Epona in Budapest Castle

Vienna, Austria has the Spanish Riding School at the Hofburg, a traditional riding school for Lipizzan horses. The riding school was first named during the Austrian Empire in 1572 and the horses original studs,which used to develop the breed was Lipizza, now called Lipica, near Trieste in modern Slovenia, which gave its name to the breed, nowadays they are breed in Austria.
The hungarian Spanish Riding School of Hungarian  Royal Guards was established already in 1939.They regularly held special shows in front of a huge audience, for example in the riding school built especially for this purpose at the Castle of Buda.However, the riding school could only operate for a short period of time, because history put an end to the activity of the riders and horses. Not only the riders and the horses but also the buildings of the riding school disappeared from the Castle.
Nowadays we have got Epona, which is called to recall this old tradition and Budapest has the Spanish School on its style too, just like Vienna.
The horses are imported andalusian horses, which are of high value and all of them are extremely well-trained.The Andalusian, also known as the Pure Spanish Horse or PRE (Pura Raza Española), is a horse breed developed in the Iberian Peninsula. Its ancestors have been present on the Iberian Peninsula for thousands of years.The breed was used as a tool of diplomacy by the Spanish government, and kings across Europe rode and owned Spanish horses.
The school started their programs in 2009 at the Buda Castle, it has got 60 beautiful horses and several talented riders from the secondary school at the disposal of Epona at the moment.In the show partecipating 16 horses.

From the 5th of May they are dancing at the Castle of Buda,
weekly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 21am.
Tickets to buy in Ticket express and at the Castle of Buda.
Adult ticket is 6000 HUF.
Students and retired  enjoy 50% preference.

TINARIWEN – Sons of the desert in Budapest at Zöld Pardon tonight!

 

Read their story, written by Andy Morgan:

http://www.andymorganwrites.com/tinariwen-sons-of-the-desert/

Bikini concert 18.07.2011 at Zöld Pardon, Budapest

The band was formed in 1982 by singer Feró Nagy and guitarist József Vedres after the disband of Beatrice. Bassist Alajos Németh, his brother, drummer Gábor Németh and guitarist Gábor Szűcs Antal joined them and formed Bikini.
In 1985 Feró Nagy left the band and singer Lajos D. Nagy.This caused a great change in Bikini's style and image. During the late 1980s the band became a professional and talented team mostly playing enjoyable pop rock and hard rock music. Bikini released several albums and made several successful tours. They finally achieved stardom in 1988 with the album "Ha volna még időm...".
The band continued to release successful albums in the early 1990s. In 1992 at the peak of their career, they disbanded. They were reunited in 1997 after a five year absence from the music world. In 2009, they released a best-of double album, with all of their greatest hits re-recorded with the current line-up. Currently, they're preparing for the next album - besides touring extensively in Hungary and the Hungarian-populated regions in the neighboring countries. This concert is called to show their newest album.

Current lineup: Lajos D. Nagy (vocals); Péter Lukács (guitars); Alajos Németh (bass); Szabolcs Bördén (keyboards); Dénes Markovics (saxophone, keyboards); Viktor Mihalik (drums).

The concert starts at 8 p.m., entrance fee 400,- Forint (1,5 Euro)

Zöld Pardon (“Green Pardon”), or simply ZP, is an outside pleasure-ground near the Buda bridgehead of the Petőfi Bridge.

WAMP design fair today at Erzsébet tér

It’s a community event taking place once or more than once a month in the hub of Budapest where emerging Hungarian designers showcase their works. A place where design meets urban hungarians, tourists and ex pats. It is also a meeting place for creative and trend setter young people. WAMP opens up to the world once a year, and invites the greatest talents and design professionals from around the globe to showcase their work  

and talent in Budapest.

VAJDAHUNYADVÁR SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2011

 

HUF 3500 (€15) July 18, Monday 8.30 pm

Rain check day: July 19, 8.30 pm

Budapest Klezmer Band
Artistic director: Ferenc Jávori
Guest: Lilla Polyák – voice


Traditional and contemporary klezmer music, extracts from musicals, arrangements

Klezmer (Yiddish כליזמר or קלעזמער, pl כליזמר ,כליזמרים, from Hebrew כלי זמר) is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Although the genre has its origins in Eastern Europe, the particular form nowadays known as klezmer developed in the United States in the milieu of Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants who arrived there between 1880 and 1924.

The term klezmer comes from a combination of Hebrew words: kley, meaning "a useful or prepared instrument, tool, or utensil" and zemer, meaning "to make music"; leading to k'li zemer כְּלִי זֶמֶר, literally "vessels of song" = "musical instrument"), later it was also called as Freilech music (Yiddish, literally "Happy music"). Klezmer is easily identifiable by its characteristic expressive melodies, reminiscent of the human voice, complete with laughing and weeping. This is not a coincidence; the style is meant to imitate khazone and paraliturgical singing. Lot of movies used the music as subject or background, one of the famoust ones:

Amazon-Roads to the Indians

14/07/2011 - 8/4/2012
  Museum of Etnography, Budapest

The exhibition opens on Thursday, today! at 17 o'clock. Curator Vilma Főzy.

The exhibition is the result of a cooperation between the Hungarian Natural History Museum and Greenpeace the theme of creation is made up of three units. The exhibition is based on the collection of Lajos Boglár, who used to be once a museum staff member and travelled in the 1960s and 70s around Amazonia searching the ancient forests and the traditional lifestyle. The exhibition called  to illustrate the fact that in the "Paradise" is only  to the environment well adapted, continuously on land working, small groups were able to survive.

The fact is that still nowadays there are calls that "untouched" population are discovered in the forest. The last famous picture is bellow.

Millenáris picnic

Every year the park offers different kind of open air programs, this year the picnic starts
on the 14th of July till 27th of August.
Everyday there is something happening in the park of the Millenaris: musicians, dancers, actors and handicraft workshops provide endless programmes for those who seek entertainment besides relaxing.

http://millenaris.hu/theatre-dance/

VAJDAHUNYADVÁR SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2011

Vajdahunyad Castle, or Vajdahunyad-vár, is the castle in City Park, Budapest, that was built between 1896 and 1908, designed by Ignác Alpár. It is a copy in part of a castle in Transylvania, Romania, that is also called Vajdahunyad, though it is also a display of different architectural styles: Romanic, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque.Originally it was made from cardboard and wood for the millennial exhibition in 1896 but it became so popular that it was rebuilt from stone and brick. Today it houses also the Agricultural Museum.

July 14, Thursday 8.30 pm

Rain check day: July 15, 8.30 pm

Budapest Symphony Orchestra (MÁV)

Conductor: Imre Kollár

With: Jenő Jandó (piano)

Beethoven – Liszt evening

Liszt: Les Préludes

Piano concerto in E flat major
Hungarian Fantasia

***
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Fate), op. 67

Ticket prices: prices are uniform

(2500,-Forint, appr.10 Euros), no seat reservations.

Marché des régions France-Hongrie

Marché des régions France-Hongrie

Le 9 juillet de 12h à minuit
Millenáris Park, rue Fény

Animé par la fanfare Wombo Orchestra.

Spectacle pyrotechnique le soir à 21h45 !

Visegrad International Royal Palace

Palace Fair
July 7th-10th 2011

Visegrád is a small town in the Danube curve, popular destination for tourist staying in Budapest, beside Szentendre and Esztergom. The little originally royal place with its palace can be reached in a beautiful boatway on the Danube which is an excellent program on its own.

This year between 7-10th July, a four days glamorous celebration is to take place in the royal palace of
Visegrád. The Hungarian king, Charles (Károly) welcomes the Czech king together with his son,
the Moravian prince, the Polish king and their duellist valiants and fancy cortege. A myriad of
Hungarian and foreign noblemen are to come as well to witness the royal meeting and jousting
tournament. As the herolds have already announced long before, the most noble and courageous
valiants are taking part in the tournament. Charles, (Károly) the brave and wise king of Hungary,
and his amazing town, Visegrád, warmly welcome all those interested.

Programs: 

Thursday, 7th July, 2011
This day we give 50% discount on the entrance tickets.
2.00 pm - Royal Parade - on Visegrád's Main street (Fõ utca) from the catholic church up to the
royal castle. In the colourful march one can see the Czech king and his son, the Moravian prince,
with their duellist valiants, the Polish king leading his knights, the king of Hungary accompanied
by his noblemen in suit of armour. The march is followed by a number of knights and soldiers.
Royal palace, Tournament pitch
3.00 pm -4.30 pm Jousting Tournament
The tournament offers the possibility for hundreds of knights from Bohemia, Bavaria, Italy,
Poland and Upper Hungary to fight against each other and against the Hungarian king's Saint
George knights. The war games will be opened by the mounted and afoot archers who are going
to cast thousands of arrows on the enemy. The royal falconers, beautiful ladies, crossbowmen,
Italian ensigns, horse parades and other interesting shows are to entertain the kings and the large
audience.
4.30 pm – 5.30 pm Live Chess
12.00 – 6.00 pm Royal Winery. In the Royal Castle you can get to know the most famous
wineyards and wine producers of historical Hungary and have the opportunity to try foreign wine
as well.
Royal Greedy Thursday – we offer 50%discount on the food prices available at the fair

Friday, 8th July, 2011
9.30 am - Royal Parade - on Visegrád's Main street (Fõ utca) from the catholic church up to the
royal castle. In the colourful march one can see the Czech king and his son, the Moravian prince,
with their duellist valiants, the Polish king leading his knights, the king of Hungary accompanied
by his noblemen in suit of armour. The march is followed by a number of knights and soldiers.
Royal palace, Tournament pitch
10.30 – 12.00 Jousting Tournament
The tournament offers the possibility for hundreds of knights from Bohemia, Bavaria, Italy,
Poland and Upper Hungary to fight against each other and against the Hungarian king's Saint
George knights. The war games will be opened by the mounted and afoot archers who are going
to cast thousands of arrows on the enemy. The royal falconers, beautiful ladies, crossbowmen,
Italian ensigns, horse parades and other interesting shows are to entertain the kings and the large
audience.
1.00-2.00 pm Archery Contest
Participation is only allowed in authentic armour and costumes.
2.00-3.00 pm Medieval ball games
Two teams attempt to get the leather ball into the opponent's gate using wooden sticks.
3.00 – 4.30 pm Jousting Tournament – see description above
10.00 am -11.00 pm Royal Winery. In the Royal Castle you can get to know the most famous
wineyards and wine producers of historical Hungary and have the opportunity to try foreign wine
as well.

Saturday, 9th July
9:30 - Royal Parade - on Visegrád's Main street (Fõ utca) from the catholic church up to the royal
castle. In the colourful march one can see the Czech king and his son, the Moravian prince, with
their duellist valiants, the Polish king leading his knights, the king of Hungary accompanied by
his noblemen in suit of armour. The march is followed by a high number of knights and soldiers.
Royal palace, Tournament pitch
10:30-12:00 Jousting Tournament
The tournament offers the possibility for hundreds of knights from Bohemia, Bavaria, Italy,
Poland and Upper Hungary to fight against each other and against the Hungarian king's Saint
George knights. The war games will be opened by the mounted and afoot archers who are going
to cast thousands of arrows on the enemy. The royal falconers, beautiful ladies, crossbowmen,
Italian ensigns, horse parades and other interesting shows are to entertain the kings and the large
audience.
12:30 – 1:30 pm Knight's Septathlon - Famous Hungarian sport champions and anyone else can
try their skills in throwing battlestars, running, arching, wall-running, wrestling, throwing the
lance and crossbow. The winner is awarded a mount.
1:30 - 3:00 pm Jousting Tournament - see description above
3:30 – 4:30 pm Toldi Contest
4:30 – 6:00 pm Jousting Tournament - see description above
8:30 pm Royal Parade – the participants in costumes march with torches on the main street of
the town as far as the Royal Castle
10.00 am-11.00 pm Royal Winery. In the Royal Castle you can get to know the most famous
wineyards and wine producers of historical Hungary and have the opportunity to try foreign wine
as well.

Sunday, 10th July
9:30 am - Royal Parade - on Visegrád's Main street (Fõ utca) from the catholic church up to the
royal castle. In the colourful march one can see the Czech king and his son, the Moravian prince,
with their duellist valiants, the Polish king leading his knights, the king of Hungary accompanied
by his noblemen in suit of armour. The march is followed by a high number of knights and
soldiers.
Royal palace, Tournament pitch
10:30-12:00 am Jousting Tournament - The tournament offers the possibility for hundreds of
knights from Bohemia, Bavaria, Italy, Poland and Upper Hungary to fight against each other and
against the Hungarian king's Saint George knights. The war games will be opened by the mounted
and afoot archers who are going to cast thousands of arrows on the enemy. The royal falconers,
beautiful ladies, crossbowmen, Italian ensigns, horse parades and other interesting shows are to
entertain the kings and the large audience.
12:30-1:30 Archery Contest
Participation only allowed in authentic the armour and costumes.
1:30-3:00 pm Jousting Tournament - see description above
3:00 The closing ceremony of Jousting Tournament
10:00 am - 6:00 pm Royal Winery. I the Royal Castle you can get to know the most famous
wineyards and wine producers of historical Hungary and have the opportunity to try foreign wine
as well.
Permanent programmes:
• Medieval harbour and military post on the Danube bank, nearby the chapel (free of charge)
• Medieval fair, exhibition of ancient professions in the Main street (Fı utca) in front of the
Royal Palace. (free of charge)
• Medieval playhouse for children and activities of handicraft in Main street (Fı utca) 53.
(free of charge)
• Between the sycamore alley and the parking area there will be a 14-15th century military
post. Under the canvas the armour and costumes of the period are displayed. (free of charge)
In the camp it is possible to try out horse riding, archery, lance and battlestar throwing.
• On the park stage and at the Matthias statue fair comedies, historical dance
performances, old music concerts welcome all day long those interested. In the Royal Palace there
will be a medieval puppet exhibition and fair.
(free of charge)
• At the Solomon-tower, on the castle's stage old music concerts, competition of trubadours,
seven love trials and fair comedies are to entertain the public. (free of charge)
• In Fellegvár medieval siege weapons are displayed. There is also an exhibition of the
Sacred Crown, waxworks showing the royal meeting as well as jousting tournament and concert
welcome the public.

Ticket prices:

All the programs are free except of those on the Tournament Pitch

Open stand: children up to 14 100 Ft, Adult: 2100 Ft
Covered stand: children up to 14 900 Ft, Adult: 2800 Ft