Current Exhibition Monthly Programme (pdf)

Sep/28

240'
MUSIC
Main Hall

UH Fest 2026 and Trafó presents

Leila Bordreuil (FR/US) - Kerosene Sneeze (BE/FR/UK) - Viktor Lois (HU/US)
Organized by UH Fest in collaboration with Trafó

Sep/27

60'
PERFORMANCE
Outside location, meeting point: Trafó

Rural–Urban Relations / Myriam Lefkowitz (FR)

Walk, Hands, Eyes (Budapest)
Walks start at: 13:00, 13:30, 15:00, 15:30, 17:00, 17:30

Sep/26

60'
PERFORMANCE
Outside location, meeting point: Trafó

Rural–Urban Relations / Myriam Lefkowitz (FR)

Walk, Hands, Eyes (Budapest)
Walks start at: 13:00, 13:30, 15:00, 15:30, 17:00, 17:30
9:00–23:00
PERFORMANCE BUS
Off-site locations, departure from Trafó

Rural–Urban Relations / PerformanceBus

Third trip – Let’s go to Lakitelek and Tiszazug!
PerformanceBus is back on the road in Trafó’s 2026/2027 season!

Sep/25

270'
Main Hall

Rural–Urban Relations / Burattino School – Szimfolk Music Workshop – Nóra Horváth & Balázs Oláh

Debate theater - Concert - BALL
On this day, youth workshops from different regions of Hungary come together at Trafó to discuss, make music, and open up their working methods to a wider audience.
60'
PERFORMANCE
Outside location, meeting point: Trafó

Rural–Urban Relations / Myriam Lefkowitz (FR)

Walk, Hands, Eyes (Budapest)
Walks start at: 14:00, 14:30, 16:00, 16:30, 18:00, 18:30

Sep/24

45'
Main Hall

Rural–Urban Relations / Péter Ajtai

Anthony Braxton in Győr
A concert-infused trip across different time periods, revolving around the story of Anthony Braxton’s 1982 concert in Győr and a legendary preserves exhibition.
25'
PERFORMANCE
Main Hall

Rural–Urban Relations / Csaba Molnár & Nicole Clore

HOME IS A DRAG
Nicole Clore visits Ragyolc, the village where her friend, mentee and long-term partner Csaba grew up. A meeting between a home, a village and a body.

Sep/20

45'
MUSIC
Main Hall

Rural–Urban Relations / Care Center (Éva Bárdits & Márton Bertók)

Becoming Peasant
It’s a rare treat to hear Éva Bárdits’ and Márton Bertók’s duo perform live: together they inhabit Iza Tarasewicz’s large-scale installation in Trafó’s Main Hall.
75'
PERFORMANCE
Main Hall

Rural–Urban Relations / József Mélyi & László Hevesi

Statue March - The Afterlives of János Szántó Kovács
Lecture performance with elements of prose, poetry, music and dance that traces the history and the afterlives of an almost forgotten social movement: agrarian socialism in Hungary. Only in Hungarian!
60'
PERFORMANCE
Outside location, meeting point: Trafó

Rural–Urban Relations / Myriam Lefkowitz (FR)

Walk, Hands, Eyes (Budapest)
Walks start at: 13:00, 13:30, 15:00, 15:30, 17:00, 17:30

Sep/19

Trafó Gallery, Main hall

Cooking Sections: the House that Pigs built

Conversation between Cooking Sections and Hannah Landecker
Conversation between Cooking Sections and historian and social scientist Hannah Landecker about their collaboration on the House that Pigs Built
240'
conversation
Main Hall

Rural-Urban Relations / Forces of Production

Landscape tasting and talk about rural–urban alliances
On the second day of the focus, we invite you to a discussion, forum, and ‘landscape tasting’.
Ongoing throughout focus events in the Main Hall.
VISUAL ARTS
Main Hall

Rural–Urban Relations / Iza Tarasewicz & Justyna Stasiowska (PL)

Revelation of Powers
Eastern European folklore, ears of wheat, peasant barricades, agricultural machinery freed from slavery—all of this in Trafó’s black and neat theater hall.
60'
PERFORMANCE
Outside location, meeting point: Trafó

Rural–Urban Relations / Myriam Lefkowitz (FR)

Walk, Hands, Eyes (Budapest)
Walks start at: 13:00, 13:30, 15:00, 15:30, 17:00, 17:30

Sep/18

60'
conversation
Main Hall

Rural–Urban Relations / Artist Talk with the participating artists

Iza Tarasewicz, Justyna Stasiowska, Cooking Sections, Csakoda group (Dominika Trapp, Márton Dés)
Following Iza Tarasewicz’s installation opening and Justyna Stasiowska’s sound performance, we invite you to an artist talk with all artists participating in the focus’ opening event.
15'
conversation
Main Hall

Rural–Urban Relations / Opening Speech

Adrienn Csepelyi
Author and journalist Adrienn Csepelyi will open the focus with a short speech, moving between rural and urban realities.
40'
VISUAL ARTS
Main Hall

Rural–Urban Relations / Iza Tarasewicz & Justyna Stasiowska (PL)

Revelation of Powers
Eastern European folklore, ears of wheat, peasant barricades, agricultural machinery freed from slavery—all of this in Trafó’s black and neat theater hall.
Trafó Gallery

Rural–Urban Relations / Cooking Sections

the House that Pigs built
The Cooking Sections exhibition invites us to reconsider our relationship with industrial livestock farming and pigs. Where does the pig end, and where do we begin?
Installation on view throughout the focus events.
VISUAL ARTS
Foyer

Rural–Urban Relations / Csakoda group

Csakoda Retrospective (2011–2017)
“Questioning existing structures and striving for independence are always relevant, regardless of the political situation or the prevailing public mood.” (Interview with Dominika Trapp)
Installation on view throughout the focus events.
Club

Rural–Urban Relations / Antje Schiffers & Thomas Sprenger (DE)

I like being a farmer and I would like to stay one
For 26 years, Antje Schiffers and Thomas Sprenger have engaged in a barter trade with farmers.
60'
PERFORMANCE
Outside location, meeting point: Trafó Cabin

Rural–Urban Relations / Myriam Lefkowitz (FR)

Walk, Hands, Eyes (Budapest)
Walks start at: 14:00, 14:30, 16:00, 16:30, 18:00, 18:30
Trafó & across the city and the country.

Focus: RURAL-URBAN RELATIONS

Two weekends of transdisciplinary art
How do the realities and life situations we encounter, the choices and opportunities available to us depend on where we live?

Sep/17

120'
WORKSHOP
Studio

Rural-Urban Relations / Open Studio

Led by Myriam Lefkowitz
Once a month, Trafó opens its Liliom Street dance studio to all those who love to move.

Sep/14

70'
THEATRE
Club

Gizella Gálhidy & Boglárka Ferenczy-Nagy

Liturgy
What does it mean to be a woman today, not only in this profession, but in this country, this society?

Sep/12



A meztelen igazság. Meddig mehetünk el a feltárulkozásban?
90'
DANCE, THEATRE
Main Hall

Marina Otero (AR/ES)

Kill Me
Five dancers on a mission to kill romantic love before it kills them

Sep/11

90'
Foyer

Trafó Season Opening Party

Latin American Cumbia Night
90'
DANCE, THEATRE
Main Hall

Marina Otero (AR/ES)

Kill Me
Five dancers on a mission to kill romantic love before it kills them. Argentine choreographer Marina Otero shows her internationally acclaimed work in Budapest for the first time!

Jun/12

Trafó Gallery

Andi Schmied: Asset Town

Guided tour with László Szily

Jun/06

Fórum a kortárs művészeti terület újraszervezéséről II.

„Ha csak rajtunk múlna”

May/31

180'
External location

Dávid Somló

Ritual Study #5: Refuge in the Masses
How can we form part of a community even if the others are strangers?

May/30

18:00-24:00
Main Hall

Anybody Walking x Kristóf Kelemen & Attila Lestyán x Trafó

Budapest is Burning kiki ball Trafó season finale
Be present as members of the Hungarian and international ballroom community set Budapest and the stage of Trafó House of Contemporary Arts ablaze!

May/29

~60'
DANCE
Main Hall

Viktor Szeri

Reigen
Encounters, fleeting visions, and mysterious bodies appear and disappear in the smoke.

May/28

60'
Előtér

 

Rudolf Lábán Award 2026
~60'
DANCE
Main Hall

Viktor Szeri

Reigen
Encounters, fleeting visions, and mysterious bodies appear and disappear in the smoke.
Club

A Lábán Rudolf-díj kuratóriuma bemutatja

Mi lesz veled kortárs tánc?
A 21. Lábán Rudolf-díj átadása kapcsán szakmai napot szervez a kuratórium a kortárs tánc jelenéről és jövőjéről.

May/26

60'
Foyer

Péter Halász Prize Award Ceremony

For the years 2022-2023 and 2024-2025
Újra kiosztja a Halász Péter-díjat a szakmai kuratórium! Visszamenőleg kétszer két díjat ítéltek oda a 2022–2023-as és 2024–2025-ös évekre.
85'
PERFORMANCE
Club

 

MAGICAL DEER and the gravity
What is home? And what does it mean to arrive?

May/25

100'
THEATRE
Studio

dollardaddy's – Emőke Kiss-Végh

About a Naughtiness
180'
Main Hall & External location

Open Studio

Led by Dorottya Szonja Koltay
Once a month, on Mondays, Trafó opens its Liliom Street dance studio to all those who love to move.

May/22

60'
DANCE
Main Hall

SUB.LAB.PRO / Magnus Westwell (SCO/UK)

Undertow
Magnus Westwell, the young Scottish talent of Sadler’s Wells, a key venue for contemporary dance in London, is arriving to create the SUB.LAB.PRO ensemble’s last choreography for this season.

May/21

60'
DANCE
Main Hall

SUB.LAB.PRO / Magnus Westwell (SCO/UK)

Undertow
Magnus Westwell, the young Scottish talent of Sadler’s Wells, a key venue for contemporary dance in London, is arriving to create the SUB.LAB.PRO ensemble’s last choreography for this season.
Trafó Gallery

Guided tour with Zoltán Pogátsa

May/20

120'
Cabin, Rooftop Terrace

Becoming CLIMAVORE / free balaton & Balaton Limnological Research Institute

Catch of the Day - Invasive Waters and Landscape Tasting
The season-closing, summer-opening edition of the programme series Becoming CLIMAVORE.

May/19

210’
Club

Tamás Dávid-Barrett

The Mourning of Patriarchy: Community HUMAN EXPERIMENT on Hungarian Men’s Day - role-play and discussion for men
Experience patriarchy on your own skin. Experience what it feels like to step out of it. Experience whether it is possible to step out of it at all.

May/18

75'
DANCE, THEATRE
Main Hall

Eisa Jocson - Venuri Perera (PH/LK/NL)

Magic Maids
A visually arresting performance, Magic Maids interconnects the figures of the witch and the maid, transforming the broom from a cleaning tool into a symbol of resistance.

May/17

75'
DANCE, THEATRE
Main Hall

Eisa Jocson - Venuri Perera (PH/LK/NL)

Magic Maids
A visually arresting performance, Magic Maids interconnects the figures of the witch and the maid, transforming the broom from a cleaning tool into a symbol of resistance.
Foyer

Különóra / Szili Noémi & Milánkovics Kinga

Mi az a gondoskodási válság? - A Magic Maids előadás kísérőeseménye
Bevezető a gondoskodási munka fogalmáról, értékéről a jelenlegi társadalomban, és hogy ez milyen hatással van a nők helyzetére.
120'
External location!

Boglárka Börcsök - Andreas Bolm - Orsolya Török-Illyés

SENSE INTO NONSENSE
„True death has to be earned with life – that is why I still live” E FvLH

May/16

120'
External location!

Boglárka Börcsök - Andreas Bolm - Orsolya Török-Illyés

SENSE INTO NONSENSE
„True death has to be earned with life – that is why I still live” E FvLH
9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
external location - departure from Trafó

PerformanceBus

First trip AGAIN - let’s go to Homokhátság!
We will revisit the first journey we made in October, with the same stops, but connected via a different dramaturgy!

May/15

120'
External location!

Boglárka Börcsök - Andreas Bolm - Orsolya Török-Illyés

SENSE INTO NONSENSE
„True death has to be earned with life – that is why I still live” E FvLH

May/14

120'
External location!

Boglárka Börcsök - Andreas Bolm - Orsolya Török-Illyés

SENSE INTO NONSENSE - PREMIERE
„True death has to be earned with life – that is why I still live” E FvLH

May/12

120'
THEATRE
Main Hall

dollardaddy’s / Emőke Kiss-Végh - Tamás Ördög

let’s go japan with the kids
In their latest performance, the founders of dollardaddy’s push at the boundaries between work and private life, as artists and as parents.

May/10

180'
Main Hall, Studio

Thought Generator - Emese Cuhorka - Zita Thury

Witch Party - Season finale of Witch Club
How are women’s bodies represented in theatrical spaces? And how do women relate to their own bodies today? More broadly: how, and in how many ways, can we connect with ourselves?

May/09

110'
THEATRE
Club

Orsolya Fodor - Péter Varsányi

Capitalism for Children
“The economy is too important to leave to the economists.” (Yanis Varoufakis)

May/08

Main Hall

FFS - FISE - FKSE - KIMDSZ

„Ha csak rajtunk múlna” – Fórum a kortárs művészeti terület újraszervezéséről
#kulturpolitika #forum #erdekkepviselet

May/07

90'
THEATRE
Main Hall

Szabó Veronika

Kingdom
"Why do we feel that our fathers did not love us enough?"

May/04

70'
DANCE
Cabin

Imre Vass

READING THE ROOM
"The 'room' is autonomous and erratic. Only the ones who are willing to step across the threshold and lean closer towards it will hear its message."
TRAFÓ KORTÁRS MŰVÉSZETEK HÁZA
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  • studio and club performance days: 5 pm - 7:30 pm
  • other weekdays: 4pm - 6 pm
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 4pm-7pm.
  • Performance days: 4pm-10pm.
  • Closed on Mondays.
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