• Invitation: Budapest Burns Supper, 25 January

    • 24 Jan 2014 8:10 AM

    The Budapest Burns Supper is one of the highlights of the social calendar, and was a sell-out last year, so be sure to reserve your tickets early. The Grand Ballroom of the Corinthia Hotel Budapest is once again the venue for the this annual event, 25 January 2014 will be the 17th. It's always an entertaining evening in support of local charity, featuring traditional Scottish culture: live bagpipes and drums played by a Fife Pipe Band, a free single malt whisky-tasting, Scottish country dancing, and first-class cuisine. Read on for ticket price and dress code info, and to see a video from a previous event.

  • Coming Up: Deep Purple Concert, Budapest, 17 February

    • 23 Jan 2014 8:00 AM

    The legendary rock band's brand new tour stops in BudapestArena on February 17th, 2014. With an ever-increasing fan base, picking up new listeners around the world thanks to their drive to tour familiar and less-travelled places, it’s no wonder Deep Purple operates on fresh cycles of adrenalin. No resting on yesteryear. Deep Purple has released half a dozen studio albums in the last 15 years, but that total is augmented by an abundance of solo work and special projects from all 5 band members.

  • Invitation: Deniz Koyu, Opening 2014, Club Play Budapest, 11 Jan

    • 7 Jan 2014 8:00 AM

    Deniz Koyu (born as Deniz Akcakoyunlu in Germany) is a Turkish DJ and electronic dance music producer who specializes in progressive house and electro house. He has received worldwide support from acclaimed DJs such as Avicii, Swedish House Mafia, Tiësto, Dada Life and Fedde le Grand and was named an EDM artist to watch in 2012 by MTV. Getting into EDM(at age 18), he previously enjoyed pop music and indie pop. He lists Daft Punk, disco house and later on progressive and electro house as influences. His song "Tung!" is the most worldwide known from his Discography.

  • Escape From Budapest To W Bangkok

    • 7 Jan 2014 8:00 AM

    Bangkok at its brightest! That's the promise of this ultra stylish property set in the pulsating heart of the Thai capital. Surrounded by spicy street markets, vibrant nightlife, top shops and restaurants, W Bangkok offers a unique mix of cutting-edge design and passion for fashion, music and entertainment.

  • Invitation: New Zagar Video & Christmas Gig, Trafó Budapest, 27 Dec

    • 27 Dec 2013 8:03 AM

    The Eastern European electronica frontrunner Zagar released a new album earlier this year. ‘Light Leaks’ is a journey of light breaking through dark and it explores expansive cinematic dreamscapes created with their perfect blend of cool guitar riffs, vintage synth sounds and Kraftwerk style vocoders. It exposes a miraculous and wonderful world where a child enjoys colorful fantasy, ignoring boundaries. We can follow this child through wonderful dreamlands. Light Leaks gained warm critical acclaim in the international press and left quite an impression with music blogs and radios worldwide. The single hit of the album called 'Space Medusa' has been played already by the BBC radio.

  • Video: Van Gogh Alive Multimedia Exhibit, Váci1 Budapest, Until 29 December

    • 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM

    Venture into an exciting new world in Van Gogh Alive, a multi-sensory experience for the whole family. Forego all preconceived ideas of traditional museum visits, dispel all notions of tiptoeing through silent art galleries to view masterpieces from afar, change how you interact with content, stimulate your senses and challenge your beliefs of what an ‘exhibition’ can be. You probably don't need to keep the kids quiet either!

  • Now On: West Of Transylvania, East Of The Hungarian Great Plain, Museum Of Ethnography

    • 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM

    The Fekete-Körös Valley is situated to the south-east of Nagyvárad (Oradea, Romania) between the Apuseni Mountains (Munţii Apuseni) in Romania and the Great Hungarian Plain. The region was settled by Hungarians – with a focus on its fertile plateau – during the time of the Árpád Dynasty, while the first historical references to Romanian villages date to the end of the 16th century.

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