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Wine festival coming up in nine days

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Budapest Guide

It is only nine days left before the kick off for the annual Budapest Wine Festival arranged in the Castle Area. The event will take place from September 9th until September 13th and it is one of the biggest wine festivals in this region every single year.

As you come to the festival you can taste many of the best wines from all of Hungary, and you can also get to taste wines from Italy, so lots of reasons for us all to come and visit Budapest and the Wine festival. If you want to know more about the upcoming wine festival, visit the following article.

If you want to enjoy other cool programs in Budapest as well besides the wine festival, do not forget that we can help you out with brewery visits, wine dinners, guided tours, airport transfers and more, so read on and contact us if we can help you with anything!

Budapest Spring Fair 2015

Posted on March 3, 2015March 5, 2015 by Budapest Guide

The Budapest Spring Festival and Spring Fair or in Hungarian the Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztivál ès Tavaszi Vásár will open its gates again in the capital city of Hungary in Budapest from the middle of April to the end of April in 2015.

The Budapest Spring Festival and Spring Fair is one of the most popular as well as the most awaited programs in the life of the city. Each year the festival offers the best programs for the visitors and this will not be any different in 2015 either. This year in 2015 the Budapest Spring Festival and Spring Fair will host more than 140 programs and various concerts during the festival. The majority of the programs and the concerts will take place at different spots in the city including MÜPA (Place of Arts), the recently reopened Pest Vigadó Concert Hall, Liszt Academy and the BÁLNA Cultural Centre as well and the Spring Fair will be held at Vörösmarty Square in the centre of the city. Lets celebrate spring together in 2015 in Budapest at the Budapest Spring Festival and Spring Fair.

This year the Budapest Spring Festival will be held from 10th April 2015 until 26th April 2015 and the Spring Fair will be from 27th March 2015 to 26th April 2015.7

The Spring Fair is quite similar to the Christmas market, except from the fact that it is not arranged during Christmas time, but in the spring!

Robbie Williams to Sziget Festival in 2015

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Budapest Guide

Each day more and more details and programs are announced for Sziget Festival in 2015 and one of the highlights of the festival will be definitely the Robbie Williams concert.

This will be the very first time Robbie Williams will be on the stage of Sziget in 2015. Sziget Festival is one of the most popular events in the life of Hungary which takes place each year in the capital city of Hungary in Budapest. Every year the festival offers the best programs and this year will not be any different from the previous years as in 2015 the most popular artists and bands will perform again including the world wide known Robbie Williams, Florence and the Machine, AWOLNATION and The Subways as well. Robbie Williams is on a world tour with the Let Me Entertain You Tour and on this occasion he will visit Budapest as well. The Robbie Williams concert on Sziget Festival will be on the very first day of the festival on Monday 10th August in 2015.

Tickets are already available and if you want to know more information on the prices, the tickets and the programs check the following site.

International Wine festival 2015

Posted on January 17, 2015February 12, 2015 by Budapest Guide

The Budavári Borfesztivál (International Wine festival 2015) will go strong again in the start of September in 2015. Make your preparations and come visit Budapest for the annual wine festival!

The Budavári Borfesztivál (International Wine festival ) is one of the most popular wine festivals in Budapest which is held each year at the breathtaking Buda Castle. This will be the 24th Budavári Borfesztivál which is one of the most visited wine festivals in the life of the city. Hungary is known by its wines and at the festival visitors will have the chance to try the best Hungarian wines from all over the country. At the wine festival over 200 wineries will present their most delicious wines and the festival represents all the Hungarian wine regions and the 140 different grape varieties as well.

The main goal of the festival is to show the great variety of wines to the visitors. Alongside with the wines the festival also hosts the most delicious traditional Hungarian dishes as well. Apart from the wine tasting and eating the festival offers countless programs and activities for all the visitors. During the festival multiple concerts, various performances, games and children activities are waiting for everyone.

The 24. Budavári Borfesztivál will take place in the capital city of Hungary in Budapest at the Buda Castle with a beautiful view over the Danube and the city. The festival will be held from 9th September to 13th September 2015.

Buda Castle
Budapest, Szent György tér 2, 1014

For more information on the festival check the following site. For other wine tasting programs in Budapest check the following site.

Fish Festival in Budapest 2015

Posted on January 14, 2015February 12, 2015 by Budapest Guide

This will be the third time the Fish Festival (Budapesti Halfesztivál) will be held again in Budapest and it is the perfect time to try the best Hungarian dishes with fish.

This year the festival will take place in the end of February when Torkos Csütörtök will be held as well. The festival presents the different types of fishes living in the various lakes and rivers in Hungary such as the fish from the Danube, Tisza, lake Balaton and so on.

The festival mostly focuses on the traditional Hungarian specialties but at the festival visitors also have the chance to try several different international dishes with fish as well. At the festival visitors can try the traditional Hungarian fish soup (halászlé) but there will be sushi, Russian caviar, French fish soup and English fish and chips as well. Apart from the most delicious fish plenty of various programs and activities are waiting for the visitors at the festival.

This year the third Fish Festival will take place in Budapest at Vajdahunyadvár from 19th February to 22nd February in 2015. The entrance for the festival is free for everyone.

Vajdahunyadvár
Budapest XIV. district

For more information about other festivals and things going on in Budapest, click the link!

Balaton Sound 2015

Posted on January 2, 2015February 12, 2015 by Budapest Guide

Balaton Sound is another popular festival in Hungary during the summer. The festival takes place at Zamárdi which is a small city right next to lake Balaton. In 2015 the Balaton Sound will be arranged between July 9th and July 12th.

Balaton Sound is held every year in the beginning of July in the summer and in 2015 the festival will open its gates again from 9th July until 12th July in 2015. Just like Sziget and Volt Festival Balaton Sound is also one of the most visited festivals in Hungary and every year the quality of the festival gets better, apart from the greatest concerts and parties Balaton Sound also offers a wide selection of other programs for the visitors.

An extra that the festival is just right to the lake Balaton where you can cool yourself down during the day time when the weather is boiling hot. The programs and concerts for next year has not been announced yet but like in every year the visitors can except the best performances and the most popular musicians, singers and DJs.

Last year’s biggest names were David Guetta, Wiz Khalifa, Armin Van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Martin Solveig, Rita Ora and so on. If you want to know more on the programs and concerts of last year check the following site where you can get the newest infos on the festival, the concerts and the tickets as well.

Volt Festival 2015

Posted on December 18, 2014February 12, 2015 by Budapest Guide

Volt Festival is one of the most popular festivals in Hungary which takes place in the beginning of summer every year since 1993.

Volt Festival is always held in Sopron which is a city really close to the Austrian border. The festival is held in the first week of July and it will be like this in 2015 as well. At the festival several music genres are represented from rock through hip-hop, jazz to electronic music. Apart from the countless concerts at the festival there are other programs and cultural event as well. The next year’s programs, artists and musicians are not fully settled yet but there are already some news on the programs and concerts.

So far in 2015 visitors can enjoy the concerts of John Newman, Parkway Drive, Rise Against, Motörhead, Parov Stelar Band, Lilly Wood & The Prick and Àkos (Ákos is a Hungarian singer). 2014’s most popular bands and performances were the Arctic Monkeys, Icona Pop, Hurts, 30 Seconds To Mars, MGMT, Woodkid and so on. At Volt Festival you will have the chance to get to know the most popular Hungarian bands as well.

Next year, in 2015 Volt Festival will be held from 1st July in 2015 until 4th July in 2015 in Sopron, Hungary.

If you want to know more on the festival, the programs and concerts of last year or you want to check out some pictures of the festival visit the following site.

Budapest Spring Festival 2015

Posted on December 9, 2014February 12, 2015 by Budapest Guide

The Spring Festival will open its gates again next year and the festival will take place in the capital of Hungary in Budapest from 10th April in 2015 until 26th April in 2015.

This is one of the most popular cultural events in Budapest which takes place at different points of the city. As in every year in 2015 the visitors can choose from a wide selection of various programs during the festival such as concerts, theatre performances, folk music and different children activities as well. At the Spring Festival there will be plenty of concerts, musicales, operas, different dance performances. At the exhibition visitors can listen to the best concerts of the different orchestras, philharmonics, musicians and singers such as the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, Denis Matsuev and the Hungarian National Philharmonic, David Sanborn Band, Kirill Petrenko and the Bavarian State Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra and so on. The Spring Festival in Budapest will be held from 10th April in 2015 until 26th April in 2015. Tickets for the concerts and the festival are already available.

For more information on the Spring Festival in Budapest check the following site or the official Budapest Sprint Festival site.

Cheese and Wine Festival 2014

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Budapest Guide

The Cheese and Wine Festival will take place in Budapest in the capital of Hungary. This will be the 11th time the festival will open its gates again in the Hungarian capital and it is one of the most popular events in the life of Budapest.

Every year the festival is visited by more and more people. At the festival visitors will have the chance to explore the best cheeses and wines from this year. The Cheese and Wine Festival will present a wide range of various and different types of wines from 2014 with the matching world wide known cheeses. At the festival you can try all the special crafted cheeses from different local craftsmen. Apart from the best hand crafted cheeses and the best wines from 2014 there will be other programs and activities during the festival. The 11th Cheese and Wine Festival will be held in the capital of Hungary in Budapest.

The festival will take place at Vajdahunyadvár, in Városliget. The 11th Cheese and Wine Festival will be held from 29th November 2014. until 30th November 2014. The festival starts both days at 10 in the morning until 6 in the evening. The entrance fee for the festival is 2000 forint for every visitor which includes a tasting glass and free entrance to the Hungarian Agricultural Museum.

WWE Live in Budapest

Posted on November 11, 2014August 2, 2022 by Budapest Guide

WWE or World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American privately controlled entertainment company which was founded 21st February in 1980 by Vince and Linda McMahon. The WWE shows are not legitimate sporting events but they are based on pure entertainment. If you want to see this crazy show, then come to Budapest in April 2015, because the WWE guys is coming to town!

They present story line, script and the matches are choreographed and they often use moves that can be dangerous and can cause injures if they are performed incorrectly. The WWE is on a tour from 2014 and 2015 and will preform in different European countries during the tour. They will give plenty of live show across Europe.

They will give several shows in the UK in different cities such as Liverpool, Leeds, Brighton, in Germany they will be in Frankfurt, in France WWR will perform in Paris and in Italy they can be seen in Milanoo. They will even perform in Hungary as well. In Hungary the live show will take place in the capital of Hungary in Budapest. The WWE live show will be held at Papp László Budapest Sportaréna.

The show will be on Thursday 16th April in 2015 at 19.30pm.

Tickets for the WWE live show are already available and can be bought from WorldTicketShop.