Budapest Jazz Club has a packed 2026 calendar at 1136 Budapest, Hollán Ernő St. 7, offering live music in a state-of-the-art concert hall alongside a nostalgic café and modern bistro. Concerts start at 8:00 p.m., while the wildly popular jam sessions kick off after 10:00 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday. Drop in day or night for coffee, dinner, and a deep dive into the city’s jazz pulse.
July: Jams, Birthdays, Street Sessions
July 9 brings three flavors: BJC Café Jam with the Tivadar Varga Trio, BJC Music Camp (BJC Zenetábor), and the Attila Kiss Band. July 10 spreads out with a free BJC Jam Session led by the Attila Rieger Trio, a fiery Gypsy Jazz Band set, and Hollán Jazz Street featuring the Yu Grace & Ákos Scheller Duo. On July 11, Elsa Valle Bakary headlines, while the Szabolcs Horváth Trio leads a free jam. July 14 doubles up: Voice & Guitar with the Myrtill Micheller & Tibor Pintér Duo, plus LFZE Open Jam: Dávid Csikó Quartet. July 15 toasts Szakcsi Jr.’s 58th with a Wednesday Open Jam Birthday Special and a Gábor Szalay & Zsolt Bende Duo set. July 16 swings from BJC Café Jam: Zoltán Oláh Trio to Egri Jr. Trio feat. Attila László. July 17–18 bring free Summer BJC Jam Sessions with the Károly Gáspár Trio and the János Egri Trio. More heat: LFZE Open Jam: Ferenc Korbeli Trio and the Juli Szigeti Band (July 21); AppleBlue and Iván Nagy Classic Jam (July 22); Gina Kanizsa: Vocalese Trio and BJC Café Jam: János Egri Jr. Trio (July 23). July 24 rolls out Lucy Markus – LOTUS album launch, Free Jam: Gézu Jónás Trio, and Hollán Jazz Street with the Anna Szobota & Norbert Botos Duo. Rounding out July: Summer Jams with the Péter Pintér Trio (July 25, 31), LFZE Open Jam: Benjámin Baranyi Trio (July 28), S.K.Y. Chronicles – Fanni Sárközy and Friends – MAGIA (July 28), Double Weisz Quartet and András Lakatos Pecek Trio (July 29), BJC Café Jam: Zoltán Oláh Trio and Budapest Bossa Nova (Budapest Bossanova) (July 30), plus Hollán Jazz Street: Natália Földi & Ferenc Korbeli Duo (July 31).
August: Global Colors, Festival Spotlight
August starts with Summer Jam: József Balázs Trio (Aug 1). BJC Open Jam: Gézu Jónás Trio and Voice & Guitar return Aug 4. The Almaty Youth Jazz Band lands Aug 5, followed by the Attila Rieger Trio’s Wednesday Open Jam. Aug 6 pairs the Bálint Gyémánt & Mike Gotthard Duo with BJC Café Jam: Zoltán Oláh Trio. The Noémi Nagy Quartet (Aug 7) and Free Jam: Gábor Juhász Trio keep it flowing; the Péter Pintér Trio leads a Summer Jam Aug 8. Aug 11–12 bring the Zoltán Dévényi Flow Trio, BJC Open Jam: Szabolcs Horváth Trio, Wednesday Open Jam: István Gyárfás Trio, and Tony Lakatos & Szakcsi Jr. Trio. Spotlight: “Budapest Jazz Club presents: Malomvölgy Festival” (A Budapest Jazz Club bemutatja: Malomvölgy Fesztivál) runs Aug 13–15, alongside Panna Pálmai & Krisztián Oláh Duo, BJC Café Jam: Károly Gáspár Trio, Gábor Szalay & Zsolt Bende Duo, and Free Jam: János Egri Trio. Mid-month brings the Gézu Jónás Trio Open Jam (Aug 18), Renáta Damu & Tibor Kónyai feat. Gábor Juhász, Noémi Nagy Quartet Wednesday Open Jam (Aug 19), and Mrs. Columbo: Play It Again! (Játszd újra!). Aug 20 lights up with Symbiosis 5 and BJC Café Jam: Tivadar Varga Trio. Late August stacks Summer Jam: János Egri Jr. Trio (Aug 21), Free Jam: Péter Pintér Trio and Bartha & Arnedo Quartet (Aug 22), Just 4 Fun Project feat. Laura Hajós and BJC Open Jam: Gábor Kollmann Quartet (Aug 25), Iván Nagy Classic Jam and Budapest Bossa Nova (Budapest Bossanova) (Aug 26), Montuno en Jass and BJC Café Jam: István Gyárfás Trio (Aug 27), Whiteful Jazz Quartet and Free Jam: Károly Gáspár Trio (Aug 28), plus Summer Jam: Krisztián Lakatos Pecek Trio (Aug 29).
Autumn Headliners
World stars hit in October: Jure Pukl – Joe Sanders – Gregory Hutchinson Trio (Oct 2) and Andy Sheppard Trio (Oct 17). December mood starter: Vilmos Gryllus: Winter Concert (Téli koncert) lands Nov 22.
