Place: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Ends on 19/Feb/2023

The Museum of Fine Arts – whose exceptional Spanish collection preserves the most works by El Greco in Europe after Spain – will host the first large-scale Hungarian exhibition devoted to the master. The ca. eighty pieces, including more than forty autograph masterpieces will allow visitors to gain a comprehensive insight into El Greco’s unrivalled art. Photo: El Greco: Laokoón, 1610–1614 National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection © Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Place: Veszprém

Ends on 22/Jan/2023

The opening event is always the jewel of the programs of the European Capitals of Culture. The cultural institutions of Veszprém are preparing with exhibition openings and special guided tours, while at central locations community programs, concerts and colorful gastronomic offer await guests from Veszprém, Hungary and all Europe. The culmination of the event will be a grandiose total art experience occupying the city's squares, with the title "Shine Veszprém!". The nearly one-hour production is made up of a perfect harmony of music, dance, light painting and building projections. The large-scale show - which is expected to attract tens of thousands - ends with a street party that lasts all night. Photo: VEB2023-EKF, Veszprém_2_Kovács_Bálint

Place: Mohács

Ends on 21/Feb/2023

These traditional festivities - having been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the UNESCO - are real delicacies of the carnival season. Hungary’s greatest folklore festival, truly deserving international fame, is about busós scaring away winter, an experience to remember for children as well as for adults. The climax of the event is the parade of busós wearing costumes and masks following traditions dating back several centuries.

Place: Budapest

Ends on 16/Apr/2023

This special art festival was launched in the spring of 2021, commemorating the 140th anniversary of Béla Bartók's birth. The aim of the program series is to display Bartók's spirituality in different genres, through the best works of contemporary art. Organized by Müpa, the festival features numerous domestic and international stars from the world of opera, folk music, jazz or dance.

Place: Hollókő

Ends on 10/Apr/2023

A UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987, this small village in Northern Hungary is famous for its authentic traditions that still play a central role in the villagers’ culture.  Painting red coloured Easter eggs, trying out Easter sprinkling with bucketfuls of water, and exploring the mysteries of local craftsmen are just a few of those activities that wait for you while you taste your way through the specialities of the region.

Place: Veszprém

Ends on 16/Apr/2023

In addition to four world-renowned Grammy award-winning blues performers, the festival presents the past years finalists of the European and International Blues Challenge. Alongside the Hungarian stars of the genre, Elefsina and Timisoara will also delegate their best. Photo: www.veszpreminfo.hu

Place: Budapest

Ends on 23/Apr/2023

Be part of the biggest spring running race of Budapest, accompanied by thousands of cheerful runners! The event was launched in 1986 in Italy with the motto: “Long live the city! Love the city!” The main race is the half marathon, but there is an opportunity to go on 10km, 7km or on family distance.   Photo: MTI Mohai Balázs

Place: Veszprém

Ends on 14/May/2023

The central program of the festival - named after Queen Gizela, the wife of Saint Stephen - is a historical parade evoking the era of the state founding. The programs are further enriched by concerts, exhibitions and theatre plays. Photo: www.veszpreminfo.hu

Place: Budapest

Ends on 28/May/2023

BPBW Budapest Beer Week is an all week long international craft beer festival with tap takeovers, concerts and professional events with personal representation of brewers from Hungary and abroad. During the weekend tasting sessions you can enjoy unlimited beer tasting followed by live music shows of underground bands and DJs on several iconic locations.   Photo: facebook.com/budapestbeerweek

Place: Veszprém

Ends on 31/May/2023

Musicolours is a European youth music festival. The country of Kodály and Bartók, and the UNESCO City of Music is the best place for the meeting of youth choirs and musical ensembles. Photo: www.veszpreminfo.hu

Place: Budapest, Puskás Arena

The 2022/23 UEFA Europa League season will conclude at Budapest's Puskás Aréna on 31 May 2023. The home of the Hungarian national team is named in honour of former Honvéd and Real Madrid forward Ferenc Puskás, and this event is the second UEFA final to be staged at it.

Place: Tokaj

Ends on 04/Jun/2023

The motto of the event: White wines, colorful culture. Wine is the meeting point of traditions and gastronomy in Tokaj. At the popular start-of-summer festival, the excellent winemakers of Tokaj-Hegyalja offer their best wines and pálinkas in wooden houses set up on the main square of the town, but guests are also waited for with open cellars.

Place: Budapest, Müpa

Ends on 23/Jun/2023

Müpa Budapest is once again looking forward to welcome lovers of classical music to see masterpieces of the musical stage in the early summer of 2023. This season’s programme at the Budapest Wagner Days will be a varied one: in addition to Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg, the traditional Ring production and a concert-format production of Parsifal, a Mahler recital by Bo Skovhus - their brilliant Beckmesser from previous years – will also be presented.   Photo: www.mupa.hu

Place: Budapest, City Park

Ends on 11/Jun/2023

The number of people who meet in the City Park to welcome the upcoming summer while trying various dishes and a few glasses of wine in a youthful family atmosphere has been growing year by year. On its way to become a tradition, the event features colourful entertainment and plenty of delicacies paired with your wine.

Place: Budapest, Puskás Aréna - Park

Ends on 26/Jun/2023

The iconic Harley-Davidson celebrates its 120th anniversary in 2023 with a four-day festival of music, food and motorcycle culture. The unusual event will take place in the center of Budapest, where all bikers, brand partners and fans are expected to party together from all Europe.   Photo: facebook.com/hd120budapest

Place: Visegrád

Ends on 09/Jul/2023

This festival, to be held in mid-summer, brings the medieval fortress system of Visegrád to life again. Besides spectacular knightly tournaments, the programmes evoking the traditions of the XIV. century will also include a torchlight procession, falconry displays, early music performances and an entire military camp. Visitors will also have the opportunity to learn about traditional folk crafts and to try how they would manage in the field of craftsmanship themselves.

Place: Veszprém

Ends on 16/Jul/2023

Veszprém's most popular summer festival does not commit itself to a single music genre. Every year, it brings the best from the fields of opera, jazz, classical music, world music and pop music to Veszprém. Photo: www.veszpreminfo.hu

Place: Hungaroring, Mogyoród

Ends on 23/Jul/2023

The Formula One World Championship, commonly seen as the highest class of single-seat auto racing, is coming to Hungary every year since 1986. Due to the nature of the narrow track, passing is a rarity on Hungaroring, which makes it quite similar to the track of Monte Carlo. Beeing one of the world’s most expensive sports, the Grand Prix features unexpected turns and exciting moments for its fans.

Place: Veszprém

Ends on 06/Aug/2023

The festival - which has been held since 2010 - commemorates the world-famous Veszprém violinist Lipót Auer. On the occasion, the excellences of domestic and international classical music gather in Veszprém. Photo: www.veszpreminfo.hu

Place: Hajógyári Island, Budapest

Ends on 14/Aug/2023

One of Europe’s largest music festivals, known as the "Island of Freedom", will open its gates again in 2023! The festival awaits festival "citizens" for over 6 full days on 60 different stages with more than 1,000 productions. Many international and world stars will take the stage this year as well - the line up will be updated constantly. Among the performers will be, among others Billie Eilish, David Guetta and the Imagine Dragons.

Place: Budapest, National Athletic Center

Ends on 27/Aug/2023

Budapest will host the world's third largest sporting event, the World Athletics Championships. It is the largest sports event in the history of Hungary, to which athletes from more than 200 countries come. The venue of the event will be the brand new 35,000-seat National Athletic Center.   Photo: facebook.com/wabudapest23

Place: Debrecen

Fascinating performance groups from all corners of the world arrive to the weeklong festivities each year to provide an exciting carnival atmosphere. The celebrations reach their climax on 20 August, when all unique flower compositions, decorated with several hundred thousand flowers illustrating scenes from legends and fairy tales, are rolled through the streets of Debrecen.

Place: Buda Castle

Ends on 10/Sep/2023

Marking the beginning of autumn, the Budapest Wine Festival is known all over Europe as a significant event where thousands of oenophiles wait with budding anticipation to sample the creations of the finest Hungarian vintners as well as products made by the guest countries’ winemakers. Enjoy the astonishing panoramic view of the banks of the Danube while navigating your way through a diverse gastronomic landscape and chose from a broad variety of concerts and folk shows.

Place: Budapest

Marking the beginning of the autumn season, the Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon is visited by people from around 80 different countries each year. Colourful events and a course meandering through World Heritage Sites further boost the popularity of the run. Get through the 21 km individually or in a team of two or three.

Place: Veszprém

Ends on 02/Oct/2023

This is a folk music and folk dance meeting and festival, where visitors can learn about Hungarian national values and traditions in an innovative and interactive way. Photo: www.veszprembalaton2023.hu

Place: Budapest

Choose a distance that suits you and be one of the nearly 30,000 participants who join the SPAR Budapest Marathon® Festival. Run the official distance of 42.195 kilometres individually, with your partner, or in a four-member relay team. As an alternative, you are offered to discover the city taking a 30 or 10 kilometres long route.

Place: Veszprém

Ends on 19/Nov/2023

In addition to unmissable international A-list stars, the festival will feature the progressive artists of the jazz genre, communicating with borderline genres. It’s all about the diversity of jazz! Photo: VEB2023-EKF, Veszprém_3_Kovács_Bálint