Online ticket sales are live for a packed 2025 holiday season, with festive concerts and gala shows across Budapest and beyond. From jazz and film scores to classical blockbusters and family-friendly picks, Advent and Christmas week bring music to churches, concert halls, and theaters nationwide.
Dec 20: Opening Night Highlights
Budapest warms up with Jazzy Christmas by Cappella Silentium in Erzsébetváros, while keyboard favorite Imre Rakonczai plays a Christmas concert at 3 Vörösmarty Square in Fót (from about $16 USD). In Hegyvidék, Attila Kökény and Viktor Rakonczai host Christmas Evening, With Us at 1–3 Jagelló út, while Trinity Square (Szentháromság tér) stages Music and Literature – Christmas Concert in the Castle District (about $13–$53 USD).
8 Liszt Ferenc Square presents Concerto Christmas 25/26 – I. Tchaikovsky / Rachmaninoff (around $33 USD). Waltz lovers get Christmas Waltz Magic in the 13th District (about $24–$32 USD). The Pesti Vigadó hosts a Christmas Concert on Vigadó Square, while Debrecen’s Kölcsey Center presents a Christmas Concert at 1–3 Hunyadi Street (Hunyadi utca). In Szombathely, the Savaria Symphony’s Film Music Christmas fills Bartók Hall. Kaposvár hosts Sisi’s Christmas (about $29–$40 USD). Budapest’s 6 Jókai Street (Jókai utca) offers We Are Two – Let Christmas Be Beautiful (about $18 USD). Pécs presents a Christmas musical, operetta, and opera gala Dec 19–20 (about $32–$37 USD).
Dec 21: Big Names and Big Halls
At Liszt Ferenc Square, guest stars Gergely Devich, Barnabás Kelemen, Dénes Várjon, and Andrea Vigh lead a Christmas Concert (about $40–$53 USD), followed by a second program featuring harpist Andrea Vigh and friends. Mohács hosts Hand in Hand Freely – Christmas Concert at 3 Deák Square (Deák tér) (about $12 USD). Back at the Pesti Vigadó: Symphonia Fantasia – Christmas Concert. The 13th District welcomes the MENTA Orchestra’s Christmas Charity Concert (about $26–$36 USD).
Sátoraljaújhely hears Tamás Szarka and his band with Europe’s Christmas (about $13 USD). Budapest’s Castle Garden Bazaar (Várkert Bazár) offers Light from Light – St. Ephrem (Szent Efrém) Christmas Concert (about $35 USD). Debrecen’s Debrecen Big Band celebrates its 20th Jubilee Advent Gala (about $24–$29 USD). Hegyvidék hosts Classic Christmas 2025 with the Danubia Orchestra (about $26–$46 USD). In Szeged, Gabi Szűcs brings Let’s Christmas! (about $24–$27 USD).
Dec 22–23: Pop, Jazz, and Regional Stops
Szombathely’s Christmas Locked in a Song plays at 5 March 15 Square (Március 15. tér) (about $20–$33 USD). In Balatonfüred, Bálint Gájer’s A Beautiful Christmas Awaits runs at 3 Huray Street (Huray utca) (about $29–$35 USD), with a second show the same day. Debrecen hosts Gabi Szűcs again (about $21–$27 USD). Gigi Radics’s Christmas Grand Concert lights up the Castle Garden Bazaar (Várkert Bazár) in Budapest (about $40 USD). Győr holds a two-day Christmas Concert Dec 22–23 at 16 Road of the Martyrs of Arad (Aradi vértanúk útja), while Kökény & Rakonczai bring Christmas Evening, With Us to Győr on Dec 23.
Dec 26–28: Oratorios, Galas, and Traditions
Boxing Day brings Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in Hegyvidék (about $66–$158 USD). On Dec 27, Károly Nyári’s Budapest Christmas Concert returns to Jagelló út (about $35–$43 USD). Szeged hosts the Christmas Dixie Gala. The Hungarian Virtuosi present a Christmas Concert at Trinity Square (Szentháromság tér) (about $13–$53 USD). Gabi Szűcs plays Győr’s Synagogue (about $5–$32 USD). Musical and Operetta Stars – Christmas Gala heads to the Generali Arena in Miskolc (about $41–$49 USD).
On Dec 28, the same star-studded gala visits Debrecen (about $43–$49 USD). Budapest marks the 47th HOBO Christmas in Csepel (about $26 USD), and the Ferencváros District stages Actually Christmas 2025 at 131 Üllői Road (Üllői út) (about $20–$47 USD).
Organizers reserve the right to change dates and programs.
