A breather between Christmas bejgli and the New Year’s pork feast? A Budapest Bár concert is the perfect reset: it relaxes, uplifts, and won’t wreck your wallet. Expect a timeless musical time-travel through the past 100 years’ greatest hits, reimagined with Gypsy spice, jazz, pop, rock, and klezmer flavors. Budapest Bár never disappoints—always great, always different—an ever-shifting cavalcade of styles, eras, voices, and personalities. On December 30, at the House of Arts in Miskolc, they promise an unforgettable, carefree show powered by brilliant musicians and standout vocalists.
This time the magnificent Budapest Bár arrives with Dóri Behumi, Bora Ferenczi, Juci Németh, Frenk, Misi Mező, and Krisztián Szűcs. The band became one of Hungary’s most popular by turning heart-wrenching and heartwarming songs into Gypsy music–inflected gems, driven by top-tier players and cult rock vocalists. Originally conceived for a single album, Budapest Bár blossomed into a unique 12-singer lineup that helped make it one of the country’s most sought-after live acts, a fixture on festival and main stages.
Their signature style reaches back to the 1920s–30s Budapest café scene, reworking beloved tunes on Gypsy foundations with jazz, pop, rock, klezmer, and more—laying down a fresh genre pathway. Founder and leader Róbert Farkas set out to recharge café Gypsy music, renewing tradition while keeping it alive. Thanks to the band, long-forgotten melodies are back in the public ear and part of youth culture: they’ve dusted off old treasures, revived obscurities, refashioned standards, and lately written a slew of new songs. It’s where eras, cultures, styles, and generations meet—no wonder Budapest Bár is a multigenerational favorite. Joyful music for open ears, a fast lane through genres that pulls you out of the everyday.
Band lineup: Róbert Farkas (violin, guitar), Sándor Ürmös (cimbalom), Károly Ökrös (accordion), Richárd Farkas (double bass), Bence Kisvári (drums). Two concerts on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM.
Six women, one salon, zero reservations
On Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at 7:00 PM, a small-town hair salon becomes a pressure cooker of strength and wit. Six women—apparently fragile, profoundly resilient—refuse to play heroes but endure anything: they laugh through pain and make others laugh, too. That’s real power.
Cast: Truvy – Nelly Fésűs; Emily – Anna Götz / Andrea Balázs; Shelby – Boglárka Ferenczy-Nagy; Annelle – Edina Csáki; Clairee – Enikő Zorgel; Valery – Gyöngyi Molnár. Translator: Gabriella Prekop. Assistant Director: Zsófia Kelemen. Set: Ferenc Szakács. Costumes: Nóra Cselényi. Dramaturg: Enikő Deés. Director: Dániel Dicső.
New Year joy with The Original Golden Voices of Gospel
Thursday, January 8, 2026, 7:00 PM: Dwight Robson and his world-famous soloists return by popular demand. This soul-fortifying concert taps the richest veins of gospel—its most beloved and hidden gems—summoning the spirit of gospel and African American musical traditions. Expect well-known anthems like Hallelujah and Oh Happy Day, alongside unique, heartwarming global hits presented in ways you’ve never heard before across a nearly two-hour program. The Golden Voices of Gospel have collaborated with stars like Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey. Gospel—meaning good news—grew from American religious songs and spirituals—more rhythmic, more pulsing—and has influenced pop greats from Tina Turner and Stevie Wonder to Whitney Houston and Beyoncé. Their authentic delivery guarantees quality and success worldwide.
Stand-up that sells out
Sunday, January 18, 2026, 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM: Megjöttem (I’ve Arrived) – László Lakatos’s new solo night with Dumaszínház hits Miskolc. Dynamic pricing applies—snag tickets early.
Michael Cooney’s madcap farce
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 7:00 PM: Michael Cooney’s Nicsak, ki lakik itt?! (Funny Money? / Who’s Living Here? depending on context) returns in a refreshed staging by Bánfalvy Stúdió (revived 2025). Director: Csaba Horváth. Producers: HCS, Oliver W. Horvath. Translator and dramaturg: Albert Benedek, who also reworked the revival with Oliver W. Horvath and HCS.
The premise? A London-based Hungarian, Róbert Szűcs, is drowning in benefits—unemployment, pension, sick pay, child allowance, disability payments, even free cow’s milk—and juggling a bra business that stirs his wife’s jealousy. Fearing exposure, he decides he’d rather shed the illicit supports than lose his wife or his freedom. Turns out, ditching benefits is harder than gaming them. A two-act frenzy ensues.
Cast includes: Linda Szűcs-Swan – Iza Varga / Zsófia Kondákor; Róbert Szűcs – Ferenc Hujber; Pawel Duda – Imre Harmath / Ádám Gombás; Mr. George Jenkins – Ádám Gombás / Zoli Kiss; Gyurka – Ganxsta Zolee; Sally Chessington – Anna Bugár / Zsófia Kondákor; Dr. Chapman – Péter Sándor / Levente Hajdu; Mr. Fortbright – István Imre / Dávid Csányi; Miss Cowper – Orsolya György; Magdalena Szmrczyk – Timi Stelczer.
Hamvas songs, born on a basalt hill
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 7:00 PM: József Wunderlich, Bálint Tárkány-Kovács, and Tárkány Művek imagine: what if Béla Hamvas had written songs in the Szigliget vineyards above Lake Balaton? Texts from Hamvas—especially The Philosophy of Wine and gastronomic essays like God’s Afternoon Snack and Breaded Soup—become songs. Performers: József Wunderlich (actor), Bálint Tárkány-Kovács (cimbalom, editor, songwriter), Borbála Fekete (vocals), Júlia Viszkeleti (vocals, winds), Márton Fekete (viola), Péter Molnár (double bass), Zsolt Rónai (guitar). Director: Géza Galán. Visuals: Ágnes Albicz.
Csillaglekvár: live, pulsing word-and-music dialogue
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 7:00 PM, for the Day of Hungarian Culture: Csillaglekvár with Szilárd Balanyi (Quimby), poet Anna T. Szabó, Dorina Galambos, and Flóra Kiss. The idea grew from Balanyi’s 2022 album Na, ez az! (Now, this is it!), with lyrics by standout authors like Anna T. Szabó, János Lackfi, Krisztián Grecsó, and Zsófi Kemény. The evening blends songs born from Anna’s poems with a playful call-and-response between music and text; poems and flash prose flow into songs and back again, sometimes with minimalist instrumental accompaniment.
Wine, wit, and operetta sparkle
Saturday, January 24, 2026, 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM: Borban a vigasság – Újévi Operett Gála (In Wine There’s Revelry – New Year Operetta Gala) by Monarchia Operett pairs wine culture with operetta tradition and Hungarian history. It doubles as a musical time machine through the life and passion of János Mathiász, the world’s most famous Hungarian grape breeder, accompanied by noble wines and earworm melodies. Expect greatest hits by Imre Kálmán, Jenő Huszka, Pál Ábrahám, Johann Strauss, Béla Zerkovitz, Mihály Eisemann, and Szabolcs Fényes, including Borban az igazság, Mi, muzsikus lelkek, Hej, cigány, Csopak, Somló, Badacsony, Délibábos Hortobágyon, and Egy részeg éjszakán. A lush 150-minute show with one intermission, lavish sets, dazzling costumes, humor, romance, and the company’s leading soloists.
Dave Simpson’s The Naked Truth
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM: Meztelen igazság (The Naked Truth) – a musical comedy about six women from wildly different backgrounds who sign up for the same confidence-boosting pole-dancing course—and quickly discover…
