05/04/08

It's Saturday night, the Discovery channel is showing something dreary about mummies but there's no need to sit around watching that codswallop. So why don't you turn off the TV, go out, and do something less boring instead?
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Plaid/Kode9 (Concert)

A38, 5th April, 21:00, 3000 - 4000 ft
Petőfi hid [map]
Buda, XI, Petőfi híd (Budai hídfő) (T4/6), 2 min

The third night in a row that we've featured A38. What a lucky boat! Best of British this time, with Plaid's moody electronica, and dubstep/grime from the excellent Kode9.

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In the Valley of Elah (Film)

Uránia, 5th April, 20:15
Rákóczi út 21 [map]
Pest, VIII, Astoria (M 2), 5 min

Crash may have been outrageously contrived guff but Paul Haggis' follow up is a powerful film, which isn't afraid of irritating the current US administration. Tommy Lee Jones plays a father investigating his son's disappearance at a military base. Review here.

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BKV Fesztival (Festival)

BKV Tömegközlekedési Múzeum
5th April, 11:00 - 17:00
Dózsa Gy. út 3., HÉV végállomás, Szentendre
18km North of Budapest
Take the HÉV suburban railway from Batthyány tér (M2)

40 years of BKV. 40 years of trolley bus drivers who won't let you on, even though they're stationary. 40 years of buses that leave early. 40 years of odd-smelling trams. 40 years of glancing nervously around, wondering whether that miserable blue-coated man is about to pull an armband out of his jacket. Hooray! Get yourself down to Szentendre and help them celebrate. Make sure you buy a ticket! (Details here).
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Les Petits Pilous (Club)

Trafo, 5th April from 10pm, 1500 ft
Liliom utca 41 [map]
Tel. 456 2040
Pest, IX, Ferenc körút (M3), 3 min

Budapest's charmingly named Wife Beater Records hold their first big party, with Les Petits Pilous picked to top the bill. Is it cutting-edge electronica/thrash/garage? Or extremely irritating rubbish that sounds like a speeded-up video-game soundtrack? You decide.

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One Night in One City (Film)

Toldi, 5th April, 16:00
Bajcsy-Zsilinszky ut, 36-38 [map]
Pest, V, Arany János utca (M3), 2 min

Bizarre, almost wordless Czech animation, showing as part of the Titanic festival. Winner of the Grand Prix in Lisbon , the film's characters indulge in urban bear hunts, pet cremations, donkey worship and dead insect circuses (!) More information here.

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Adam Balogh (Exhibition)

Bank Center Gallery, 5th April, free
Szabadság tér 7, [map]
Pest, V, Arany János utca (M3), 2 min

Adam Balogh has returned from Iran to share his memories in an exhibition of photos and paintings, entitled Wandering in the Garden of Remembrance. Take a (slow) sneaky peek here.

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FA Cup Semi-Final no. 1 (Football)

Sport 1 TV, 5th April, 13:15

It's the best FA Cup ever! The year of the underdog!! No big four - just minnows battling it out to for the ultimate prize, the oldest football trophy of them all!!! It doesn't get any more romantic than West Bromwich Albion versus Portsmouth!!!!

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