Spring Margo Literary Festival 2025
📚Three days, four stages, more than thirty programmes - literary anniversaries, new books, extraordinary programmes and artistic experiences on the Crystal Stage!
IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARIES
The festival celebrates with the authors the anniversaries of two influential books: the 20th anniversary of the publication of Péter Nádas' Parallel Stories and György Spiró's novel Captivity.
PREMIER
📖Eva Bánki, László Csabai, Kata Csordás, Orsolya Ecsédi, Emese Gyimesi, Florencia Horváth, Ádám Nádasdy, Gábor Németh, István P. Szathmáry, Róbert Csaba Szabó, Zsuzsa Selyem, Judit Szaniszló, Ábel Török.
A creative documentary about the life, work and creative world of Veronika Marék.
Schedule
EXCITING PROGRAMMES
Writers and visual artists join forces to reinterpret a 70-year-old tradition of slide film that spans generations. With János Háy, Rita Halász and János Lackfi.
The meeting of artificial intelligence and literature will be explored in two exciting programmes:
What happens when Aurél Zsombor Bíró, Ágota Benedek and the Kovács Twins enter into dialogue with AI? Readings and discussion with Anna Ott.
In our experimental programme "What was the poet thinking?", the man in the street, AI and the artists themselves - Hanna Cseri (cserihanna), Zsófi Kemény, Júlia Kustos and Gege - will share their own interpretations. The discussion will be moderated by Barna Turai.
In a joint programme with the Dumaszínház, we will find out how György Dragomán, Orsolya Karafiáth, Krisztián Marton and Márton Simon tell stories without paper. The host is Gergely Litkai.
MUSIC AND LITERATURE EVENING, CONCERT
🎤The festival will feature duo performances by Márton Agócs & Mihály Fejér from the band Aurevoir, Laci Sallai and Saya Noé from the Berlin Hotel Collective.
Piroska Molnár and Pál Mácsai will bring poems by Szilárd Borbély and Géza Röhrig, and we will also present a poetry performance from István Kemény's book Knight Dulcinea, performed by Noémi Noya Szántusz.
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📍LOCATION
We are waiting for you again this year at one of the most exciting locations on Margaret Island, the Crystal Stage.
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👟WORK
Arrive by bike, walk a few minutes from the Margaret Bridge, or hop on the bus 26 between Nyugati Pályaudvar and Göncz Árpád City Centre (get off at the Hajós Alfréd swimming pool stop)!
📖BUY A BOOK AND SIGN A BOOK
During the festival you can buy the books presented at Margo and other favourites and novelties at Bookline again. There will be book signings after the book launches, details of which will be available online and at the event.
💌TICKET INFORMATION
All Spring Margo events are free to attend, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating capacity at each venue is limited to varying degrees.
More information:
The programme is part of the Bartók Spring Festival, organised in cooperation with Müpa Budapest.
Bookline is the main sponsor of the event.
Other sponsors are Samsung.
Our media partner is Könyves Magazin.
Supported by the National Cultural Fund.
We reserve the right to change the programme!
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Kristály Cultural & Conference Venue
Budapest city’s newest cultural, gastro and community space was born in the heart of the Margaret-island which is located in the completely renovated building of the former mineral water bottler factory. It is a scene for exciting art cult productions (eg. theatre, dance, concert, children activities) for sports fans and people seeking health-conscious life. Kristály is an innovative, cool, informal place where you can build a community and which “connects and recreates people”.
