Budapest Autumn Festival

Budapest Autumn Festival: 09/10/2009. - 18/10/2009.

One of the major aims of the festival is to contribute to Budapest's cultural standard in Europe by realising the notion of "Budapest festival city" and strengthening its image as an important European cultural centre. We strive to achieve this by inviting top-ranking international productions of new art and arousing international attention with our own productions and others created jointly with partners.The Budapest Autumn Festival is now one of Europe’s leading festivals of the contemporary arts.

History

The festival was established by the Municipality in 1992, as a successor to the Budapest Arts Weeks, with a focus on contemporary arts. Its aim is to present to the public of Budapest the important creative artists and achievements in all branches of the arts in the present and over the past decade. The series of events sets itself the task of making new art known and recognised in Hungary. One of the major aims of the festival is to contribute to realisation of the concept of “Budapest, festival city” and to reinforce Budapest’s cultural standing in Europe and its image as an important European cultural centre, by inviting internationally renowned productions of new art and presenting its own or joint productions able to arouse international attention.

2009.10.09. - 2009.10.18.