THE MAGAZINE HOTEL SHORTLIST: BEST PROGRAMS IN APRIL

Budapest Spring and Easter Fair

05 – 22. April, 2019

Vörösmarty Square

The square that hosts the city’s popular Christmas market has been given home to a Spring Fair too for a couple of years now.

The event organized by Budapest’s official Tourist Centre is an ideal place to meet and chat with local craftsmen, and artists and buy something unique.

• A variety of cultural programs,
• a wide choice of food and drinks are the additional highlights of the more than 3-week Budapest Spring & Easter Fair.

Opening Hours: Mon – Thurs: 10.00 – 21.00, Fri – Sun: 10.00 – 22.00

Vivicitta Half Marathon Festival

13 – 14. April, 2019

Spring’s biggest running event is the Vivicitta Half Marathon with the main races – 21 km and 10 km – taking place on Sunday.

Saturday is dedicated to shorter distances and family programs.

The route offers a complete sightseeing experience since runners will see many famous Budapest landmarks:

• the Chain bridge,
• Buda Castle,
• Parliament,
• Margaret Island.

Budapest Spring Festival

05 – 22. April, 2019.

Around 40 locations in the city

The Budapest Spring Festival has grown into Central Europe’s biggest cultural event with more than 100 programs in multiple genres:

• classical music,

• jazz, world music concerts,

• dance performances,

• opera,

• ballet,

• theatre,

• contemporary circus,

• crossover programs,

• exhibitions at thirty locations in the city (Palace of Arts, Music Academy, A38 Boat, Opera House, Bálna, Hungarian National Gallery etc.).

The biggest stars include:

• Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Emmanuelle Haïm and Le Concert d’Astrée
• Yefim Bronfman (piano) and the Vienna Philharmonic, and the
• Berlin Philharmonic Brass Ensemble

Franz Liszt‘s works will also be in the focus of the nearly 4-week program.

Ticket prices to the programs vary between cc. 2500 HUF – 15.000 HUF (depending on venue and seat category).

It’s good to buy tickets well in advance because lots of programs sell out quickly.

See more programs on the event’s official website.

Budapest Art Week

17 – 22. April, 2019

Various art galleries and museums in Budapest

The Budapest Art Week is a brand new series of programs that aims to inspire and provide guidance to fans of art.

It’s part of the Spring Festival listed above.

You can experience the thriving art world of the city in close to 50 art venues: galleries, museums, workshops, community places.

You can go on:

• studio visits,

• guided gallery tours,

• museum exhibitions,

• performances and

• talks to get an insight into Budapest’s varied art scene.

The 6-day event complements the Spring Festival’s repertoire of classical art programs synchronizing nearly 60 programs to highlight the most significant and current venues of the city’s art world.

Tickets: full price: 3 000 HUF, students, seniors: 2 000 HUF, family: (2 adults + max. 3 kids): 8 000 HUF.

Note: You’ll receive a wristband with which you can visit all programs during the 6 days.

VinCE Wine Show

05 – 07. April, 2019

Várkert Bazaar

VinCE is central Europe’s biggest wine event with master classes, workshops and presentations in English and of course lots of tasting.

The wine show moves to a new venue, the Castle Bazaar in Buda.

This year you can sample the wine and distillate offer of 160 exhibitors from Hungary and the neighbouring countries.

Food will be served in the food court so that you won’t have to leave the venue if you get hungry (but of course with your armband you can leave and come back whenever you want).

Opening hours: every day: 11.00 – 22.00

Tickets: Daily tickets purchased in advance:

• 16 000 HUF/prs
• Includes unlimited tasting between 11.00 – 18.00. After 18.00 you have to pay for tasting.

Oldtimer show Budapest

05 – 07. April, 2019

Magyar Vasúttörténeti Park

From 5 to 7 April, an old-timer show is being held at the Hungarian Railway Museum. This event, the biggest of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe, showcases old models of cars, motorbikes, military vehicles, trucks and locomotives. Around 500 veteran vehicles are being exhibited, including several 100-year-old rarities.

Ticket: 2,700 – 9,900 HUF

Michelangelo – The triumph of the body

04. April – 30. June, 2019

On view for nearly three months from 6 April to 30 June, The Triumph of the Body exhibition features 80 drawings by Michelangelo and contemporaries at Budapest’s revamped Museum of Fine Arts. Drawings focus on the visualisation of the human body, a prominent theme of art in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Price: 800-1600 HUF