Pest County’s biggest open-air, cross-arts festival returns to Veresegyház from June to August 2026, lighting up Búcsú tér with hit plays, blockbuster concerts, and family favorites. Mézesvölgyi Nyár packs the calendar with theater across genres, legendary rock operas, cult comedies, and pop heavyweights, shaping a summer where every age group can find its stage. On-site info includes accommodation and food-and-drink tips to help you make a full evening of it at 2112 Veresegyház, Búcsú tér.
June kick-off: Charlie and a stormy sex comedy
2026.06.21. — Charlie concert. The unmistakable giant of Hungarian pop, Horváth Charlie, pours smoky blues, swaggering jazz, and pure Hungarian rock into the night air. Expect timeless singalongs from Jég dupla jéggel to Nézz az ég felé, echoing with generations of voices.
2026.06.24. — István Mohácsi: Francia rúdugrás (Pole Vaulting) (18+). Three women, three men, one stormy night: a riotous “sextet” where roles keep swapping under the meddling gaze of a know-it-all sex psychologist. It starts simple—who’s with whom—then chemistry, misunderstandings, and missteps spiral until, hopefully, it all clicks back into place.
July: farce, rock-opera spectacle, and classics rebooted
2026.07.03. — Neil Simon: Rumors (Pletykafészek). Sit back and enjoy as rumors ricochet through the upper crust in a two-act farce where trouble finds the well-to-do—hard and often.
2026.07.04. — Stephen, the King (István, a király) concert. Hungary’s most successful rock opera rolls in with a monumental anniversary tour: star vocalists known from the original, the Crescendo Music Orchestra’s top-tier musicians, cutting-edge lighting, visuals and animation, moving set pieces, and pyrotechnics that turn the stage into a living, blazing sculpture.
2026.07.07. — Dés–Geszti–Grecsó: The Paul Street Boys (A Pál utcai fiúk). The classic is retuned as a clash among young adults, sharpening the drama with modern soundscapes and lyrics, leaning on acoustic objects, the actors’ rhythmic inventiveness, and the original’s cathartic punch.
2026.07.08. — The Paul Street Boys (A Pál utcai fiúk) — musical in two acts. The same reimagined core returns with muscular staging, today’s musical language, and the fire and humor of youth.
2026.07.12. — The Jungle Book (A dzsungel könyve). Mowgli’s heart-tugging, heartwarming journey through leafy canopies, friendship, and first love touches children and childlike adults right where wonder lives.
2026.07.15. — Jeanie Linders: Menopause The Musical (Menopauza). That time comes for every woman—some hide it, others crack jokes. This global hit does both: loud, honest, riotously funny, and shamelessly singable.
2026.07.19. — Péter Geszti concert. The frontman of positive energy detonates stadium-sized Rapülők dance bangers, Jazz+Az funk flavors, Gringó Sztár and Létvágy pop delicacies—live, high-gloss staging, loads of humor, and lyrics that say the quiet parts out loud.
2026.07.21–22. — You Rang, M’Lord? (Csengetett, Mylord?) world premiere. TV’s beloved household storms the stage for two nights of nostalgia-soaked upstairs-downstairs antics under the Veresegyház stars.
July whirlwinds: West End thrills and flying fur coats
2026.07.26. — Steven Moffat: The Unfriend (Rém Rendes Vendég) — two-act comedy. Lovely Peter and Debbie befriend an American widow, Elsa, on a cruise. Back home, the internet serves ice-cold panic about their new pal. Let her in? Keep her out? Add a know-it-all neighbor and a police sergeant, and watch the farce explode. Fresh off a London West End triumph, Budapest’s Játékszín brings the chills and chuckles to Veresegyház.
2026.07.28. — Not Now, Darling! (Ne most, Drágám!) — comedy. Love triangles, mink coats, scantily clad surprises, garments flying out the window—absolute mayhem in London’s most elegant fur salon, engineered strictly for joy.
2026.07.31. — American Comedy (Amerikai komédia) — swing musical. Based on Károly Aszlányi’s 1930s gem, with a book and lyrics by Attila Lőrinczy and music by Artisjus and Fonogram winner Bálint Bársony. Directed by Károly Peller, it’s wall-to-wall humor, velocity, and swing sparkle for all ages.
August anthems: icons, mysteries, and seaside love
2026.08.01. — Csak egy tánc volt — Pál Szécsi’s greatest hits. Under the constellations, the undimmed star of Hungarian pop glows again, voiced by Zoltán Miller, Dénes Pál, Attila Serbán, and Sándor Nagy—proof that some songs never age; they move in.
2026.08.05. — The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Az Ackroyd gyilkosság) — crime. Hercule Poirot retires to sleepy King’s Abbot—only for two inexplicable deaths to shatter the hush. Artúr Kálid steps into Poirot’s polished shoes, with P. Szilveszter Szabó as Dr. James Sheppard, in an Agatha Christie bristling with secrets.
2026.08.07. — Lovers of Ancona (Anconai szerelmesek) — musical comedy. For 20 years, Hungary’s most-played crowd-pleaser has blended Italian marketplace farce, homegrown humor, and the 1970s’ most beloved Italian hits into one irresistible summer fling.
2026.08.08. — Quimby concert. One of the festival’s marquee nights: Quimby’s unmistakable sound and canon of anthems power a singular open-air vibe, perfect for anyone who wants to feel Veresegyház vibrate live.
2026.08.11. — Lovers of Ancona at Lake Balaton (Anconai szerelmesek a Balatonon) — musical comedy. Two decades after miracles and marriages, the whole Italian crew heads to Hungary in the warm summer of 1989, chasing roots and rekindled loves at a Balaton SZOT resort led by Comrade Békés—soundtracked by Azzurro, Bella Ciao, Sono l’italiano, and more bel canto earworms.
Stories, sparkle, and family favorites to close
2026.08.15. — One Life (Egy életem) — biographical stand-up with Imre Csuja. He opens the scrapbook: a modest, funny, heartwarming life, from a mother’s “direction” in childhood to four shows in a day, lessons from old masters, meeting his wife over 40 years ago, and backstage whispers from Glass Tiger (Üvegtigris) and A Kind of America (Valami Amerika).
2026.08.18. — Beyond Stain Mountain? (Túl a Maszat-hegyen?) — comedy musical. In a world where smudge is order and cleaning is chaos, Andris Muhi sets off to rescue friends from the splatter-and-dustrag empire. A colorful, catchy adventure for small and tall—where even vacuum cleaners can switch sides.
2026.08.22. — The Sound of Music (A muzsika hangja) — musical. In the 1930s, a convent-raised Maria brings joy and song to a widowed captain’s seven children—until history’s storm forces the “family” to flee the Nazi grip. Big emotions, bigger melodies, and a cross-generational hug of a show.
2026.08.26. — Beautiful Summer Day (Szép nyári nap) — Neoton musical. Set in the 1970s at a Bácsszentmária work camp near the Yugoslav border, this witty, ironic tale follows “volunteer” teens and blasts Neoton hits that fuel every good house party—age no object. Decades after the regime change, we can finally laugh at our past, fully and loudly.
2026.08.28. — The Attic (A Padlás) — half-fairytale, half-musical for ages 9–99, in two acts. In a mysterious attic where spirits and humans mingle, humor, music, and tenderness weave a story of friendship, faith, and the force of dreams—an all-family enchantment.
2026.08.29. — Not a Ragged Life — Restitched (Nem rongyos élet — újravarrva) | operetta gala. Promise made, promise outdone: prose-theater titans and operetta stars reconvene for a high-spirited csárdás throwdown, with new faces and old favorites proving Hungarian operetta truly belongs to everyone.
Veresegyház, Búcsú tér is the summer address: warm nights, cool drinks, and a stage that never sleeps.
