Andrassy hotel | July 2008

Budapest Summer Festival, 2008 (10 June – 10 September 2008)
Margitsziget and Városmajor Open Air Theatre
The main aim of the Budapest Summer Festival, which takes place in the Margitsziget stage and Városmajor Open Air Theatre and the surrounding area, is to serve the needs of a wide range of audiences and age groups by providing a festival environment following the closure of normal theatres in the summer season. In order to strengthen tourism they organize a continuous series of programs and performances guaranteed to be held. All events are part of the colourful genre system to entertain the people of both the capital and Hungary. Both locations of the festival are in central places of the city, yet surrounded by valuable natural environment which provides a relaxed, open-air entertainment opportunity for the audience. Visitors of the festivals every year are surprised by the novelties, private programs, folklore evenings, guaranteed tourism attractions and large-scale performances. The Budapest Summer Festival celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2008 by offering 2 locations, almost 70 performances for the music-, theatre- and concert loving audience. 

Further information

KERTÉSZ - MOHOLY–NAGY - BRASSAÏ - CAPA
Photography’s Greatest Hungarian Masters

The universal history of photography lists four Hungarian artists, without whom not a single work of photographic history could be complete. Works by André Kertész [Kertész Andor] (1894–1985), Moholy–Nagy László (1895–1946), Brassaï [Halász Gyula] (1899–1984) and Robert Capa [Friedmann Endre Ernő] (1912–1954) provide guarantees for every exhibition space. Their pictures are benchmarking icons of photography between the two World Wars.

The pieces exhibited follow the work of the artists from the years before the First World War to the years after the Second World War, to the end of the photographic trends in this period.
With a selection of pictures that embodies the life work of the artists the exhibition represents their place in the history of photography. In addition, the exhibition catalogue provides a description of the period connected to the viewing of well-know pictures. The exhibition also gives an insight into the background of the four photographers and the peers who had or might have had an effect on them both in Hungary and abroad.

Please click here for further information!

                                               Summer on the Chain Bridge
Weekends between the 28th of June and 17th of August 2008
The Chain Bridge and surroundings on the Pest and Buda sides of the river
The events of Summer on the Chain Bridge are opened by the Bridge Festival, organised to great success for many years, and the Budapest Carnival, which originally marked the withdrawal of Soviet troops.
Last year Budapest’s most beautiful bridge was taken over by pedestrians for eight themed weekends, with performances by bands, theatres and dance groups. Both young and old alike will find something to entertain amongst shows by Hungarian and foreign artists from the worlds of theatre, classical music, folk music, world music, jazz and dance amongst craft stalls and puppet theatres.

Further information visit this website: www.fesztivalvaros.hu 

Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix (01.08-03.08.2008)
Hungaroring

The Hungaroring circuit is situated by the M3 highway near the town of Mogyoród, 19 kilometers from Budapest centre. The circuit lies in a natural valley, embraced by a semicircle of 50 hectares of audience section. Due to the excellent landscape conditions, spectators can see 80 per cent of the total circuit from any place. That is why it is called "the flat plate", since the viewers sit on the rim of an imaginary plate and enjoy the event from there.

Opera
Fill your night with the magic of Opera or enjoy a unique ballett performance in one of the most beautiful Opera House of Europe. You can check the exact dates of performances on the following link or contact our concierge department on +36 1 4622185 : Opera Program  

Concerts in Budapest
Let yourself enchanted by music during your stay. To see concert calendar please click...  or contact our concierge department on +36 1 4622185

Palace of Arts
The renewed culture center of Budapest has the basic conception of bringing together different branches of the arts under one roof, the building will have permanent residents: the Ludwig Museum, the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus and Music Library and the National Dance Theatre. For Palace of Arts program please click...  or contact our concierge department on +36 1 4622185