Free folk sessions at the Fonó

Two Tuesdays of open playing at the Fonó, free to walk into. The strings start at 17:00, and on the second night a Gyimes session and a zither session run alongside them.

About the event

Grab your instrument and join in is the house line, and it is meant literally. Players at any stage are expected, and so is anyone who only wants to sit and listen. Poros Jam host the string nights week in week out, with László Porteleki on violin, Antal Fekete on contra and Mária Hermann on double bass, and folk strings are what the room is set up for. The Pesti Csángók Baráti Társaság take the Gyimes evening, where flutes, fiddles and the ütőgardon are welcome and the singing and dancing go on alongside the playing. Anikó Barna, a folk music teacher at the Bartók Conservatory, runs the zither night and asks for an instrument tuned in C.

Dates and times

• Tuesday 10 NovemberTuesdays, strings from 17:00 to 21:00, with Gyimes music at 18:00 and zither at 19:30 on the second Tuesday
• Tuesday 17 NovemberTuesdays, strings from 17:00 to 21:00, with Gyimes music at 18:00 and zither at 19:30 on the second Tuesday

Getting there