Balatonfüred rolls out a packed 2026–2027 calendar across multiple venues, mixing festivals, concerts, exhibitions, yoga by the lake, film screenings, boat trips, stand-up marathons, kids’ cruises, and towering sailing regattas. Many tickets are available online. Key practicals—dates, accommodation, food, and drink—are bundled with each program block. The city center and lakefront (including Tagore Promenade, the boat station, Huray Villas, Arácsi Népház, Anna Grand Hotel, and the Balaton Leisure and Conference Center) anchor most events.
June highlights: pole art, yoga, cinema, galleries
June 13–14 brings Pole Artistic Hungary, a spectacular international pole dance and aerial competition in Balatonfüred—pole art, glamour, hoop, and hammock categories promise strength, grace, and art on one stage. The same weekend and on recurring dates: Balatonfüred boat excursions and sightseeing cruises, plus the local cinema program running June 8–14 and June 15–21.
International Yoga Day lands June 17 at 17:30 on Tagore Promenade by the Széchenyi statue. June 18: a summer-opening concert with the Bem Memorial Choir alongside Gabriella Csikhon and Attila Sári. June 19 at 17:00, the Arácsi Népház (Lóczy Lajos u. 62.) opens graphic artist Milán Takács’s “From Matter to Light,” introduced by museum educator Orsolya Nyitrai, with electronic/folktronica downtempo by Holb Levente “Zsörk.” The show spans paper-based yet digitally created collages, experimental images, design works (posters, logos), and analog photos; on view through August 24 during house hours (Mon, Thu 10:00–16:00; Wed 12:00–16:00).
Also June 19 at 18:00, Huray Villas opens Andrea Weichinger’s “Cloud and Water – Contemplation in the Landscape,” followed by a free guitar concert from Gaspar Thorpe. Linked free events at Huray Villas: June 20, 9:00 yoga and breath therapy with the artist; June 26, 18:00 Folly Arboretum presentation; September 18, 18:00 architect Miklós Weichinger on Balaton architecture; September 25, 17:00 BBC correspondent Nick Thorpe on the Carpathians and the Danube. The exhibition is free through September 27 during the neighboring Tourinform office’s hours.
June 20: museums, music, sunset sails
June 20 packs in “Tales in the Grass” at Huray Villas (18:00) from writers Elek Benedek and Zsuzsanna Czipri, with Zsuzsanna Czipri’s Arács-set stories told by Edit Szabadi. The same night, stand-up stars Eszter Ráskó and András Péter Kovács ignite a summer-start show at the Balaton Leisure and Conference Center (Dumaszínház). Museum Night arrives citywide, and a Chill Boat shoves off at sunset with lake panoramas, music, and cocktails. June 20–27 ushers in the Balatonfüred International Guitar Festival.
Late June into July: sailing, cinema, and organ night
Recurring sightseeing cruises and cinema programs continue June 22–28 and June 26–28. June 27 repeats the sunset Chill Boat and offers a guided “Füred Rabbi” city walk and synagogue tour with the House of Jewish Excellence. June 29–July 5: more films and cruises.
July 1: organist Gergely Rákász plays Mozart at the Evangelical Church. Early July boats return July 3–5. July 4 brings “Túrajó – Füredi KERÉKkaland” and “Túrajó Walks – From Tree to Forest” (both ticketed), plus another Chill Boat. July 6–12 keeps boats and cinema running, while July 7–13 turns up the heat with the Hungarian Summer Salsa Festival.
Mid-July: klezmer, open water, comedy marathon
July 9 and 16 cue the Party Boat disco from the boat station. July 10–12 debuts the 1st International Klezmer Festival in Hungary. July 11 sails another Chill Boat and hosts the Allianz Bay Crossing and SUP Challenge. July 13–19: boats and films return.
July 14: Hyppolit, a lakáj (Hyppolit the Butler), a two-act musical comedy, plays the open-air stage. From July 17 to 26, Dumafüred 2026 takes over the Balaton Leisure and Conference Center with star comics: standalone nights by István Dombóvári (Deszeretlek), Duma Jam trios (Hadházi–Kovács–Litkai), multiple All Stars lineups, The Right of the Last Night (18) with László Hadházi, solo shows by Péter Felméri, Zoltán Kőhalmi, Eszter Ráskó (Sátántangó), Péter Janklovics, Ádám Kiss, Péter Elek, and more. Prices range widely; examples include $22–$30, $23, $27, and $28–$30 tiers after conversion.
July 19 adds Eszter Horgas’s birthday concert “I’d Fly With You!” at the Anna Grand Hotel Theatre. July 20–26 keeps the cinema and boat timetables humming, alongside Duma Aktuál (Ceglédi, Elek, Kovács, Litkai) and László Lakatos’s “I’ve Arrived” on July 21, plus the Anna Festival from July 21–26. July 22: Duma Swing 3 and the improv night “Ship of Fools” (Mogács & Hevér). July 23 sees Péter Aranyosi’s “Digital Ninja,” Péter Janklovics’s “Wage-Obliged – Life Is Otherwise,” and another Party Boat. July 24: Ádám Kiss’s “What I Don’t Say!” and a fresh Duma Jam. July 24–26 introduces Füred Art Week, the city’s art market.
July’s grand weekend: Anna Ball and sails
July 25 packs the 201st Anna Ball, the Fehér Szalag – Szabolcs Izsák Memorial Regatta, a kids’ boat bursting with pirates, magicians, treasure hunts, and games, a Chill Boat at sunset, and multiple Dumaszínház All Stars combinations plus Hadházi’s “Dogs.” July 26 keeps the comedy rolling with Kovács’s “In Time” and Hadházi’s brainy “The World’s Brain.” July 27–August 2 renews the cinema and boat cycles, with July 28 staging Légy jó mindhalálig (Be Good Until Death) at the open-air stage and a July 30 Party Boat. July 30–August 1: the 58th Raiffeisen Blue Ribbon Grand Prix (Kékszalag), Europe’s largest round-the-lake sailing race.
August: wine weeks, tributes, theater, and more boats
August 1 repeats the Chill Boat and a kids’ cruise. August 3–9: films and boats, with an August 6 Party Boat, and August 6–9 the Hungarian Sailing Federation’s Big-Boat Championship. August 7 revisits the “Füred Rabbi” guided city and synagogue tour. August 7–30 pours Balatonfüred Wine Weeks along the promenade—long, lively nights of local wineries and food stands.
August 8: another kids’ cruise and a Chill Boat. August 10–16 continues film and boat runs; August 11 stages A dzsungel könyve (The Jungle Book), and August 12 offers “A feleség negyvennél kezdődik” (Wives Begin at Forty) at the open-air stage.
August 13 launches another Party Boat. August 14: Crazy Little Queen Tribute Band channels a polished live Queen experience—arena anthems to sweeping ballads—for a sultry Balaton night ($28–$34). August 15 stacks a kids’ cruise, the “Attila Kökény & Viktor Rakonczai – I See You Again…” concert at the Balaton Leisure and Conference Center open-air stage ($47), and a sunset Chill Boat. August 17–23 wraps with another week of films and boats, plus August 18’s A Pál utcai fiúk (The Paul Street Boys) at the open-air stage.
Organizers reserve the right to change dates and programs.
