A summer-long open-air arts takeover lands in Veresegyház as Mézesvölgyi Summer 2026 returns June through August to Búcsú tér, the biggest multi-arts outdoor festival in Pest County. Theater hits, heavyweight actors, live concerts, and family shows stack the schedule, serving up easygoing, premium culture for every age under the night sky.
Where and when
– Venue: 2112 Veresegyház, Búcsú tér
– Season: June–August 2026
June highlights
June 21 – Charlie concert. Horváth Charlie, the unmistakable titan of Hungarian pop, blues, and jazz, brings the smoky, gritty, goosebump stuff: from Jég dupla jéggel to Nézz az ég felé—those evergreens that crowds across generations belt out with him. Expect an intimate, late-summer-night mood, a big voice, and a lived-in groove.
June 24 – István Mohácsi: Francia rúdugrás (French Pole Vault) (18+). Six people, one stormy night, and a sexual-psychology grenade tossed into a tangle of relationships. Three women, three men: a sextet where roles keep flipping as chemistry and a pedantic sex therapist scramble the lines between who’s with whom. After all the misunderstandings and misfires, here’s hoping for a soft landing.
July brings classics and chaos
July 3 – Neil Simon: Pletykafészek (Rumors). A two-act farce tracking gossip on the loose as members of the upper crust stumble into trouble. Sit back and watch the rumors ricochet while the laughs keep coming.
July 4 – István, a király (Stephen the King) in concert. Hungary’s most successful rock opera turns monumental: a jubilee tour with star singer-actors, the Crescendo Music Orchestra, elite lighting, visuals and animation, plus massive moving set pieces and pyrotechnics. Big voices, big scale, big night.
July 7 – Dés László – Péter Geszti – Krisztián Grecsó: A Pál utcai fiúk (The Paul Street Boys). The classic shifts into a story of young adults, sharpening the conflicts and intensifying drama with contemporary sounds and lyrics. Actors build the world with acoustic objects, rhythm, musical invention, youthful energy, and humor—channeling the original’s cathartic punch.
July 8 – A Pál utcai fiúk, musical in two acts. The same modern, muscular take returns with live-wire music and the tactile, acoustic stagecraft that puts the actors’ creativity up front.
July 12 – A dzsungel könyve (The Jungle Book). Mowgli’s heart-tugging, heart-warming quest through the green canopies—friendship, love, danger, and fierce loyalty for kids and the kid at heart.
July 15 – Jeanie Linders: Menopauza (Menopause The Musical). That certain age, out loud: frank, funny, and gloriously relatable. Hide it or joke it—this show does both, with a wink and a power chord.
July 19 – Péter Geszti in concert. The high-voltage frontman revisits Rapülők stadium-shakers, Jazz+Az funk finesse, Gringó Sztár and Létvágy pop delights—live band, slick stagecraft, big humor, honest lyrics.
July 21–22 – Csengetett, Mylord? (You Rang, M’Lord?) world premiere. The TV favorites step off the screen and onto the Veresegyház stage for a summer evening built on nostalgia, upstairs-downstairs wit, and live laughs.
July 26 – Steven Moffat: Rém rendes vendég (The Unfriend) two-act comedy. An affable English couple befriend an American widow on a cruise, swap addresses, vow to visit—and this time, she shows up. After Googling her, cold terror sets in. Let her in? Keep her out? Add a nosy neighbor and a police sergeant, and the farce sings. Fresh from the West End to Budapest’s Játékszín—and now to Veresegyház.
July 28 – Ne most, drágám! (Not Now, Darling) comedy. Love triangles, mink coats, half-dressed ladies, clothes flying out windows—pure bedlam inside London’s poshest fur salon. Aim: pure, guilt-free fun.
July 31 – Amerikai komédia (American Comedy) swing musical. Based on Károly Aszlányi’s 1930s comedy, with book/lyrics by Attila Lőrinczy and music by award-winner Bálint Bársony. Directed by Károly Peller, it’s brisk, witty, and drenched in swing from first note to last—crowd-pleasing across generations.
August: icons, mysteries, and big family titles
August 1 – Csak egy tánc volt (It Was Only a Dance) – Pál Szécsi’s greatest hits. Timeless songs, indelible voice: a starry-night celebration of a pop legend, performed by Zoltán Miller, Dénes Pál, Attila Serbán, and Sándor Nagy.
August 5 – Az Ackroyd-gyilkosság (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd). Agatha Christie’s classic: Hercule Poirot retires to sleepy King’s Abbott—then two inexplicable deaths jolt the village awake. Artúr Kálid stars as Poirot, with P. Szilveszter Szabó as Dr. James Sheppard.
August 7 – Anconai szerelmesek (Lovers of Ancona) musical comedy. For twenty years, one of Hungary’s most-played crowd-pleasers—Italian marketplace mischief, Hungarian humor, and the 1970s’ greatest Italian hits fused into one sunlit romp.
August 8 – Quimby concert. A festival peak: singular sound, iconic songs, open air, and a Veresegyház summer vibe that hits different live.
August 11 – Anconai szerelmesek a Balatonon (Lovers of Ancona at Lake Balaton). Two decades later—1989’s heat, hopes, and hairlines—our Italian troupe adventures to Hungary, chasing roots, old-new loves, and a little peace, aided by Comrade Békés, the SZOT resort chief. Bel canto flows: Azzurro, Bella ciao, Sono l’italiano…
August 15 – Egy életem (One Life), a biographical stand-up with Imre Csuja. Modest, funny, heartwarming life stories: childhood, the early acting years, pulling off four shows in a day, lessons from greats, and meeting his wife over 40 years ago. Film lore from Üvegtigris (Glass Tiger) and Valami Amerika (A Kind of America) included, workshop secrets and all.
August 18 – Túl a Maszat-hegyen? (Beyond Smudge Hill?) comedy. A world where dirt is order and cleaning is chaos. Andris Muhi sets out to rescue friends from blobs, dusters, and fierce neat freaks. Colorful, magical, melody-rich for kids and grownups—where play, imagination, and laughter win. Even the vacuums may switch sides.
August 22 – A muzsika hangja (The Sound of Music) musical. 1930s Austria: a novice-turned-governess brings song and sunshine to a stern captain’s home, until history storms in and the family must flee. Big tunes, deep feelings, and a story that lands with every generation.
August 26 – Szép nyári nap (Lovely Summer Day) – Neoton musical. Set in a 1970s work camp near the Yugoslav border: irony, young love, and Neoton hits that still ignite any serious house party. Decades after the regime change, we can laugh at the past—freely, loudly, joyfully.
August 28 – A padlás (The Attic), half-fairytale, half-musical in two acts for ages 9–99. In a mysterious attic, people and spirits cross paths to trade wisdom about friendship, faith, and dreams. Humor, music, and heartstring moments keep every generation hooked.
August 29 – Nem rongyos élet – újravarrva (Not a Ragged Life – Restitched) operetta gala. Promise made, promise topped: after last year’s barnstorming night, stage giants of drama and the glittering stars of operetta return. New faces, old favorites, and a reminder that Hungarian operetta—our cherished Hungarikum—belongs to everyone.
