National Dance Theatre on Saturday 21 August 21 at 8.30pm

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Dancers step lightly around milestone.

Dance ensemble ExperiDance promises a breathtaking gala performance of its show One Thousand and One Years on 15 August in celebration of the group’s tenth anniversary. The special, one-off show will see 40 dancers performing instead of the usual 30 and the leader of the company, Sándor Román, will take the principal role.

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Hidden Treasures in Budapest Part 3: Western Station (Nyugati pályaudvar) and surroundings.

The Orient Express and Trans-Siberian Railway are names that have something romantic about them. They evoke the myth of travel and have often been the settings for novels and films. Budapest is home to a magical stop on the journey from West to East: the Western Station (Nyugati pályaudvar).

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The 79th Szeged Open-Air Festival continues until 22 August. The Budapest Times spoke to the festival’s director, Edina Bátyai about the event’s series of theatre performances, musicals and concerts.

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The newly-renovated “Sissi Palace” in Gödöllõ awaits visitors this weekend with entertainers in 18th-century costumes, a baroque market and culinary specialities.

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The 185th annual Anna Ball at Balatonfüred

Hungarians around the world watched the live transmission on Duna TV of the 185th Anna Ball, which is held annually on or around 26 July and the Feast of St. Anne (the mother of the Virgin Mary) when all the Annes, Annas, Anitas, Ancsas, etcetera celebrate their name day.  The prestigious ball, with its nearly two centuries of history, is traditionally the most exciting social event of the summer season, attended by Budapest’s high society and foreign guests.

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Wanted: 400,000 paying participants for a music festival which offers myriad little-known or long-forgotten bands, huge crowds, long queues for the loo and a chance to catch an unwelcome ailment or two. Free mudbaths available, weather permitting.

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Valley of Arts festivalunder way, outta town.
 

The Valley of Arts festival has been a meeting point for lovers of art and culture of all ages near Lake Balaton since 1990. This year’s festival opened this past weekend and continues until Sunday, 1 August.

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The TérFilmZene festival, which runs until Sunday, 8 August, is described by its organisers as a “free, high-class open-air cultural experience – a garden cinema inside the city”.

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World-class jazz, opera, swing and world music at the Veszprém Summer festival this weekend.

The Veszprém Summer Festival is held on the captivating baroque square (Szentháromság tér) of Veszprém Castle. Since the festival began in 2004, international stars such as the tenor José Cura, Al di Meola, Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices, Barbara Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin, Paco De Lucia, Joey DeFrancesco and many more have helped to put it on the map.

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As an open-air cinema, beer garden, concert venue, restaurant and gallery in one, Holdudvar on Margaret Island can definitely be described as an all rounder. Open each year from April to September or for as long as the weather allows, guests are still coming in large numbers seven years on. This summer it is putting on exhibitions, film nights, programmes for children and literary events as well as parties with DJs and live music and regular Friday and Saturday night jazz concerts.

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Nat “King” Cole´s daughter Natalie is bringing jazz back to the big stage. Like her father she is in her element performing with a big band, and will do so on Monday 26 July from 8pm at the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna.

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British acid jazz band Incognito plays Zöld Pardon on Sunday 25 July at 8pm. They are considered to be among the founders of the English acid jazz movement and have 13 albums under their belt.

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 Vác is holding its 18th baroque festival from 23 to 25 July (Friday to Sunday). There will be dance, music, a costume competition and gastronomic treats.
The city lies on the Danube Bend around 34 kilometres north of Budapest. It is known for its baroque buildings on its main square (Fõtér) and 18th century crypts discovered a few years ago.

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Review: Over the Counter exhibition at Mûcsarnok.

Some 30 contemporary arts and art collectives from former socialist states have addressed the topics of economy, social change and life in post-socialism in an exhibition at the Mûcsarnok.

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Great Balls of Fire! Jerry Lee Lewis in concert.

Credited by some as the creator of rock ’n’ roll, Jerry Lee Lewis may be just shy of 75, but he is certainly not worn out and has never been shy for words. The man on tour in “The Greatest Rock ’n’ Roll Show on Earth” once described himself thus: “I’m a rompin’, stompin’, piano playing son of a bitch. A mean son of a bitch.” His more colourful quotes are not suitable for publication.

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Hidden treasures in Budapest:
Part II – Inner City Parish Church and the surrounding area.

During the vicissitudes of Budapest’s past countless buildings were constructed, only to be destroyed by wars or flooding and replaced by new, usually larger buildings. Some, however, have survived the centuries by being reconstructed and expanded. The best example on the Pest side is the rather modest-looking, but fascinating Inner City Parish Church.

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Seal plays Pécs on Tuesday.

Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, who goes by the thankfully short “Seal”, has a soulful, velvety voice which renders all of his songs unique. The king of ’90s love songs will visit Pécs, European Capital of Culture 2010, on Tuesday, 13 July.

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According to its curators the exhibition Over the Counter has been inspired by the “economic illusions, utopias, creativity and frustration that Central Europe...

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On Wednesday 14 July at 8pm the three Norwegians from a-ha will perform their songs from several decades at the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna. The spectacle should appeal to both their fans from the beginning and those that only discovered the band in this millennium. 

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Zsámbék Jazz Open 2010.

The radio broadcaster MR3 presents the Zsámbék Jazz Open 2010: until 30 July every Friday some of Hungary’s most talented jazz musicians will perform against the unique backdrop of the church ruin in the small town southwest of Budapest.

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Electronic music festival powers up at Balaton on Thursday.

Sleep is likely to be a luxury for festival-goers partying hard at the Balaton Sound Festival in Zamárdi on the south shore of Lake Balaton from 8 to 11 July (Thursday-Sunday). Big names performing at the largely electronic music festival include Jamiroquai, Tricky, Chemical Brothers, David Guetta, Paul Van Dyk and Pet Shop Boys. Guests with a four-day ticket can move onto the site from “day zero”, Wednesday, 7 July from 6pm.

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Visegrád will return to the Middle Ages on the weekend of 9 to 11 July at the International Royal Palace Fair with an entertainment programme designed to appeal to families in particular.

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National Gallery exhibition.

Art at the time of the Cold War can be seen as a kind of outlet to deal with what was experienced. That must have been the case with György Kovásznai, who expressed himself through the creative process.

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Festival Weeks & Volt Festival take over western city of Sopron.

The Sopron Festival Weeks, which continue until 11 July, carrying on a tradition celebrated in Sopron and the surrounding area since 1932. The west Hungary city will also host the Volt Festival between 30 June and 3 July.

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Mark Knopfler’s Get Lucky tour in Budapest Sunday, 4 July.

With record sales of some 85 million worldwide, Dire Straits are true greats of the rock scene. The band owed its success in large part to the breathtaking, unique guitar playing of Mark Knopfler, who will stop off in Budapest this Sunday on his Get Lucky world tour.

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Masterpieces of Zsolnay ceramics on view in series of exhibitions throughout Hungary.

“We wanted to celebrate the completion of the restoration of the magnificent Zsolnay grés (a very hard, compact ceramic compound) railings and inner decorations of the hall of our building, by holding the exhibition of Zsolnay wares from the Pécs Factory here,” said Szilvia Bába, marketing director of the Magyar Kultúra Alapítvány (Hungarian Cultural Foundation) where over 100 Zsolnay ceramic wares are attracting a host of admiring visitors.  The huge building, across from Mátyás Templom on Castle Hill (whose shiny new Zsolnay roof has also just been renovated), was once the Ministry of Finance, badly damaged in the Second World War.

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