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The annual Thai Festival organised by the Royal Thai Embassy in Budapest will be held this year in the Hungarian National Museum on Sunday, September15 from 11am to 7pm.

The Opus Jazz Club operating the building of the Budapest Music Centre (BMC) has been granted the prestigious professional Award for Adventurous Programming from the Europe Jazz Network (EJN), the BMC said on Friday.

Budapest Central European Fashion Week (BCEFW), a showcase of fashion and workshops, has got under way, and Hungarian and regional brands will present their latest collections in the Millenaris G building at the weekend.

Hungarian film Without Air, the first feature film of director Katalin Moldovai, has been shortlisted for the European Film Awards, the National Film Institute (NFI) said on Wednesday.

The Sziget, concluding its 30th festival, is starting a new chapter, Tamas Kadar, the event's chief executive, said on Tuesday, noting a recent announcement that US private equity fund KKR is purchasing Superstruct Entertainment, the company behind various European music festivals.

Pelikan Blue, a Hungarian animated feature-length documentary, won the grand prize at this year's Animix international animation and comics festival.

This year's Sziget Festival in Budapest will offer more than 1,000 programmes featuring performers including Kylie Minogue, Liam Gallagher and Martin Garrix, the organisers said on Tuesday, on the eve of the opening.

In hope for peace, the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BZF) will give a free concert featuring guest musicians from Ukraine, Russia, Israel and Palestine at Heroes' Square on August 31, the orchestra said on Tuesday.

Masterclasses by world-famous soloists and concerts will be on the programme of Kaposfest, an annual festival of classical music held in Kaposvar, in south-western Hungary, between August 12 and 16, the organisers said on Tuesday.

The 14th Budapest Central European Fashion Week will be held between August 26 and September 1, and will focus on building bridges between the region's countries and to open doors to international markets for designers, the organiser Hungarian Fashion and Design Agency (HFDA) said ...