Festival of Folk Arts 2013

The end of summer is almost here, but there are still some lovely surprise besides the heat. We have some great news to those who plan to spend their time in Budapest in the coming period! The annual Festival of Folk Arts at the Buda Castle welcomes visitors until 20 August 2013 with great programs.

Everybody could find the perfect fun at the Festival of Folk Art, and those programs are all tied to the Hungarian culture. The visitors can taste the local specialties; we can call it “more than goulash soup program”. There are traditional dance, music and anything, what you want at the festival. Moreover there are loads of craftsmen, who do fantastic and special things, which are often made by their own hand. Of course you can buy these objects and later you can show them, the peculiarities of this Eastern European country at home. For a foreign family only the Buda Castle is a one day trip, but with the Festival of Folk Arts you won’t want to go home! The last day of the festival is no other, but the Hungarian National Day, 20th August, the day of the first Hungarian king, Saint Stephen I.

Do not miss the Festival of Folk Arts. Know more about the Hungarian countryside’s culture in the capital! Have fun!

Festival of Folk Arts

Festival of Folk Arts
August 17th-20th
Caste of Buda

Roger Waters Budapest 2013

Roger Waters concert in Budapest
Roger Waters concert in Budapest
Many people consider Budapest to be most beautiful during summer time. The sunshine glints on the water of the Danube, people eat ice cream, walk on the Margaret Island. And these things are available for You too! Just organize a vacation to Budapest in the end of August, even for more days.

20 of August is the date of the national celebration in Hungary, when you could see fantastic fireworks. The next couple day is perfect for discover this beautiful city or even the lovely villages outside the capital, taste the delicious Hungarian wines and dishes, drinks. The perfect close of the holiday could be Roger Waters’ concert on 25 August in the Puskás Ferenc Stadium!

Roger Waters was the bass guitar player, the major song writer and one singer in the famous band, Pink Floyd between 1964 and 1985. The most popular album of the band, The Wall is mostly his work. This album is on the “1001 albums you must listen” list. After the band he has started solo career and he doesn’t take a break today neither. The proof is, he will start a concert tour titled The Wall in this summer to makes happy the Pink Floyd fans, or the absolute Roger Waters fans.

The concert’ date is 25 August 2013 in the Puskás Ferenc Stadium, which is one of the biggest sport arenas in Budapest, and it got its name after the most famous Hungarian football player, Ferenc Puskás.

Don’t miss this fantastic week, be the part of the Hungarian nation’s most important celebration and a few days later have a fantastic time at the concert of one of the greatest persons of the music history. Have fun!

Roger Waters concert in Budapest

August 25th
Puskas Ferenc Stadium

Tickets: WorldTicketShop – ViagogoSeatwave.com

If the date does not fit you, why not visit Vienna on August 23rd and check out the Roger Waters concert at Ernst-Happel Stadium?