From today: CAFe Budapest brings world-famous musicians to Hungary

According to Funzine, organized for the 27th time, this year’s CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival will be held between 5 and 21 October 2018. The 17-day long event series gives young talents and unconventional performances the opportunity to introduce themselves at 40 locations in the Hungarian capital city.

Venues and Artists

Islandic musical genius, Ólafur Arnalds is to perform tracks from his latest album, re:member at Müpa Budapest, while the band of Belgian jazz musician Nathan Daems and his bassist-composer colleague, Filip Vanderbrill, Black Flower will take the stage at Instant, a venue that recently joined the list of locations. Among others, Mongooz And The Magnet and the multi-instrumentalist Ibaaku from Senegal will all perform there, as well as Swing á la Django, Juli Horányi and Máriusz Fodor.

A38 Ship welcomes Chad Lawson, the composer who is known for his work on the iconic series The Walking Dead and the movie that scored an Oscar for Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant.

Girls in Pearls, the Estonian twins who are widely considered one of the most compelling pop formations of the Baltics, will deliver the best festival beats, and the German Lilly Among Clouds characterized by honest sensitivity will also hit the stage before Dóra Hegyi (Ohnody) and mïus join forces in a theatrical performance.

Akvárium Klub is a veteran when it comes to CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival.