Talks and literary events in Budapest

Tomorrow

Sunday 15 November

Tell the Truth, Not Just the Real Thing - An Evening with Károly Eperjes

Monday

Monday 16 November

13:30

Employers and the Local Organization of Informal Migrant Labour in Türkiye: Cases of Izmir and Gaziantep

Arriving at Childbirth - When Fear Is Within Me

Géza Bereményi: What Kind of World Is This?

Aludni ér!

Budapest Music Center és Opus Jazz Club

Gaál Béla: Pest Tale (1937)

Music Therapy Club | ASMR in Music Therapy – Possibilities and Limits

The Sonnets of Lust – Performed by Balsai Móni (Staged Reading)

Tuesday

Tuesday 17 November

Developing Abilities in Old Age: Focus on Dementia

Art History Lecture with Vágó Zoltán: Leonardo, the Scientist-Inventor

Miklós Csapody: Béla Markó – Monograph of a Life's Work

Móricz Scholars' Literary Evening #3

Boundless Knowledge: Public Media and Public Trust – Can They Be Rebuilt?

Geniuses – Mary Cassatt

Klebelsberg Kultúrkúria

Esernyős Akadémia: Nature Born on the Street // @Esernyős, Óbuda

Esernyős

László Borbély and His Students

DISCO Turns 50 – #3 Eurodisco and Italodisco

Homer – Odyssey – performed by Gyabronka József (staged reading)

Wednesday

Wednesday 18 November

08:00

Mental Health Conference for Children

Akvárium Klub

From Find to Artifact

How Artificial Intelligence Supports Positive Aging.

Comics Without Borders

John Rawls: Political Liberalism

17:30

Novelistic History – Book Club on the Ottoman Era

Itt lubickol fénye

“He Saw What He Saw”

Lecture by Saly Noémi: My Pest, My Buda

Newton's Adventures – Lecture by Sinha Róbert, Engineer-Physicist

Klebelsberg Kultúrkúria

The Departure – Improvisational Theatre – November Guest: Hámori Gabriella

Medical Internationalism under Threat: Institutions, Exile, and Antifascist Culture, 1934–1939

Thursday

Thursday 19 November

Curious Kata Series

A TRILOGY OF AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARIES BY SHIRLEY ABRAHAM & AMIT MADHESHIYA

Trilogy: Three short documentaries by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya

Adrián Bene: Lowercase Life

Holocaust Memorial Center

On a Ten-Stringed Lute – The Scholarly and Literary Work of Dr. Goldberger Izidor, Chief Rabbi of Tata (1912–1944)

Shaking Together - Phenomena of the Contemporary Folk Dance Scene - The Beginnings of the Southern Region/Vojvodina Dance House Movement film+discussion

Liget Budapest (Városliget)

Writers Under the Trees I Conversation About the Novella Meder

ingyenes

Art Therapy: Workshop // KINDNESS

European Encounters

HISTORICAL CATASTROPHES AND THEIR SURVIVORS

The World Has Gone Wild!

Spinoza Ház

Batyu-Fecske Club: Life Is Rhythm

Hungarian Album! #16 – The World Turns: Bagossy Brothers Company, guests: Bagossy Norbert and László

And It All Really Happened!

Dante Színházterem

Friday

Friday 20 November

08:45

Women and Democracy: From Political Violence to Institutional Change

Building Walk: Music Beyond the Glass #47

Repair as a Phenomenon – In Conversation with Kader ATTIA | Full-price ticket

Ludwig Museum

Repair as a Phenomenon – In Conversation with Kader ATTIA | Student ticket

Ludwig Museum

Guided tour: The Hungarian Musical History #14

Nemes Nagy Reading Circle

MindenKor / Inventions theme

Utcajogász Egyesület: Owe Wisely! A Guide to Successful Debt Management

MAGICAL WAITING / ADVENT WREATH-MAKING WORKSHOP

Art and Psychoanalysis

Dr. Noémi Saly: Old Winter Holidays

Klebelsberg Kastély

Talking human - Cigyar magány angolul

B32 Galéria és Kultúrtér

MAGICAL WAITING / ADVENT WREATH-MAKING WORKSHOP

“I Combed the Clouds” – Kokas workshop for adults

Moldovan Melodies and Rhythms with Ivan Curteanu

A Conversation in the Stein House about the Absent Mr. von Goethe (solo show by Anna Györgyi)

Bástya Színház

Göttinger Pál: Aunt Pötyi and the Belfast Mafia - a bloody bedtime story for adults -

Dante Színházterem

19:30

With Your Whole Being

Thália Színház

19:30

Stories About Freddie Mercury, First Hand

Saturday

Saturday 21 November

Wobbling Little Lights - lantern-making creative workshop

Building Walk: Music Beyond the Glass #48

Christmas Cookie-Baking Workshop

"It's Good to Forget the Bad..." - Karády Katalin Evening with Gregor Bernadett

Új Színház

Guided tour: Musical Glossary - Eras and Genres

Sunday

Sunday 22 November

The Composer Prince's Peculiar Requiem

Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Kőbányai Kulturális Központ

SUNDAY DANCE PARTY

Face to Face – conversation with Udvaros Dorottya

Liszt Academy

Oltalom Evening: Counterfeit War

Vörös Neon

The Magical World of Marc Chagall – I Lived the Miracle

Rumbach Street Synagogue

Monday

Monday 23 November

Doctoral defense of Rohit Sarma

Memory Club

Mass Ideological Networks, Political Dynamics and Polarization. Measurement Issues and the 2026 Tisza-paradox

Oriold: The Faces of Shame – Theory, Experience, Therapy

György Dragomán: Asking the Truth

Gaál Béla: Pest Tale (1937)

Müpa

3 000 - 4 500 Ft

Tuesday

Tuesday 24 November

09:30

The Garden of Forking Paths

Slavenka Drakulić: As If I Am Not There

Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center

Szabolcs Barakonyi: Cold Trail (Hűlt hely) – Book launch

A Parliament for a Single Party: The Making of the USSR Supreme Soviet and Its Functions

Flash Gordon (1980)

Galló Olga – Babylon Dossier – performed by Fullajtár Andrea

Wednesday

Wednesday 25 November

12:30

Everything Began with the End - Archives, Destruction, and the Making of History

The Golden Age of Theatre

Jókai Klub

ÉS Quartet: Fehér Renátó’s novel The Golden Age of the Assassins

Krasznahorkai László: Hymns to High Art

Democratic Drain: Global Migration and the Struggle for Democracy

Linocut: three-session workshop for adults

Klauzál Gábor Művelődési Központ

Hevesi Krisztina Sexappeal - the Psychology of Attraction

Kormos Anett - Women Have No Sense of Humor

Játékszín

Subjective! Batta András’s series – Song Evenings in Prose #2

Our Agent Affairs

Thursday

Thursday 26 November

12:00

CIVICA Transconnect Research Seminar: Transconnectivity, Belonging and Solidarity Learning Spaces with Displaced Ukrainians in Budapest and Prague

Screening the Pact on Migration and Asylum for Hypocrisy and (Lack of) Solidarity: Reflections on Politics, Policy and Law

Harmat György: If the Spirit Is Free – Films, Directors, Actors

Love of a Thousand Faces

Aranytíz Kultúrház

Literary Salon - Tamási Áron

GASTRO-HISTORY ADVENTURES / KATONA CSABA AND MARTIN IMRE: FAMOUS PEOPLE'S FAMOUS FOODS - LECTURE AND TASTING

KULT7 Literature: Závada Pál

Friday

Friday 27 November

Pensioners' Literary Morning

PENSIONERS' CLUB – MOLNÁR FERENC

CCC Colloquium: Rochelle Kaper (University College London)

Between Faith and Doubt

Nemes Nagy Reading Circle

Gergely Ágnes: The Book of Hungarian Psalms – Audiobook

17:30

Klauzál Gábor Művelődési Központ

Ceramics Workshop: Making Christmas Mugs

Dr. Emőke Bagdy: Men's Fate, Women's Fate - Opportunities for Happiness in Our Age / Opening lecture of the Sarolta Women's Circle

Klebelsberg Kastély

Globetrotter - Educational Talk with Radics Tamás - Where Everything Connects - Panama

Digital Education 0-18 - Dangers and Opportunities - Lecture by Pasi the Psychologist

Kaszásdűlői Kulturális Központ

ArcMás – Szomorú Miklós

Saturday

Saturday 28 November

Advent Wreath-Making Workshop

Pesti Vigadó

Advent Wreath Making

HISTORY BRICK Air Force Academy Mission 3: Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien

Advent Wreath-Making Workshop

Pesti Vigadó

Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center

200 Years of Photography – Book Launch

MARGIN OF ERROR - ohne Mann show

Pál Feri's Lecture - Content with Life - Desires, Goals, Struggles

Under One Sky - Young Folk Dance Talents on One Stage with the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble

MARGIN OF ERROR - ohne Mann show

Silence. Fragile. Empty. – Performed by Dorottya Udvaros

Sunday

Sunday 29 November

Mind-altering plants themed day

ELTE Botanical Garden

Monday

Monday 30 November

History of Hungarian Humor 2.

Lecture by Radics Tamás "Rada".

Keleti Márton: The Miracle Striker (1957)

The Talmud, the Torah and the Others

Spinoza Ház

Tuesday

Tuesday 1 December

Cain and Abel Step into the Ring

Geniuses – Gabriele Münter

Klebelsberg Kultúrkúria

The 12 Harsh Nights - Folk Belief Research Lecture Series

There Are No Words

Angyalföldi József Attila Művelődési Központ

Dr. Gábor Zacher - Our Everyday Addictions - BUDAPEST District XIII

Wednesday

Wednesday 2 December

09:00

Hungarian National Museum

Protecting Cultural Heritage in Crisis Situations | International Conference

Cain and Abel Step into the Ring

Cain and Abel Step into the Ring

Ben Aylon percussion workshop

Glam rock #3: Roxy Music, Slade, Kiss, Alice Cooper

19:30

The Janus-Faced Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

Thursday

Thursday 3 December

Cain and Abel Step into the Ring

Damn, I Knew It!

Key Changes at Négynegyed

Fatelessness Formations # 1956

Trauma Processing and Historical Scholarship – What Should We Do About the Recent Past?

Friday

Friday 4 December

Building Walk: Music Beyond the Glass

Guided tour: Gallery of Music History Portraits

Nemes Nagy Reading Circle

MindenKor / Holidays theme

Óbudai Kulturális Központ

Tuned to Music: Exclusive Panel Talk with Sena Dagadu

JANE GOODALL KLUB

Kornél Esti – performed by Molnár Gusztáv

Saturday

Saturday 5 December

Christmas Macramé Workshop

Sunday

Sunday 6 December

Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Kőbányai Kulturális Központ

SUNDAY DANCE PARTY

Tell the Truth, Not Just the Real Thing - An Evening with Károly Eperjes

Pass It On!

CHRISTMAS UGLY SWEATER-MAKING WORKSHOP

Pass It On!

Monday

Monday 7 December

HATKER HATKOR LOCAL HISTORY CLUB / THE ZWACK FAMILY AND TERÉZVÁROS

Keleti Márton: The Miracle Striker (1957)

Hegyvidék Divas panel talks

Tuesday

Tuesday 8 December

Laus Deo II, or the Source of Compositional Inspiration - Music History Lecture by Eckhardt Gábor

Klebelsberg Kastély

Wednesday

Wednesday 9 December

Salon University VII.

Klauzál Gábor Művelődési Központ

The Significance of Budafok's 20th-Century Churches in Hungarian Church Architecture II.

Szabó T. Anna: Incantations

Húzd rá cigány!” Roma in Hungarian Fine Art - BELLÁK GÁBOR: ART DIFFERENTLY

Katona Csaba's Talk: Saint Nicholas, Mikulás, Father Winter

Subjective! Batta András’s series – Song Evenings in Prose #3

Hungarian Album! #17 - Dreams: Szabó Gábor, guests: Darányi Sándor and Szőcs Gergő

Thursday

Thursday 10 December

A Concise History of Ukraine

Literary salon - Christmas in Literature

Art Therapy Workshop // SILENCE & CALM

GASTRO-HISTORY ADVENTURES / KATONA CSABA AND MARTIN IMRE: ADVENT FOODS - LECTURE AND TASTING

Who Wins When Everyone Loses? – Trapped in Our Games - Lecture by Limpár Imre

MagNet Közösségi Ház

Friday

Friday 11 December

PENSIONERS' CLUB- ADVENT

Advent Joy, Music, Club Life #17

Nemes Nagy Reading Circle

Beethoven 200 – Dohnányi 150 / 2.

Folk Music of the Carpathian Basin with Mihó Attila and András Orsolya Erzsébet

Saturday

Saturday 12 December

Gift-Making Workshop: Gingerbread Making (Christmas Pendant with a Tag)

Gift-Making Workshop: Furniture Painting (Making a Painted Little Angel)

Gift-Making Workshop: Felt Making (Felt Lantern)

Gift-Making Workshop: Felt Making (Little Horse Christmas Tree Ornament)

How Are You Feeling? - Why Do We Fall Apart Under Stress?

The Nutcracker

Gift-Making Workshop: Gingerbread Making (Gingerbread House)

Gift-Making Workshop: Corn Husk Weaving (Making a Corn Husk Angel)

Gift-Making Workshop: Felt Making (Felt Lantern)

Gift-Making Workshop: Leatherwork (Christmas Tree Decorations from Leather)

Building Walk: Music Beyond the Glass

The Nutcracker

Experience Workshop: adult creative workshop // Holiday special edition

Guided tour: The Hungarian Musical History

Gift-Making Workshop: Gingerbread Making (Making Winter Pictures)

Gift-Making Workshop: Blueprint Dyeing (Blue-Dyed Christmas Tree Ornament)

Gift-Making Workshop: Leather-Felt Making (Leather-Felt Necklace)

Gift-Making Workshop: Corn Husk Weaving (Making a Sedge Wreath with a Little Corn Husk Angel)

Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol

Sunday

Sunday 13 December

Gift-Making Workshop: Felt Making (Little Horse Christmas Tree Ornament)

Gift-Making Workshop: Gingerbread Making (Holy Family with the Wooden Mould Technique)

Gift-Making Workshop: Basket Weaving (Making a Lantern from Willow)

Gift-Making Workshop: Leather-Felt Making (Necklace)

The Nutcracker

Gift-Making Workshop: Leatherwork (Christmas Tree Decorations from Leather)

Gift-Making Workshop: Gingerbread Making (Cradle)

Gift-Making Workshop: Furniture Painting (Making a Christmas Tree Ornament)

Gift-Making Workshop: Basket Weaving (Making a Fir Tree from Willow)

The Nutcracker

Gift-Making Workshop: Basket Weaving (Making an Angel from Willow)

Gift-Making Workshop: Gingerbread Making (with Wooden Mould and Icing Pen Techniques)

On Tiptoe - Family • Megyeri Léna - Bősze Ádám

National Dance Theatre

On now

exhibitions and multi-day events

Akvárium Klub · 25 Nov to 26 Nov

MeOut Summit 2026

Hungarian National Museum · 26 Nov to 27 Nov

12th MuseumDigit Conference – Focus on Museum Digitization and Innovation

Hungarian National Museum · 30 Nov to 1 Dec

PRISM – International Conference on the Protection of Cultural Property, Museum Security and Law Enforcement