The Jazz Showcase celebrates its fifth anniversary in 2012 by throwing its doors open to the best of emerging young jazz talent in Hungary and the other countries of the Visegrád Four region. Each of the concerts commencing at 5 pm will feature four ensembles entertaining an audience eagerly awaiting fresh new trends. Jazz experts, journalists, club owners and festival organisers flock to Müpa from all corners of Europe, offering recording and performance opportunities to the most exciting bands.... The local audience will be exposed to some of the performers for the first time, such as the quartet of Maciej Obara and Nikola Kołodziejczyk’s trio Stryjó from Poland, the Slovak Pink Horse Trio and Martin Uherek Orchestra, not to mention the Czech Infinite Quintet and the Sato-San To formation. These may well prove the leading groups of the near future in this region, perhaps in collaboration with Hungarian musicians. Local jazz stars include the Júlia Karosi Quartet, the Boglárka Csemer Quartet, the János Ávéd Balance, Máté Pozsár, XY and XY, all of whom we hope will extend the good news of Hungarian jazz to the Visegrád Four countries and beyond. The ensembles will each occupy half-hourly slots on the Banner Square and Foyer stages, where the audience can enjoy the performances free of charge. The Jazz Showcase is supported by the International Visegrad Fund. Entry is free.
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.