Performances, exhibitions, music, dance and literature, historical walks and free family programs, weapons demonstrations and mounted hussars fill the venues of the renewed Budavári Palace Quarter on the national holiday. Most events are free, but the more popular programs require pre-registration to participate.
YBL6 Art Square
I am who I am - Hungarian visual arts after 1945 / Selection from the Jáky collection
In the YBL6 Art Space opened in the South Palace of the Várkert Bazar, you can see a selection of one of the most well-known collections of the Hungarian art collection today. The 120 paintings that are part of the Jáky collection present the history of Hungarian fine art after 1945 through six thematic rooms. The special feature of the exhibition is that, regardless of stylistic trends, it is able to show the signs of the dialogue between East and West in all the dominant or hidden works of art of the period.
The exhibition can be viewed free of charge without registration.
03. 15. 18:00
UP THE GALYA - MUSICAL STAND-UP EVENING
The germination of Petőfi's revolutionary poetry in today's land with poems, rhyming songs, rhyming poems 200+1 of the poet's birth. on the occasion of its anniversary - with joint guitar and accordion accompaniment.
In the performance, Föltámadott a tenger will be performed, We are talking again and we are just talking, A thought hurts me..., A kurta pub at the end of the village... and many of the poet's well-known poems. There is also a place for classical recitation, but slightly reinterpreted, spiced with some wry humor.
"Although there is water below, it seems that today's galleys are no longer the sinking variety. They survive the waves so surely that perhaps there is no sea storm that could push them into the depths. Well, how can we believe that water is the master? Who can we believe? And where is Petőfi now? If you've forgotten to die."
Contributors: András Petruska, Maszkura (Szabolcs Judge), Zsolt Kathy.
Registration HERE
Stables
Handicraft sessions (10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
– Making a festive cockade – made of felt with sewing and beads
– Making gurigalovacskas
– Making clip-on hussars
– Making hussar mustaches
– Making flags and emblems in national colors
Interactive games
Recruiting chime
During the battles, it happened that the hussars used bells to give signals and instructions so that the nearby enemy armies could not understand the military movements. During the game, our little hussars can listen to well-known hussar songs and play them with the help of small bells.
Hussar chase
What could be a more faithful friend for a hussar than a horse? Our hussar students have to complete the tricky obstacle course galloping on a wall horse, where they can set a huge cockade while going through it in a slalom.
Áron Gábor's copper cannon
A brass cannon is worthless without ammunition. Our fun task is to get the cannonballs to the cannons through a tricky maze full of adventures
Participation is free, but prior registration is required.
If you wish to participate between 10:00 and 13:00, REGISTER HERE .
If you wish to participate between 13:00 and 17:00, REGISTER HERE .
Weapons and martial art demonstration, player recruiter (14:00 and 16:00)
Weapons and martial arts demonstration: The national defense tradition preservation unit will demonstrate the armaments of the national army and hold a form and martial arts demonstration.
Recruiter: Verbunk with swords, recruiter for children, basic training with wooden swords, wooden rifles, gift paper dice.
Military tales with zither (10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.)
Those children - and of course adults! - who visit the "Citerás katonomesék" concert can experience the village world of the 1800s through selected folk songs to evoke horses, soldiers, and swords. All this accompanied by a zither - and sometimes a guitar playing like a lute - led by the Junior Prima award-winning zither artist Dömény Krisztián, with the participation of Lizett Bohus (zither) and Anna Illés (vocals).
In fact, those who are brave enough will be able to try the instrument!
Soldiers of the 1848/49 War of Independence - Exhibition of paintings and models (10:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.)
The hussar portraits, battle pictures, and depictions of weapons by painter Zalán Kertai
Presentation of paintings and educational materials (rollups) made by the traditionalists of the 2nd Defense Battalion in Buda
Domokos Horváth's 48 field tables and military models made with 3D technology
Foal yard
The hussars standing out in the Budavári Palace District evoke the era of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom struggle. The mounted hussars of the National Cavalry Decoration Unit of the Republic of Hungary and the Hungarian Hussar and Tradition Preservation Association perform service in the name of preserving our national defense traditions and cultural values.
Weapons demonstration, fire station and hussar camp (10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.)
Form and martial arts presentation of the tradition preservation team of the 2nd Defense Battalion in Buda
Weapons and martial arts demonstration
The honvéd tradition preservation unit illustrates the honvéd army's weaponry and holds a form and combat demonstration.
Recruiter
Verbunk with swords, recruiter for children, basic training with wooden swords, wooden rifles, gift paper picks.
Honvéd honor patrol service
From 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., a pedestrian parade in full, period-appropriate marching equipment will start on the route Csikós udvar – Főőrség – Oroszlános udvar – Csikós udvar, to the sound of drums and accompanied by string musicians.
Artillery point
Presentation of two cannons in Csikós udvar and Lovarda.
Festive brass band concert (11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.)
A show by the Huszár Orchestra of Zenélő Budapest.
The demonstrations of the Hussar Camp and Mounted Hussar Patrol Service are organized according to the current weather conditions. Please inquire about current events on site! All programs of Csikós udvar are free, no prior registration is required! In case of bad weather, some programs will be held in the Lovarda. Due to the limited capacity of the venue, you may have to wait to enter. Our event is open to the press, photos and videos are taken of the participants.
Main Guard
Mysterious history - Beyond the revolution: everyday life in reform-era Pest and Buda
Soldier Csaba
12:00, 16:00
March 15, 1848 was a turning point in Hungarian history. Everyone knows the events of the revolution in Pest-Buda, but what was Pest and Buda like at the time? Who lived here? What social strata, what religion and what nationality are the people? How did their everyday life go, how did they dress, what did they do, what set the framework for their social interactions, what were the public spaces where they lived a communal life, and what did their homes look like? Historian Csaba Katona's presentation, instead of the "main characters" of history, this time presents the world of ordinary people, the everyday life.
12:00: Registration HERE
16:00: Registration HERE
Historical Night - Improvisation performance
10:00, 14:00
The Momentán Society recalls the events and historical characters of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom struggle connected to Buda Castle. With the interactive performance, we bring to life the most exciting moments and the most significant figures of Hungarian history and bring them closer, feeding on the ideas of the audience.
"Using the tools of improvisation, we tour the events and historical figures of the 1848-49 revolution and war of independence connected to Buda Castle. An interactive historical performance, where the most exciting moments and significant figures of Hungarian history are brought to life and brought to life, feeding on the ideas of the audience. In the historical RögvEst performance, the actors - using their literary and historical education, dramaturgical sense and improvisational skills - bring life to the otherwise difficult to absorb set of information. Life pictures, real and imagined scenes, dramatic monologues, enlarged moments, split stage, alternative scenes for a situation - just some of the many stage solutions that can serve as a means of a dramatic approach to the topic. Humor, lightness, wit - and real depths and poignant emotions at the same time: we magnify the fateful moments of our historical heroes and turn them into theater. The host of the performance forms a continuous bridge between the audience and the performers. Based on the audience's ideas, following their real interests, and incorporating their questions into the course of the performance, we focus on one figure at a time, at one moment at a time. The ideal duration of the presentation: 40-50 minutes."
10:00: Registration HERE
14:00: Registration HERE
Buda Castle Walks
We won't let go of '48! – historical walk
Guided walk through the sites of the 1848-49 revolution and war of independence in Buda Castle. We will see from which building the revolutionary crowd freed Mihály Táncsics, we will tell you how Heinrich Hentzi strengthened the castle's defenses and Artúr Görgei prepared the attack, as well as how exactly the siege of May 1849 took place.
Departure location: De la Motte–Beer palace (1014 Budapest, Dísz tér 15.)
Times: 11:00, 14:00
11:00: Registration HERE
14:00: Registration HERE
Our reborn heritage
Guided walk in the Palace District of Buda, which is being renewed as part of the National Hauszmann Program.
Get to know the work of our legendary architect Alajos Hauszmann with us, as well as the rebirth of his main work, the Budavári Palace, which is considered an iconic complex of buildings in Budapest, and its surroundings!
Departure location: Szent István Hall, south connecting wing of Budavári Palace.
Time: 15:00
The walks take place outdoors and are held even in bad weather, so we recommend clothing appropriate for the weather!
Lion's Court, south connecting wing of Budavári Palace
Szent István hall
On March 15, you can visit the historical hall of the renewed Budavári Palace Quarter free of charge. Those interested can see the wonders of the applied arts of the reborn Szent István hall and the related exhibition, as well as the Hauszmann story exhibition.
Due to the expected high interest, advance online booking is recommended, only a limited number will be able to exchange tickets on site.
Cover image: Hussars on the ramp
Source: varkertbazar.hu
