Bajai Halfőző Fesztivál - 2019
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Usually held around early July.
Based on 12 past editions
Event Details
- Date & Time
- July 11 - July 14, 2019
- Location
- Szentháromság tér (Holy Trinity Square), Baja, Baja, Hungary
About This Event
Baja calls itself the capital of halászlé, the paprika-red Danube fish soup, and the festival is the town's big summer gathering. Amateur cooks and teams set up cauldrons in the centre and stir the soup over open fire, with the main cooking day on the Saturday. Around the cooking there are concerts, markets and family programmes, and the entry to the town-centre part is free while some stage programmes at Petőfi Island need a ticket. It began as a one-off celebration of the town and has run every July since.
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Organizer
- Baja Marketing Kft. (managing director Bócsa Barnabás)
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Location
Szentháromság tér (Holy Trinity Square), Baja, Baja, Hungary
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What's on
The 24th festival, four days, Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 July 2019. Archbishop Balázs Bábel lit the symbolic fire under the cauldron on the stage. Music included Quimby, Ivan and the Parazol, Tankamara, Blahalouisiana, 30Y, Bad Times, the Csík Zenekar, Budapest Bár, Bye Alex and the Sleep, Honeybeast and the Bohémek; Majka closed on Petőfi Island on Sunday. Also an aquarium of Hungarian river fish, a Halfőzőfeszt DJ festival, fishing contest and a health-screening bus.
On the menu
- Bajai halászlé (Baja fish soup, carp, paprika, onion, served with gyufatészta pasta)