05/02/09

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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Arasinda (Concert)

Pótkulcs, 5th February, 21:00, free
Csengery Utca 65b [map]
Pest Centre, VI, Nyugati/Oktogon (T4/6), 5 min

The sound of the bağlama confirms that Turkish Folk is in the house tonight - familiar territory for anyone living in Budapest in the late 17th century. Arasinda give traditional folk songs the Ethno Jazz treatment.

"Whoever You Are", drink "The Wine of Love" here. Pótkulcs review here.

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Also worth checking out...

Vacuumnoise (Exhibition Opening)
Trafó, 5th February, 19.00
Where have all the working classes gone? They're now either call centre operatives or piled up on the heap of disenfranchised wastrels. It's a photo exhibition. Impenetrable confused blurb and further details here.

Jambalaya (Concert)
Szilvuplé [website], 5th February, 21.00
Plinky plonky, honky-tonky, New Orleans soulful brassy blues. Think Professor Longhair, Dr. John or The Band in their Life's a Carnival stage. Marosi Zoltán guests on accordian. Myspace here. Website here.

Mohai Tamás (Concert)
A38, 5th February, 20:00, 2000Ft
Long time blues-rock guitarist, Mohai Tamás, brings every band he's ever been in to the ship tonight. Well, nearly. "One of the greatest Hungarian jazz-pop-rock classics", Faxni headline; full details here.

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