Tiesto is coming to Budapest in May and will perform in Hungexpo May 22nd. The Tiesto concert starts at 20.00 and there are tickets available to this amazing event still.
Tiesto Budapest
Hungexpo
May 22, 20.00
Tickets: WorldTicketShop
A new exhibition has come to the Museum of Etnhography, and it is entitled: The Kalevala through the Eyes of Hungarian Artists. This exhibition can be seen between February 27 and May 9th, 2010.
About Kalevala: (source: Wikipedia)
The Kalevala is a book and epic poem which Elias Lönnrot compiled from Finnish and Karelian folklore in the nineteenth century. It is held to be the national epic of Finland and is traditionally thought of as one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. Karelian citizens and other Balto-Finnic speakers also value the work. The Kalevala is credited with some of the inspiration for the national awakening that ultimately led to Finland’s independence from Russia in 1917.
The name can be interpreted as the “lands of Kaleva”. The epic consists of 22,795 verses, divided into fifty cantos or “chapters” (Finnish runo).
Earlier we wrote about the fact that Fat Mo’s seems to be closed down forever. Well, they have risen up from the grave and they are back in business. Every day they arrange special programs with artists performing, and below you can find the program for March. More information about Fat Mo’s.
Fat Mo’s program for March:
1.: Sophie Blues Trio – blues
2.: Bory Saxophone Lounge – lounge
3.: Pribojszki Duó – blues
4.: Lakatos Krisztián & Band: Frank Sinatra Show
5.: Roll Skate Boogie – Rock and Roll
6.: Yasya- acoustics rock
7.: Hot Jazz Band – Jazz & Swing
8.: Lukács Linda Vocal & Piano
9.: T.Rogers Blues Band – blues
10.: TurnarounD – blues
11.: BlackriderS – Irish-Country
12.: Pedrofon – Swing & Roll
13.: Harakyru Band – Soul & Funky
14.: Török Ádám & Mini: koncert és rajongói klub – blues-rock
15.: Rhytym Sophie Band – Boogie & Blues
16.: Cséki Kálmán a Jazz zongorista – evergreen
17.: Pribojszki Mátyás Band – blues
18.: Tóth Vera és Zenekara – Funky & Soul
19.: Rudi Rock and Roll Show – Rock and Roll
20.: Kapuzárás Előtti Pánik – R&B
21.: Hot Jazz Band – Jazz & Swing
22.: Lukács Linda Vocal & Piano
23.: T.Rogers Blues Band – blues
24.: Beauty Four – soul
25.: Freak – funky
26.: Mustang Band – Country rock
27.: Voga Viki koncert – Soul & R’N’B
28.: ABBA SHOW
29.: Nemes Zoltán Duó ( Mr. Yambalaya) –blues
30.: Cséki Kálmán a Jazz zongorista-evergreen
31.: Pribojszki Duó – blues
If you would like to see the best press photos made in Hungary, you better visit the Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition in the Hungarian National Museum. This exhibition will be opened March 19 and it will be available until April 24th.
Ticket prices:
Adults: 1000 HUF
Students/ Seniors: 500 HUF
Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition
Hungarian National Museum
March 19 – April 24
More information about the exhibition:
Recall the most exciting moments of the past year, the wonders of nature, the dramatic, happy, funny situations, the exceptional artistic and sports achievements.
Hundred and hundreds of photographs that are worth seeing. Within the framework of the Budapest Spring Festival the Federation of Hungarian Journalists (MUOSZ) is to present the 28th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition and its accompanying exhibition entitled The World of Fashion in Pictures Yesterday and Today at the Hungarian National Museum between 19 March and 25 April 2010.
At the exhibition of the best press photos of the year shocking and thought-provoking pictures can be seen from the venues of the Roma assassinations and of the mourning families, the everyday life at the Havadtő orphanage, Formula-1 driver Felipe Massa’s serious accident, the fight between extremist groups and the police, the court verdict in the case of the lynching at Olaszliszka, the change at the helm of government, moments from then lives of the civilians and the international military forces stationed in Afghanistan.
The exhibited works also depict the outstanding personalities of contemporary Hungarian literature, the most characteristic moments of the Balaton Sound, the back-stage secrets of body-builders, the 125 year old Budapest Opera House, the 120 year old Budapest Circus, the animals of urban life or the colorful ice-birds.
The exhibition to be on show for over a month is an adventure and a time capsule depicting the events of the previous year, 2009 that still influence our lives.
The accompanying exhibition entitled The World of Fashion in Pictures Yesterday and Today is a selection of works by Hungarian photographers who have become masters of their profession both in Hungary and abroad from the last century to the present.
The exhibition includes pictures by such well known masters of photography as Angelo, Rudolf Balogh, Károly Gink, Tibor Inkey, György Lajos, János Kublin, Márton Munkácsy, József Pécsi, Dénes Rónai and Dezső Sziklai. A point of special interest will be the works by Tamás Farkas and János Fenyő, as well as the pictures by such members of the young photographer generation as Csaba Aknay,Tamás Dobos, András Hajdu, István, Zoltán Krasznai, Lábady, Márton Perlaki, Zoltán Sárosi or Zoltán Tombor whose works are considered both domestically and internationally to be equal in quality to that of their well known predecessors.
Letz Zep presents themselves as the UK’s most authentic Led Zeppelin Tribute Band. Now Letz Zep is coming to Budapest and this autumn you can experience, hear and see them live as they perform in Budapest Sportarena. The date of the event is September 24 and the concert is supposed to start around 20.00.
Letz Zep Budapest
Budapest Sportarena
September 24, 20.00
Tickets: WorldTicketShop
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A new temporary exhibition is about to open in the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest. The Gold Masks from Asia, the so called The Zelnik Collection, will be available to visitors in the museum from March 12 to June 20, 2010.
Faces Concealed in Gold – The Gold Masks from Asia
Museum of Ethnography
March 12 – June 20
There will be a Method Man concert in Budapest April 1st, 2010. On All Fools’ Day Method Man will enter the stage in Petöfi Csarnok around 21.30. If you want to be there, you can order your tickets using the link below.
Method Man Budapest
Petöfi Csarnok
April 1st, 21.30
Tickets: WorldTicketShop
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We just thought that we would inform all our visitors that next Monday most shops will be closed in Budapest, due to the fact that it is March 15th, a national holiday in Hungary. You can read more about the day in our article: 15. March in Budapest.
Enjoy your stay in Budapest and Hungary!
Not long ago I wrote that the spring has arrived in Budapest and that citizens and tourists in Budapest finally can enjoy sunshine and nice weather. This weekend the spring is going on holiday though, as the temperature is expected to go below 0 Celsius, and snow is expected to fall. According to met.hu we can expect the following temperatures this weekend:
Friday: -1 Celsius (snow is expected)
Saturday: -4 Celsius
Sunday: -4 Celsius
Monday: -7 Celsius
Tuesday: -2 Celsius
Not long ago I visited Barcelona, and of course we expected beautiful sunshine as we were there. We were not lucky though, as it was snowing like crazy, it was windy, and even CNN showed up to report about the especially bad weather striking the normally warm city along the Mediterranean sea.
Lángos is a speciality in Hungary, and normally you buy this along the street and eat it with sour cream, garlic and other delicious stuff. It is fired in oil or fat, so it is not to healthy though. Kenyerlangos, or Bread lángos, is the version which is made in oven, so it is not so much oil stuck in your hands after eating it.
I always thought that I could only get hold of this on Hungarian national days and other special events, but then someone told me about Vakvarjú, a restaurant near the Opera where I can get it throughout the entire year. My friends who told me about it also told me that Vakvarjú was what they called the bread lángos in former days.
The bread lángos as I ate it in Vakvarjú was not something that should be included in a diet, but at least it was not fried in oil! For those who have never tasted anything like it, you should try to imagine a pizza, but with sour cream instead of tomato sauce on the doug. If it sounds interesting, try it yourself at Vakvarjú!
