Leave the Capital for 2 days – Picnic on blanket at the City of Pécs.
Saturday – Sunday… June 1 – 2. 2024.
Cultural treats coming up outdoors in the park of Zsolnay Quarter at the City of Pécs. Feel the summer breeze along with the a bunch of enjoyable programs while sitting on picnic blankets! Highlights during the two-day program will be performed by Andrea Malek – Péter Máté, Artisjus and Emerton Award-winning singer-actress Soulistic formation combining jazz and Latin style with Hungarian folk music.
Featured (admission fee) programs:
Saturday – June 1st, singer Gabi Szűcs and actress Judit Schell, as well as the Gabi Szűcs Quintet, will host a musical theater evening titled Wives and Lovers. They tell and sing about famous artists and actresses, such as Marilyn Monroe and Katalin Karády. It will be about love, joy and
about sorrow, about women who are sometimes lovers, sometimes wives: in a complicated relationship with the beloved man.
Sunday -June 2, the concert by Eszter Horgas, Mariann Falusi and the ClassJazz Band is about cool kids who changed the world, including Freddie Mercury, John Lennon and Madonna.
For adults … The open-air concerts that take place during the day invite you on a 360-degree emotional journey with their diverse style and atmosphere. Ex Auro is a flamenco-world music fusion project based on the interaction between dance, piano and vocals Jorge Quesada (piano), Mária Keck (vocals, dance) and Petra Böröcz flamenco performed by a dancer. If you heard in the past or now-a-days not familiar with the Hungarian pop songs of the 90s can now hear them. Enjoy the Hiphop Boys concert when they mix the French swing style of the 30s, don’t miss the Creme de la pop concert! The Merry-Go-Round Duo plays sophisticated lounge music combined with evergreens or just today with hits. Their covers include songs by Gershwin, Michael Jackson and Bruno Mars. The Marcello and The Flaming Boppers concert conveys the feeling of rock’n’roll life through the greatest hits of the 50s and 60s; their repertoire includes songs by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. And the Blue Canarro Group sings about love: there will be Latin, bossanova, evergreen melodies and many happy-sad love songs.
In addition to the concerts, plenty programs will be to catch the eyes for the children. The factory visit at the Amalgam Collection site in Pécs, thematic guided walks, where you can learn about Miklós Zsolnay’s adventurous life and the secrets of the Zsolnay girls. Two outstanding talents of the Hungarian slam scene, Simon Marci and Zsófi Kemény, will hold a joint slam poetry performance. Éva Botos’s musical stand-up show titled “Slágerlista szötötö” can be heard, during which she is remembered by Generation X with her retro hits from the 80s and 90s and the funny stories associated with them.
adolescence full of mistakes.
Recommendation by Aggie Reiter
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