Jazz Showcase 20

19 - 21 February 2026

The 20th Jazz Showcase is upon us – the time has come to celebrate one of Müpa Budapest’s most successful and significant event series. On this February weekend, instead of a competition, we look back over the Showcase’s nearly two decades with seven concerts spread across three days, a photo exhibition and conversations from the Bebop podcast series. Together, they will recall those moments of which both Müpa and the members of the Hungarian jazz scene can justifiably be proud.

On Friday, 19 February, the event series’s gala concert will be given by the Jazz Showcase Big Band led by Attila László, who is preparing to surpass even the success of their 2026 production with a very special line-up, a two-part programme and some special surprises. Events will come thick and fast in the Festival Theatre on Saturday and Sunday, with three concerts taking place on each day. All six formations are connected in some way to the Jazz Showcase, and it can also be said of them that they have become known and sought-after not only in Hungary but across Europe and beyond. On Saturday, the Oláh Krisztián Quartet, Lőrinc Barabás, and Veronika Harcsa with Bálint Gyémánt will all perform, while Sunday will be the turn of Áron Hodek & The Pocket Crew, New Fossils with Emma Nagy, and Jazzbois to take the stage.

The host of the event will once again be László Jazzkovács.

Discounted day tickets for Saturday and Sunday are available for 12,000 HUF instead of 15,000 HUF, granting admission to all three concerts on the respective day.

Day pass

Performances