Hajdúszoboszló rolls out a packed 2026 calendar across multiple venues, blending culture, festivals, comedy, concerts, family fun, heritage, and food, plus the signature spa experiences that made this Great Plain resort famous. Browse the latest dates and lock in a getaway rich in shows, tastes, and thermal bliss.
April Highlights
April 24 sets the tone. Local history fans can attend Local History Evenings (Helytörténeti esték) with Imre Borók: “New Results in Research on the 1660 Szejdi Campaign.” The same night, GastroTheatre (Gasztroszínház) serves Bitter Aszú (Keserű Aszú): a theatrical dinner with a 3-course wine menu and a 6-item tasting, starring Éva Bata and Péter Bárnai, mixing storytelling, acting, and culinary rhythms. Dinner show price: 25,000 HUF per person (about 67 USD); advance tickets in person at Szilfa Restaurant through 03.31. Also on the 24th, Ádám Kiss brings his solo show I Won’t Say It! (Mit nem mondok!) to Dumaszínház at the Máté Kovács City Cultural Center, hosted by Viktor Fülöp; tickets 7,890 HUF (about 21 USD). On April 25, the Generálpauza piano duo charity concert features Gabriella Szentpéteri and Zoltán Szakács, plus a Crazy Little Queen Tribute. April 26 delivers a Parrot Exhibition at the Bocskai Event Center: up close with exotic birds, insights on lifestyle and quirks; entry from age 2 is 2,500 HUF (about 6.70 USD), open 15:00–18:00. April 27 screens 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence (141 perc a befejezetlen mondatból). April 30 rocks: Monsters of Rock tribute night with MAGNETICA (Metallica) at 20:00 and YOUNGERS (AC/DC) at 21:30; door price 3,500 HUF (about 9.40 USD). The same day: a blood drive at the Cultural Center and a screening of The Disciples (A tanítványok).
May: Season Starters
May 1 kicks off the Hungarosparty Beach Opening: dance act at 18:00, Heni Dér at 19:00, then a Tina Turner tribute with Abrakazabra featuring Linda Király, Réka Koós, and Jennifer Szirota. Free entry. Also May Day fun at the Hajdúszoboszló Airfield (May 1–2), plus Mother-and-Child Flower Days ((T)Anyák napi Virágozás) at Eliza Ranch (May 1–3). May 2 hosts the Black Sheep Tribute Fest (Fekete Bárányok Tribute Fest): Retronome (Hobo Blues Band & Deák Bill), Big City Wolves (Nagyvárosi Farkasok – Beatrice), and Lámpagyár Bt. (P. Mobil); tickets 3,000 HUF (about 8.10 USD). Family pick: Tompeti and Friends (Tompeti és Barátai) on May 2. Comedy returns May 15 with Zoltán Kőhalmi’s It’s All in Your Head (Fejben dől el) at Dumaszínház; tickets 7,490–8,990 HUF (about 20–24 USD). Also May 15: Tamás Molnár acoustic with violinist Izsák Farkas, revisiting Anti Fitness Club, JETLAG, solo hits, and collabs; presale 5,500 HUF (about 14.70 USD), standard 7,500 HUF (about 20 USD). May 16 brings the puppet show The Little Mole’s Trousers (Kisvakond nadrágja). Pentecost blooms with a Program Cavalcade (Programkavalkád) May 23–24, plus Pentecost at Hungarospa (Pünkösd) on May 24. Children rule May 31 with Kids’ Day at the Beach Bath and the City Kids’ Day.
Summer Crowd-Pleasers
June 12–13: The SzínTér Interdisciplinary Festival unites art, music, and gastronomy. June 14 marks Global Wellness Day at Aqua Palace, June 20 brings Museum Night at the Bocskai Museum, and June 27 throws the School’s Out Party 2026. July 10: Kowalsky meg a Vega at the Open-Air Stage; July 11: garden cinema in St. Stephen Park (Szent István Park) and the two-day airshow Legends in the Sky (Legendák a levegőben) (July 11–12). July 17: Róbert Szikora & R-GO live, while July 17–19 hosts the 31st Szoboszló Folk Weekend. July 24: Bachelorette Party (Lánybúcsú) musical at the Open-Air Stage; tickets 6,900–8,500 HUF (about 18.50–22.80 USD). July 25: Night of the Baths in the Premium Zone; July 26: Hungarospa’s 99th birthday.
Big August Weekends
July 31–Aug 2: 45th Kösely Cup Hajdúszoboszló Horse Festival. Aug 1: Cooky Disco in the Premium Zone. Aug 6–9: Truckers’ Meeting. Aug 8: Seaside-style disco at the Beach Bath. Aug 14: Hungarian State Folk Ensemble’s Hungarian Rhapsody (Magyar rapszódia). Aug 15 fires two ways: a national water-gun battle record attempt by day and a Willcox Disco in the Premium Zone by night. Aug 16 brings back the garden cinema. Aug 20 marks the national Foundation of the State holiday, and Aug 21–23 swing with the 31st Szoboszló Dixieland Days.
Autumn to Year-End
Sept 5 serves up the Szoboszló Mutton and Slambuc Cooking Joy Day, Sept 8 spotlights World Physical Therapy Day, and Sept 18–20 plates up the Wine and Gastro Festival. Sept 27 is World Tourism Day at Hungarospa. Oct 4 celebrates Sauna Weekend, Oct 23–25 carves Pumpkin Days (TÖKölős) at Eliza Ranch, and Oct 31 gets spooky with a Halloween party at Aqua Palace. Nov 6–7 pours the St. Martin’s Day Merrymaking (Márton Day). Dec 31 closes with the traditional New Year’s Eve crack-of-the-whip farewell.
