Pest County’s biggest open-air, all-arts festival is back: Mézesvölgyi Nyár 2026 turns Veresegyház into a summer-long stage from June through August, mixing hit plays, arena-ready concerts, and family favorites. The scene is Búcsú tér, 2112 Veresegyház, where multiple generations pile in for classics, premieres, and nostalgic singalongs under the stars.
Kickoff With a Voice Like Gravel and Gold
On June 21, Horváth Charlie, the unmistakable giant of Hungarian pop, soul, and rock, fills the night with smoky blues, strutting jazz, and homegrown rock anthems. Expect evergreen singalongs from Jég dupla jéggel to Nézz az ég felé—songs entire generations know by heart.
Sexy Chaos, Farce, and Gossip
June 24 slides into Mohácsi István’s Francia rúdugrás (18+): three women, three men, one stormy night. Roles swivel, chemistry detonates, and a pedantic sex psychologist stirs the pot. After torrents of misunderstandings and near-misses, hope clings to a happy landing.
On July 3, Neil Simon’s Pletykafészek (Rumors) invites you to sit back and track whispers snaking through the upper crust as the well-heeled tangle themselves into delicious knots. A two-act farce, laughter guaranteed.
Rock-Opera Fireworks and a Youthful Classic Reborn
July 4 unleashes István, a király (Stephen, the King) in a monumental anniversary concert. Stars from the original rock-opera tradition front the Crescendo Music Orchestra, lit by state-of-the-art lighting, visuals, and animation. Monumental moving set pieces and pyrotechnics crank up the spectacle.
July 7–8 pivots to A Pál utcai fiúk (The Paul Street Boys) by Dés László, Geszti Péter, and Grecsó Krisztián—presented as a musical and as a two-part music-theater piece on successive nights. Not kids this time, but young adults locked in sharper conflicts, powered by contemporary sound, punchier lyrics, and the actors’ live acoustic creativity. It’s rawer, funnier, and still carries the catharsis of the original.
Beloved Stories for All Ages
On July 12, A dzsungel könyve (The Jungle Book) brings Mowgli’s fight, love, and found family to the canopy—heart-tugging and heartwarming for kids and the kids at heart.
July 15: Jeanie Linders’ Menopause The Musical tears the hush off that certain life stage. Loud, honest, and uproariously funny, it makes the change feel like a chorus everyone can belt together.
Pop Royalty, TV Legends Onstage
July 19 beams in Geszti Péter, frontman of positive energy: Rapülők dance bangers, Jazz+Az funk grooves, Gringó Sztár highlights, Létvágy pop delicacies—live, visually lush, and wisecracking between lyrics.
July 21–22 lands a world premiere: Csengetett, Mylord? (You Rang, M’Lord?) transforms the beloved TV characters into a full-blooded stage romp. Don’t miss the upstairs-downstairs madness transferred to an open-air summer night.
From West End Buzz to Fur-Coat Farce
On July 26, Steven Moffat’s Rém rendes vendég (The Unfriend) arrives fresh off West End success. Peter and Debbie befriend an American widow on a cruise, exchange addresses, and—surprise—she shows up. After grim internet revelations, panic strikes. Two teenagers, a nosy neighbor, and a sergeant complicate a razor-sharp comedy of manners now firing at Budapest’s Játékszín and Veresegyház alike.
July 28, Ne most, drágám! (Not Now, Darling!) spins love triangles, mink coats, missing garments, and airborne underwear inside London’s slickest fur salon. Pure delirium, by design.
Big-Band Swing, Golden Voices
July 31, Amerikai komédia – szving musical finds its fizz in Aszlányi Károly’s 1930s comedy, retooled by Lőrinczy Attila (book/lyrics) and Bársony Bálint (Artisjus- and Fonogram-winning composer). Director Peller Károly keeps it swingy, fast, and full of snap from overture to curtain.
August 1, Csak egy tánc volt (It Was Just One Dance) revives Szécsi Pál’s timeless hits under a star-pocked sky, with Miller Zoltán, Pál Dénes, Serbán Attila, and Nagy Sándor channeling a legacy that refuses to fade.
Poirot, Italian Romance, and Quimby Heat
August 5: Az Ackroyd gyilkosság (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd) finds Hercule Poirot in retirement at King’s Abbot—until two inexplicable deaths crack the countryside calm. Kálid Artúr is Poirot; Szabó P. Szilveszter plays Dr. James Sheppard in an Agatha Christie gem.
August 7, Anconai szerelmesek blends Italian commedia flair with Hungarian humor and 1970s Italian hits—two decades on, still one of the country’s most-played crowd-pleasers.
August 8, Quimby storms the stage with their singular sound and cult catalog, a signature festival peak for those chasing the Veresegyház vibe live and loud.
August 11, Anconai szerelmesek a Balatonon jumps twenty years and lands in the sun-baked summer of 1989. The old Italian troupe—with paunches, silver streaks, and teenage offspring—travels to Hungary in search of roots, love, and peace under the watch of Comrade Békés at a Balaton SZOT resort. And the bel canto rolls: Azzurro, Bella Ciao, Sono l’italiano…
Stand-Up Memory Lane, Musical Mischief
August 15, Egy életem with Imre Csuja is an autobiographical stand-up night: childhood tales, early stage years, four shows in a day, lessons from masters, meeting his wife more than 40 years ago—and behind-the-scenes tidbits from Üvegtigris (Glass Tiger) and Valami Amerika (A Kind of America). Modest, funny, and warming to the core.
August 18, Túl a Maszat-hegyen whirls audiences into a world where mess is order and cleaning is chaos. Muhi Andris sets off to rescue friends from the realm of stains, dusters, and tyrannical neat freaks. A musical where even vacuum cleaners can switch sides.
The Sound of Music, Neoton Nostalgia, and a Rooftop Dream
August 22, A muzsika hangja (The Sound of Music) brings Maria’s joy into a stern household of seven in the 1930s, only for history to thunder in. It’s melody, emotion, and a family flight from occupation—ideal for everyone from little ones to grandparents.
August 26, Szép nyári nap – Neoton musical rewinds to a 1970s youth work camp near the Yugoslav border. Irony, humor, and the Neoton songbook that still ignites every proper house party, as beloved today as ABBA in Hungary—and now we can laugh freely at our past.
August 28, A Padlás, the half-fairytale, half-musical for ages 9–99, gathers spirits and humans in a mysterious attic to sing about friendship, faith, and the muscle of dreams.
August 29 closes with Nem rongyos élet – újravarrva, an operetta gala stitching last year’s promise even bigger: stage titans and operetta stars proving that Hungarian operetta belongs to everyone. New faces, old favorites, and a csárdás to cap the summer. Organizers reserve the right to change dates and programs.
