Szentendre Summer Festival and Theatre (Szentendrei Nyár Fesztivál és Teátrum)

With a history stretching back several decades, the Szentendre Summer Festival is a series of general art events.

Streets, squares, churches, gardens and courtyards all provide venues for theatre performances, concerts, films, exhibitions, traditional and children's events in this atmospheric little town. The series of events take place between the end of June and the end of August.

One of the summer festival's habitual series of programmes is the Szentendre Open-Air Theatre (Szentendrei Teátrum). One of the oldest summer theatres in Hungary, performances take place at three venues. Mainly classical plays are presented at the courtyard of the Baroque Town Hall (városház). An industrial heritage building, the Art Mill (MűvészetMalom) hosts contemporary works, and the Danube Shore Arts Centre (Dunaparti Művelődési Ház) stages comedies. The Theatre stages two or three new productions of its own every year as well as performances of musicals, drama and dance. Plays for children are held every Sunday morning.

The Jazz and Folk Evenings have also become regarded as a traditional component. Jazz musicians, representatives of world music and folk groups perform on Saturday nights in the garden of the Barcsay Museum. A large-scale event of the programme attracting many visitors is the Danube Promenade Jollities (Dunakorzó Vigasságok), a colourful cavalcade of folk art.