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Special Events

The Farsang Season, masked balls, throughout 2001
Hungarian Film Festival, long weekend in early Feb
Budapest Spring Festival, two-week classical music festival with folk dancing, Mar
Whitsun Fair, arts and crafts, mummers, puppeteers and musicians, May, Szentendre
Budapesti Bucsú, celebration of 1991 withdrawal of Soviet troops with music, dance and theatre, Jun, various parks and public spaces
Open-Air Summer Festival, music, dance and theatre, Jun-Aug, Margaret Island, Hilton Hotel and the Buda Park Stage
World Music Day, nationwide music festival - rock, folk and jazz, mid-Jun, free open-air venues around Budapest
Anna Ball, 200-year-old event of the Lake Balaton summer season with chamber music concert, fireworks, Jul, Balatonfüred
Student Island Festival, one of Europe's biggest week-long cultural events, Aug, Óbuda Island
Festival of Crafts, mid-Aug, Opera House
Hungaroring, Grand Prix, mid-Aug, Mogyorod, near Budapest
St Stephen's Day, celebration of Szent István, founder of Hungary with fireworks, 20 Aug, GellÉrt Hill
Jewish Summer Festival, Aug-Sep
Budapest 9th International Wine Festival, exhibition and fair, Sep
Budapest Autumn Festival, contemporary Arts festival, Sep
Budapest Music Weeks, opening of concert season on the anniversary of Bartók's death, late Sep-mid-Oct
Remembrance Day, national day of mourning of the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian rebellion, 23 Oct, Kossuth tÉr
New Year's Eve Masked Ball, 31 Dec, Opera House



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