It is our great pleasure that the international flurry of the Danube Carnival, with a history of three decades, can whirl the audience with its unique and colourful cavalcade this year again. The Carnival is a unique colour patch in the cultural life of Budapest that, while incorporating our homeland’s rich folk dance and music heritage, also brings the most different types of folklore traditions from around the world. This year we evoke the original carnival vibe to several points of Budapest with the help of national ensembles and music bands as well as guest performers from abroad. Adult, youth and children groups will all represent the professional, traditional and amateur folkdance movements.

The Jubilee Gala performance on the Margaret Island Open-Air Stage will crown the programme series,
which will pay tribute to the past three decades with a selection of the most memorable scenes of the history of the Danube Carnival. The fruit of this artistic collaboration is a unique, exhilarating production
with the title, Golden Times, which will be put on stage on the occasion of our 30th anniversary, featuring the FolKid Festival's talented children and youth groups, the Duna Art Ensemble and the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble.