Budapest this weekend 18 October 2026

Already under way: check the official program for exact days

1. Országos Étterem Hét (National Restaurant Week)

   Food·1 Oct - 18 Oct·160+ restaurants in Budapest, plus Debrecen, Miskolc, Szeged, Győr and the Lake Balaton region

   DiningCity's autumn restaurant week runs a fixed-price tasting menu promotion at more than 160 restaurants in and around Budapest (plus Debrecen, Miskolc, Szeged, Győr and Lake Balaton): three-course TOP menus from 6,900 Ft, DiningCity-star premium menus from 8,900 Ft, two-star exclusive menus from 10,900 Ft, and 3-5 course tasting menus from Michelin-starred, Michelin-recommended or Bib Gourmand kitchens from 17,900 Ft. Booking is free but mandatory, online only, at etteremhet.hu.

   Official site ↗Dates checked 2 Oct

2. Art Market Budapest

   Culture·15 Oct - 18 Oct·MTK Sportpark

   Central and Eastern Europe's leading international contemporary art fair, at MTK Sportpark this year. Doors open at 11:00 on each of the four days.

   Official site ↗Dates checked 1 Oct

3. Molière. L'Opéra Urbain

   Theatre·15 Oct - 18 Oct·Papp László Budapest Sportaréna

   A French touring production stages the playwright's life as a modern arena spectacle, blending 17th-century story with contemporary staging and music. Performed in French, but built as a visual spectacle first.

   Official site ↗Dates checked 1 Oct

4. 56/70: 1956 filmre írva (1956 film festival)

   Culture·16 Oct - 18 Oct·Corvin Mozi

   For the 70th anniversary of the 1956 revolution, 56Films holds a three-day festival of documentaries and selected feature films at the historic Corvin cinema, whose courtyard was a centre of armed resistance in 1956, with talks with the filmmakers after the screenings.

   Official site ↗Dates checked 30 Sept

5. Spinoza Jewish Festival (Spinoza Zsidó Fesztivál)

   Culture·7 Oct - 22 Oct·Spinoza Színház

   The 24th Spinoza Jewish Festival fills the Spinoza Színház for two weeks with theatre premieres, concerts, films and talks, one programme nearly every day, most of them at 19:00. For visitors the concerts are the easiest way in: Klein Judit and the Haverim on 9 October and the Sabbathsong Klezmer Band on 16 October.

   Official site ↗Dates checked 30 Sept

6. Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival

   Culture·8 Oct - 22 Oct·Müpa Budapest

   Müpa's flagship autumn festival brings international orchestras, contemporary dance and world music to the riverside concert hall over more than two weeks. Programming spans well beyond Liszt himself, so check the full lineup.

   

   

   Official site ↗Dates checked 3 Oct

7. Háry János Centennial at the Hungarian State Opera

   Culture·17 Oct - 25 Oct·Hungarian State Opera House

   Kodály's folk opera returns to the Opera House a hundred years after its 1926 premiere, staged as the centerpiece of the 2026/2027 season. Sung in Hungarian with Hungarian and English surtitles, in the restored Ybl-designed house.

   Official site ↗Dates checked 17 Oct

8. Városligeti Tök Jó Fesztivál (City Park Pumpkin Festival)

   Seasonal·17 Oct - 1 Nov·Városligeti Műjégpálya (City Park Ice Rink)

   A pumpkin festival run by the organiser Budapest Feszt at the City Park Ice Rink, over three weekends: 17-18 October, 23-25 October and 31 October-1 November 2026. The opening day, 17 October, runs from 10:00 to 22:00.

   Official site ↗Dates checked 16 Oct