Ismerős Arcok are back on stage in 2026 with a nationwide run that blends folk and traditional sounds with festival energy and a moving dance-theater project. The calendar keeps growing, but these are the confirmed dates with times, venues, and ticket info where available. Mark your summer and fall—there’s plenty to catch from Tușnad (Tusnádfürdő) to Tatabánya.
Kickoff in Tușnad (Tusnádfürdő)
The tour opens Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 20:00, at the 35th Bálványos Summer Free University (Bálványosi Nyári Szabadegyetem) in Tușnad (Tusnádfürdő). It’s a classic outdoor summer slot for the band’s folk-rooted sound—the kind of communal, voice-lifting set that has become their signature. Expect an evening that builds from tender to full-throated, with a backdrop that turns a summer night into a chorus.
Debrecen’s Festival Night
The very next day, Wednesday, July 22, the band plays Debrecen at Campus Festival (Campus Fesztivál), 19:45, in the city’s green heart at 4000 Debrecen, Nagyerdő. That early prime-time slot is perfect for a crowd-swell set: festivalgoers drifting in at sunset, choruses spilling over food stalls, and the band stitching folk motifs into big-shouldered, sing-along refrains.
Bike Week Sirok Main Stage
On Thursday, July 23, Ismerős Arcok hit Bike Week Sirok, taking the Main Stage (Nagyszínpad) with a full-throttle show. The address is 3332 Sirok, Kútvölgy, II. Rákóczi Ferenc Street (utca) 26. If you like your anthems with the rumble of engines and a sea of leather vests, this is the one. The band’s melodic heft and road-tested ballads fit the open-air biker ritual like a glove.
Castle Garden Evenings in Balmazújváros
Friday, August 14, 19:00, brings a more intimate summer vibe at Castle Garden Evenings (Kastélykerti Esték) in 4060 Balmazújváros, Castle Garden (Kastélykert). The Castle Garden Evenings lean into atmosphere: soft lights, warmed stone, and songs that carry across lawns. It’s a sweet spot for the band’s acoustic textures and for audiences who want to soak up every line.
Forest Clearing at Bélapátfalva
On Wednesday, August 19, 21:15, they move to 3346 Bélapátfalva, at the clearing above Factory Lake (Gyári-tó). Night in the countryside, a late start under the stars—this one reads like a field note of summer. The band’s traditional colors shine in settings like this, where the crowd becomes a choir and the night air holds every note a little longer.
Holiday Show in Mezőkövesd
Thursday, August 20, 20:00, the national holiday on August 20 brings them to 3400 Mezőkövesd, Pebble Lake and Leisure Park (Kavicsos-tó és Szabadidőpark). Expect a celebratory program in a lakeside leisure park, with fireworks energy and rootsy resonance. It’s the kind of date that pulls families, old friends, and first-timers into the same, swaying chorus line.
Otthont! Házat! Hazát! — The Dance-Theater Journey
Fall turns to a different kind of stage: Otthont! Házat! Hazát! (Home! House! Homeland!), a dance-theater production marking the 70th anniversary of the 1956 revolution, performed to live music by Ismerős Arcok. The story moves through Attila Nyerges’s memories of October ’56, where, as a young boy, he fights on the front line with the “Pest boys” (pesti srácok) as the revolution and war of independence flare. In the turmoil, he falls in love with a revolutionary girl, but his actions put him in danger. Forced to flee the country, he leaves his love behind and starts a new life abroad. Bearing the weight and pain of that choice, he risks his freedom to return to Hungary to find his old friends and his love—by then, victims of the revolution. Did he choose right in picking life over death? Can he ever be happy again—and forgive himself?
The narrative unfolds through five dancers, with occasional spoken passages, accompanied by Ismerős Arcok live on stage. It’s memory and movement braided into music—intimate, searching, and raw, asking the audience to sit with impossible choices and the edges of loss and return.
Dunajská Streda (Dunaszerdahely): Opening the Doors
Friday, October 30, 2026, at the Csaplár Benedek Municipal Cultural Center (Csaplár Benedek Városi Művelődési Központ) in Dunajská Streda (Dunaszerdahely). Doors open 18:30. Tickets run 17 to 20 euros. The postal code is 90042 Dunajská Streda (Dunaszerdahely). This cross-border stop anchors the production’s autumn arc with a full staging and the band live in the pit—dance and score welded together.
Paks: Priced in Dollars
Sunday, November 8, 2026, at the Dénes Csengey Cultural Center (Csengey Dénes Kulturális Központ), 7030 Paks, Gagarin St. (u.) 2. Doors 18:30. Tickets: 8,000 HUF, about 22.00 USD. A straight-down-the-middle cultural center date for a show built to travel: five dancers, real-time music, and the sting of 1956 told as a visceral duet between memory and movement.
Szeged: Three-Tier Seating
Friday, November 20, 2026, IH Event Center (IH Rendezvényközpont), 6721 Szeged, Upper Tisza Bank (Felső Tisza-part) 2. Doors 18:30. Tickets: 7,000 HUF to 8,000 HUF, roughly 19.20 USD to 21.90 USD. A tiered-price house signals varied sightlines and a crisp technical package—ideal for the polish this show needs.
Sopron: Ady Endre Street Staging
Sunday, November 22, 2026, 9400 Sopron, 10 Ady Endre Street (út 10). The production returns to its core text: a youth thrown into revolt, love scorched by history, and the question that won’t let go. Five dancers hold the stage as Ismerős Arcok’s live score carries the ache and the lift.
Kaposvár: K Center Night
Friday, November 27, 2026, at 7400 Kaposvár, K Center (K-Központ), 1–9 Kossuth Lajos St. (u.). A late-November slot that suits the show’s dark-light contrasts—winter closing in, and a story about home, exile, and the long road back.
Tatabánya: Final December Stop
Saturday, December 5, 2026, 2800 Tatabánya, 1 St. Barbara Square (Szent Borbála tér 1). The year’s last announced date lands in a civic square complex, the music and movement taking a final bow before winter deepens. By then, the songs will have traveled from festival lawns to black-box hush—and the band’s live pulse will have tied it all together.
