Kistarcsa offers a year-long roster of family fun, youth and adult programs, and a vibrant cultural mix across multiple venues. Think festivals, craft workshops, markets, and plenty of events built for true downtime. Contacts, website, and Facebook are listed with the 2143 Kistarcsa, Multiple Venues East Europeans (Kelet-eurĂłpaiak) hub, with information requests available by phone or online.
July Highlights
July 9, Thursday – Ildikó Császár and Mrs. Sándor Molnár: We Visited Latvia. A Sunday flight took them to the Baltic coast; they met groups working with homeless people, refugees, seniors, and women in Erberge, Sigulda, and Riga. Location: Kistarcsa.
July 11 – Open-Air Cinema in Kistarcsa. The beloved community screening is back at Ifjúság Square (Ifjúság tér): Friday, July 10, 9:00 PM. All welcome. Location: Kistarcsa.
July 16 – Zsolt Kiss: Building a Race Car. Inside a Kistarcsa firm repairing damaged cars, with the Hungarian National Motorsport Association organizing national rallies and rally culture beyond Hungary. A Suzuki S-Cross converted for competition. Location: Kistarcsa.
July 23 – Péter Gedeon: Under the Spell of Religions. The five major world religions—Christianity, Islam, Brahmanism, Buddhism, and Chinese universalism—shared tensions and commonalities, ancient traditions, local congregations, and nature-based faiths. Location: Kistarcsa East Europeans (Kelet-európaiak).
July 30 – Aladár Lányi: Hungarian Buses in America. Ikarus after WWII, export triumphs, arrival in the U.S., post–regime change fate, successors, NABI’s results, composite buses, and the state of bus manufacturing. Location: Kistarcsa.
August Blockbusters
August 20 – 13th Rooster Cooking Festival, Ifjúság Square (Ifjúság tér). Program: 12:00 Opening and fire-lighting; 14:00–15:00 Bubble Fairy; 15:00–16:00 BULIZOO; 16:00–17:00 Operetta medley by Viktória Pászthy and Dániel Kristóf; 17:00–17:30 Awards; 17:30–18:15 DJ Dominique; 18:15–19:15 Bréda Bia; 19:15–20:00 Irigy Hónaljmirigy; 20:00–20:30 Breakdance Show; 20:30–21:30 Boney M feat. Sheyla Bonnick Live Act; 21:30–23:00 Retro Disco Machine – DJ Plastic. Tasting ticket: $2.77 for one bowl of food. Hosted by the Municipality of Kistarcsa.
August 21–23 – 29th Kistarcsa Days. Location: Kistarcsa.
August 23 – Bogi Nagy – 29th Kistarcsa Days concert at Ifjúság Square (Ifjúság tér). Locals enter free with address card. Non-residents: children and pensioners $2.77; adults $6.93.
Autumn and Winter
September 14–20 – KIKE Cultural Week, plus the Potato Dumpling (Görhöny) Festival and Heritage Walk. Location: Kistarcsa.
October 10 – National Evening. Location: Kistarcsa East Europeans (Kelet-európaiak).
October 23–25 – Exhibition: 70th Anniversary of the Revolution. Location: Kistarcsa.
November 8 – Falling Leaf. Location: Kistarcsa.
December 28 – World War II Commemoration. Location: Kistarcsa.
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