Every year, the Palace of Arts organises a swing jazz festival named after the city of New Orleans. This city is the traditional home of trad jazz, ragtime and of course, swing. Each year, the participants pay homage to New Orlean’s cultural values, primarily its immortal music. The New Orleans Swing Festival features on its programmes a line up of the finest Hungarian and regional exponents of the genre. This year, musicians from overseas will also be coming to perform the traditional and authe...ntic colours and flavours of swing which for them is a native language. This year, the festival evokes the spirit of Benny Goodman and Django Reinhardt: the Budapest Jazz Orchestra welcomes as its guest Ken Peplowski who represents the renaissance of American swing. Clarinet and saxophonist Peplowski is regarded by the cognoscente as one of the most faithful heirs to the heritage of Benny Goodman. The Hungarian Swing Stars led by Béla Szalóky will be joined by American brothers Warren Vaché (trumpet) and Allan Vaché (clarinet) to bring to life the golden age of swing: the forties. The brothers earned their stripes in Goodman’s bands in the 70s. On the last day of the festival, the Joscho Stephan Trio pay tribute to the virtuoso French guitarist of swing jazz, Django Reinhardt, who was born a hundred years ago. Formed by father and son guitarists, they will pay homage to the great French gypsy jazz genius. Tickets: 1700, 2900, 3700 Ft
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.
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