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 Plahouse where you can create wicker funnels and pinwheels, led by Zoltán Kovács
Fabatka Porta Folk Playground
The Trucka Pacur band presents a fabulous interactive children’s concert titled “St. George and the Almost-Dragon”
„Would You Like to See My Doll from Rákospalota ...” – a folk costume show about all kind of clothes with the courtesy of the Rákospalota Heritage Association
Gyöngyi Écsi: „The Water of Life” - puppet show
Dance of the Little Ones - lap games and dance lessons for children of all ages, with Andrea Szerényi, music played by Kristóf Gundy and Tamás Czirók
„Would You Like to See My Doll from Rákospalota ...” – a folk costume show about all kind of clothes with the courtesy of the Rákospalota Heritage Association
Klára Csernók and her band’s folk music concert, with a singing lessons and an instrument show