Unique evening concerts at the Budapest Zoo

These unmatched evening concerts include performances by Kátya Tompos, Péter Geszti, Gramophonia Hot Jazz Orchestra and Budapest Bar, plus many others. 

Budapest Klezmer Band

July 6, 2016 Wednesday 8:30pm (rain date: 07.07.2016)
Venue: Zoo Budapest, Main Entrace Square
Budapest Klezmer Band – Klezmer magic
Guest performer: Eszter Bíró
Known and loved across Europe and the United States, the Budapest Klezmer Band performs traditional Jewish music. The melodies they play come from various regions of Central Eastern Europe where the culture of Jewish music has deep roots. The band’s founder and leader, Ferenc „Fegya” Jávori was born in Mukacheve (Munkács) and received the Kossuth Prize for his achievements.

Kátya Tompos

July 13, 2016 Wednesday 20:30 (rain date: 07.14.2016)
Venue: Zoo Budapest, Great Lakeside
Kátya Tompos – Across Europe
Kátya Tompos graduated as a musical actress at the Hungarian Academy of Theatre and Film. In recent years, the audiencehad the chance to see her in many theatrical productions and movies. She is less well-known as a singer, even though she is skilled in jazz, pop, and world music.Kátya’s first solo album is titled Across Europe. Her concert is a magical journey from England to Russia with music sung in English, French, Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Russian – an exciting adventure in various musical genres from the East to the West.

Ági Szalóki

July 20, 2016 Wednesday 8:30pm (rain date: 07.21.2016)
Venue: Zoo Budapest, Great Lakeside
Ági Szalóki – The World Is But A Day
Ági Szalóki evokes Katalin Karády, Edith Piaf and Amália Rodrigues to sing what the divas knew about love, desire, pride, flirtation, sorrow and fulfillment. Ági Szalóki’s reworked songbook features bittersweet Hungarian swing hits from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, smouldering French chansons, and Portugese fado songs arranged by two extraordinary musician-composers, saxophonist Kristóf Bacsó and guitarist Gábor Juhász.

The Vujicsics Band

July 27, 2016 Wednesday 8:30pm (rain date: 07.28.2016)
Venue: Zoo Budapest, Great Lakeside
The Vujicsics Band with Ferenc Sebő – „Na kraj sela”

Awarded with the prestigious Kossuth Prize, the Vujicsics Band band cultivates folk traditions and presents the many hues of South Slavicmusic in its original form with traditional instruments and impeccable musicianship. Their career spans countless concerts both in Hungary and abroad. This evening is guaranteed to be another great concert where the more daring members of the audience may even start dancing. The special guest of the evening is Ferenc Sebő. Like Vujicsics, Sebő is a living legend, with a never-ending penchant for self-renewal.

Gramophonia Hot Jazz Orchestra

August 3, 2016 Wednesday 8:30pm (rain date: 08.04.2016)
Venue: Zoo Budapest, Main Entrace Square
Tamás Bényei and the Gramophonia Hot Jazz Orchestra – „I’m All For You”
Dance Show
A new orchestra in the Hungarian traditional jazz scene which covers the emblematic melodies of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s with a unique sense of style and expression. The remarkable and charming voice of lead singer Tamás complements the music perfectly. This evening promises to take the audience for a trip back in time to the golden days of jazz. The concert will be accompanied by a dance show to heighten the spectacle.