This year, the Eger Spring Festival once again welcomes the audience in the spirit of encounters and cultural diversity.

In March, Eger's cultural spaces will once again be filled with life: theatrical performances, classical and popular music concerts, fine arts and literary programs, alongside family-oriented events, offer meaningful recreation for all ages.

The goal of the festival is to provide a platform for local values, as well as nationally recognized and world-famous creators and artists, while transforming the encounter with culture into a community experience. The performances and accompanying programs do more than just entertain; they provoke thought, invite dialogue, and help us slow down amidst the rush of everyday life.

The Eger Spring Festival serves as a fitting overture to the city's 2026 cultural events: an opportunity to welcome spring together and gain insight into the captivating and sophisticated world of culture, in the spirit of the harmony of intellectual recreation and cultural enrichment.

EXHIBITION, FINE ARTS

ALL THREE | March 21, 2026 – May 24, 2026

Three world-famous artists who transformed the art of photography. André Kertész is the most successful. László Moholy-Nagy is the most valuable. Robert Capa is the most well-known. These three world-famous, Hungarian-born creators, who later moved abroad, are now arriving in Eger with special and significant photographic works. In the exhibition halls of the István Dobó Castle Museum's Sándor Ziffer Gallery—which once served as an Orthodox synagogue but was renovated by the municipal government and dedicated to public culture—the public can view unique artworks. The exhibition, which rightfully claims international attention, is realized in close cooperation with the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, alongside renowned private and public collections. / Detailed program

VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN IN TIME AND SPACE | March 25, 2026 – May 2, 2026

This international traveling exhibition is realized through the collaboration of art education institutions from four V4 universities. Featuring 120 posters and animations, the exhibition showcases selected works by instructors and students working in the field of design, providing insight into the latest trends in contemporary visual communication. The event aims to present current trends in visual communication and their practical application within the partner institutions, as well as to encourage social awareness and the strengthening of quality standards in this field. / Detailed program (HU) 

YOUNG PAINTING, SCULPTURE, GRAPHICS, BUDAPEST - EGER - PÉCS - 2026 | March 25, 2026 – May 2, 2026

Through this current exhibition, the art faculties and departments of the three institutions continue their multi-year collaboration, this time hosted by Eger, specifically in the new building of the Eszterházy Károly Catholic University’s Faculty of Art at 16 Széchenyi Street. The material from the exhibition presented last October at the M21 Gallery in the Zsolnay Quarter in Pécs has been rethought and rearranged, taking into account the different characteristics of the Eger venue. Independent of the institutions, thematic groups of artworks arranged according to a curatorial approach reflect on each other, presenting works that manifest various contemporary creative spirits and carry related content. The close installation of the objects helps to show and visualize the tendencies that occupy the future generation of artists. At the same time, working within the framework of Hungarian higher education, all three institutions attempt to preserve their own character and pass on to new generations the knowledge and experience related to the cultivation of these classical fine art fields. / Detailed program (HU)

THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES

THE SNOW IS BLOWING, or it’s easy for you Józsi Szarvas… | March 26, 2026

A sixty-year-old man stops for a moment and looks back to encounter himself. To encounter the little farm boy, the butcher's apprentice from Debrecen, the supporting actor of the Csokonai Theatre, the acting student coming and going on the "black train," the actor of the Vígszínház, Kaposvár, and then the new National Theatre, the master of the Tündérkert in Viszák and the Attila Kaszás Barn Theatre... He stops for a moment, then sets off and continues his journey. For example, with this performance. József Szarvas and László Bérczes co-authored a book titled It’s easy for you, Józsi Szarvas… The theatrical performance The Snow is Blowing was created based on the biographical novel published in the summer of 2018. / Detailed program (HU)

Zoltán Egressy: PORTUGAL | March 29, 2026 | SOLD OUT!

There are places where time stands still. People live in these places too, people like you or me. Time stands still in them. Of course, they have desires and dreams, yet somehow there is stagnation in the soul. Slipped, derailed lives lingering at the bottom of a pit. Without handholds. But deep down, in some hidden alley of the soul, a spark still flickers faintly. It is the spark of viability, the spark of solutions, the spark of dreams, the spark of yearning to escape, of setting off, of traveling away. We, the spectators, are not observers of the events, but participants, because sometimes we ourselves live in this stopped time, in this alcohol-fumed world, in the trap of our own helplessness... A performance by the Figura Studio Theatre from Gheorgheni. / Detailed program (HU)

CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERTS

CONCERT BY EMESE VÁRI-KOVÁCS AND KLÁRA BÁBEL | March 23, 2026

At the joint evening of harpist Klára Bábel and singer Emese Vári-Kovács, a rich repertoire spanning from the Baroque to Late Romanticism will resound, including performances of works by Handel, Mozart, Glinka, and Purcell. Program: Georg Friedrich Handel: Variations 5', G. F. Handel: Passacaglia 3', Mikhail Glinka: Variations on a Theme of Mozart 7', M. Glinka: Nocturne in E-flat major 5', W. A. Mozart: Sonata in C major Op. 16 - excerpt 5', Reinhold Glière: Impromptu 5', Henry Purcell: Music for a while 4', H. Purcell: Sweeter than roses 3'10", H. Purcell: What can we poor females do 1'30", Mozart: Dans un bois solitaire 3'20", Mozart: Oiseaux, si tous les ans 1'45", Mozart: Das Veilchen 2'30", R. Strauss: Die Nacht 3' / Detailed program

TIMELESS MASTERPIECES - CONCERT BY THE QUARTET OF THE FRANZ LISZT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | March 30, 2026

The recently 60-year-old Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra was formed in 1963 by graduating students of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Operating as Hungary's national orchestra, the ensemble plays a prominent role in our country's musical life, and over the past six decades, they have also gained significant international fame. Today, they are recognized worldwide as one of the most outstanding representatives of the chamber music genre due to their precision, genre versatility, and exceptional adaptability. Since their formation—under the leadership of Frigyes Sándor, then János Rolla, and since 2016 Péter Tfirst—they have visited more than fifty countries, performing at venues including Carnegie Hall in New York, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Sydney Opera House, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. They have not only been guests at world-famous concert halls but have also performed alongside such outstanding artists as Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Martha Argerich, Julia Fischer, Vadim Repin, András Schiff, Emmanuel Pahud, Vadim Gluzman, Denis Matsuev, Mischa Maisky, Maxim Vengerov, Ilya Gringolts, David Fray, Denis Bouriakov, Júlia Pusker, Gábor Boldoczki, and Gábor Takács-Nagy. From January 2020, world-famous cellist István Várdai joined as artistic director to participate in professional preparation and the development of artistic concepts. / Detailed program

FAMILY AND YOUTH PROGRAMS

BAMBI – premiere performance (puppet musical) | March 21, 2026

On a beautiful spring day, deep in the forest, the little fawn Bambi is born. With the help of his mother and friends, he discovers his environment, learns the important laws and dangers of life, while experiencing countless adventures. After losing his mother, his father, the Great Prince of the Forest, takes him in and teaches him for adult life... Felix Salten's tale is staged anew in two acts, with a magical visual world and catchy melodies, directed by Réka Szűcs, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the original premiere. / Detailed program (HU)

HANGADÓ JUNIOR & PERPIJAZZ – WHEN AND WHAT DO WE DANCE TO? (family concert) | March 28, 2026

Hangadó Junior is an original series by the House of Music Hungary, which has been a huge success since 2023. PerpiJazz debuted at the House of Music Hungary Showcase Festival in 2023, where they were winners in the children's concert category. It's no coincidence, as with their humor, smiles, and amazing musical skills, they captivate both the young and the older. Don't be afraid, no one has to dance against their will! In fact, those with two left feet are especially welcome. The host of the program is Feri Tarr, concert pedagogue of the House of Music, who is responsible for the good atmosphere and the appropriate standard. / Detailed program (HU)

MUSICAL LITERARY EVENING

DIALOGUE (PÁR-BESZÉD) | March 24, 2026
An evening with György Spiró and András Dés. An excellent writer and a fantastic musician. In terms of age, they represent 2 generations. We can hear their exciting literary-musical dialogue this evening. The writer tells stories and reads from writings he considers important and relevant, and the excellent percussionist continues the readings with music. During the prose, at appropriate dramaturgical points, the music sounds, emphasizing, underlining, or even counterpointing certain text sections. Thus, an arc, dramaturgy, and musical dramaturgy of the evening takes shape. / Detailed program (HU)

POPULAR MUSIC CONCERTS

PARNO GRASZT CONCERT | March 21, 2026

Parno Graszt arrives with immense energy, galloping on their white horse to bring the magic of authentic Romani music to the stage of the Eger Broadway Monkey. This evening will be a celebration of music, dance, and revelry, where every song and every rhythm is about good cheer, community, and the joy of life. / Detailed program (HU)

MILES DAVIS 100 TRIBUTE QUINTET | March 27, 2026

The formation created for the 100th anniversary of Miles Davis's birth does not merely pay tribute to one of jazz's greatest innovators but also rethinks his legacy from a new perspective: the production's concept is a contemporary, European articulation of the Miles Davis oeuvre. In their own artistic languages, the five exceptional musicians reflect on material drawn from different eras of the Davis repertoire, placing emphasis on collective improvisation, open forms, and present-tense sounding. The end result is not a reconstruction, but living, breathing music: the spirit of Miles reinterpreted in a contemporary European jazz context. / Detailed program