Plan Gyula 2026: festivals, castle tours, theatre, concerts, spa programs, craft beer, and family fun across Gyula Castle, Theatre, Spa, and Almásy Palace. Culture-packed getaway in historic spa town.
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Gyula rolls out a year-long calendar of festivals, concerts, theater, museum nights, candlelit castle tours, craft beer tastings, and family fun across multiple venues. Gyula Castle and the Gyula Castle Theatre host headline events from spring through autumn, while the Gyula Castle Spa adds splashy programs for bathers. Here’s how to map out a culture-packed getaway in the historic spa town, ZIP code 5700.
From February 24, dive into recurring favorites: Ladics House opens Császárné csészéje (“The Empress’s Cup”), and Almásy Palace runs Fűző és forradalom (“Corset and Revolution”), a deep dive into corsets and rebellion. Beer lovers can drop into Sörházi beugró at Elixbeer Brewery for tours and tastings. On February 25, GyulaKult stages Magda Szabó’s Abigél, tickets from $24.30 to $27.10. The Museum Free University night tackles Herod, Jesus, and the Holy City. February 27 adds a Belvárosi barangoló city walk and The Masters of Illusion in Gyula, while March’s first guaranteed programs at Gyula Castle run February 27–March 1.
February 28 glows with Gyertyafényes vártúrák candlelit castle tours, the Gyula Castle program A végzet mezeje – Mohács (“The Field of Doom – Mohács”), the Almásy Palace treasury series Grófi passziók (“Comital Passions”), plus A kastély gyertyafényben (“The Palace by Candlelight”), an after-dark palace experience. March 1 brings Kastélytúra Tacskó Döncivel, a dachshund-guided palace tour. Expect repeats of these beloved formats across March, April, May, June, and July, including the Pincetárlat cellar exhibit and the Női szalon, Beszédes virágok, and Grófi passziók collections within Almásy Palace’s treasures.
March fills up fast: on March 4 the Castle Theatre screens the award-winning film Az Alzheimer with a post-show talk. March 7 showcases János Lackfi: Három nő, egy eset at the Castle Theatre, tickets $18.80. Comedy fans can catch Dumaszínház: A bér kötelez – Péter Janklovics on March 13 ($22.10–$25.90), Mi bajunk lehet? with Fruzsina Ács and Balázs Máté Szabó on April 8 ($18.50–$20.10), and Tibor Bödőcs’s Innen már csak gurulunk on April 29. Theatre returns March 25 with Valeriu Butulescu’s Bolyai, tickets $0.55.
La Sposa Caffè hosts A séf vacsorája, a six-course feast on March 7, then Színpad és élet, an onstage life talk with Péter Scherer on March 11. Komló Restaurant kicks off I. Komló Séfkaland x Ákos Sárközi on April 23. Beer runs with Elixbeer’s Sörházi beugró continue throughout late winter and early spring.
March 21 brings the Almásy Palace Visitor Center’s Tacskótalálkozó 2026 dachshund meet-up. April turns up the music: a Latin jazz concert at the Castle Theatre on April 23 ($13.40), and Kati Kovács with band in a large-scale show April 24. The Medivid Agility and ParAgility Festival races through April 24–26. May blooms with the Gyula Flower Festival 2026 (Gyulai Virágok Fesztiválja) on May 9–10 and the Gyula Palinka Festival (Gyulai Pálinkafesztivál) on May 22–24. GyulaKult hosts Zsuzsa Koncz on May 26 ($40.70–$43.40), plus mentalist Danny Blue’s A titok (“The Secret”) on May 7. The EDÜ – Erkel Student Festival runs May 28–30. Accordion virtuoso Zoltán Orosz plays May 9, and an “Indian Warpath” canoe tour (Indián hadi ösvény) paddles out the same day.
June launches the 13th Gyulavári Palace Days (XIII. Gyulavári Kastélynapok) on June 6–7 and Night of Museums (Múzeumok éjszakája) on June 20. July caps it with Gyula Siege Days 2026 (Gyulai Végvári Napok) from July 24–26. August keeps you moving at the 4th Zumba Festival Gyula (IV. Zumba Fesztivál Gyula), August 21–23.
Organizers reserve the right to change dates and programs.
