Every year at August 20 Budapest arrange a big firework along the Danube between 21.00 and 21.30. On August 20 the Hungarians celebrate the name day of their first king, King Stephen. Below you can enjoy a little video showing some small clips from this years firework, which was amazing! The best so ever so far!
Last Thursday Hungary celebrated the Saint Stephens day, and the city was packed with people. As always the city was full of tourists, and they probably all enjoyed the different attractions located around in the town. Though, I myself discovered a “new attraction” which gave me a much bigger laugh than the best theaters and cinemas around in town; it did not cost any money, and it was located in the Vaci Utca. It was not breakdances, neither “statue-men”… but it was the new Budapest Dance Attration (though I am not sure if he will perforum again).
It would not be fair not to share the experience with you all, so enjoy the video of this great dancer recoreded August 20, in Budapest.
Demis Roussos Budapest
September 29, 20:00
Budapest Sportarena
Tickets: WorldTicketShop
About Demis Roussos (source: Wikipedia)
Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (born June 15, 1946) is a Greek singer. He was born in Egypt to ethnic Greek parents George and Olga (Engineer Yorgos Roussos), and raised in Alexandria. His parents lost everything and moved to Greece after the Suez Crisis..
After settling in Greece, Demis participated in a series of musical groups beginning with The Idols when he was 17. After this he joined We Five (not the San Francisco, California folk-rock group), another covers band which had limited success in Greece.
He came to a wider audience in 1968 when he joined progressive rock band Aphrodite’s Child, initially as singer but later also playing bass guitar. His distinctive operatic vocal style helped propel the band to international success, notably on their final album 666, which became something of a cult classic.
September 6 Anastacia will visit Budapest, not because she wants to see the Castle (though she might want to) – but because she wants to have a concert showing her talent to all her Hungarian and international fans. The concert starts at 20.00 and will be held in the SYMA Hall, close to the Puskas Ferenc Stadium and the Budapest Sportarena.
Anastacia Budapest
September 6, 20:00
SYMA Hall
Tickets: WorldTicketShop
About Anastacia (source: Wikipedia)
Anastacia (born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk on September 17, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Asia, Oceania, South Africa and South America but has not had as much success in her native United States. In 2005 she was recognized for worldwide sales of over 20 million albums. Anastacia is world renowned for her edgy, soulful voice and is famous for her ability to hit powerful notes (C3 – C6/D6) in a full voice range well into soprano tessituras. Her small stature (160 cm or 5’3″) has also led to her being nicknamed “The Little Lady with The Big Voice”. She was also known for her trademark glasses (often darkly tinted), but she had surgery to correct her vision permanently in August 2005.
She made headlines when diagnosed in 2003 with breast cancer. On April 21, 2007 she married her bodyguard of three years, Wayne Newton, in Mexico.
The qualification for the soccer World Championship is soon finished, and Hungary is doing great. Currently they are located at the second place, and might end up in the World Championship if they continue the same way. But, first they will have to face some big opponents; Sweden on September 5 and Portugal on September 9.
Both matches will be played at Puskas Ferenc Stadium and I guess it will be extremely exciting matches – as Hungary has not been as close as this in a long time.
Tickets for Hungary – Sweden, Sepmteber 5: WorldTicketShop
Tickets for Hungary – Portugal, September 9: WorldTicketShop
There has been loads of trouble with the planned Madonna concert in Budapest; first it was planned to be in Kincsem Park, then we were told that it had to be moved to Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena… and then they told us that it would be held in Kincsem park again. So the original tickets contain the correct information, and it is just to look forward to the concert for those with tickets. If you have still not got hold of your tickets, check out our Madonna Budapest concert information page, and use the link there to buy tickets!
For those who didnt know; the concert will be 22. august!
The world famous band ZZ Top will perform in Budapest Sportarena October 15, 2009. The concert starts at 19.30, so if you want to see them live in Budapest, this is your chance. The band was formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969, and can be found on the list of the 100 greatest rock and roll bands in the world.
The official ZZ Top webpage can be found at http://www.zztop.com/
ZZ Top Budapest
Budapest Sportarena
October 15, 2009 – 19:30
Tickets: WorldTicketShop
Other concerts in Budapest
The Tennis Classics is returning to Budapest. In 2008 Pat Cash, John McEnroe, Goran Ivanisevic, Tomas Muster and other stars played in Budapest, and it must have been a success as Tennis Classics is returning to Budapest again in 2009. Among the participants this year you can find Boris Becker, Yannick Noah, Mats Wilander, Henri Leconte, Pat Cash, Tomas Muster and Mansour Bahrami.
The event takes place October 10 and 11.
Tennis Classics Budapest
October 10-11
Budapest Sportarena
Tickets October 10: WorldTicketShop
Tickets October 11: WorldTicketShop
