The Mézesvölgyi Summer 2026 open-air festival returns to Veresegyház from June through August as Pest County’s biggest multidisciplinary outdoor arts celebration, filling Búcsú tér with hit plays, powerhouse casts, concerts, and family crowd-pleasers. With theater across genres, major live shows, and kid-friendly adventures, it’s a summer-long cultural fix for all ages, wrapped in warm nights and starry skies.
Where and When
Address: 2112 Veresegyház, Búcsú tér. The program runs across multiple dates from June 21 to August 29, stacking theater, musical blockbusters, comedy romps, and legacy concerts in a non-stop lineup.
June Highlights
June 21: Charlie concert. The unmistakable titan of Hungarian pop, Horváth Charlie, brings smoky blues, swaggering jazz, and homegrown rock to Veresegyház. Expect evergreen anthems from Jég dupla jéggel to Nézz az ég felé, belted out in unison by generations of fans.
June 24: István Mohácsi: Francia rúdugrás (French Pole Vault) 18+. Three women, three men—a sextet where roles flip in a stormy night of chemistry and chaos. A know-it-all sex psychologist stirs the pot, misunderstandings multiply, and you can only hope it all lands on its feet.
July: Big Laughs, Big Music
July 3: Neil Simon’s Rumors (Pletykafészek). Sit back and watch gossip ricochet through high society as the upper crust tumbles into farcical trouble—two acts of pure comic momentum.
July 4: Stephen, the King (István, a király) in concert. Hungary’s most successful rock opera storms in as a monumental jubilee tour. Expect star singers from the original and beyond, the Crescendo Music Orchestra, top-tier lighting, visuals, and animation, plus moving stage elements and striking pyrotechnics.
July 7: Dés–Geszti–Grecsó: The Paul Street Boys (A Pál utcai fiúk). The classic comes alive as a clash of young adults, sharpening the drama with contemporary music and lyrics. The actors’ rhythmic invention, acoustic object-world, and youthful force amplify the cathartic core of the original.
July 8: The Paul Street Boys (A Pál utcai fiúk) – musical play in two parts. A second chance to dive into the harder-edged conflicts and modern sound, again powered by live acoustic textures and the humor and heart that made the story timeless.
July 12: The Jungle Book (A dzsungel könyve). Mowgli, the boy who faces his foes and searches for joy with his new family under thick canopies. A must-see tale of friendship and love for children and anyone young at heart.
July 15: Jeanie Linders: Menopause (Menopauza) – musical. The change arrives for every woman—no whispers here. This global hit tackles it loud, honest, and riotously funny.
July 19: Péter Geszti live. The maestro of positive energy unloads stadium-shaking Rapülők dance bangers, Jazz+Az funk, Gringó Sztár and Létvágy pop treats—live, with big-stage visuals, humor, and candid lyrics.
Stage Premieres and Smart Comedies
July 21–22: You Rang, M’Lord? (Csengetett, Mylord?) – world premiere. TV-favorite characters step off the screen and onto the Veresegyház stage for a breezy summer night you won’t want to miss.
July 26: Steven Moffat: The Unfriend (Rém Rendes Vendég) – two-act comedy. Peter and Debbie befriend American widow Elsa on a cruise, swap addresses, and think nothing of it—until she rings their doorbell. After what they’ve read online, panic sets in—especially with two teens at home. Add a nosy neighbor and a police sergeant, and the farce flies. Hot from London’s West End to Budapest’s Játékszín, and now stopping in Veresegyház.
July 28: Not Now, Darling! (Ne most, Drágám!) – comedy. Love triangles, mink coats, scantily clad surprises, garments flying out windows, and sheer mayhem inside London’s chicest fur salon—all in the name of shameless fun.
July 31: American Comedy (Amerikai komédia) – swing musical. Based on Károly Aszlányi’s 1930s romp, with a libretto and lyrics by Attila Lőrinczy and music by Artisjus and Fonogram winner Bálint Bársony. Directed by Károly Peller, it’s wall-to-wall humor, drive, and swing for a feel-good stage blast.
August: Legends, Mysteries, and Summer Nights
August 1: It Was Only a Dance (Csak egy tánc volt) – the most beautiful songs of Pál Szécsi. Under the stars, celebrate a luminous legacy performed by Zoltán Miller, Dénes Pál, Attila Serbán, and Sándor Nagy.
August 5: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Az Ackroyd gyilkosság) – crime. Hercule Poirot retires to sleepy King’s Abbot, only to face two inexplicable deaths. Artúr Kálid stars as Poirot, with Szilveszter Szabó P. as Dr. James Sheppard in this gripping Agatha Christie adaptation.
August 7: Lovers of Ancona (Anconai szerelmesek) – musical comedy. A two-decade smash that fuses Italian commedia with Hungarian humor and Italy’s biggest 1970s hits.
August 8: Quimby in concert. One of the festival’s signature gigs—Quimby’s distinctive sound and iconic tracks promise an unforgettable outdoor night.
August 11: Lovers of Ancona at Lake Balaton (Anconai szerelmesek a Balatonon) – musical comedy. Twenty years on, the Ancona crew—now with silver temples, softer bellies, and teenage kids—heads to Hungary in the miraculous summer of 1989. Expect roots, romance, solace, and the bel canto glow of Azzurro, Bella Ciao, and Sono l’italiano, with help from comrade Békés at the Balaton SZOT resort.
August 15: One Life – biographical stand-up with Imre Csuja (Egy életem). The beloved actor opens up about childhood, early stage years, playing four shows a day, lessons from masters, meeting his wife over 40 years ago, and legendary films Glass Tiger (Üvegtigris) and A Kind of America (Valami Amerika), sharing intimate backstage tales.
August 18: Over Smudge Hill? (Túl a Maszat-hegyen?) – comedy musical. In a world where smudge is order and cleaning is chaos, Andris Muhi sets out to save friends from splatters, dusters, and ruthless neat freaks. A colorful, imaginative trip for kids and grown-ups—where even vacuums might pick the wrong side.
August 22: The Sound of Music (A muzsika hangja) – musical. In the 1930s, Maria leaves the convent to govern the seven children of a widowed naval captain. With her, joy and song flood the house—until history intrudes and the family must flee the Nazi occupation. A sweeping, emotional, family-perfect classic.
August 26: A Beautiful Summer Day (Szép nyári nap) – Neoton musical. Set in the 1970s at a youth work camp near the Yugoslav border, this irony-tinged story rides wave after wave of Neoton hits—enduring staples of any proper house party, as beloved today in Hungary as ABBA’s catalog.
August 28: The Attic (A Padlás) – half-fairytale, half-musical, two parts, for ages 9 to 99. In a mysterious attic, spirits and humans cross paths in a soulful tale of friendship, faith, and the power of dreams—a family favorite that enchants across generations.
August 29: Not a Ragged Life – Restitched (Nem rongyos élet – újravarrva) | operetta gala. Last year’s promise gets an upgrade as theater giants and operetta stars reunite for a show-stopping csárdás. New faces, old favorites, and a reminder that Hungarian operetta—our national treasure—belongs to everyone.
