Editing Budapest (section)

=== Performing arts and festivals ===
{{Further|Music of Budapest}}
[[File:Sziget Magyar Dal.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sziget Festival]] Budapest. One of the largest music festivals in Europe provides a multicultural, diverse meeting point for locals and foreigners every year.]]

Several annual festivals take place in Budapest. The [[Sziget Festival]] is one of the largest outdoor music festival in Europe. The [[Budapest Spring Festival]] includes concerts at several venues across the city. The [[Café Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival]] (formerly the Budapest Autumn Festival) brings free music, dance, art, and other cultural events to the streets of the city. The Budapest Wine Festival and Budapest [[Pálinka]] Festival, occurring each May, are [[gastronomy]] festivals focusing on culinary pleasures. The [[Budapest Pride]] (or Budapest Pride Film and Cultural Festival) occurs annually across the city, and usually involves a parade on the Andrássy Avenue. Other festivals include the [[Budapest Fringe Festival]], which brings more than 500 artists in about 50 shows to produce a wide range of works in [[alternative theatre]], dance, music and comedy outside the mainstream. The [[LOW Festival]] is a contemporary cultural festival held in Hungary in the cities Budapest and Pécs from February until March; the name of the festival alludes to the [[Low Countries]], the region encompassing the Netherlands and Flanders. The Budapest Jewish Summer Festival, in late August, is one of the largest in Europe.

[[File:Fireworks in St. Stephen's Day.png|thumb|right|Festive fireworks of the [[Public holidays in Hungary|foundation of the Hungarian state]] on 20 August]]
There are many symphony orchestras in Budapest, with the [[Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra]] being the preeminent one. It was founded in 1853 by [[Ferenc Erkel]] and still presents regular concerts in the Hungarian State Opera House and [[National Theatre (Budapest)|National Theatre]]. Budapest also has one of the more active jazz scenes in Central Europe.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://foursquare.com/top-places/budapest/best-places-jazz-music |title=The 15 Best Places for Jazz Music in Budapest |publisher=Foursquare |access-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712055003/https://foursquare.com/top-places/budapest/best-places-jazz-music |archive-date=12 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The dance tradition of the Carpathian Basin is a unique area of the European dance culture, which is also a special transition between the Balkans and Western Europe regions. The city is home to several authentic [[Music of Budapest|Hungarian folk dance ensembles]] which range from small ensembles to professional troupes. Budapest is one of the few cities in the world with a high school for learning folk dance.