Crafts Festival

The largest and most prestigious folk art festival in the Carpathian Basin, the Crafts Festival, will be held in the Buda Castle for the 36th time. The focus of the event will now be on crafts related to woodwork, which visitors can learn about through demonstrations and visual workshops. The organizers are preparing a diverse program, including craft and theater programs, a playhouse, concerts, fashion shows and stunt performers.

• This year the event will also be located in the civic part of Buda Castle: Árpád Tóth promenade, Táncsics Mihály and Tárnok street , Szentáromság square and Dísz square

• The event is free
• Guest of honor: South Korea ??
• Crafts related to woodwork are the main theme of the festival
• Nearly a thousand master craftsmen
• Craft presentations, visual workshops
• Fashion shows? :
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Hanbok fashion show
Romani Design fashion show
• Gastronomic presentation?
• Hundreds of performers, all-day theatre programs
• Folk pub: talks, concerts and dance house?
• Folk playhouses, children’s concerts, games, fairy tales and dance lessons
• Crafts activities
• Stilt walkers, showmen
CRAFT CELEBRATION PROGRAM

HOLY TRINITY SQUARE – GRAND STAGE

Aug. 20.
10.30 – HUNGARIAN MOZAIK – BALÁZS DONGÓ SZOKOLAY AND THE CORPUS HARSONA QUARTET concert
11.00 – CEREMONY OPENING
12.00 – OUR GUEST KOREA – drums, silks, mysteries from Korea
13.00 – HERITAGE GALA – Heritage National Children and Youth Folk Art Association
2:30 p.m. – Concert by Andrea Navratil and the Kobzos Ensemble
15.00 – BREAD BLESSING
16.30 – FOLK TREND! – Tradition is old, style is new – Fashion show
18.00 – OUR GUEST KOREA
19.30 – THE VILLAGE – PERFORMANCE BY THE FITOS DEZSŐ COMPANY

August 21
10.00 – OUR GUEST KOREA
10.30 – HANBOK PRESENTATION – Korean folk costume presentation; folk costume that captures your heart
11.30 – ROMANI DESIGH FASHION SHOW – featuring Helena Varga and her band
12.30 – ViGaD Orchestra – atmospheric South Slavic music at noon
13.30 – Dazzling KALOCSA – a joint production of the Kalocsa Tradition Preservation Association and By Me Hrivnák Tünde
14.00 – ALFÖLD – I WAS BORN HERE – Show by the Kecskemét Dance Ensemble
15.00 – CEREMONIAL AWARD CEREMONY
16.30 – OUR GUEST KOREA
17.30 – HUDAKI VILLIGE BAND – World music from Ukraine
19.00 – MAZSIMO – GIPSYMÓ concert
DECORATIVE SQUARE – SMALL STAGE
Programs with the participation of the House of Traditions

August 19
11.00-12.00: Paár Julcsi – Tuner: Kerekerdő fairy tale concert
15.00-16.00: dance lessons for children and adults with Andrea Szerényi and Kristóf Gundy; live story telling with Lóri Csíki, the storyteller of the Meseszó Hungarian Storytellers and Literary Folklore Association
16.00-17.00: Dramatic retelling of the story of the son of the bloody cow with a fairy tale and theatrical forms with Merende Workshop
17.00-19.00 Dance and singing lessons, musical instrument presentation
Host band: Hettyenfütty band
Host dance teacher: Júlia Hüse

Aug. 20.
11.00-12.00: Navratil Andrea: Daram, daram madaram children’s concert
15.00-16.00: dance lessons for children and adults with Réka Horti; live story telling with Aranyos Boglárka
16.00-17.00: Ládafia Puppet Theater: Fight, or the rooster, the emperor and the diamond – semi-krajcár
17.00-19.00 Dance and singing lessons, musical instrument presentation
Host band: Piroshetes band
Host dance teacher: Project F dancers

August 21
11.00-12.00: Ingó-bingo children’s concert with Évi Páll
15.00-16.00 dance lessons for children and adults with Anna Körtvélyesi; live story telling with Klitsie – Szabad Boglárka, the storyteller of the Meseszó Hungarian Fairytale and Literary Folklore Association
16.00-17.00 László Gulyás: Mouse Parade
17.00-19.00 Dance and singing lessons, musical instrument presentation
Host band: Hegymegett band

Location: Buda Castle
Date: August 19-21
Time: 10:00-22:00

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