This year the Flower Carnival in Debrecen lasts from the 15th to the 20th of August. Here is the list of the programs with places, times, and ticket prices.
Every day:
from 8:30 am to 9:30 am
Baltazár Dezső Square
- TheVR carnival: Hungarian morning show live
from 3 pm
Kölcsey Center (Hunyadi Street 1-3)
- Playmobil exhibition: Playmobil is more than 50 years old (selfie points, giant Playmobil figures, and playhouse) Ticket: 1000 HUF, under the age of 3: free
Dósa nádor Square
- Community flower cart decoration: Join the Debrecen Flower Carnival community experience and let’s decorate Debrecen’s first community flower cart together!
Sunday (17th of August)
from 4 pm to 8 pm
Old Town Hall Courtyard (Piac Street 20)
- Galiba Children’s Festival: Between the 16th and 19th of August the Old Town Hall Courtyard will be transformed into a fairy tale:
4 – 4:30 pm Cradle game: promotes the importance of singing and lap games in early childhood, singing and rhyming, experiential doll play
4:30 – 5:50 pm Galiba Theater Company: King Matthias and the Truthful Shepherd of Cinkota – the troupe’s usual funny, modern, child- and parent-friendly performance style, with live music and singing in Hungarian
6 – 7 pm Mini The City is dancing
4 – 8 pm Craft workshops
from 5 pm
Méliusz Chapel (next to the entrance to Karakter Café)
- From soul to soul – guided musical prayer with Karolina Pálfi, pastor of the Great Church
from 6 pm
Dósa nádor Square
- Alma Együttes concert
from 7:30 pm to 9 pm
Kossuth Square
- NightRide 2025 (online registration is closed):
MEETING POINT: Debrecen, Kossuth Square, in front of the Great Church (access from Hatvan Street)
STARTING POINT: In front of the Great Church
START TIME: 8 pm
ROUTE: Kossuth Square – Kálvin Square – Péterfia Street – Simonyi Street – Pallagi Street – II. János Pál pápa Square (next to the Fog Theater)
From 7:30 pm – Gathering
7:30–7:50 pm – Csaba Vastag concert
7:50-8 pm – Cyclists line up
8 pm – Parade
From 8:15 pm – Arrival at II. János Pál pápa Square
8:30-8:45 p.m. – Sport Club “Ritmika” (Bulgaria)
Dósa nádor Square
- Ádám Szabó concert
9 pm
Kossuth Square
- Elvis show: A joint production by the Debrecen Big Band and Valcer Dance Studio.
Dósa nádor Square
- Rebeka Balogh concert
10 pm
Dósa nádor Square
- concert of Tamás Molnár, Artisjus, Fonogram, and Petőfi Music Award-winning composer
Nagyerdei park: Beer by Lake Stage
- Tom White & the Mad Circus
Monday (18th of August)
from 8 am to 11 pm
Piac Street
- Carnival week in the Small Church:
9 am – Continuous tower tours
4 pm – Alföldi „Witty” City Tour – Flower Carnival Special Edition: During the approximately 1.5-hour walk in the Small Church, city walkers can learn various interesting facts about the city and its inhabitants in Hungarian. Tour guide: Máté Horog, local history researcher, City-Legends.Com
6 pm – Fiori musicali – Musical Flowers: Early evening organ concert in the Small Church. Featuring: Dr. Dániel Sárosi, organist
7–11 pm – Nighttime Tower Tours – departing hourly with guided tours
Full-price day ticket: 2000 HUF
Student/senior day ticket: 1500 HUF
Family day ticket: 5000 HUF (2 adults and max. 3 children)
from 8 am to 10 pm
University of Debrecen (University Square 1)
- Hungarian Landscape – University of Debrecen Flower City: presenting the diversity and main characteristics of Hungarian garden culture. In addition to the gardens, the statues opposite the fountain building will also be decorated with flowers. The display can be viewed between August 18 and 22 in front of the main building of the University of Debrecen.
Composition designer: József Bíró, certified gardener
Contractor: UD Praktika Kft.
11 am
Kossuth Square Memorial Garden
- Flowers of Life in the Garden of Love: Photo exhibition by the Halmozottan Sérültek Hajdú-Bihar Megyei Szülőszövetsége (in English: Hajdú-Bihar County Association of Parents of Children with Multiple Disabilities)
from 4 pm to 8 pm
Old Town Hall Courtyard (Piac Street 20)
- Galiba Children’s Festival: Between the 16th and 19th of August the Old Town Hall Courtyard will be transformed into a fairy tale:
4 –4:30 pm Cradle games – promoting the importance of singing and lap games in early childhood, singing and rhyming, experiential doll play
5 –6 pm Dance house
6 –7 pm The city dances
4 – 8 pm Craft workshops
from 6 pm to 8 pm
Frida Café (Kossuth Street 8)
- Literature as an inner strength – flourishing even in stormy times: literary evening in Hungarian
Guests:
Réka Tenki – actress
Gyöngyi Porkoláb – literary scholar, expert on Magda Szabó
Ági Szabados – reading promoter, owner of Libertine Bookstores
from 7 pm to 9 pm
Kossuth Square
- Abrakazabra concert: Hungary’s most successful session band
9 pm
Kossuth Square
- Pély Barna 50: The singer-guitarist-songwriter, winner of the Péter Máté and Artisjus awards and recipient of the Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit, is celebrating his 50th birthday this year, and to mark the occasion, he is coming to Debrecen with a spectacular concert featuring his life’s work.
Dósa nádor Square
- Mad About Marilyn alternative rock concert
Nagyerdei park: Beer by Lake Stage
- concert of Tamás Molnár, Artisjus, Fonogram, and Petőfi Music Award-winning composer
from 10 pm to 11:30 pm
Dósa nádor Square
- Tom White & the Mad Circus concert
- SunCity Brass concert combining traditional wind instruments with electronic music styles.
11 pm
Nagyerdei park: Beer by Lake Stage
- Olivér Bíró pop punk concert
Have fun!