Visitors can enjoy craft shows, folk puppet theater, children’s dance lessons and concerts, book sales, and the Fabatka Porta folk playground.
At the Festival of Folk Arts, folk crafts also feature prominently in the Hungarian Heritage House’s program lineup, as a full-day folk playhouse awaits those who visit our courtyard. At the craft tables, under the guidance of the institution’s excellent instructors and with the participation and assistance of the current students, visitors can create exciting crafts from 10 am to 7 pm. You can make wreaths with woven reeds, felted earrings, necklaces, and bracelets; woven bracelets; small pouches woven on a cord loom; and pinwheels and funnels made from willow twigs.

In addition, on all four days from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm and then from 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm, the richness of traditional folk costumes will be on full display, as we can watch wonderful costume shows and marvel at the diversity of our folk culture.

The program offers a variety of activities, including storytime concerts for kids, a folk puppet shows, a children’s dance workshops, folk music concerts, singing lessons, and instrument shows.
Detailed daily itineraries
Folk Playhouse where you can create felt bracelets, necklaces, and earrings, led by Bea Németh
Fabatka Porta Folk Playground
Szilvia Bognár: ”Little Sheet, Little Pillow” - interactive family concert
“To the Jászberény Inn...” – a folk costume show presented by the Jászság Folk Art Workshop Association, in collaboration with Viganó AMI
Álomzug Association: „The Magic Fish, or The Old Fisherman and His Ambitious Wife” - puppet show
Dance of the Little Ones - lap games and dance lessons for children of all ages with Zsuzsanna Kovács, music played by the Aranyalma duo
“To the Jászberény Inn...” – a folk costume show presented by the Jászság Folk Art Workshop Association, in collaboration with Viganó AMI
ViGaD Ensemble’s folk music concert and instrument show