The Mézesvölgyi Summer 2026 outdoor theatre festival turns Veresegyház into Pest County’s biggest open-air arts playground from June through August, packing the season with hit shows, name actors, and family-friendly programming. From musical comedies to classic crime and cult concerts, it’s a summer-long invitation for all ages to laugh, sing, and stay out late under the stars at the Mézesvölgyi Szabadtéri Színpad on Búcsú tér, 2112 Veresegyház. Organizers reserve the right to change dates and programs.
Jungle beats and a blockbuster menopausal confession
July 12 opens with A dzsungel könyve (The Jungle Book), following Mowgli, the boy who stares down danger and goes looking for happiness with his new family beneath the canopies. It’s tender and exhilarating, a must-see about friendship and love for kids and the young at heart.
Three days later, on July 15, Jeanie Linders’ Menopauza (Menopause The Musical) lands loud, honest, and riotously funny. That stage of life every woman meets—some hush it up, others deflect with gags—arrives here in song-and-dance form that leaves subtlety at the door and the audience in stitches.
Pop fireworks and a TV favorite’s stage premiere
On July 19, Péter Geszti—frontman of positive energy—leads a summer concert stacked with stadium-shaking Rapülők dance bangers, Jazz+Az funk, Gringó Sztár cuts, and Létvágy pop treats. Expect big live arrangements, gleaming stagecraft, humor, and sharp lyrics.
Then, July 21 and 22 bring a double-bill world premiere of Csengetett, Mylord? (You Rang, M’Lord?). The beloved television characters step off the screen and onto the Veresegyház stage for two summer nights of pure nostalgia and mischief.
West End wit, fur-salon frenzy, and a swing-soaked romp
Steven Moffat’s Rém rendes vendég (The Unfriend) arrives July 26, a two-act comedy of manners and mounting panic. Polite English couple Peter and Debbie befriend an American widow, Elsa, on a cruise. There’s the usual promise to visit—usually a social fib—but this time Elsa rings their bell. After some online discoveries about her, icy terror sets in. They don’t dare let her near their two teens, but they don’t want to offend her either. An officious neighbor and a police sergeant stir the pot. Fresh off a London West End hit, the Budapest Játékszín production brings the goosebumps and the belly laughs.
On July 28, Ne most, drágám! (Not Now, Darling!) whirls into London’s plushest fur salon, unleashing love triangles, mink coats, scantily clad chaos, and garments flying out the window—comedy engineered purely for carefree fun.
July 31’s Amerikai komédia (American Comedy) is a swing musical riffing on Károly Aszlányi’s 1930s play, adapted by Attila Lőrinczy with music by Artisjus and Fonogram award-winner Bálint Bársony. Directed by Károly Peller, the show brims with humor, pace, and that irresistible swing pulse from overture to finale.
Golden voices, a Christie twist, and Italian-hearted love
On August 1, Csak egy tánc volt (It Was Only a Dance) celebrates Pál Szécsi’s evergreen hits beneath the constellations, performed by Zoltán Miller, Dénes Pál, Attila Serbán, and Sándor Nagy—proof that some melodies never age.
August 5 draws mystery devotees with Az Ackroyd-gyilkosság (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd). Hercule Poirot retires to the sleepy English village of King’s Abbot, then two impossible deaths shatter the calm. Artúr Kálid steps into Poirot’s patent-leather shoes, with P. Szilveszter Szabó as Dr. James Sheppard in this tight Agatha Christie thriller.
August 7, Anconai szerelmesek (Lovers of Ancona) mixes Italian market comedy with classic Hungarian humor and the greatest Italian hits of the 1970s—two decades on, still one of Hungary’s most-performed comedies.
Quimby, seaside returns, and a life laid bare
Quimby’s August 8 concert is a marquee music moment: the band’s singular sound and era-defining songs promise a night that sticks. On August 11, Anconai szerelmesek a Balatonon (Lovers of Ancona at Lake Balaton) reunites the Italian troupe 20 years later in the heat-hazed summer of 1989. They cross to Hungary to find roots, rekindle love, and seek calm—with Békés, the SZOT resort boss, in tow—while bel canto pours out: Azzurro, Bella Ciao, Sono l’italiano…
On August 15, Egy életem with Imre Csuja is a biographical stand-up night. He speaks—modestly, funnily, warmly—about a mother’s “direction” in childhood, punishing early years onstage, doing four shows a day, lessons from the old masters, and meeting his wife over 40 years ago. Expect behind-the-scenes gems from Üvegtigris (Glass Tiger) and Valami Amerika (A Kind of America).
Dust bunnies, do-re-mi, Neoton nostalgia, and attic spirits
August 18’s Túl a Maszat-hegyen? (Beyond Smudge Hill?) is a musical where dust rules and tidying is chaos. Muhi Andris sets out to save friends from a realm of stains, dusters, and ruthless neat freaks. Bright, magical, catchy—and even the vacuums sometimes switch sides.
On August 22, A muzsika hangja (The Sound of Music) returns to the 1930s, as Maria leaves the abbey to care for a naval captain’s seven children. Joy, music, and song flood the house, until history’s darker tide forces the family to flee. It’s a heart-first, tune-rich classic that welcomes the whole clan, from toddlers to grandparents.
August 26, Szép nyári nap (Beautiful Summer Day) spins Neoton Família’s beloved hits into a 1970s youth work camp near the Yugoslav border. Ironic and affectionate, it lets us laugh freely at a past now comfortably distant—those songs remain as omnipresent at parties as ABBA.
On August 28, A Padlás (The Attic) enchants ages 9–99 with a half-fairy tale, half-musical in two acts, set in a mysterious attic where spirits and humans meet to swap lessons on friendship, faith, and the power of dreams—gently funny, disarmingly moving, utterly timeless.
Operetta grandeur to close
August 29 wraps with Nem rongyos élet – újravarrva (Not a Ragged Life – Restitched), a gala promising new faces and old favorites as straight-theatre titans and operetta stars reunite to prove that Hungarian operetta—now a national treasure—belongs to everyone. Expect csárdás fire, high notes you’ll hum into autumn, and a closing bow worthy of a summer done right.
