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family and youth events
Müpa Budapest Children's Day
Interactive family programmes
26 May 2024, Sunday
10 am - 3 pm
Blue Hall, Banner Square, Glass Hall, Festival Theatre, Outside, Stairway Hall, Atrium, Foyer
Produced by Müpa Budapest

Müpa Budapest's regular Müpa Junior Sunday programme grows to enormous dimensions on Children's Day. With music and stories on three stages both inside the building and outside in the open air and a host of creative and musical activities on offer, Müpa Budapest welcomes all children and 'children at heart' who are looking to spend an active day with meaningful programmes instead of the usual fare of cotton candy floss and amusement park rides.

MUSIC STAGE IN FRONT OF MÜPA BUDAPEST
(or in case of rain, in the Atrium) with amplified sound system
10 am Ritmuslabor
11 am Edina Lovászi
12 pm Lóci játszik
1 pm Kalimpa Band
2 pm Superar

FESTIVAL THEATRE
with amplified sound system
12 pm Veresi Ballet: Cinderella – dance production

STORYTELLING AND DANCE STAGE IN THE ATRIUM
(or in the event of rain, in the Festival space) with amplified sound system
10 am Kerekítő Tippentő led by Krisztina Benedek
11 am The Rabbit-Herd – interactive folk tale
12 pm The Salt – puppet show
1 pm Napra-Forgó dance house with the Pereputty ensemble
2 pm Mese-mese mátka, cirkusznak világa… – cirkuszi hétpróba (Nursery rhyme circus pentathlon)

FULL-DAY PROGRAMMES
Outdoor programmes
Folk basket carousel
Storytelling grove
Folk song Commando
Dragon’s Castle – a knightly pentathlon to rescue the princess (castle catapult, rope hoop, target throwing, nutcracker, rope maze)
Oven farmyard – how bread is made from grinding the flour to baking, with a draw well...
Heptathlon game – knowledge, courage and skill
Wheelchair obstacle course

Playground
- Wooden folk toys: corncob castle, hand mill, barrel racing, tandem ski, fishing, chicken slapper, role-playing paravans, bear horses, bog walk, hoop walk, memory board, balance beam, skittles, snail run, cheese labyrinth, rope pulling, bean bag toss, target throwing games (horseshoe throwing, peasant feeding, hoop throwing, bucket toss)
- Logic and board games: optical lenses, memory games, devil’s locks, amoeba, jenga, towers of Hanoi, giant tangrams, snake cube, labyrinth, ball guide, lockbox, mill
- Empathy-building games: games that develop understanding by simulating the challenges facing people with physical, mental, visual and hearing disabilities
- Games of skill: wooden legs, snail race, summer skis, extra-mall, rocking-horse, ball trap, construction toys, potato gun, giant slingshot, blower, ball maze, tickers, bowl toss, swamwalkers, can toss, table hockey, hover board, spinners
- Baby island: mat walls, puppets, ball pit, crumbling, weigher, baby kitchen, skill and ability games

Creative activities
(in case of rain, in the Foyer)
fun with noise-makers, origami potted flower, textile bird, mandala, bracelet/necklace weaving, origami water lotus, spinning string toy, scented ball, modelling clay, textile tulip, crop dolls, hedgehog doll-making, making decorations for your door, bead-stringing, postcard-making, rope-making, animal shapes, pinwheels, ragdolls, sewing workshop, windchimes, painting, drum-making, flower arrangement, recycled items, set design workshop

Foyer
(in case of rain, in the Glass Hall)
- Musical development activities:
Boomwhacker, Müpa delicacy, Glass tuner, Classroom cajón, Musical scales, Symphony
- Hands-on fun with musical instruments made from recycled materials: pumpkin lyre, tank drum, lapidary marimba, junk banjo, etc.
- Instrument making workshop – with master instrument maker Gábor Bodnár

Activities for young children in the Glass Hall
(in case of rain, in the Staircase Hall) (for children aged 0-3 year)
Nursery rhymes
Clapping game
Slide projection corner
Puppet show
Drawing pictures
Hugging and singing

Age: 0-12 year

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

  • We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.

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