Szombathely’s AGORA fills the calendar with color all year round: exhibitions, concerts, theater, dance, family-friendly events, and hands-on workshops for every age. True to its Greek roots, Agora is the city’s bustling community hub, promising quality, curiosity, and experiences in Hungary’s oldest city.
Farsang for Kids: Make, Play, Dress Up
Preschool and school groups can dive into Carnival crafts on weekdays from January 6 to February 18, mornings and afternoons by reservation at AGORA – MSH. Kids create a complete carnival set—hat and tie—plus feathered masks and a concertina clown. Fee: 900 HUF/person. The program is tailored for groups and booked in advance.
Clay Fridays: Colorful Ceramics Workshops
From January 9 to February 6, every Friday 16:45–18:30 at AGORA–MSH, potter Balázs Udvardi leads small-group clay workshops that playfully teach the basics of ceramics. Participants explore simple shaping and a range of decorating methods, making a new piece each session; finished works are kiln-fired so everyone goes home with real ceramics. Topics span multiple sessions. Parent–child co-creation is welcome. Recommended for ages 6 and up.
Sunflower: Stories From Near and Far
Garabonciás Ensemble (Garabonciás Együttes) brings an interactive children’s concert on February 2 at 10:00 in a new venue: AGORA – Cultural and Sports Hall (Művelődési és Sportház, Március 15. tér 5.). Expect poetry set to music, reimagined folk songs, dynamic and lyrical originals, and rich acoustic arrangements with multi-part vocals. The instrument parade includes multiple guitars, mandolin, ukulele, recorders, violin, agogô, shakers, and more. Emphasis is on interactivity—games, cheers, singalongs, and making music together. Group tickets: 1,600 HUF per show, or two shows together 3,000 HUF (1,500 HUF/show). Individual tickets: 2,000 HUF/show. Capacity is limited; advance registration required.
Ink and Watercolor: Experiential Painting Workshop
On February 7 at 10:00 at AGORA–MSH, visual culture educator Zsuzsanna Gajdos leads a session using special plant-based inks and watercolor techniques to produce standout artworks. Limited tickets, sold first come, first served. Recommended for ages 12+. Fee: 10,500 HUF.
Valentine Vibes and a House Mash
Péter Srámek’s Valentine’s Day concert lands Thursday, February 12 at 19:00. Two days later, Mash the House takes over AGORA–MSH on February 14 from 19:00 with two live concerts, two high-energy DJs, and wall-to-wall buzz—one night, three headliners. Schedule:
– 19:00 doors
– 20:00–21:00 BLAIZE
– 21:30–22:30 MEHRINGER
– 23:00–24:00 CoLee x BLAIZE
– From 00:15 DJ LENNARD
For young fans craving their scene—and anyone who loves these artists—it’s built for a memorable night.
Apostol: We Can’t Live Without You
Friday, March 6 at 19:00, legends Apostol celebrate over five decades at the top of Hungarian pop. Hits like “I Can’t Live Without You” (“Nem tudok élni nélküled”), “We Should Live Smarter” (“Okosabban kéne élni”), and “My Heart Is for Sale, To Let” (“Eladó, kiadó most a szívem”) return with the same power and timeless emotion. The show We Can’t Live Without You is a reunion with memories—first loves, shared dances, bright summers—where songs tell the story and the band says it plainly: you’re why they’re still on stage. A must for lovers of soul-stirring live music and Hungarian pop classics.
One Life: Alexandra Borbély and Ervin Nagy
On Saturday, March 7 at 19:00 at AGORA–MSH, the One Life series flips the format: not one artist but a couple. Alexandra Borbély and Ervin Nagy—one of Hungary’s most compelling acting duos—step out as themselves. For the first time, they share how a chance meeting in a theater buffet became marriage and two wonderful twin daughters. Think Woody Allen–level coincidences for meeting, first date, engagement, wedding, births. They stay grounded through raves and critiques alike, sleepless nights and slammed doors, building something rare: a family. Honest, funny, sometimes moving—about the trials that led to today’s most beautiful and hardest moments. Duration: about 90 minutes. Tickets: full price 7,500 HUF; with Szent Márton card 6,750 HUF. Buy online or at AGORA – Ticket Office (Szombathely, Március 15. tér 5.).
Bródy 80
Friday, March 20 at 19:00 marks a milestone celebration.
Atlantic Jazz, Monte Carlo Drama
On March 28 at 19:00, the postponed January 25 performance returns, based on Károly Aszlányi’s play of the same name. New York, 1938, aboard the luxury liner La Paz, bound for Monte Carlo: a work-obsessed young businesswoman collides with a charming adventurer. The deck swarms with characters—Toni’s feckless, moneyed fiancé; a brutal wife and her terrified husband; a hesitant secretary twice transformed by a Tibetan singing bowl; and Toni’s mother, whose zest for life outpaces her age by a decade. Everyone’s fleeing from—or chasing—someone. Big money’s at stake, and hearts are fair game. All while swing blazes across the ship, the jazz era’s brightest, still-beating pulse.
Peter Pan Takes Flight
Saturday, April 18 at 11:00 brings a musical fairy tale after J. M. Barrie. Cast includes Uwe Berecz (Peter Pan), Melinda Boda (Wendy), Bernadett Fogarassy (Mrs. Darling), András Fogarassy (Mr. Darling and Captain Hook), Bálint Tóth (John), Áron Tucker (Michael), with Tinker Bell and Mr. Smee. Music by Imre Harmath, lyrics by László Lénárt, set by G. Péter Halász, directed by Csaba Molnár. Wendy lives in London with two brothers, a caring mother, and a timid clerk father. Peter lives in the enchanted Neverland, where no one grows up. He can fly, and every day is an adventure with the Lost Boys battling pirates. Written by Imre Harmath–László Lénárt.
Same Time, Next Year
Also on Saturday, April 18 at 19:00, Pesti Művész Theatre (Pesti Művész Színház) stages Bernard Slade’s two-act comedy Same Time, Next Year (Jövőre veled ugyanitt), a Tony-nominated hit later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film. After more than 1,400 Broadway performances and countless productions worldwide, Doris and George—each married to someone else—meet one February weekend every year as their affair deepens into a profoundly human bond. Cast: Géza Egyházi (George), Bernadett Fogarassy (Doris).
The Jungle Book, The Musical
Sunday, May 17 at 17:00, the smash musical The Jungle Book (A dzsungel könyve) returns, based on Rudyard Kipling’s classic, with the stage adaptation by Géza D. Hegedűs and Zsuzsa Radnóti. The jungle mirrors human society, where animals with human traits stand for our better half—tough but honest, bound by nature’s strict laws. Mowgli’s trials nearly break him against calculating human forces, but love calls him back to people. The finale frames a new human pair—today’s Adam and Eve—face to face with a world still waiting for redemption. The music is rousing, uplifting, and wickedly funny, full of wordplay and sharp style pastiches. It’s a rare show that speaks first to youth, but delivers revelations and catharsis for every age. Mowgli: Ádám Németh / Ákos Guba. Child Mowgli: TBA.
