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Start ushering in the New Year early – even before midday on New Year's Eve – and head to the races at Kincsem Park. Rock out at the Sziget Festival starting in early August, then gaze up over the Danube at zigzagging aeroplanes by day and lavish fireworks by night for St Stephen's Day. Wave goodbye to summer at the naughty Budapest Parade, a procession of groovy floats loaded to the gunnels with scantily clad babes on the last Saturday of August. Raise your glasses at the Royal Palace wine festival in September. Skate round the outdoor ice rink behind Heroes' Square to keep warm come winter.

Wagner in Budapest Festival

Jun 2012 (annual)

The season at Budapest's Palace of Arts (MÜPA) starts with Mahler under Iván Fischer, and ends with the Wagner in Budapest Festival, conducted by Iván's elder brother, Ádám. Now the Hungarian…

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