Bajai Halfőző Fesztivál - 2025
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Usually held around early July.
Based on 12 past editions
Event Details
- Date & Time
- July 09 - July 12, 2025
- 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
- City of Baja (free square programme, fire at 19:00) and Music Production Kft. (ticketed Petőfi Island festival)
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Location
Szentháromság tér (Holy Trinity Square), Baja, Baja, Hungary
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What's on
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The 28th festival: Thursday 10 July (folk dance gala) to Saturday 12 July 2025 on the square, with the ticketed island DJ festival 11-13 July (some listings give 9-12 July). Free square concerts on Saturday 12 July: gala at 18:00, Blahalouisiana, Budapest Bár, Boban Marković Orkestar and Veracruz; Friday had a 'Rock legends' night. Island line-up included Bagossy Brothers Company, Follow the Flow, Groove Coverage and Willy William, and the DJ poster headlined Enrico Sangiuliano and Matt Sassari. Fireworks were moved to 19:00 for animal welfare.
On the menu
- Bajai halászlé (Baja fish soup, carp, paprika, onion, served with gyufatészta pasta)