05/06/08

The weekend in Budapest starts on a Thursday and ends on a Wednesday. So for the first day of the weekend, you'd better find yourself something to do...
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Mega Hip-hop Night (Concert)

A38, 5th June from 18:00
1500Ft (adv), 2500Ft(door)
Petőfi hid [map]
Buda, XI, Petőfi híd (Budai hídfő) (T4/6), 2 min

Hungarian hip-hop might not have the world renown it deserves(?) but a few of the real contenders will be west-side of the Danube tonight. Suppah & Wherdee, Hősök, Pixa, Artoscsaba, Fankadeli, Qka MC and MC Gőz will all be kicking it. But where's Speak? ________________________________

Homo Ludens (Contemporary Dance)

National Dance Theatre, 5th June
Színház u. 1-3 [map]
Buda, I, Disz tér (B10), 6 min
Tel. 201-4407, 201-8779

The Szeged Contemporary Dance Company takes a look at human relationships in a series of 5-minute shorts. Homo Ludens (or Man, the Player), is a study of love, friendship, dreams and reality, all tied up in playful absurdity.

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Athe Sam (Festival)

Gödör, 5th June, from 18.00, free
Erzsébet tér [map]
Pest Centre, VI, Deák tér (M1/2/3), 1 min

Tonight, Parno Graszt fit the music from a small village in the North East of Hungary onto one stage, but not before Nomada percussionist, Tibor Balogh, swaps his sticks for a guitar and leads Pujara, out on the terrace.
Full programme here.

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Terrace Opening Concert

Corvintető, 5th June
Corvin Áruház, Blaha Lujza tér 1-2 [map]
Pest Centre, VIII, Blaha Lujza tér (M2, T4/6), 1 min

Not wanting to lose out to more recently opened kerts, Corvintető pretends that it too has only just opened with an incongruous bill featuring Zagar and the Gimmeshot Crew. Are they actually going to play on the roof? Who do they think they are? The Beatles?

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Chalaban (Concert)

Tűzraktér, 5th June, 20.00, free
Hegedű utca 3. [map]
Pest Centre, VI, Oktogon (M1, T4/6), 5 min

Tűzraktér opens with the Morrocan grooves of Chalaban, whose funky afro-beat fusion seems take in anything from Fela Kuti to Sly and the Family Stone, before drifting off across the Sahara into something altogether more traditional. DJ Curtis follows, whoever he is.

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