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The acoustics are highly praised, and the food isn't pricey. Concerts Wed-Sat from 9pm.
Booking office Mon-Tues 11.30am-5pm, Thurs-Fri 11.30am-midnight, Sat 7pm-midnight.
BUDAPEST JAZZ
When it comes to
jazz
(or
dzsessz
, as it is sometimes becomes in Hungarian), don't be
fooled by the small number of regular venues in Budapest. The country boasts some bril-
liant jazz musicians, such as the pianists Béla Szakcsi Lakatos and Kálmán Oláh and the
experimental guitarist Gábor Juhász. It is worth looking out for the
HarmoniaJazzWork-
shop
(
HarmoniaJazzMűhely
), which holds regular sessions at the
BudapestJazzClub
.
There are also occasional jazz concerts in the
kert
bars.
FOLK MUSIC AND DANCE
Hungarian folk music and dancing underwent a revival in the 1970s, drawing inspiration
from Hungarian communities in Transylvania, regarded as pure wellsprings of Magyar cul-
ture. The movement still exists today, and has been extended to other cultures - you'll also
see adverts for Greek (
görög
), Slav, Irish and other dance houses. Visitors are welcome to
attend the gatherings and learn the steps; see
tanchaz.hu
for more. Apart from the places
detailed here, performances take place at the
Music Academy
, the
Palace of Arts
and the
A38
and in some of the
kert
bars such as the
Rács Kert
.
AranytízCulturalCentre
V, Arany János utca 10 1 354 3400,
aranytiz.hu
.
The dance-
floor is packed on Saturday nights from late September through to early June, with dance
teaching from 7pm; the children's session begins at 5pm. As the evening rolls on, a jamming
session often develops with other bands joining in. The cultural centre's programme includes
Hungarian and international theatre performances and jazz concerts, too.
The best place to catch regular folk music, this is a lively international folk and world music
venue, four stops south of Móricz Zsigmond körtér on tram #18 or #47. Every Wednesday
evening there's a dance house led by Tükrös, Pál Szalonna and his band and others.
Box of-
fice opens one hour before performances.
Hungarian Heritage House (Hagyományok Háza)
I, Corvin tér 8 1 225 6049
herit-
agehouse.hu
.
Folk dance in the more formal setting of the state ensemble on the big stage,
just down the road from Batthyány tér.
RS9Theatre
VII, Rumbách Sebestyén utca 9 1 269 6610.
Small cellar theatre on the edge
of the VII district, where you can catch folk evenings Tues & Wed.
