HUNGARY Jazz Clubs
BUDAPEST
A38 Music Club. Petöfi Bridge Buda side. Tel: (06 1) 464 39 40
Alcatraz. 1072 Nyár u. 1. Tel: 06/1-478-60-10. [Traditional Jazz every Wednesday]
Almárium Gasztro Jazz & Blues. Horánszky u. 5., Budapest. Tel: +36 20 928 9302 [Enjoy the amazing culinary pleasures,live jazz & blues music at the same time. Mon - Wed: 11:00 am - 11:00 pm. Thu: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm. Fri - Sat: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm]
Big Mambo. Maria utca 48. Tel: (361) 210 3436. [Open seven days a week]
BMC Opus Jazz Club. Mátyás utca 8 Tel: +36 1 216 7894 Fax:+36 1 216 7897 [Wide range of styles in jazz, plus additionally world music, singer/songwriter, indie. Two levels (Ground floor and basement), seats for cca 150. Stage in the basement. Open Mo-Sat 12:00-24:00. Live gigs: 4 days a week between Wednesday and Saturday. Additional gigs possible. Kitchen with hot meal.]
Budapest Jazz Forum. Erzsébet krt. 23. Tel: (361) 342 2461. [owner/manager: Laszlo Pataki. Mostly mainstream jazz. Live music each day at 21.00. Fine pizza and beer]
Budapest Jazz Club. Múzeum utca 7. [Kossuth Klub épülete] Tel: 267-2610 or 06 70 4139837
Kombó Jazz Klub. Gönczy Pál utca 6. Tel: +3612100902 [contact: Adam Boor. Enjoy the amazing hungarian beers, culinary pleasures and all kinds of live jazz & blues music at the same time. The club is open from Mon-Sat afternoon from 16.00 - 24.00 hours. Concerts at 20:00 hrs every Wednesday to Saturday.]
iF Cafe. Rady Street 19 budapest Tel: +3612990694 Fax: +3602990694 [contact: Gyorgy Hoffmann. Live jazz music 3-4 nights in a week. Duos and trios, best Hungarian musicians. International food. Contemporary art exhibitions. Terrace.]
Ladó Café. Dohány utca 50, 1074 Hungary. +36 70 350 3929 [contact: László Polgár. jazz concerts every evening from 20:00 till 22:00. We are located in the heart of the old jewish district in Dohány utca, close to the Grand Synagoge. We prepare the classic meals of the Hungarian cuisine, like the popular goulash soup, the little bit spicy vegetable ragout "Lecsó" and the city's popular "Budapest style beefsteak with goose liver". Beside the local dishes some lighter and international courses are also available, like salads and toasts.]
Old Man's Music Pub. Akácfa u. 13. Tel: (361) 322 7645. [Everyday at 9pm]
The Long Jazz Club. Dohány u.22-24. Tel: (361) 322-0006 [owner/manager: Andras Hosszu. Mostly mainstream and fusion jazz. Live music each day at 21.00.]
SZEKESFEHERVAR
Petofi Mozi Music Pub. Arany Janos Utca 22. Szekesfehervar. Tel: +36-22-950471 [contact: Tamas Voros. Our venue is in town of Szekesfehervar, placed in neighbourhood of beautiful historical downtown. The intention is to invite the hungarian jazz greats as well as to present to hungarian audience what is new on the worldwide avantgarde jazz and creative music scene. For the latest we have a special series of gigs called N.O.E.W.A. Jazz Workshop Series, for which I am the artistic director and manager. Very soon the N.O.E.W.A. shall have its own website with lots of information on musicians, the past and forthcoming gigs, as well as the latest news on jazz. Occasionally there are folk and world music performances.]