They walk home at dawn, the lights of towns big or small in their eyes, drunk and alone, of uncertain age, living generally in Hungary, and within it mainly Budapest, from where - sometimes by bus, train or by the carload - they head home to towns of pitch-black streets and childhood memories; they work until six during the week, stand in front of bars in the Friday night cigarette smoke, listen to music on night buses, fall asleep on the metro, promise the taxi driver they won't throw up, kick off their shoes in the hallways of house parties, have one-night stands, get dumped or dump others, fall in love, light up in stairwells, and are worn out. Standing on Moszkva Square, they think of the trees on the southern plains; among the trees, they think of Andrássy Avenue. These people inhabit the world of the two albums released by Benedek Szabó (Kapuzárási Piknik and A legszebb éveink), and these will be the protagonists inhabiting sets more realistic than any seen before on the Müpa stage. For one special evening, the street signs and lampposts come alive and patrons appear from the darkened gateways, while the band plays familiar and unheard songs, for the first and last time in this form.
Szabó was singer and songwriter for Baja-based band Gyökkettő before moving to Budapest. After a noisy detour (the shoe-gazing bedroom pop of Zombie Girlfriend), he returned to his roots and released his first solo album Kapuzárási Piknik, before starting to perform with the band Galaxisok.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest