Formerly known as the Jewish Summer Festival, the Jewish Cultural
Festival explores the Jewish quarter in Budapest.This event started 17
years ago with the purpose of introducing Jewish culture and
heritage. Over the years it grew bigger and bigger, now people come
here from all over the world to experience the traditions, but mostly
the whole vibe of the Jewish quarter. There are three main event
sites. One of them is the Dohány Street Synagogue, the biggest
concerts held there. The second one is the Rumbach Street Synagogue,
it will be the host for modern jazz, blues-rock jazz concerts, and the
Independent Theatre, performing Caligulaâs Eparch.The third venue is
the Goldmark Hall, where the Independent Theatre will also perform
such productions as the Fourth Gate or the Dohány Street Sheriff.
These plays are strongly connected to the jewish traditions and
destiny. They will also show two quite rare movies, one of them is
Miklós Jancsóâs Jews of Budapest twenty years ago, and the
other one is Béla Fáyâs documentary about the modern era of the
Jewish quarter.This festival offers a great insight to this vast
culture and community, it introduces wonderful artists, and actors
with almost thirty different programmes and performances, in the
beautiful center of Budapest.For more information on this exciting
event, click on the link provided on this page and plan your next
unforgettable experience. Don't forget, if you do attend the festival,
come back to this page to rate and review it. We always love to hear
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event cancellations; we provide event website links on each page for
you to check the latest updates.
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