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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 |