Festivals in Hungary

Festivals

Season or date: Late March to April

Nation's largest arts festival with music, dance, and theater performed at venues throughout city

Season or date: Around August 20

Summer tradition of colorfully decorated flower floats parading through city

Season or date: June to August

Opera and musicals performed in square before cathedral

Season or date: July

Electronic music festival held at Lake Balaton shore, popular with youth

Season or date: August 20

Large-scale fireworks celebrating national day, viewable from both Danube banks

Season or date: September

Tasting event with wines from 22 domestic regions gathered in Buda Castle courtyard

Season or date: First week of October

Harvest celebration and parade in world's three great noble rot wine region

Season or date: February

Civic festival enjoying gourmet and music of rare Mangalitsa pig

Season or date: Early August

Folk music festival gathering traditional music from worldwide

Season or date: December

Winter staple market with wooden stalls before St. Stephen's Basilica