Entertainment

Summerfest, an international folklore festival held in Szazhalombatta, south of Budapest, will get under way on Saturday, organisers told MTI.

The CineFest international film festival, organised for the 19th time this year, in Miskolc, in northern Hungary, will showcase 17 films including award winners in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Karlovy Vary between September 1 and 9, organisers told MTI on Wednesday.

The 11th Paloznak Jazz Picnic festival to be held near Lake Balaton on Aug 3-5 will feature international performers, such as 1980s star Rick Astley and jazz-funk group Level 42 from England, along with renowned Hungarian performers.

The 25th Jewish Cultural Festival will offer music and literary events throughout Budapest between September 3 and 12, the organisers said on Wednesday.

Visitors at this year's Sziget Festival will be treated to a showcase of four circus troupes on each day of the event being held from Aug 10 to 15, organisers have said.

A new Madame Tussauds has opened its doors in downtown Pest, just three weeks ago on May 25. Needless to say, this deluxe and lavish affair hardly requires an introduction from me – the splendid historical and contemporary wax figure sculptures draped in highly ...

More than 2,200 programmes including concerts, guided exhibitions and interactive events will await visitors at 442 venues nationwide at the Night of Museums on June 24, an official of the ministry of culture and innovation told a press conference on Tuesday.

Flora Anna Buda's animation film, "27", has won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 76th International Film Festival at Cannes.

Hadik, a Hungarian historic adventure film about 18th-century Hussar General Andras Hadik, was screened in the Kossuth House in Washington, DC, on Friday evening.

A new Madame Tussauds will open in Budapest on May 25, featuring 51 Hungarian and international celebrities and historical wax figures.