New programmes expand Müpa Budapest’s 2027 calendar
11 November 2026
Jazz Showcase 20, the Dohnányi–Kodály Marathon, a rich selection of family and youth programmes, and concerts that push genre boundaries: Müpa Budapest’s 2027 programme is growing fast.
Between 19 and 21 February, Müpa is celebrating the 20th Jazz Showcase. Instead of a talent competition, three days of seven concerts, a panel exhibition and the Bebop podcast series will recall the festival’s most memorable moments and offer a glimpse into the vibrant present day Hungarian jazz scene. In addition to the opening concert by the Jazz Showcase Big Band Reloaded, the stage will be taken by the Oláh Krisztián Quartet, Lőrinc Barabás, Veronika Harcsa and Bálint Gyémánt, Áron Hodek & The Pocket Crew, New Fossils feat. Emma Nagy, and Jazzbois. Reduced-price day tickets to the festival are also available.
On 30 January, the 20th composer marathon focuses on the life’s work of Ernő Dohnányi and Zoltán Kodály. During the course of the programme running from morning to evening, leading figures of Hungarian musical life – orchestras, conductors, singers and soloists – will evoke the musical worlds of the two composers through symphonic and chamber concerts, youth performances, choral programmes and screenings of concert films.
Müpa’s family and youth programme addresses every age group from the very youngest to teenagers. The Müpa Junior Sunday continues on Sundays alongside interactive art workshops and series for the smallest children – from Baby Concerts and Sing-along Baby to Big Kids Busy with Music. At Müpa’s traditional New Year’s Concert for Young People, the audience will hear excerpts from Haydn’s oratorio The Creation, while the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble’s Carnival Sunday will see Müpa bidding farewell to winter. Toldi and János vitéz will also make their returns and the Minimatiné series will include a concert by the Veronaki Quartet. There will also be a chance to see BaHorKa Company’s carnival whirlwind, a performance of Boribon Moves House and Ethnosound’s Élménydobolás experiential drumming.
The spring concert programme presents special encounters with blues, jazz, pop and world music: in March, Little G. Weevil and Zeno the Mojo Queen will conjure up the bluesy vibe of Memphis; in April, Dominic Miller (also known as Sting’s co-writer), Antonia Vai and Àbáse will all arrive with new productions; while the Kroke trio – which is founded on klezmer and world music and has even attracted the attention of Steven Spielberg – will perform at Müpa in May.
Discover the latest additions to the Müpa 2027 calendar and take your pick of the many programmes that have already been announced – tickets are already on sale!
