual Sziget Festival on Óbuda Island in 2015, chief organiser Károly Gerendai told us recently. Interest continues to grow in the festival after a new attendance record was set last year with more than 400,000 visitors. This year’s event will run from August 11-17, with a concert by Robbie Williams on August 10, the ...
'A View From The Street', Budapest, 3 - 5 June
- 19 May 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Coming to Budapest in June, A View From The Street, is a unique collaboration between Berlin-based musician Geordie Little and Australian director, Mike Williamson, that offers a rare glimpse of life through the eyes of a busker. For the audience, it is a thoroughly immersive artistic experience.
Sony Buys Hungarian Cannes Contender
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired US distribution rights to the Hungarian film competing for the Palme d’Or, "Son of Saul". The distribution agreement was signed by the film’s international distributor, Films Distribution, at the Cannes Film Festival, film magazine Variety reported.
Museum Festival In Budapest, This Weekend
- 15 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
With the aim of creating a tradition, the Hungarian National Museum called into being 'Museums Majális' in 1996 to unite the world of Hungarian museums. Organically connected to International Museum Day (18th May), which has been organised annually for almost three decades by ICOM (International Council of Museums), this upcoming May weekend of 16 - 17 May is intended to draw attention to the ...
Belgian Beer Festival, Bálna Budapest, 15 – 17 May
- 14 May 2015 5:58 AM
- food & drink
Beer lovers in Hungary can taste and learn about Belgian beer culture for the sixth time at the annual Belgian Beer Fest, held at Bálna Budapest. Event visitors will be able to eat and drink indoors and outdoors at the 'Whale' venue. Besides novelty, great and well-known classical beers will also be available at the counters. 6th Belgian Beer Festival presents more than 196 beer types of 35 ...
Faust Festival @ Opera House, On Until 31 May
- 14 May 2015 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Similar to 2014 when the Strauss150 Festival crowned our local Opera House's 130th season, the forthcoming Faust225 Festival aims to present 'the most concentrated event of this season', on the 225th anniversary of the first publication of Goethe’s Faust – A Fragment. Five brilliant pieces built on the topic of Faust can be heard, among them the premiere of Gounod’s opera and the Hungarian ...
Upcoming Expat Theatre: 'Pretext', Müszi Budapest, 20 & 21 May
- 14 May 2015 1:35 AM
- entertainment
Pretext is an original comedy from Budapest English Theatre. A light-hearted look at a serious subject: the war of the sexes as they face their mortality. Written and directed by the company’s Artistic Director, Virginia Proud, she also takes to the stage with Beth Spisljak, Esther Holbrook and Madeleine Damasdi. Asked about juggling so many roles, she said “I won’t deny it, it was challenging! ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 May
- 13 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Brahms, as a composer of symphonies, is the centrepiece of the Budapest Festival Orchestra's season. Their public was able to hear his third and fourth symphonies in September, and at the end of the season, Iván Fischer and his orchestra will be completing the cycle with the first and second.
'Carmina Burana', Festival Theatre, Budapest, 14 May
- 13 May 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
"Glimpsing into the ritualistic lives of a barbarian humanoid community scraping and struggling for survival in the ruins of civilization, we observe how its members battle their fears and follow their instincts in an attempt to overcome what Fate has thrown at them. Fate is sometimes benevolent, bringing joy and love, but sometimes it brings them sorrow and death.
Best Festival In Europe Ready To Rock Budapest Again
- 19 May 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
More than 1,000 performances and activities are lined up for visitors to the annual Sziget Festival on Óbuda Island in 2015, chief organiser Károly Gerendai told us recently. Interest continues to grow in the festival after a new attendance record was set last year with more than 400,000 visitors. This year’s event will run from August 11-17, with a concert by Robbie Williams on August 10, the ...
'A View From The Street', Budapest, 3 - 5 June
- 19 May 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Coming to Budapest in June, A View From The Street, is a unique collaboration between Berlin-based musician Geordie Little and Australian director, Mike Williamson, that offers a rare glimpse of life through the eyes of a busker. For the audience, it is a thoroughly immersive artistic experience.
Sony Buys Hungarian Cannes Contender
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired US distribution rights to the Hungarian film competing for the Palme d’Or, "Son of Saul". The distribution agreement was signed by the film’s international distributor, Films Distribution, at the Cannes Film Festival, film magazine Variety reported.
Museum Festival In Budapest, This Weekend
- 15 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
With the aim of creating a tradition, the Hungarian National Museum called into being 'Museums Majális' in 1996 to unite the world of Hungarian museums. Organically connected to International Museum Day (18th May), which has been organised annually for almost three decades by ICOM (International Council of Museums), this upcoming May weekend of 16 - 17 May is intended to draw attention to the ...
Belgian Beer Festival, Bálna Budapest, 15 – 17 May
- 14 May 2015 5:58 AM
- food & drink
Beer lovers in Hungary can taste and learn about Belgian beer culture for the sixth time at the annual Belgian Beer Fest, held at Bálna Budapest. Event visitors will be able to eat and drink indoors and outdoors at the 'Whale' venue. Besides novelty, great and well-known classical beers will also be available at the counters. 6th Belgian Beer Festival presents more than 196 beer types of 35 ...
Faust Festival @ Opera House, On Until 31 May
- 14 May 2015 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Similar to 2014 when the Strauss150 Festival crowned our local Opera House's 130th season, the forthcoming Faust225 Festival aims to present 'the most concentrated event of this season', on the 225th anniversary of the first publication of Goethe’s Faust – A Fragment. Five brilliant pieces built on the topic of Faust can be heard, among them the premiere of Gounod’s opera and the Hungarian ...
Upcoming Expat Theatre: 'Pretext', Müszi Budapest, 20 & 21 May
- 14 May 2015 1:35 AM
- entertainment
Pretext is an original comedy from Budapest English Theatre. A light-hearted look at a serious subject: the war of the sexes as they face their mortality. Written and directed by the company’s Artistic Director, Virginia Proud, she also takes to the stage with Beth Spisljak, Esther Holbrook and Madeleine Damasdi. Asked about juggling so many roles, she said “I won’t deny it, it was challenging! ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 May
- 13 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Brahms, as a composer of symphonies, is the centrepiece of the Budapest Festival Orchestra's season. Their public was able to hear his third and fourth symphonies in September, and at the end of the season, Iván Fischer and his orchestra will be completing the cycle with the first and second.
'Carmina Burana', Festival Theatre, Budapest, 14 May
- 13 May 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
"Glimpsing into the ritualistic lives of a barbarian humanoid community scraping and struggling for survival in the ruins of civilization, we observe how its members battle their fears and follow their instincts in an attempt to overcome what Fate has thrown at them. Fate is sometimes benevolent, bringing joy and love, but sometimes it brings them sorrow and death.