Boglart Festival returns to Balatonboglár: five days of folk and world music, workshops, dance house, and showcases. Learn by day, rave by night. Family discounts, early-bird passes, kids free.
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A lakeside favorite is back: the 7th Boglart Festival runs August 26–30, 2026 at Babel Camp, Szabadság Street (Szabadság utca) 28, Balatonboglár. It blends a family-friendly folk and world music vibe with hands-on learning by day and high-energy concerts by night. Two stages rotate bands each evening, then the party spills into a late-night folk pub (folkkocsma) where dancing runs till dawn. It’s part festival, part music course, part industry forum and showcase, built for people who want to play, learn, and listen in one place.
Freshly announced acts include Belgium’s Enara Navaira, Senegal’s Afrikora, Istria’s Veja, plus Hungary’s Okos Viola, Obadu, and host band Góbé. A Boglart hallmark: many performers also teach during the day. Workshops range from Moldavian and string folk techniques to practical music industry know-how, so you can pick up bowing patterns at noon and see the same masters blaze onstage after dark.
Concert nights close with a dance house (táncház), then slide into a world-music-meets-electronic afterglow. Following last year’s buzz, the showcase block returns, giving Hungarian and international professionals space to connect and brainstorm.
Early-bird deals are live until the first wave of performers is announced in the second half of November: festival passes, combo passes, 48-hour tickets, and day tickets. New discounted options are available for under-18s, over-64s, and teachers. If you’re joining the course or the showcase and qualify for a discount, combine reduced festival passes/day tickets with course passes/day tickets for the best value. Kids under 10 get in free.
Save the dates: August 26–30, 2026. Balatonboglár is calling.
