5th Félúton Fesztivál és Halászléfőző Verseny - Kiskunhalas 2026
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Event Details
- Date & Time
- Saturday, April 11, 2026
Programme
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Hirling József Lovaspark
Fazekas Mihály utca, Kiskunhalas
Halászlé cooking competition (Baja, Szeged and other categories, blind jury tasting, best stand prize); all-day live music; well-known performers; freshly cooked fish soup on site and to take away; craft and vendors' fair; children's playground and fishing.
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egész napos
Live music all day
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Well-known performers
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Fish soup contest: teams cook carp fish soup in Baja, Szeged and other categories; jury blind tasting; separate prizes per category and a special prize for the most beautiful stand
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Craft and market stalls; playground and fishing for children
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About This Event
On 11 April 2026 the Félúton Fesztivál és Halászléfőző Verseny (Halfway Festival and Fish Soup Cooking Contest) is held for the fifth time in Kiskunhalas, hosted by the Hirling József Lovaspark. The event decides which fish soup (halászlé) is the tastiest: Szeged-style, Baja-style or one made to a team's own recipe. Teams cook carp fish soup and enter in Baja, Szeged and other fish soup categories; each category is awarded separately and there is a special prize for the most beautiful stand. The jury picks the best by blind tasting.
On the menu
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halászlé (szegedi)
By Competing teams
Szeged-style fish soup
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halászlé (bajai)
By Competing teams
Baja-style fish soup
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egyedi, saját recept szerinti halászlé
By Competing teams
Fish soup to the team's own recipe
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pontyhalászlé
Carp fish soup, freshly cooked, for eating on the spot and for take-away
Who's who
Taking part
- Competing teams Enter in Baja, Szeged and other fish soup categories
Also involved
- Hirling József Lovaspark Host venue
- Jury (zsűri) Chooses the best fish soup by blind tasting
Good to know
- Competition teams can enter in Baja, Szeged and other halászlé categories; each category is awarded separately, plus a special prize for the most beautiful stand.
- Freshly cooked halászlé available to eat on site and to take away.
- Freshly cooked fish soup for eating on the spot and for take-away.
- Children: playground and fishing.
- Tickets for festivals, concerts etc. on JEGYVASARLAS.HU (generic portal note; no price for this event stated).
- Team entries are invited in the Baja, Szeged and other fish soup categories.
Everything the announcement says
Every detail, as the festival announced it.
Félúton Fesztivál és Halászléfőző Verseny 2026, Kiskunhalas. 11 April 2026. Hirling József Lovaspark, Fazekas Mihály utca, Hungary.
On 11 April 2026 the Félúton Fesztivál and Fish Soup Cooking Contest is held for the fifth time in Kiskunhalas. The event is hosted by the Hirling József Lovaspark.
At the event it turns out which halászlé is the tastiest: the Szeged, the Baja or one made to an individual own recipe.
This year again many programmes await visitors: live music all day; well-known performers; freshly cooked fish soup for eating on the spot and to take away; craft and market stalls; playground and fishing for children.
In the contest the carp fish soup can be made Szeged-style, Baja-style or to an own recipe; teams are invited to enter in Baja, Szeged and other fish soup categories. All three categories are awarded separately and the most beautiful stand gets a special prize. At the gastronomic festival the jury chooses the best of the finished fish soups by blind tasting.
Tickets for festivals, concerts, sports events, spas, cultural and art programmes are available on JEGYVASARLAS.HU.
Fifth edition, per the listing. Categories: bajai, szegedi, egyéb halászlé.
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Location
Hirling József Lovaspark, Kiskunhalas, Fazekas Mihály utca 1./b, 6400, Hungary
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