Góbéfest is one of the largest celebrations of arts & culture from the Carpathian Basin in the United Kingdom. The festival brings authentic folk arts, music, dance, food and drink from the most diverse regions in Europe to the centre of Manchester. Now in it’s fourth year Góbéfest has a unique Transylvanian Sekler Hungarian (Székely) theme, unveiling the mysteries of this folkloric land laden with culture, music, history. The festival welcomes Hungarian, Romanian, Slovakian, Bulgarian, Polish artists and contributors, to name just a few.
Expect to hear a rich variety of live music from traditional Hungarian folk music to classical sounds, opera, operetta, folksy ska, rock, Balkan & Romani Music from Eastern Europe. The family activity tent will be running arts and music workshops, enchanting puppet shows, folk dance demonstrations.
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This year Góbéfest will be taking place in Autumn. We are looking forward to seeing you all on the 3,4,5th of September
• Romer Family
• Hungarian Choir of Great Britain
• Michael Cretu
• Folktone Band
• Rioghnach Connolly
+ More TBA
• Jonathan Ellis , Elizabeth Sillo & Richard Parry
• Hungarian Choir of Great Britain
• Ildiko Csige & Michael Billington
• YekDuy
• Folktone Band
• Community dance
+ more TBA
• Bercy Biro
• Foreign Accent
• MIRO
• Katy Carr
• Folktone Band
• Lazlo Baby
+ more TBA
Gobefest is made possible with the help of community and cultural funders; local national and international partnerships; sponsors and supporters listed below.
