Budapest Festivals
Festivals belong to Budapest like Goulash Soup or the Parliament. Mainly during summer time there are many festivals taking place in Budapest and all over Hungary, from the well known Sziget Festival over the very popular Wine Festival to the Mangalica Festival you can find a festival for nearly everything.
Budapest is also called “Festival City” and Hungarians love to enjoy their free days on festivals and listen to music from international musicians, eat and drink local specialties and simply be among other people. And it is not a great opportunity for the visitors but also for the exhibitors who can show their products, play their music and in the end be close to their customers. You can find exhibitors, mainly on the food and drink festivals, from all over Hungary and even abroad presenting their products and giving you consultation.
It is really worth visiting Budapest Festivals because here you can meet with the producer themselves, get a taste of Hungarian culture and mentality as well as enjoy Budapest in a different way. The music Festivals are a great opportunity to see many different artists from all over the world in one venue and dance, drink and party all night long. Find out more about the Festivals in Budapest and the rest of Hungary.
Latest Budapest Festival News
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Balaton Sound 2012 Poster
Just like the Volt Festival 2012 poster which I spotted today several times I also stumble across the official Balaton Sound 2012 advertising poster which is hanging in the metro stations as well as tram and bus stops and many other places all over Budape...Volt Festival Official Poster
Budapest is covered with posters advertising Volt Festival in Sopron end of June and it contains all the headliners announced over the past weeks and months. On the 2012 Volt Festival acts like Faith No More, Snow Patrol, Skrillex, Iggy & the Stooges,...Björk cancelled her Balaton Sound gig
As Björk announced on her Facebook page yesterday she cannot perform on Balaton Sound festival this year among other appearances during June and July. Here is her entire post: hi folks i am sorry to announce I will not be able to play balaton sound fe...Get your Pálinka glasses ready
Today on May 10th the Budapest Pálinka Festival starts in the Buda Castle under the slogan "year of the apricot" meaning you should get familiar with apricot Pálinka. Barack as it is called in Hungarian is one of the most popular types of Pálinka probably...Sziget 2012 Main Stage programs almost complete
After weeks and weeks of new announcements, big names and a lot of speculations around the Sziget Festival 2012 Lineup the program for the main stages is almost complete and we can have a decent look at it to get you excited and into the mood for a ass ki...Some new confirmations for Sziget 2012
After The Killers have been announced for Sziget 2012 together with some other acts recently there are some more confirmations about the lineup which look like the following: Blaas of Glory Fishtank Ensemble Capeman Frittenbude 1995 Grimus ...Pálinka Festival 2012 exhibitor list released
Recently the organizers of the Budapest Pálinka Festival released the list of Pálinka and additional exhibitors for this year. A few more than last year but mostly the same good Pálinkas will be available next weekend (10.-13. May 2012) in the Buda Castle...ALL Exhibitors on Budapest Wine Festival 2012
On this years Budapest Wine Festival in 210 pavilions the best wine makers from all over Hungary will showcase their products and be available for talks and questions throughout the time of the festival (12.-16. September 2012). As every year all popular ...The Killers at Sziget Festival 2012
The final act for the main stage has been announced and it is nobody else than The Killers, a rumor which has been around for a while but got finally confirmed yesterday. Next to this superb act there have been several others announced, here is the full l...Sven Väth & more @ Balaton Sound 2012
New announcements have been published today for this years Balaton Sound in Zamardi. The top name is Sven Väth, the world famous German DJ who became very popular for his parties on Ibiza in his Cancoon Club. But not only Väth is coming, also announced to...Kalkbrenner & more at Balaton Sound 2012
After the news that David Guetta will perform at Balaton Sound 2012 just minutes ago I collect the other announced acts in one post but they are not less spectacular. Here we go: Paul Kalkbrenner Fritz Kalkbrenner Sander Van Doorn Gareth Emery ...David Guetta at Balaton Sound 2012
He is back. The worlds most famous and successful DJ in the past years David Guetta will perform on Balaton Sound 2012 again. Last years performance has been a blast with a crowd that has never been there at Balaton Sound but David Guetta makes it possibl...Faith no more Headliner Volt 2012
The headliners are out for Volt 2012. And the name is... Faith No More Wicked announcement as Faith No More is really a superb band in the industry since years and worldwide known. But in this news some others are not often mentioned so here are s...Sziget 2012 announcement round
It has been a long time and I would like to excuse myself for not posting but holidays and other turbulences have kept me away from updating BudapestFestivals.com however now I am back and here is a large summary of announcements for the Sziget Festival 2...Dates for Pálinka Festival and Budai Gourmet confirmed
Finally there is confirmation about the dates of the Budapest Pálinka Festival and the Budai Gourmet in Millenaris Park. We had to wait some time to get exact dates but now you can mark your calendars and get excited. Well at least for the Pálinka Festiva...Next round of announcements for Sziget 2012
Slowly Sziget Festivals 2012 in Budapest is getting more and more concrete. New announcements popping up week by week and athis time again I have some awesome acts for you performing live in August 2012. Here we go: Paolo Nutini Glasvegas Katzenja...The Ting Tings confirm themselves for Sziget 2012
Another self confirmation is out for the Sziget Festival 2012, the Ting Tings from the UK will perform on August 12th. On their MySpace page they announced it and listed it among their tourdates for this summer. The data is coming from Eventful.com where ...Il Teatro degli Orrori one of the unknown 4 at Sziget 2012
Yesterday I have written about 4 unknown Italian artists to perform at Sziget 2012 which have been announced on the Sziget Italia Twitter account, today we know who it will be. Well at least one of the 4, it is Il Teatro degli Orrori. Or did the 4 mean th...Sziget Festival Camping
I just found this picture on a blog and wanted to share it with you. I think it is hilarious. Has anybody seen that "thing"? I guessit has the single purpose as a sound system, not for camping on Sziget. I doubt that it can even drive... ...The unknown Italian 4 at Sziget 2012
In the Sziget Italia Twitter stream there has been an announcement about 4 Italian bands coming to Sziget Festival 2012. Unfortunately they have not mentioned who it could be. Any Italians here who would like to guess? Otherwise we need to sit and wait f...
History of Festivals in Budapest
The Festivalmania started with a small festival in 1993 after the comunism era which was organized by a small group of artisits and general rock enthusiats, called the Diáksziget which is now known as the Sziget Festival, 2011 awarded as “the best major European festival”. Diáksziget translated means the Student island and it kept the name until 1997 when the first main sponsor Pepsi branded it the Pepsi Sziget until 2001 when it became the today known Sziget Festival. Not that the Sziget Festival was the first festival in Budapest but it was the tipping point when Hungarians started to enjoy music, culture and other topics together and independent.
Budapest Festivals today
Today, as mentioned above, festivals belong to Budapest like the Parliament building or the Opera. As you can see in the right menu during summer time there is a major festival in each month and that has a reason. Most of the festivals in Budapest, at least the big ones, are organised by the same company EMG (Est Media group). The EMG is the organiser of the Sziget, the Volt, Balaton Sound, Gyerek Sziget and many more events. Also in their portfolio you can find print media, online media, music and indoor activites and much more. So as you can see many channels are covered by EMG which is the largest festival oraganizer in Hungary.
Budapest All in One Guide
Information for travellers to Budapest, programs, Budapest airport transfer, sightseeings.All you need and many more!
In case you are coming from abroad and need to get a place to stay you should be looking for Hotels in Budapest, especially city center hotels as most fetivals take place in downtown Budapest to attract as many people as possible.
About BudapestFestivals.com
I have craeted this website because I love to go to festivals in Budapest and like to create websites. So this website was a logical consequence next to my other websites about Budapest. It stated all end of 2011 after the Festival marathon, when I took images, went to nearly all of the festivals listed here and had a lot of impressions. So I decided that I setup this website covering all the festivals I have been to before 2011 and build up more and more festivals in 2012 so that it becomes a decent source for news and information around all festivals in Budapest and all over Hungary.
If you feel like contributing to BudapestFestivals.com you can do so by sending in your festival pictures or reviews about festivals you have visited or in case you want to contribute more I am happy to get your guestblogging articles or even your full contribution as an editor.
There is still no money involved, the ads shown do not even cover hosting costs and the domain so in case you see this as a job offer I can only offer you experience and practice. I hope you understand.
Rock on!
