Things to do in Budapest in November
November 2026
The best concerts, exhibitions, thermal baths and all-round great things to do in Budapest in November 2026.
November weather
Cold enough for a proper coat
Close to freezing overnight
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Averages for 1991 to 2020 from HungaroMet, the Hungarian Meteorological Service.
Always good in November
What’s on in November 2026
Photo: Müpa Budapest 1. Fauré's Requiem with Le Concert Spirituel
Sunday 1 November, 19:30 to 22:00
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa Budapest, District IX
All Saints' Day in the big hall, given over to French sacred music. Hervé Niquet brings his historically informed ensemble Le Concert Spirituel, and the Hungarian soprano Emőke Baráth sings Fauré's Requiem with them.
Photo: A38 Hajó 2. Oranssi Pazuzu and Múr on the A38
Sunday 1 November, 19:30, gate opens at 18:30
A38 concert hall, by Petőfi Bridge, District XI
Finnish black metal bent through krautrock, prog and something close to acid house, with the Icelandic band Múr on a joint tour. Fekete Zaj hosts the night in the ship's concert hall.
Photo: Hungarian National Museum 3. The American Dream, Hungarians in the United States 1776 to 2026
30 July to 1 November, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00
Hungarian National Museum, District VIII
Two and a half centuries of Hungarian lives in America, told through the objects and personal mementoes that survived overseas. It fills the grandest rooms the National Museum has.
Photo: Akvárium Klub 4. Bob Moses club set at the Akvárium Klub
Sunday 1 November, doors 19:00
Akvárium Klub Main Hall, Erzsébet tér, District V
A club set from Bob Moses in the Akvárium's biggest room on a Sunday night, put on by IAM Productions. The support slot is still to be announced.
Photo: Barba Negra 5. Beast in Black at Barba Negra
Sunday 1 November, doors 18:00
Barba Negra Red Stage, District XXI
A three-band bill on the big stage, with Sonata Arctica as special guest and Frozen Crown opening. Concerto Music has the night, and the early bird and balcony tickets have already gone.
Photo: BIFF 6. BIFF, the Budapest International Film Festival
24 October to 1 November, daily, with screenings from late morning to late evening
Corvin Mozi, District VIII
The third BIFF puts 45 festival films through the Corvin over nine days, from the titles the awards season is arguing about to a handful of restored older ones. Films that are not in English carry English subtitles as well as Hungarian, and directors stay for questions after some screenings.
Photo: KMO Művelődési Központ és Könyvtár 7. Edit Szalma: Képjegyzetek
22 September to 8 November, Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:00, Friday usually the same, weekends depending on what else is on
Előtér Galéria, KMO Művelődési Központ, District XIX
Edit Szalma draws for books and poems, and this free show in the KMO’s foyer gallery hangs the results as art in their own right rather than as illustrations.
Photo: Fővárosi Állat- és Növénykert 8. World Press Photo 2026 at Budapest Zoo
25 September to 8 November, Monday to Thursday and Sunday 10:00 to 18:00, Friday, Saturday and 23 October 10:00 to 20:00
Biodóm lobby, Budapest Zoo, District XIV
The year's winning press photographs, shown in the Biodóm lobby at the zoo. It is sold on its own ticket, separate from zoo admission, and keeps its own hours.
Photo: Capa Központ 9. The 44th Hungarian Press Photo exhibition
16 September to 8 November, Tuesday to Friday 13:00 to 18:00, weekends 10:00 to 18:00
Capa Center, Nagymező utca, District VI
The year in Hungarian press photography, picked by an international jury from several thousand entries and hung at the Capa Center.
Photo: Eötvös10 10. Aranymetszés: painters on the golden section
8 October to 8 November, opens 8 October at 17:00, then daily 10:00 to 18:00
Eötvös10 Pincegaléria, District VI
The painting section of the Hungarian Association of Fine and Applied Artists fills the cellar gallery at Eötvös10 with work shaped by the golden section, as part of the Day of Hungarian Painting.
Photo: MáraiKult 11. Napfivér: three painters in the Mária Magdolna tower
8 October to 9 November, opening 8 October at 18:00, then open to visitors from 9 October to 9 November
Mária Magdolna Tower, Kapisztrán tér, District I
Three painters hang new work inside the medieval bell tower that is all that survives of the church of St Mary Magdalene, high in the Castle District. Entry costs nothing.
Photo: Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum Múzeumi Oktatási és Módszertani Központ 12. Múzeumok Őszi Fesztiválja, the autumn museum festival
28 September to 15 November, times vary by museum
Museums across Hungary, Budapest included
Close to 150 museums across Hungary open up for seven weeks of tours, workshops and talks. The Budapest and central Hungary listing is the longest of any region, but this is a national festival, so check where a programme actually is before you set off.
Photo: Angyalföldi József Attila Művelődési Központ 13. Alkotás Öröme, a handicraft exhibition
7 October to 15 November, opens at 15:00 on 7 October, then weekdays 08:00 to 20:00 and at weekends when the centre has something on
Angyalföldi József Attila Művelődési Központ, District XIII
Members of the District XIII club of the Budapest association for people with motor disabilities show what they have been making, under a title that means the joy of making. Tablecloths, sewing boxes, jewellery, dolls and pieces for the home, and nothing to pay.
Photo: Műcsarnok 14. László György Sáros: From Details, Space Itself
18 September to 15 November, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00, Thursday 12:00 to 20:00, closed Mondays, last entry at 17:30 and at 19:30 on Thursdays. The exhibitions close at 17:00 on 20 and 29 October
Műcsarnok, District XIV
The buildings and the photographs of one of the leading figures in Hungarian organic architecture, shown together in the Műcsarnok's Box space.
Photo: Budapest Gallery 15. My heart is crying inside: grief works
4 September to 22 November, 10:00 to 18:00 every day except Monday
Budapest Gallery, Lajos utca, District III
A group show about mourning, and about how completely late capitalist society has pushed death out of ordinary life. Flóra Gadó has gathered a dozen artists on private loss, on care for the dying, and on the rituals communities have lost or rebuilt.
Photo: Műcsarnok 16. József Árendás's posters and drawings at the Műcsarnok
25 September to 22 November, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00, Thursday 12:00 to 20:00, closed Mondays, last entry half an hour before closing
Műcsarnok, District XIV
A condensed retrospective of one of the big names in Hungarian cultural poster design, mounted for his eightieth birthday. Film posters from the 1970s, the theatre posters he began in the eighties, and the ones he has since made purely as art.
Photo: Hungarian National Museum 17. The Treasures of King Louis I (the Great) of Hungary
5 March to 31 December, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00
Hungarian National Museum, Medieval Lapidary, District VIII
A cabinet display of goldsmiths' work, gold coin and finds from the king's seat at Visegrád, from a reign that made medieval Hungary one of the richest kingdoms in Europe. It sits in the museum's Medieval Lapidary.
Photo: Deák17 Galéria 18. LAK|HATÁS, housing seen by young artists
25 September to 8 January
Városháza Park, District V
An open-air show in the park behind City Hall, on what home means to people starting out. The Deák17 gallery picked the work from an open call and hung it outdoors, so you can take it in on the way past.
Photo: Műcsarnok 19. Idézőjelek, the Károly Kelemen memorial exhibition
21 October to 10 January, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00, Thursday 12:00 to 20:00, closed Monday; closed on 23 October and 1 November, and open from 13:00 on 7 November
Műcsarnok, Heroes' Square, District XIV
The Műcsarnok's memorial show for Károly Kelemen, who died in 2024, gathers about 150 works and sets out to cover the whole of a career rather than a slice of it.
Photo: Capa Központ 20. Metamorphosis at the Capa Center
7 October to 17 January, Tuesday to Friday 13:00 to 18:00, weekends 10:00 to 18:00, closed Monday
Capa Center, Nagymező utca, District VI
Nine European photographers on the idea that nothing holds its shape for long, from cells and family ties to landscape and the cosmos. The travelling show has already been to Prague, Rouen and Turin, and Budapest is its last stop.
Photo: Ludwig Museum 21. Walk This Way: the art of walking
9 October to 31 January, Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00, closed Monday; English guided tours at 17:00 on 13 and 27 December
Ludwig Museum, in the Müpa building, District IX
An international group show that takes walking seriously as an art form, tracing it from the Dada excursion of 1921 to land art, performance and activism. Two of the December guided tours are in English.
Photo: Hungarian National Gallery 22. Dedicated Ones: Hungarian women artists
21 October to 14 February, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00, last entry 17:00, closed Monday
Hungarian National Gallery, Buda Castle, District I
More than 130 works by sixty Hungarian women artists working in the first half of the twentieth century. No Hungarian museum has given them a show on this scale before.
Photo: Museum of Fine Arts Budapest 23. Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin at the Museum of Fine Arts
30 October to 28 February, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 18:00, last admission 17:00, closed Monday; one Friday a month it opens 12:00 to 20:00 instead
Museum of Fine Arts, Heroes' Square, District XIV
Hungary's first large-scale Gauguin exhibition, assembled from loans by nearly forty public and private collections. It follows him from Paris and Brittany to Martinique, Tahiti and the Marquesas.
Photo: Maksymilian Paczkowski / Csokonai15 24. Birdo, the year's best bird photographs
2 October to 22 March, in the open air, visiting hours not published
Polgármesteri Hivatal visitor car park, District XV
Winning pictures from Birdo's Az év madárfotósa award, hung along a fence in Rákospalota. Free, outdoors and up all winter.
Photo: A38 Hajó 25. Tito & Tarantula on the A38
Monday 2 November, 20:00, gate opens at 19:00
A38 concert hall, by Petőfi Bridge, District XI
The band who played the vampire house band in From Dusk Till Dawn bring a best-of European tour to the ship, with Tarantula songs, film music and a few surprises.
Photo: Barba Negra 26. Amon Amarth at Barba Negra
Monday 2 November, doors 17:30
Barba Negra Red Stage, District XXI
Orbit Culture and Soilwork play as guests before the headline set, which is why the gates open as early as they do. The VIP tickets have gone, so standing is what is left.
Photo: Müpa Budapest 27. Coltrane 100
Tuesday 3 November, 20:00 to 21:30
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa Budapest, District IX
A five-piece assembled for the centenary of John Coltrane's birth, with the saxophonist Joe Lovano its most senior member. They play his compositions rather than reproduce his records.
Photo: Liszt Academy 28. Yulianna Avdeeva and Quatuor Modigliani at the Liszt Academy
Tuesday 3 November, 19:30 to 22:00
Grand Hall, Liszt Academy, District VI
A chamber evening that ends with all five players together on Shostakovich's Piano Quintet. Ravel and Debussy come first, one each.
Photo: Müpa Budapest 29. Kirill Gerstein and the Luxembourg Philharmonic
Wednesday 4 November, 19:30 to 22:00
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa Budapest, District IX
The Luxembourg Philharmonic returns with Martin Rajna newly installed as its music director. Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in Bartók's Third Piano Concerto, probably the most popular of his concertos.
Photo: Puskin Mozi 30. Puskin 100 film festival
25 September to 28 November, one screening most weeks, usually at 19:00, with family matinees at 10:00
Puskin Mozi, District V
The Puskin opened in November 1926 and marks its first hundred years with one unusual screening a week: rarely shown classics, silent films with live music, talks and newsreels.
Photo: Liszt Academy 31. Barnabás Kelemen and the Tonkünstler Orchestra at the Liszt Academy
Thursday 5 November, 19:30 to 22:00
Grand Hall, Liszt Academy, District VI
The Austrian orchestra brings Andreas Ottensamer to the Grand Hall to conduct, with Barnabás Kelemen out front for two Bartók works for violin and orchestra.
Photo: A38 Hajó 32. Sports and Pool Girl on the A38
Friday 6 November, 19:30, gate opens at 18:30
A38 concert hall, by Petőfi Bridge, District XI
Indie pop from Tulsa, built on a friendship that started in childhood. The Californian songwriter Pool Girl opens in the ship's concert hall.
Photo: Akvárium Klub 33. Péterfy Bori & Love Band: BoriMaraton
Friday 6 November, doors 19:00
Akvárium Klub Main Hall, Erzsébet tér, District V
Bori Péterfy and the Love Band go long in the Akvárium's biggest room, back for a second year on the strength of the first. The songs are in Hungarian.
Photo: Müpa Budapest 34. Chaplin: Modern Times with live orchestra
Saturday 7 November, 19:00 to 21:00
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa Budapest, District IX
Modern Times on the big screen with Chaplin's own music played live by the Danubia Orchestra under Ábel Tompa.
Photo: MVM Dome 35. The Witcher in Concert at the MVM Dome
Saturday 7 November, 20:00
MVM Dome, Üllői út, District IX
Music from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt played live by a 14-piece ensemble, with visuals running alongside the music. Budapest is a stop on the show's second European tour.
Photo: Akvárium Klub 36. Altın Gün at the Akvárium Klub
Sunday 8 November, doors 19:00
Akvárium Klub Main Hall, Erzsébet tér, District V
The Dutch and Turkish band return to the Akvárium with Garip, their record for the Turkish folk bard Neşet Ertaş. Anatolian melodies, heavy basslines and banks of synths.
Photo: Liszt Academy 37. The Great Liszt Marathon at the Liszt Academy
Sunday 8 November, three concerts, from 11:00, from 15:00 and from 19:00
Grand Hall, Liszt Academy, District VI
János Balázs plays nothing but Liszt all day in the Grand Hall, over three concerts that run from late morning to late evening. Each has its own ticket, so a single sitting is as welcome as the lot.
Photo: Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház 38. The Royal Ballet's Manon on screen at the Uránia
Sunday 8 November, 15:00
Uránia National Film Theatre, District VIII
Kenneth MacMillan's Manon from Covent Garden, in the Uránia's grand hall. It is a recording rather than a live relay, and runs 190 minutes with two intervals.
Photo: Müpa Budapest 39. The Klezmatics: We Were Made For These Times
Monday 9 November, 20:00 to 22:00
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa Budapest, District IX
The New York band that pulled klezmer into the present is forty this year and touring on an album of protest songs. Yiddish dance music with jazz, Latin, Balkan and punk worked into it.
Photo: Trafó House of Contemporary Arts 40. Josef Nadj: Dialogues in the Dream
10 to 11 November, 19:00, 60 minutes
Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Main Hall, District IX
Forty years into his career, the choreographer returns to Trafó with a duet in white masks and black hats, danced to John Cage's pieces for prepared piano. An hour in the Main Hall, marked English friendly.
Photo: Vígszínház 41. Vígszínház performances with English surtitles
3 October to 29 November, 19:00, except The Seagull on 17 October at 18:00, The Great Gatsby on 25 October at 14:30 and Pinocchio on 15 November at 17:00
Vígszínház and the Víg Szalon, District XIII
Fourteen performances across thirteen dates carry English surtitles, which is the easy way into a Hungarian repertory company. Pride and Prejudice, Chaplin's The Great Dictator, The Great Gatsby, Chekhov's The Seagull, the family musical Pinocchio and the song cycle Sommerreise are all marked for them.
Photo: Müpa Budapest 42. Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves celebrate John Coltrane
Thursday 12 November, 20:00 to 21:30
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa Budapest, District IX
Coltrane made one album with a singer, with Johnny Hartman in 1963. Marsalis's quartet and Dianne Reeves have recorded their own answer to it, and this is the world tour behind it.
Photo: A38 Hajó 43. Clan of Xymox and Selofan on the A38
Thursday 12 November, 20:00, gate opens at 19:00
A38 concert hall, by Petőfi Bridge, District XI
Four decades of darkwave from the Dutch band led by Ronny Moorings, with the Greek duo Selofan alongside them. Fekete Zaj hosts the night in the ship's concert hall.
Photo: Müpa Budapest 44. Birds on a Wire
Friday 13 November, 20:00 to 21:30
Festival Theatre, Müpa Budapest, District IX
A singer and a cellist who put Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and John Lennon next to Baroque music and Brazilian songs. Their first concert in Hungary.
Photo: A38 Hajó 45. Modestep on the A38
Friday 13 November, from 23:30
A38 concert hall, by Petőfi Bridge, District XI
Bass music played by a full live band, late on a Friday night in the ship's concert hall. Next Level bring the British group in on their biggest international tour so far.
Photo: Barba Negra 46. Hatebreed, Life of Agony and more at Barba Negra
Friday 13 November, doors 17:00
Barba Negra Red and Blue Stage, District XXI
Hatebreed top a bill that spreads over both of Barba Negra's rooms, with Life of Agony, Suffocation and Carnifex among the rest. Tickets are sold online only.
Photo: Müpa Budapest 47. Iván Fischer and Lisa Batiashvili
13 to 16 November, 19:45 on 13 November, 15:30 on 14 November, then 19:45 on 16 November
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa Budapest, District IX
Iván Fischer builds a concert around birdsong and the case for looking after the planet, and seats his orchestra beneath a large tree to make the point. Three performances, one of them a Saturday matinee.
Photo: MVM Dome 48. Thomas Anders at the MVM Dome
Saturday 14 November, 20:00
MVM Dome, Üllői út, District IX
The voice of Modern Talking plays his first full-length arena show in Hungary, running through the duo's hits and his own solo songs.
Photo: Barba Negra 49. Kamelot at Barba Negra
Saturday 14 November, doors 18:00
Barba Negra Red Stage, District XXI
Exit Eden and Temperance come with them, on a Saturday night H-Music, Rock1 and RTN Touring have booked together. The early bird tickets are gone and the VIP ones are limited.
Photo: Akvárium Klub 50. Ana Moura at the Akvárium Klub
Sunday 15 November, doors 19:00
Akvárium Klub Main Hall, Erzsébet tér, District V
The Portuguese fado singer plays a club concert with three musicians and two dancers. Fado taken a long way past the form she started in.
Photo: Verzió Film Festival 51. Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
16 to 25 November, times vary by screening; the opening film starts at 19:00
Toldi and Művész cinemas and other Budapest venues, plus eight cities beyond
More than eighty documentaries over ten days, opening at Trafó with Papa, a Hungarian film about a stubborn grandfather, his sons and the housing system. Screenings fill the Toldi and the Művész and reach eight cities beyond Budapest.
Photo: A38 Hajó 52. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets on the A38
Tuesday 17 November, 20:00, gate opens at 19:00
A38 concert hall, by Petőfi Bridge, District XI
Psych-rock from Perth in the ship's concert hall, on the tour behind the band's seventh album. Spiral Drive play the same night.
Photo: Müpa Budapest 53. Ballet Company of Győr: Nosferatu
17 to 18 November, 19:00 on both nights
Festival Theatre, Müpa Budapest, District IX
The Győr company turns Bram Stoker's gothic novel into dance, choreographed by László Velekei to a score assembled from existing music. Two nights in Müpa's Festival Theatre.
Photo: Barba Negra 54. Little Big at Barba Negra
Wednesday 18 November, doors 18:30, show from 20:00
Barba Negra Red Stage, District XXI
A single Budapest show in the venue's big room, billed as Little Big Live in Budapest. Tickets are sold online only, with nothing on the gate.
Photo: Trafó House of Contemporary Arts 55. dunaPart7, the Hungarian performing arts showcase
18 to 21 November, performances from early afternoon to late evening, times vary
Trafó House of Contemporary Arts and other venues across Budapest
Twenty-three Hungarian productions over four days, chosen by six curators to put the independent scene in front of visiting programmers. Selected performances are open to the public, eight of them in Trafó's own halls.
Photo: Barba Negra 56. Carpenter Brut and HEALTH at Barba Negra
Thursday 19 November, from 19:00
Barba Negra Red Stage, District XXI
Carpenter Brut and HEALTH share the night rather than one opening for the other, with VOWWS as special guest. Standing and balcony tickets are both limited.
Photo: Müpa Budapest 57. Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Saturday 21 November, 19:30 to 21:35
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa Budapest, District IX
Klaus Mäkelä makes his Budapest debut and brings Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with him. Dvořák's Seventh Symphony before the interval, Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle after it.
Photo: MVM Dome 58. Sarah Brightman: A Winter Symphony
Saturday 21 November, 19:30, gate opens at 18:00
MVM Dome, Üllői út, District IX
The soprano returns to Hungary after nine years with her Christmas show, A Winter Symphony, backed by an orchestra and a choir.
Photo: Barba Negra 59. Omah Lay at Barba Negra
Saturday 21 November, doors 19:00, show from 20:00
Barba Negra Red Stage, District XXI
One of the biggest names in afrobeats, in a room better known for metal. Tickets are standing, sold online only, with nothing on the gate.
Photo: Barba Negra 60. Eluveitie at Barba Negra
Sunday 22 November, doors 18:30
Barba Negra Red Stage, District XXI
The third European leg of the Ànv Rising tour, with Pain as special guests and Wolfheart in support. The early bird and VIP tickets have both gone.
Photo: Akvárium Klub 61. Eagle-Eye Cherry at the Akvárium Klub
Monday 23 November, doors 19:00
Akvárium Klub Main Hall, Erzsébet tér, District V
Save Tonight in the Akvárium's biggest room, and the Swedish songwriter's first headline show in Budapest. Hungary has only had a handful of chances at him.
Photo: Akvárium Klub 62. Kraak & Smaak at the Akvárium Klub
Saturday 28 November, doors 19:00
Akvárium Klub Small Hall, Erzsébet tér, District V
The Leiden outfit built their name on electronic disco, funk and indie, and they are out on a club tour behind a seventh album. Berenice van Leer and Ivar Vermeulen share the vocals.
Photo: Barba Negra 63. The Ocean, Psychonaut and The Devil's Trade at Barba Negra
Saturday 28 November, doors 18:30
Barba Negra Blue Stage, District XXI
Three bands on the smaller of Barba Negra's two stages, a Saturday night put together by the Fekete Zaj festival. Tickets are sold online only, with nothing on the gate.
Photo: Müpa Budapest 64. Savina Yannatou: Watersong
Sunday 29 November, 20:00 to 22:00
Festival Theatre, Müpa Budapest, District IX
Greek song and the wider Mediterranean repertoire, reworked by a singer who has covered everything from medieval song to improvisation. Yannatou brings her band Primavera en Salonico and the album that gives the concert its name.
Photo: Akvárium Klub 65. Secret Market Advent fair
Sunday 29 November, 10:00 to 18:00
Akvárium Bistro, Erzsébet tér, District V
The design market opens its Advent run, with Hungarian makers selling work you will not find in a souvenir shop. Free to walk in, and dogs are welcome.
Photo: Akvárium Klub 66. Macy Gray at the Akvárium Klub
Monday 30 November, doors 19:00, concert from 20:00
Akvárium Klub Main Hall, Erzsébet tér, District V
I Try and the rest of them, in the Akvárium's biggest room, on the Trouble With The Truth Tour. That rasp of a voice is the whole draw.