Veresegyház’s Mézesvölgyi Nyár returns from June through August 2026 as Pest County’s biggest open-air multidisciplinary festival, packing the season with hit plays, concerts, and family shows. From cult comedies and rock operas to crime thrillers and musical favorites, the program lines up star performers and crowd-pleasing titles for all ages at the Mézesvölgyi Open-Air Stage on Búcsú tér.
Charlie kicks off the season
June 21: Horváth Charlie, the unmistakable titan of Hungarian pop, blues, and jazz, lights up the stage with a set that folds smoky blues into swaggering jazz and classic Hungarian rock. Expect singalongs across generations, from Jég dupla jéggel to Nézz az ég felé, under the Veresegyház night sky.
Sharp-witted stage comedies
June 24: Mohácsi István’s Francia rúdugrás (French Pole Vault) (18+) spins a stormy-night sex farce for three women and three men, where identities flip, chemistry intervenes, and a smug sex psychologist stirs the pot until misunderstandings—of every flavor—pile up before the dust settles.
July 3: Neil Simon’s Pletykafészek (Rumors) invites you to sit back and trace the ricochet of gossip as the upper crust ties itself in delicious knots over a two-act cascade of blunders.
July 26: Steven Moffat’s Rém rendes vendég (The Unfriend) lands after its West End success, as polite Londoners Peter and Debbie befriend American widow Elsa on a cruise—then panic when internet rumors suggest letting her into their home (and near two teens) could be catastrophic. A know-it-all neighbor and a sergeant add to the ensuing comic chaos.
July 28: Ne most, drágám! (Not Now, Darling) detonates a fur-salon farce of love triangles, mink coats, scant attire, and clothing flying out of windows—purely in the service of gleeful mayhem.
Monumental rock opera and modern classics
July 4: István, a király (Stephen, the King) in concert unleashes Hungary’s most successful rock opera as a grand anniversary tour. Expect star vocalists from the original, the Crescendo Music Orchestra, state-of-the-art lighting, visuals, animation, massive moving set pieces, and pyrotechnics.
July 7–8: Dés László – Geszti Péter – Grecsó Krisztián: A Pál utcai fiúk (The Paul Street Boys) reimagines the classic not with children but young adults, intensifying its conflicts with contemporary sounds and lyrics, vivid acoustic object work, and the cast’s rhythmic inventiveness—doubling as a two-part musical on the second night.
Family favorites under the stars
July 12: A dzsungel könyve (The Jungle Book) traces Mowgli’s battles and search for joy with his forest family in a heart-squeezing, heartwarming tale for kids and the young at heart.
August 18: Túl a Maszat-hegyen? (Beyond Smudge Mountain?) turns neat-freakery upside down in a musical quest where vacuum cleaners don’t always pick the right side, set to catchy tunes for little ones and grown-ups.
August 22: A muzsika hangja (The Sound of Music) brings 1930s Salzburg to life as Maria’s songs transform a stern sea captain’s home just as history’s storm gathers. A cross-generational favorite for its melodies, emotion, and wartime stakes.
August 28: A Padlás (The Attic) bridges generations in a two-part, half-fairytale/half-musical where ghosts and humans meet in a mysterious attic to swap stories of friendship, faith, and the power of dreams—enchanting ages 9 to 99.
World-premiere TV nostalgia
July 21–22: Csengetett, Mylord? (You Rang, M’Lord?) makes its world-premiere leap to the stage in Veresegyház. The beloved TV characters spring to life for a summer-night nostalgia hit you’ll want to dress up for—mentally, at least.
Musicals with swing, sparkle, and Neoton hits
July 31: Amerikai komédia (American Comedy) swings Aszlányi Károly’s 1930s caper into a full-on musical. With a libretto and lyrics by Lőrinczy Attila and music by award-winner Bársony Bálint, director Peller Károly keeps it rollicking, jazzy, and family-ready from overture to curtain.
August 1: Csak egy tánc volt – Szécsi Pál’s Greatest Songs celebrates a star whose voice outlived time itself, with Miller Zoltán, Pál Dénes, Serbán Attila, and Nagy Sándor under the constellations.
August 26: Szép nyári nap (Beautiful Summer Day), the Neoton musical, drops us into a 1970s work camp near the Yugoslav border, where summer jobs, irony, and indelible Neoton hits drive a story we can now laugh at freely decades after the regime change.
Crime, love, and lakeside sequels
August 5: Az Ackroyd gyilkosság (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd) plants Hercule Poirot in sleepy King’s Abbot for a peaceful retirement—until two inexplicable deaths shatter the calm. Kálid Artúr steps in as Poirot, with Szabó P. Szilveszter as Dr. James Sheppard in a tense Agatha Christie classic.
August 7: Anconai szerelmesek (Lovers of Ancona) marries Italian commedia dell’arte vibes to Hungarian humor and ’70s Italian hits, a perennial favorite on national stages for two decades.
August 11: Anconai szerelmesek a Balatonon (Lovers of Ancona at Lake Balaton) jumps 20 years ahead to 1989 as the whole Italian troupe decamps to Hungary in search of roots, love, and calm—under the jocular eye of Comrade Békés at a Balaton SZOT resort, to Azzurro, Bella Ciao, and Sono l’italiano.
Star turns and big-stage concerts
July 15: Jeanie Linders’ Menopauza (Menopause The Musical) shouts and laughs the change of life out loud—it’s honest, raucous, and cathartically funny.
July 19: Geszti Péter headlines with Rapülők arena bangers, Jazz+Az funk, Gringo Sztár, and pop delicacies, wrapped in sharp visuals, humor, and frank lyrics.
August 8: Quimby storms in for a marquee music night, their singular sound and iconic tracks primed for a summer open-air memory.
August 15: Egy életem, a biographical stand-up evening with Csuja Imre, shares modest, funny, warming tales: a mother’s early “direction,” four shows in a day, lessons from masters, a 40-year love, and behind-the-scenes bits from Üvegtigris (Glass Tiger) and Valami Amerika (A Kind of America).
August 29: Nem rongyos élet – újravarrva (Not a Ragged Life – Restitched) operetta gala brings theater greats and operetta stars back to outdo last year’s barnburner—proving Hungary’s operetta, a bona fide hungaricum, truly belongs to everyone.
The organizers reserve the right to change dates and programs.
