Formed in 1957, the Benkó Dixieland Band is one of the world’s best in the genre, and the most popular jazz group in Hungary. Their very first album went gold, and they have won a whole string of awards and numerous accolades at domestic festivals and competitions since. The band has performed concerts before audiences as large as 10,000 with world-renowned American stars such as Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard, Al Grey, Buddy Tate, Joe Newman, Buddy Wachter, Henry Questa, Joe Muranyi, Eddy Davi...s, Cynthia Sayer, Harry Sweets Edison, Albert Nicholas and Wild Bill Davison, as well as Europeans Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, Huub Janssen and Acker Bilk. The band launched its international career in the 1960s in neighbouring countries, first venturing to the West in the 1970s. They began a successful career in America in the 1980s, culminating in 1987 when US President Ronald Reagan awarded them the Recognition of Excellence as exponents of American jazz. The Benkó Dixieland Band performs 200 to 250 concerts annually both at home and abroad. They have just released their 70th record, and have appeared on television for a total of some 130 hours over the years. TV shows and reports featuring the band are seen by some 600 million viewers worldwide annually. They regularly tour Europe, the United States and the Far East as travelling ambassadors of Hungary and of New Orleans jazz. Presented by: Filharmónia Budapest
Parking information
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.
Safe ticket purchase
Dear Visitors, please note that only tickets purchased from the Müpa website and official ticket offices are guaranteed to be valid. To avoid possible inconvenience, we suggest buying tickets to our performances and concerts via the mupa.hu website, the Interticket national network (jegy.hu) or at our official ticket offices.