Budapest Events

Budapest offers year-round entertainment in the form of festivals, cultural events, concerts, exhibitions, fairs, sporting events, and national celebrations. Search our calendar of Budapest events to find out what's happening in the city and plan your trip around major acclaimed events like the Budapest Spring Festival, Sziget Festival, or the Budapest International Wine Festival. When you find your favorite Budapest event you can add it to your calendar (Google Calendar, Apple iCal, Outlook, etc.) with a single click.

Calendar of Events in Budapest and Hungary

  1. Craft-Beer Festival

    Date: Jun 1, 2012 - Jun 3, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Mikszáth Kálmán tér and Szabó Ervin tér

    Főzdefeszt, Hungary's Craft-Beer Festival, is held in the former Palace Neighborhood of District 8. The aim of the festival...read more

  2. Foie Gras Festival - A Royal Feast in Buda Castle

    Date: Jun 1, 2012 - Jun 3, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Savoy terrace, Buda Castle

    The Foie Gras Festival is a unique culinary event held at Buda Castle, on the Royal Palace's Savoy terrace....read more

  3. Wagner in Budapest Opera Festival

    Date: Jun 3, 2012 - Jun 19, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Palace of Arts

    The Palace of Arts presents its critically acclaimed sell-out concert series of Wagner’s work: Tannhäuser, Siegfried,...read more

  4. Budai Gourmet

    Date: Jun 7, 2012 - Jun 10, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink

    Venue: Millenáris

    Budai Gourmet is a gastro festival brought to you by the people behind Sziget Festival and the award winning Costes...read more
  5. Los Vivancos - Jun 15 & 16, 2012

    Budapest Summer Festival

    Date: Jun 8, 2012 - Sep 8, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: Margaret Island Open-air Stage and Varosmajor Open-air Stage

    Open-air theater performances, musicals, dance shows, kids’ programs and several concerts are held every summer (June-July-August) during the Budapest...read more

  6. WAMP, the Design Fair

    Date: Jun 10, 2012

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Either Millenáris or Erzsébet Square

    WAMP, Budapest's monthly design market, features creations by contemporary Hungarian designers. WAMP is held once a month, with the...read more

  7. Czech Beer Festival in Budapest

    Date: Jun 13, 2012 - Jun 17, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Városháza Park

    The annual Czech Beer Festival in Budapest, the 5th in a row, brings Czech breweries and beer-lovers together in City...read more

  8. Danube Carnival

    Date: Jun 18, 2012

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Multiple locations - Danube Promenade, Vorosmarty Square, Margaret Island

    Contemporary dancers, international artists and traditional Hungarian folk dancers meet every June in Budapest to celebrate the joy of dance....read more

  9. The Night of the Museums

    Date: Jun 23, 2012

    Type: Arts and Music, Exhibitions

    Venue: See participating museums in Budapest

    Have a sleepover with history; spend the night at Budapest's museums and find out if museums really do come...read more

  10. Summer on the Chain Bridge

    Date: Jun 24, 2012 - Aug 12, 2012  

    Type: Festivals

    Venue: Chain Bridge

    This annual festival celebrates the bridge's birthday with events held on eight weekends from June to August. Closed to...read more
  11. Photo by Mark Mervai

    European Dragon Boat Championship

    Date: Jun 25, 2012 - Jun 26, 2012  

    Type: Sports

    Venue: Banks of the Danube, Lagymanyosi Bridge

    Dragon boat racing, which originated in China over 2000 years ago, is one of the most popular team water sports today....read more

  12. Sting Concert

    Date: Jun 26, 2012

    Type: Concerts

    Venue: Budapest Papp László Sport Arena

    As part of his summer tour, on Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012, Sting will perform many of his greatest hits at the Papp...read more

  13. Danube Day

    Date: Jun 29, 2012

    Type: Festivals

    Venue: Banks of the Danube

    The Danube Day is an annual international event celebrated in 14 countries that are connected through the Danube river system. Several...read more

  14. Budapest Pride

    Date: Jul 7, 2012

    Type: Festivals

    Venue: Multiple locations

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender film and cultural festival. The Pride Parade will be held on July 18th, 2011 starting around 4...read more

  15. Vajdahunyadvár Summer Festival

    Date: Jul 11, 2012 - Aug 8, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: City Park - Vajdahunyad Castle

    The Vajdahunyadvár Summer Festival is a festival of classical music, swing, klezmer as well as traditional Hungarian gypsy...read more

  16. An Evening of Dance in the Carmelite Courtyard

    Date: Jul 26, 2012 - Aug 19, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Castle Hill, Carmelite Courtyard

    Every summer Castle Hill is giving home to a series of dance nights organized by the National Dance Theatre featuring...read more

  17. Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix

    Date: Jul 27, 2012 - Jul 29, 2012  

    Type: Sports

    Venue: Hungaroring

    The Formula 1 Magyar Nagydij is held at the Hungaroring Grand Prix Circuit near the small town of Mogyoród, 18...read more

  18. Sziget Festival 2012

    Date: Aug 6, 2012 - Aug 13, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: Shipyard Island (Hajógyári sziget)

    Sziget Festival is one of the largest music festivals in the world and certainly the best party-filled week of the...read more

  19. Festival of Folk Arts

    Date: Aug 18, 2012 - Aug 21, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Buda Castle

    The Festival of Folk Arts (Mesterségek Ünnepe) brings the finest Hungarian craftsmen and their work to Buda...read more
  20. Photo by Kostas

    St. Stephen's Day

    Date: Aug 20, 2012

    Type: National Holiday

    Venue: Multiple locations

    August 20th is the greatest national holiday for Hungarians, celebrated with day-long festivities followed by spectacular fireworks throughout the country....read more

  21. Jewish Summer Festival

    Date: Aug 25, 2012 - Sep 5, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: Great Synagogue

    The Jewish Summer Festival was first organized in 1998 and its goal was to introduce Jewish culture (music, dance, fine art,...read more

  22. Buda Castle Beer Festival

    Date: Aug 29, 2012 - Sep 2, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink

    Venue: The Royal Palace's Oroszlános and Hunyadi courtyards, and the Savoyai terrace

    The Budavári Sörfesztivál or Buda Castle Beer Festival, first organized in 2011, is an...read more

  23. Újbuda Jazz Festival

    Date: Sep 2, 2012 - Sep 4, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Concerts, Festivals

    Venue:

    The Újbuda Jazz Fesztivál was created in 2005 as an annual event to celebrate Újbuda, Budapest's...read more

  24. JazzForum Budapest

    Date: Sep 7, 2012 - Sep 10, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: Palace of Arts, Trafo, Budapest Jazz Club

    JazzForum Budapest, formerly known as MOL Budapest Jazz Festival, is a prestigious event, from the birthplace of Bartók,...read more

  25. Septemberfest 2012

    Date: Sep 7, 2012 - Sep 9, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Népliget

    Gastronomy, culture and entertainment in Népliget, one of the largest parks in Budapest. One of the highlights of...read more

  26. Budapest International Half Marathon

    Date: Sep 9, 2012

    Type: Sports

    Venue: Budapest street route

    The Budapest International Half Marathon follows a scenic route from Pest, over the Chain Bridge to Buda and back to...read more

  27. Budapest International Wine Festival

    Date: Sep 12, 2012 - Sep 16, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Castle Hill

    Over the past years The Budapest International Wine Festival has truly come of age and is now one of the...read more

  28. National Gallop

    Date: Sep 14, 2012 - Sep 18, 2012  

    Type: Sports

    Venue: Heroes' Square

    National Gallop is an annual cultural event celebrating Hungarian equestrian traditions. It's a horse race reviving Hungarian military history...read more

  29. Sweet Days - Chocolate and Candy Festival

    Date: Sep 20, 2012 - Sep 23, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Courtyards of the Royal Palace

    There are plenty of sausage, wine and pálinka festivals in Budapest, so here is an event for those...read more

  30. Belgian Beer Festival

    Date: Sep 24, 2012 - Sep 25, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Museum of Hungarian Agriculture

    The Museum of Hungarian Agriculture in City Park hosts the annual Belgian Beer Festival for the second time. Beer lovers...read more

  31. Budapest Design Week

    Date: Sep 28, 2012 - Oct 7, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Design Terminál and several galleries and fashion shops

    Budapest Design Week is held every fall citywide and is open to both the public and the design industry, attracting...read more

  32. Budapest International Film Festival

    Date: Sep 29, 2012 - Oct 7, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: Multiple venues

    The first ever Budapest International Film Festival (or BIFF) will be held between September 29th and October 7th. The new...read more

  33. World Press Photo 2012

    Date: Sep 30, 2012 - Oct 30, 2012  

    Type: Exhibitions

    Venue: Museum of Ethnography

    Photos about everyday life, politics, sport, arts, nature and history of our time, as well as people in the news....read more

  34. Budapest Pálinka and Sausage Festival

    Date: Oct 6, 2012 - Oct 9, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Castle Hill

    More than twenty pálinka (a type of Hungarian brandy) distillers and renowned sausage makers participate at this unique...read more
  35. From the 2010 Autumn Festival - Big Mouth

    Café Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival

    Date: Oct 7, 2012 - Oct 16, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: Multiple locations

    Known for the past 20 years as Budapest Autumn Festival and recently renamed to Café Budapest, this festival celebrates the...read more

  36. Spar Budapest International Marathon

    Date: Oct 7, 2012

    Type: Sports

    Venue: The start gate will be at Heroes' Square (Hősök tere)

    The fascinating scenery and the beauty of Budapest makes this Marathon a unique experience. The route of the Budapest Marathon...read more
  37. National holiday

    October 23rd - Revolution of 1956

    Date: Oct 23, 2012

    Type: National Holiday

    Venue: Multiple locations

    October 23rd is a national holiday in Hungary. It commemorates the Revolution of 1956, when Hungarians rose up against the Soviet...read more

  38. Art Market Budapest

    Date: Nov 8, 2012 - Nov 11, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Exhibitions

    Venue: Millenáris, Building 'B'

    Art Market Budapest is an exhibition and art fair that aims to bring attention and awareness to contemporary Central and...read more
  39. photo by Mark Mervai

    Fridge Festival

    Date: Nov 10, 2012 - Nov 13, 2012  

    Type: Festivals, Sports

    Venue: City Park (Városliget)

    The annual Fridge Festival, held in Budapest's City Park, features renowned international snowboarders and freestyle skiers competing for the...read more

  40. Budapest Christmas Market

    Date: Nov 18, 2012 - Dec 30, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Food and Drink

    Venue: Vörösmarty tér

    Each year, from the end of November to the end of December, Vörösmarty Square is transformed...read more

  41. New Wine and Cheese Festival

    Date: Nov 26, 2012 - Nov 27, 2012  

    Type: Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Vajdahunyad Castle

    It's time to taste the season's first new wines! Winemakers from all over Hungary proudly show off their...read more

  42. Christmas Fair by the Basilica

    Date: Nov 26, 2012 - Jan 2, 2013  

    Type: Food and Drink

    Venue: Szent István tér

    Between November 26th, 2011 and January 2nd, 2012 the square in front of the Basilica gives home to a charming Christmas fair....read more

  43. WAMP Christmas Design and Gastro Fair

    Date: Dec 9, 2012

    Type: Arts and Music, Food and Drink

    Venue: Millenáris, Building B

    WAMP, Budapest's monthly design market changes its theme and location for the holiday season for three weekends in a...read more

  44. Design to Go - Christmas Fair

    Date: Dec 10, 2012 - Dec 11, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Museum of Applied Arts

    Design to Go is the annual Christmas fair organized by the Museum of Applied Arts. Clothes, accessories, jewelry, home d...read more

  45. Stylewalker Night

    Date: Dec 16, 2012  7:00pm - 12:00am

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Several unique shops in Budapest's District 5

    Stylewalker Night, a design walk in the city center, is organized by several shops and boutiques featuring designs by young...read more

  46. Quarter6Quarter7 Festival

    Date: Dec 20, 2012 - Dec 28, 2012  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: Jewish Quarter

    Established in 2009, the Quarter6Quarter7 Festival commemorates the annual Hanukkah celebrations of light and miracles in Budapest's former Jewish...read more

  47. Gala Concert of the 100-Member Gipsy Band

    Date: Dec 30, 2012

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Budapest Congress and World Trade Center

    It has become a holiday-season tradition for the 100-Member Gipsy Band to perform a gala concert on December 30th of...read more

  48. New Year's Concerts in Budapest

    Date: Jan 1, 2013 - Jan 2, 2013  

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Multiple venues

    It has long been a tradition to start the New Year with classical concerts around the world. The New Year'...read more

  49. Farsang, Carnival Season in Hungary

    Date: Jan 6, 2013 - Feb 22, 2013  

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Multiple venues

    In Hungary the carnival season (Farsang) that precedes Lent, starts on Epiphany (January 6th) and it ends on Ash Wednesday ...read more

  50. Mangalica Festival

    Date: Feb 3, 2013 - Feb 5, 2013  

    Type: Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Szabadság tér

    This gastronomic event is all about the curly-haired mangalica pig, a Hungarian heritage breed, which came close to extinction just...read more

  51. Budapest Opera Ball

    Date: Feb 18, 2013

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Hungarian State Opera House

    The 2012 Budapest Opera Ball has been cancelled. Following the traditions, the Budapest Opera Ball is held annually on the last...read more

  52. Fat Thursday

    Date: Feb 23, 2013

    Type: Food and Drink

    Venue: over 500 restaurants in Budapest and Hungary

    The Thursday after Ash Wednesday, is Fat Thursday (Torkos Csütörtök) in Hungary, the final...read more

  53. Gőzölgő Festival, Budapest

    Date: Feb 23, 2013 - Feb 26, 2013  

    Type: Concerts, Food and Drink, Festivals

    Venue: Erzsébet tér and Akvárium Klub

    Budapest's new winter gastro festival in Erzsébet tér Budapest hosts a number of lively winter...read more

  54. Flavors of Hungary Gastro Fair

    Date: Mar 9, 2013 - Mar 11, 2013  

    Type: Food and Drink

    Venue: Millenaris, Building B

    Flavors of Hungary Gastro Fair (Kézműves Magyar Ízek Vására) is a gastro...read more

  55. Night of Baths

    Date: Mar 10, 2013

    Type: Arts and Music, Concerts

    Venue: Széchenyi, Gellért, Lukács, Rudas and Király Baths

    Enjoy a party filled evening in one of Budapest's famous thermal baths. Five of the city's most popular...read more

  56. March 15th - National Holiday

    Date: Mar 15, 2013

    Type: National Holiday

    Venue: multiple locations

    March 15th is a national holiday in Hungary. It stands for democracy and freedom and it commemorates the Hungarian Revolution...read more

  57. St Patrick’s Day Parade

    Date: Mar 17, 2013

    Type: Festivals

    Venue: Meeting point: Szabadság Square

    The first ever St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Budapest was held in 2011. The 2012 event, organized by the Irish...read more

  58. Hungarian Macaron Day

    Date: Mar 20, 2013

    Type: Food and Drink

    Venue: Bisztronómia Fakultáció, near Nyugati Railway Station

    The first annual Macaron Day in Budapest is inspired by the Jour du Macaron held on the same day in...read more

  59. Budapest Spring Festival

    Date: Mar 22, 2013 - Apr 7, 2013  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: Multiple locations

    Pulling together the best in classical music, opera, jazz and folk music, this annual festival is the largest cultural event...read more

  60. Budapest Fringe Festival

    Date: Mar 23, 2013

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: Budapest's Broadway

    The 2012 Budapest Fringe Festival has been cancelled. The annual Budapest Fringe Festival, the Hungarian version of the famous Edinburgh Fringe...read more

  61. Budapest Restaurant Week

    Date: Mar 26, 2013 - Apr 1, 2013  

    Type: Food and Drink

    Venue: Over 30 participating restaurants

    Following in the successful footsteps of restaurant weeks worldwide, the first Budapest Restaurant Week was held in May 2011. The 2012 event...read more

  62. Easter in Budapest

    Date: Mar 29, 2013 - Apr 1, 2013  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: multiple locations

    In the Christian calendar Easter (Húsvét in Hungarian) celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and marks the...read more

  63. Titanic International Filmfest

    Date: Apr 13, 2013 - Apr 21, 2013  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: Several 'Art Cinemas', like Uránia, Toldi, Örökmozgó

    The Titanic Filmfest is the biggest international film festival in Hungary. The most outstanding, daring and innovative movie of the...read more

  64. Budapest 100

    Date: Apr 14, 2013 - Apr 15, 2013  

    Type: Arts and Music

    Venue: Multiple locations

    Budapest 100 is an annual celebration of 100-year old buildings in the city. Budapest is an architectural paradise and this new...read more

  65. Cherry Blossom Festival in Budapest

    Date: Apr 14, 2013 - Apr 15, 2013  

    Type: Festivals

    Venue: Füvészkert Botanical Gardens

    Celebrate the cherry blossom season in Budapest. In 2012, the annual Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Festival at the Füvé...read more

  66. Budapest Dance Festival

    Date: Apr 24, 2013 - Apr 29, 2013  

    Type: Arts and Music, Festivals

    Venue: National Dance Theater

    The National Dance Theater's Budapest Dance Festival, held annualy on and around April 29th, the International Dance Day, features...read more