Pumpkin Festival in Budapest’s City Park: 23–25 October 2026
Looking for a family-friendly autumn activity during your Budapest visit? The City Park Pumpkin Festival returns to the City Park Ice Rink and Boating Lake from Friday, 23 October, to Sunday, 25 October 2026. This is the second of three festival weekends, with pumpkin activities, live entertainment and an amusement park planned for the venue.
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Families can get hands-on with pumpkin carving and painting or watch a pumpkin-carving artist at work. Across the festival, organisers also promise children’s performers, family concerts, DJs and other musical programmes. The performer lineup and daily timetable have not yet been announced, so the exact programme for this weekend remains to be confirmed.
You can also expect autumn decorations throughout the venue, including pumpkins, straw bales, lights and photo spots. For visitors who do not speak Hungarian, the creative activities and visual displays offer plenty to enjoy without following a spoken performance.
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Planning Your Visit
The festival takes place at the City Park Ice Rink and Boating Lake. Daily opening hours and ticket details for 23–25 October have not been included in the information available so far, so it is worth checking the latest announcement before setting out.
This weekend falls between the festival’s opening dates of 17–18 October and its Halloween-themed finale on 31 October–1 November. If you are travelling with children and would prefer pumpkins and autumn activities to spooky surprises, the middle weekend may be the one to watch as more programme details are released.
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