30th anniversary Bajai Halászléfőző Népünnepély (29th edition) - 2026
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Usually held around early July.
Based on 12 past editions
Event Details
- Date & Time
- July 09 - July 11, 2026
- 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
- Bajai Imázs Kft. (city) and Thomas-Land Kft.; island festival by Music Production Kft.
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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 30th anniversary of the first cooking day, run by the city under the original name 'Bajai Halászléfőző Népünnepély' on Holy Trinity Square (cooking, free stages) with the ticketed Petőfi Island festival alongside. Thursday 9 July: Felső-Bácska folk dance gala and a csárdás Guinness-record attempt, then Besh o droM; Friday: Baja Város Bora 2026 award, StabilFrazír, Honeybeast; Saturday 11 July: opening and fire lighting at 18:45, Deák Bill Gyula, Tankcsapda and Budapest Show Band, with fireworks and Greek fire to close. Island: Azahriah, Valmar, T. Danny, Horváth Tamás, Kowalsky meg a Vega, plus the Zuma 360 DJ festival. A jubilee photo exhibition was shown. The city closed with the line 'only 363 more sleeps until the next one'.
On the menu
- Bajai halászlé (Baja fish soup, carp, paprika, onion, served with gyufatészta pasta)