Budapest’s Gozsdu Courtyard to host street music festival

Budapest, May 24 (MTI) – Popular Budapest venue Gozsdu Courtyard (Gozsdu Udvar) is to hold a street music festival between May 30 and June 20, organisers told MTI.

Events will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Gozsdu. Lesser known Hungarian musicians are invited to compete for a prize of 500,000 forints (EUR 1,625), which will be awarded based on ‘likes’ received from the audience for their videos on Gozsdu Courtyard’s Facebook page, organisers said.

The final will be held on June 20.

Musicians of all genres including rock, electronic, hip-hop, classical or experimental music as well as DJs are invited to apply.

Gozsdu: where past and present meet

According to official website, the Gozsdu Courtyard is one of the most dynamically improving centres in the downtown of Budapest; it is a meeting point that combines entertainment, gastronomy and culture. The entertainment quarter is awaiting its guests with uniquely exciting programmes every day of the week. The Courtyard makes room for countless places, representing extraordinarystyles, thus providing colourful experience for all generations. As the entertainment centre of the downtown, it attracts more than 900,000 visiors per annum; due to its cosmopolitan nature it has become extremely popular between both the residents of Budapest and the tourists.