Enjoy the great wines on offer at the Budapest Wine Festival, one of the long-awaited events in Budapest in the autumn season. It is more than the Hungarian National Wine Festival as it often reaches out to other nations, featuring a guest country’s wine culture.

The Wine Festival takes place every year in September (but some of the past festivals took place in October), and features a fascinating Harvest Procession in the Buda Castle, besides the many concerts and performances to enjoy your wines better. The Wine & Sparkling Wine Festival venue is the grounds and courtyards of the scenic hilltop Buda Castle in Budapest, and is on the list of any wine lovers who like to taste Hungarian products (please see this Budapest Market Hall Tasting Tour with Wine Tasting too)

Wine Festival in 2026

September 9 – 12, 2026

Payment at the Festival: Festipay festival card (available on the spot against cash or bank card), or Mastercard PayPass/VISA PayWave contactless bank cards

Wine Festival Days – Opening Hours

Opening Hours of the Budapest Buda Castle Wine Festival days in 2026

September 9 (Wednesday)
3:00 PM – 12:00 AM

September 10 (Thursday)
3:00 PM – 12:00 AM

September 11 (Friday)
2:00 PM – 1:00 AM

September 12 (Saturday)
2:00 PM – 1:00 AM

Wine Festival Tickets

Prices in 2026: TBC

On the spot: TBC

Inclusions:

• • full day entry to the festival (wrist band entitling to multiple entries, come and go as you wish)1 Crystal Wine Tasting Glass1 free tasting at VinAgora Standno Budapest Cards are accepted during the festival, sorry

2026 Wine Festival – Good To Know
History Museum entry during the Festival
Purchasing a day ticket, or a four-day pass to the Wine Festival ensures free entry to the History Museum as well. If you would only like to visit the museum but not the festival, please do so by arriving from the direction of Várkert Bazár, avoiding the festival area.Purchasing a day ticket, or a four-day pass to the Wine Festival ensures free entry to the History Museum as well. The rules of the museum are also compulsory for the guests of the festival, so only empty wine glasses stored in the glass holder are allowed to enter the building. If you are only visiting the museum but not the festival, you can buy a ticket at the Baroque Gate or at the Visitors’ Point stand on Palotai Road, which will take you to the museum entrance via the festival site. Kindly note that the ticket entitles you to pass through the festival, not to stay around. After visiting the attraction – without a valid festival wristband – guests will be escorted out of the festival area.

National Gallery entry during the FestivalFrom 9 to 12 September 2026, the 35th Budapest Wine Festival will take place in some areas of Buda Castle (Fishing Children’s Terrace, Savoy Terrace, Hunyadi Courtyard, Lion’s Court, Csikós Courtyard). Those areas are only accessible with a valid wristband of the Wine Festival. Visitors to the Hungarian National Gallery can only enter and leave the building accompanied by a hostess. Visitors will be escorted in groups every quarter of an hour from the Hungarian National Gallery Visitors’ Point at the Baroque Gate to the main entrance of the Gallery, and then from the Gallery to the festival exit. Visitors in wheelchairs can approach the building from the Tabán lifts. More detailed information will be provided at the venue. Kindly note that the ticket entitles you to pass through the festival, not to stay around. After visiting the attraction – without a valid festival wristband – guests will be escorted out of the festival area.

St Stephens Hall entry during the FestivalPlease arrive either at the entrance of the festival at the Baroque gate or at the Visitors’ Point of the Budapest History Museum at the entrance to the Palota Road, no earlier than half an hour before the time indicated on the ticket for the Szent István hall. You can approach the Szent István hall through the festival area with the ticket you receive here. Kindly note that the ticket entitles you to pass through the festival, not to stay around. After visiting the attraction – without a valid festival wristband – guests will be escorted out of the festival area.

Guided Buda Castle District Tours during the FestivalIf you have booked a guided tour in the Buda Castle district, outside the buildings, the tour route will omit the courtyards occupied by the Wine Festival and will instead go on other routes and historical squares (e.g. by the presidential palace, Alexandar Palace, the upper station of the Funicular, Disz Square, the Fisherman’s Bastion, Matthias Church etc.) as these attractions are outside the perimeter of the festival area.Ten Tips for the Budapest Wine Festival