Veresegyház throws open its park gates from June to August for Mézesvölgyi Summer 2026, the biggest open‑air cross‑arts festival in Pest County. Expect hit plays, star actors, large‑scale concerts, and family shows that make summer nights louder, brighter, and a lot more fun for every generation. The festival hub is Búcsú tér, Veresegyház, 2112—yes, bring the kids, the grandparents, and your appetite for theater, music, and spectacle.
Where and when
Most events roll out on the Mézesvölgyi Open‑Air Stage through July and August 2026. Food and drink, local accommodations, and on‑site info points help keep the night smooth; the program is stacked, so pacing yourself is part of the game.
Comedy of whispers to rock‑opera thunder
July 3: Neil Simon’s Rumors (Pletykafészek) kicks things off with a two‑act farce. Sit back and watch gossip ricochet through the upper crust as a tangle of lies unravels at breakneck speed.
July 4: Stephen, the King (István, a király) roars in as a monumental anniversary concert. The most famous Hungarian rock opera arrives with star singer‑actors, the Crescendo Music Orchestra, and top‑tier lighting, visuals, animation, and pyrotechnics—plus moving set pieces that turn the stage into a living machine.
Youth, courage, and drumbeats
July 7 and 8: The Paul Street Boys (A Pál utcai fiúk) arrives in two versions across two nights. First, the team of László Dés, Péter Geszti, and Krisztián Grecsó reframes the classic as a clash among young men rather than children—sharper drama, today’s musical language, and an acoustic world animated live by the actors’ rhythm and creativity. Then a two‑act musical version lands the next evening, doubling down on the same raw energy, humor, and the novel’s cathartic punch.
Into the leaves, into the heart
July 12: The Jungle Book (A dzsungel könyve) brings Mowgli’s battles and search for belonging to life in a heart‑squeezing, heart‑warming family show about friendship and love beneath thick green canopies.
Say it loud: Menopause
July 15: Jeanie Linders’ Menopause The Musical stomps on taboos with big laughs and louder honesty. Everyone goes through it; this show sings, jokes, and winks its way through the change.
Rap, funk, pop—and a grin
July 19: Péter Geszti in concert. Stadium‑shaking Rapülők dance hits, Jazz+Az funk, Gringó Sztár flavors, and Létvágy pop sweets, served live with slick staging, quick wit, and unvarnished lyrics.
World premiere, bell ringing
July 21–22: You Rang, M’Lord? (Csengetett, Mylord?) premieres on stage in Veresegyház. The beloved TV characters step out of the screen for a summer night of nostalgia and new mischief on the open‑air boards.
Unexpected guest, escalating panic
July 26: Steven Moffat’s The Unfriend (Rém Rendes Vendég), in two acts. Peter and Debbie befriend an American widow, Elsa, on a cruise, exchange addresses, and later panic after Googling her. When she rings their bell, chaos ensues—amplified by a nosy neighbor and a sergeant. Fresh from London’s West End to the Játékszín Theatre in Budapest—and now to Veresegyház.
Fur, flings, and flying clothes
July 28: Not Now, Darling! (Ne most, Drágám!) fires up a farce in London’s swankiest fur salon. Love triangles, mink coats, scantily clad ladies, garments flying out windows—pure, unapologetic mayhem.
All swing, all grin
July 31: American Comedy (Amerikai komédia), a swing musical based on Károly Aszlányi’s 1930s play. Libretto and lyrics by Attila Lőrinczy, music by Bálint Bársony (Artisjus and Fonogram winner), directed by Károly Peller. It’s brisk, funny, and soaked in swing from overture to curtain call.
Stars under the stars
August 1: It Was Just a Dance (Csak egy tánc volt) – Pál Szécsi’s greatest songs bloom under the night sky with Zoltán Miller, Dénes Pál, Attila Serbán, and Sándor Nagy—proof that some voices move in and never leave the heart.
Poirot retires—sort of
August 5: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Az Ackroyd gyilkosság). Poirot seeks quiet in King’s Abbot—then two deaths upend his peace. Artúr Kálid plays Poirot; P. Szilveszter Szabó is Dr. James Sheppard in Agatha Christie’s clockwork classic.
Italian sunshine, Hungarian punchlines
August 7: Lovers of Ancona (Anconai szerelmesek), the endlessly reinvented musical comedy that blends Italian commedia dell’arte with Hungarian humor and the 1970s’ biggest Italian hits. It’s been one of the most‑played comedies on Hungarian stages for two decades—and for good reason.
August 11: Lovers of Ancona at Lake Balaton (Anconai szerelmesek a Balatonon) jumps to 1989. The old gang returns—grayer, rounder, still burning—to a SZOT resort run by Comrade Békés, chasing roots and rekindled loves. Bel canto rings out: Azzurro, Bella Ciao, Sono l’italiano…
Quimby, mess and magic
August 8: Quimby in concert, a marquee music night with the band’s singular sound and iconic tracks spilling across the lawn.
August 18: Beyond Smudge Hill? (Túl a Maszat-hegyen?) turns order and chaos on their heads. Andris Muhi heads out to save friends from the land of smudges, dusters, and extreme neat freaks. A glittering, tuneful family adventure where even vacuum cleaners may switch sides.
Do‑re‑mi meets a storm
August 22: The Sound of Music (A muzsika hangja). A novice turned governess brings song and sunshine to a widowed captain’s seven children as the 1930s darken; war intrudes, and the family must flee. Sweeping melodies, deep feeling, a story that clicks for every age.
Neoton nights and attic ghosts
August 26: A Beautiful Summer Day (Szép nyári nap) sets a 1970s youth work camp near the Yugoslav border to immortal Neoton hits—ABBA‑level ubiquity, Hungarian edition—with wry humor about a past we can now laugh at with abandon.
August 28: The Attic (A Padlás), half‑fairy tale, half‑musical, in two acts for ages 9 to 99. In a mysterious attic, spirits and humans meet to whisper about friendship, faith, and dreams. Humor, music, tenderness—an intergenerational favorite.
Operetta, rewoven
August 29: Not a Ragged Life – Re‑stitched (Nem rongyos élet – újravarrva), an operetta gala where last year’s promise gets overdelivered. Stage giants of spoken drama and the stars of operetta team up again to prove that Hungarian operetta—now an official national treasure—belongs to everyone. New faces, old favorites, same high‑octane csárdás under the open sky of Veresegyház.
