The MCC Festival is perhaps one of the few events that combines the feeling of a modern festival with a cultural event and a public free university at the same time, because while the participants can listen to renowned speakers in the evenings, during the day they can participate in round table discussions with prominent public figures and visit the branches of various institutions.

This year, the MCC Fest to be held at the end of July, which is hosted by Esztergom, and where famous politicians such as the former Austrian chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, will take the stage again, will share his views and ideas about the expected developments and challenges that we can expect in the coming years under the title "The world in 2023: Expecting the unexpected".

The organizers are also expecting American conservative political commentator Michael Knowles, who will dissect and analyze the current political and cultural climate in his presentation, touching on topics such as the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, freedom of speech and individual freedom.

Máté Litkei, director of the Climate Policy Institute, lawyer András Schiffer, former faction leader of the LMP, Máté Kanász-Nagy, deputy faction leader of the LMP, and Péter Kaderják, head of the Zero Carbon Center, discuss battery production, which is a very hot topic today, and the recording of Mandiner's weekly discussion podcast, Reaktion, is again in front of an audience, the MCC Festival will feature Sámuel Ágoston Mráz, head of the Viewpoint Institute and with the participation of Péter Krekó, director of Political Capital.

Among the expected lighter topics, the mysteries of bread baking will be on the agenda, to which Szabolcs Szabadfi, commonly known as Szabi, the baker, and Tamás Bereznay, the star chef of Konyhašefosé, will introduce the audience, but Hungarian beer will also be discussed with Dániel Bart, the indispensable figure of the beer culture.

Architects such as József Finta, Zsolt Gunther and Bence Vadász, who won the YBL award, will talk about the revolution in office design. Also visiting the festival is Detre Örs Hunor, the team developing the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), one of the leading developers of today's largest space research enterprise.

Among the light music programs, Ákos' concert is worth highlighting, but during the three days, among others, Irie Maffia, Blahalouisiana - with classical music instrumentation -, Balkan Fanatik, Bagossy Brothers Company, Valmar, Follow the Flow, as well as György Korda and Balázs Klári, Dzúdló, T. Danny, Caramel and Joci Pápai will perform. After the live concerts, the parties will last until dawn in an even bigger tent than last year, in the MCC Arena.

about the detailed program here .

Mandarin