Winter is right around the corner - What's on in Budapest?

Bruna Mars - The Moonshine Jungle Tour

Bruno Mars is a 13-time Grammy Award nominee whose debut album has been certified 39x platinum worldwide, has sold over 45 million singles worldwide, and has over a billion views on YouTube. Doo-Wops & Hooligans was released in October 2010 and named "the year's finest pop debut: 10 near-perfect songs," by Rolling Stone. The album included the 12x platinum blockbuster single "Just the Way You Are," which hit number 1 in multiple countries and won the critically-acclaimed artist a Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance." Doo-Wops & Hooligans claimed two additional hit singles, the 10x platinum "Grenade" and 6x platinum "The Lazy Song."

Venue: Papp László Budapest Sport Aréna

Dates: 7 November 2013

Official website: http://www.brunomars.com

Budapest Christmas Market 2013

Each year, from the end of November to the end of December, Vörösmarty Square is transformed into the annual Budapest Christmas Market. In this year, it awaits the foreign ang local visitors until the 31th December between 10 am and 8 pm with special programmes, concerts, exhibitions. The holiday fair offers a wide range of cultural programs on 2 stages and a taste of Hungary's culinary delights like  lángos, töki pompos, kürtöskalács or roasted meats and fried sausages. In the windows of the most beautiful Gerbeaud building one window will be opened every day accompanied by nice music. The giant Advent calendar’s first window will be opened on the 1st of December. The Christmas market is a great place to pick up some unique hand-made gifts as all products on sale are checked for quality and certified by the Association of the Hungarian Folk Artists.

Christmas Market in Budapest

Venue: Vörösmarty Square

Dates: 15 November – 31 December 2013

Official website:  http://www.christmasmarkets.com/Hungary/budapest-christmas-market.html  

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St. Martin Day – traditional feast day in Hungary

11 November is St. Martin’s Day in Hungary (Márton nap), a traditional feast day celebrated by tasting the new wine and eating geese. St. Martin was born in the territory of the Roman Empire near present-day Szombathely in 316 AD. He left the army after some time of service and became a missionary. Later he was appointed bishop of Tours but his humility didn’t let him to accept the title and he hid in the goose shed. The geese, however, betrayed the saint with their gaggling, and he “had no choice” but to become a bishop. That’s why Martin’s name is interwoven with geese and around 11 November almost all of Europe celebrates Martin with parades and feasts. There are plenty of events and activities held throughout Budapest and Hungary to mark the annual St. Martin’s Day celebrations. Most restaurants in Budapest offer a special St. Martin’s Day menu, so you can try a traditional dish like roasted goose leg with steamed red cabbage, roasted goose liver or smoked goose breast etc..

Roast Goose - Wine Cabbage - Home-made Potato Dough-Rolls - Fried Onion - Sausage

Venue: Restaurants in Budapest  - Borkonyha, Bock Bistro, Café Kör, Fülemüle, Rosenstein, Kőleves, Borbíróság, 21 Restaurant, Remíz and Náncsi néni

Dates: 11 November 2013

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Quarter6Quarter7 Festival – Winter Edition 2013

Q6Q7 is a network of organizations and community spaces in the historical Jewish quarter of Budapest that organize cultural and community events together for two main objectives:

1. to protect the special immovable heritage of the quarter, to reinvent functions, and prevent demolishment  2. and to regenerate Jewish life, and enhance civic activism  

The philosophy of Q6Q7 is that the best way to learn and teach about Jewish history, culture, religion is to look at the rich past, and recontextualize our heritage. ​ Happy Hanukkah!

Venue: Jewish Quarter of Budapest - Bálint House, Doblo Bor&Bar, Kisüzem, Mika Tivadar Mulató, Moise House, Massolit Books & Cafe, Israeli Cultural Institute Buapest, SRLY Klub, Klit, Fogasház, Pepita Ofélia Bár, Klauzál13 Bookstore and Gallery, Lámpás, Spinoza, Lumen Grocery, Macesz huszár, Chimera-Project, Kőleves

Dates: 27 November – 5 December 2013

Official website:  http://www.quarter6quarter7.com/

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An evening with Natalie Cole

The multiple Grammy Award winning singer was only 8 years old when her father, the legendary baritone, Nat King Cole released his first album in Spanish that brought him huge international success. Although she didn't plan on a singing career, she took a summer job singing with a band in 1972. Albums soon followed, as well as two Grammy Awards for her debut, Inseparable (1975). After a bout with addiction, Cole returned in the 1990s with Unforgettable with Love, where she sang "with" her father's digital track.

Natalie Cole in Budapest

Venue: Palace of Arts

Dates: 8 November 2013

Official website:  http://www.nataliecole.com

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WAMP - design market in Budapest

It’s a community event taking place every Sunday in the hub of Budapest where emerging Hungarian designers showcase their works. A place where design meets urban Hungarians, tourists and expats. It is also a meeting place for creative and trendsetter 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. The main objective of WAMP has always been to support Hungarian fashion and design as well as to enhance visual culture of its audience while promoting hungarian design products. It furthers intends to promote dialogue between the public and designers, designers and companies and designers and designers.

Venue: Hall "D" of Millenáris Teátrum

Dates:  24 November - WAMP Design fair and 8; 15; 22 December - WAMP Christmas edition

Official website: http://www.wamp.hu

Enjoy your stay in Budapest and if you have any other question, just contact me! :)
Andrew