30/03/08

"On a Sunday morning sidewalk, I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned..." But Johnny Cash, to the best of my knowledge, was never in Budapest, where there are other options to consider...

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Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (Concert)

MUPA, 30th March, 19:00, 4500 - 9500 ft
Komor Marcell u. 1 [map] [info]
Pest South, IX Millenniumi Kulturális Központ (T2) 3 min

Not just the Firebird, but Wagner, Bartók and a Hungarian premiere by Péter Eötvös, performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Soloist Akiko Suwanai won the International Tchaikovsky Competition at just 18 (she's 36 now), and will be playing a world famous violin.

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WAMP (Market)

Gödör, 30th March, free, from 10 am.
Erzsébet tér [map]
Pest Centre, VI, Deák tér (M1/2/3), 1 min

Wamp Wamp, (what it do, what it do)? Well... every month, this Hungarian design market livens up Deak tér with music, children's activities, and around 100 designers peddling original trinkets.

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Fringe Festival (Festival)

Millenaris Park, 30th March, from 10.50 am, free
Kirókus u. 16- 20. [map]
Buda II, Széna tér (T4/6), 5 min

It's the last day of the Fringe festival today. Some of it will be rubbish and some of it very good indeed...like jazzy brassy Balkan band Ajde Braco. They're on from 20:20 - make sure you've set your clock right! If you're more into Gay Gordons, there's a workshop from the Budapest Scottish Dance Club at 19:20. Full programme here.
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Juno (Film)

Puskin, 30th March, 13:15, 21:15
Kossuth Lajos utca 18 [map]
Pest, V, Astoria (M2), 1 min

The Guardian called Jason Reitman's new teenage pregnancy comedy a happy pill. Worth seeing apparently, if only for the performance of Ellen Page - it's 'pure cinematic Prozac.' (Trailer here).

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Táncház (Folk Music Club)

Trafó, 30th March, 20:00
Liliom utca 41 [map]
Pest, IX, Ferenc körút (M3), 3 min
Tel. 061 456 2040

Now Almassy Tér has closed down, everybody's getting in on the act. Unless this is upstairs, it's anyone's guess how Trafo will host large circle dances - either way, this is probably where the young folk will be at.

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Flea Market (Market)

Bolhapiac, Városliget, 30th March, until lunchtime, 120ft.
Pest, XIV, Széchenyi Fürdő, (M1) 5 min

Cheap junk, expensive junk, interesting junk, broken junk, working junk, puzzling junk... there's nowhere better for rubbish on a Sunday morning than the Bolhapiac, in the heart of the city park.

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Peace! (Demonstration)
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30th March, 18:00
Hősök tere [map]
Pest, XIV, Hősök tere, (M1) 1 min

Well, the rest of the city made its peace with the world yesterday, exactly 35 years after the last US troops withdrew from Vietnam. But Hősök tere had to be different. However, it does mean that if you enjoyed making a huge human peace symbol yesterday, you can join an even bigger one today!
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