Buda’s leafy Városmajor Open-Air Stage rolls out more than seventy shows from early summer into fall, serving up theater premieres, comedy, concerts, film screenings, and family events beneath centuries-old trees. The refreshed venue makes space for die-hard fans and curious first-timers alike, promising a wide cultural variety in the heart of Budapest.
Films, Icons, Premieres
The program kicks off July 8 with How to Steal a Million Back?—a colorful, dubbed French comedy. Agatha Christie’s Midnight (Éjféli órán) crime drama lands July 20, while Ferenc Szőnyi’s TransCanada Ultra documentary rides in on August 6. Music turns epic on July 15 with Icons Rock Symphonic, featuring 15 women belting out 15 global hits. Viki Lábas (LÁBAS VIKI) headlines her cross-disciplinary night on July 11, Zséda brings the SIGNO concert July 31, and the Budapest Klezmer Band fills the stage July 26.
Theater, Legends, Story Nights
Classic British farce You Rang, M’Lord? (Csengetett, MyLord?) returns July 13 and 14. Family favorite The Red Umbrella (A piros esernyő) opens July 16, and the Latinovits Theatre of Budaörs (Budaörsi Latinovits Színház) presents The Carrot King (A Répakirály) on August 11. Literary and biographical stand-up lights up August with One Life: Dóra Szinetár (Egy életem: Szinetár Dóra, Aug 4) and Imre Csuja: My Life (Csuja Imre: Egy életem, Aug 17), while The Fedák Sári Case (Aug 5) reclaims a prima donna “sentenced to oblivion.”
Big Voices, Deep Dives
Eszter Ráskó debuts a new solo show July 19; László Mérő explores happiness July 21. Dark-curious audiences get Human Beasts—Inside the World of Serial Killers with Péter Doszpot and Gábor Antal on August 14. Operetta gala In Wine, Joy (Borban a vígasság) sparkles August 16 with star Marika Oszvald. Lovasi’s The Most Important Hungarian Words arrives August 19, a Dante’s Divine Comedy–inspired night plays August 21, Krisztián Nyáry’s love stories go 18+ on August 22, Judit Halász’s Csiribiri charms kids August 23, and Tibor Bödőcs rolls in September 13 with opener Balázs Hajdú.
