Events

The most successful Scandinavian vintage rock band after the turn of the century that reformed after a two-year pause Graveyard finally in Budapest! Presenting their album of return on their first visit to Hungary they'll show their outrageously kicking sound based in blues and psychedelia of the seventies along with a great support act the Bombus.

An amazing young, but already mature jazz singer Indigó performs with her great band on this night supported by the experts of multi-dimensional chill-out jazz, the Cymbal Rush who will take you directly to good mood.

The Hammond-based eight-piece band that mixes funk, soul and blues into murderous dancefloor music, Kéknyúl will give a great gig on this night where their support act will be a great young band transposing the greatest tunes by Zoltán Kodály into jazz.

Recognized guitarist and composer on the jazz, rock, pop and theatric scene János Bujdosó shows his more intimate and lyric side on this night with his trio. Their support act Kinetic Erotic is a new formation made up of some of the best art rock punk jazz musicians of Budapest.

The band melting together soul, bossanova and swing with dance electronika will present their third album titled The Pool on the Újbuda Jazz Festival at the A38 Ship.

On this night featuring the freshest and coolest music from Britain the best djs will present the true essence of the British Mood for great music.

Early afternoon chill out above the waves.

Effects and elements of break'n bossa, acid jazz, swing, meditation, improvisation and more by the excellent musicians of the Singas Project while the stunning voice, beauty and personality of Judie Jay will come backed by the music excellencies of the Huangarian electro scene.

Great singer, MC, bandleader Sena will replay her famous album titled First One with her band while the other main actor of the night will be the stunning personality of Yarah Bravo performing with her great Love Movement Band from Berlin.

No warmup. Raw Techno allnight long!!!

A great young illusionist will make you feel weird, full of magic, fun and entertainment with his spectacular show at the beautiful gallery of the Ship.

One of the most original representatives of European r'n'b-pop is Bulgarian artist DENA residinig for more than a decade in Berlin. A stunningly original and remarkable do it yourself attitude that has been developed into a high-end electropop her music has been praised into the sky by Pitchfork, Dazed & Confused or Fadeo: Dena is going to present her latest album early this autumn at the A38 Ship. Support will be by the great Passed band.

Seattle's most characteristic band, melting together grunge with classic rock and blues in their sound is the supergroup led by Jeff Angell, the Walking Papers, who'll perform in Budapest for the very first time.

Lola gig and TV-Recording in the Renewed Acoustics Serie at the A38 Ship Concert Hall! You can take part in a limited-capacity TV recording in order of registration which is free. All you have to do is to indicate your will to participate. We ask you to arrive half an hour before the start, so everyone can take their seats in time.

Xavier Rudd is one of Australia's most iconic voices. A multi-instrumentalist, surfer & activist, Xavier's ability to connect with people is astounding. His first time ever music and all-round performance in Hungary will include a special spirituality of stunning power.

Yes, there is life after In the Shadows - in the early 2000s The Rasmus attracted millions of young girls and after their performance on the Main Stage of Sziget Festival and several club gigs they'll hit the A38 Ship in Budapest next October 2018! In addition, the role of the party will not be nostalgic: their latest Dark Matters album was released in October 2017 that they promote on a multi-continental tour. They'll come back to Hungary six years after their last concert in Club 202 and its going to be huge.

Imitation's music is indietronica and art-pop somewhere in the triangle made up of James Blake - The Knife - Björk, where protest songs are just as easy to hear as personal and lyric pieces and bizarre role-songs. On this album-launch party their guests will be saxophonist Gergely Varga and dancer Milán Maurer.

The face behind the mask called SNTS remains a mistery, though everyone knows he is the king of night-dark bunker-techno spiced with ambient-carpets and many many more. He will open the new Technokunst serie with his live set. His support will be the great Isu & Dork from Budapest.

Gergely Álmos, one of the most talented and ever-renewing producers from Hungary will host the premiere of his newest audio-visual show at A38 Ship by the collaboration of his musical alterego, mius along with Attaray Visual. Lilly Among the Clouds is the next-big-thing in the sensitive German pop-music along with the most interesting Estonian electro-pop group, Girls in Pearls, formed by talented twins with beautiful voices.

Total Science (CIA Records - UK), Safire (Plasma Audio - AUS), DJ Ren (Budapest Jungle), Gamma (Dispatch)

After the Black Noise Festival, CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX in back in Hungary with a new album to hit the stoner prog, freak folk and psychedelic doom scene! Thr band that toured with Makó Dávid's solo project The Devil's Trade around EEurope will be in support along with bands Fotocrime and Swarm The Sun this time.

Dallos Bogi gig and TV-Recording in the Renewed Acoustics Serie at the A38 Ship Concert Hall! You can take part in a limited-capacity TV recording in order of registration which is free. All you have to do is to indicate your will to participate. We ask you to arrive half an hour before the start, so everyone can take their seats in time.

This concert had to be postponed to February 3rd 2019. All tickets purchased before are valid for this night. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for understanding. Probably the most important stoner club gig this autumn will be at the A38 Ship again, since John Garcia will finally bring his solo program abroard too. The voice of Kyuss, Unida, Vista Chino and the Hermano accompanied by The Band of Gold will present his latest album to his fans.

Pankastic! gig and TV-Recording in the Renewed Acoustics Serie at the A38 Ship Concert Hall! You can take part in a limited-capacity TV recording in order of registration which is free. All you have to do is to indicate your will to participate. We ask you to arrive half an hour before the start, so everyone can take their seats in time.

A young but already internationally acclaimed jazz pianist will take you onto a huge, multi-coloured, fascinating voyage with his trio through all colours of jazz and far beyond.

The world's most intensive post-rock band returns! Irish God Is An Astronaut will prove again, that the band of the Kinsella-twins still can't disappoint neither on recording nor live!

Contemporary pianist Chad Lawson arrives to Hungary for the first time to CAFe Budapest festival to present his new album, Re:piano, armed with his instrument and an iPad. As a Steinway & Sons endorser, he is on an important mission: to bring back the piano to the Spotify generation’s everyday life. This is how his new album came to life: in his layered classical arrangements, he strengthened his playing with effects coming from a tablet, which limited and broadened his creative possibilities at the same time.

Vaghy and Antekirtt will both give a taste of their upcoming records at the A38 exhibition space. 16 channels, interconnected music, keys, modern classics. The production on both sides of the playing field is a world in which they can not be called rivals in any sense, they rather help each other from one episode to another.

Legendary Norvegian black metal composer Hoest has already performed in Budapest with the Vulture Industries and the Gorgoroth, but not his own band Taake. On their huge 25th anniversary tour they'll finally reach Budapest for a great clubgig organised by the A38 Ship and the Planetnoir Industries. On the greatest autumn black metal club event the kicking supports acts will be the Bölzer and the One Tail One Head.

Nighttime background music at home, ground-up experience live: London-based VLMV arrives to A38 Ship Exhibition Space with their caressing ambient music on the 19th of October 2018. Their guest will be a Slovenian boy-girl duo, Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl. who play another interpretation of the style: their songs are more beat-driven, while VLMV is guaranteed to take you on a space-like journey of soft ambient and post-rock sounds.

True Budapest underground lyrics, beats, sounds and stories by a great band, that could be the Hungarian Tiger Lyllies.

A huge festivity of joy featuring the greatest hits from the eigthies up to now with lots of rap, r'n'b, hip-hop and more and beyond!

True Budapest underground lyrics, beats, sounds and stories by a great band, that could be the Hungarian Tiger Lyllies.

Caligula's Horse returns to Budapest after having supported Norvegian band Shining at the A38 Ship. This time they'll present their new album titled In Contact at Dürer Kert's room 041. Their support will be two bands that already gave great gigs at the A38 before.

Due to technical reasons we were made to postpone this concert for a day later.

This night features a Hungarian pop diva known for her strong songs that she plays on most of the greatest summer festivals. The support act will be the great Austrian dream-pop duo, the SFYA.

One of the best and hardest kicking bands on New York's metal scene will bring a true metal-punk festivity!

One of the greatest jazz to pop divas of Hungary will give a stunningly refined, pleasant and charming concert at the Ship.

Excellent, vibrant, thousand colour indie pop songs with folk influence featured by the Soulwave at their great concert.

One of the very first bands who melt together electronic party music with psychedelic, guitar-based rock. On this special album-release party of theirs there's going to be a huge flow!

A stunning and charming young singer, Darinka will perform her all-round program featuring many guest-star muscians and a great own song on this night.

"Last year we spent a week on the A38 and we're just missing you."

A large-scale charity concert with the help of the Autism Foundation.

A great young illusionist will make you feel weird, full of magic, fun and entertainment with his spectacular show at the beautiful gallery of the Ship.

After performing at the main stage of the Bánkitó Festival the great Fench cold wave band Rendez-vous will hit the stage of the A38 Ship with their debut album! Chosing their name after a Jean Michel Jarre album, the band that is known for its notorious shattering and dark textures will play a great gig supported by the Hungarian Black Bartók and Panel Surfers bands to bring you the perfect Halloween atmosphere.

The grandmaster of refined, elegant downtempo Doug Appling - known by his stage name Emancipator - performed on A38 Ship with his live set in 2016. Later he returned with his band, Emancipator Ensemble and received huge success. The line goes on with a concert of the Ensemble again this Fall, presenting Appling's new album, Baralku. The record - inspired by the ancient 'dead' island - uses lots of field recordings and motives of jazz, world and folk music. This takes a listener to a special 'back to the roots' journey, with transcendent and ethereal vibes that the Budapest crowd can enjoy on A38 Ship this October.

Cooh (BG), Switch Technique (PL), Migu, Backstab, Hated

The five-year old Galaxisok has been coming up with new albums every two years, but now they are breaking with the tradition since after their last February release Focipályákon sétálsz át éjszaka they are coming up with their new title Lehet, hogy rólad álmodtam, which will continue turning away from generation-campfire mood and might even get away from it forever. Benedek Szabó hung up the guitar, writing and playing all the tracks on the piano, and members of the band built a more beautiful and brutal accompaniment than ever before around the topics of dreams, war and love, half-hearted words, novel figures and surrealistic free associations. Support will come by the jazz-fusion jazz-rock band Das Trio.

The five-year old Galaxisok has been coming up with new albums every two years, but now they are breaking with the tradition since after their last February release Focipályákon sétálsz át éjszaka they are coming up with their new title Lehet, hogy rólad álmodtam, which will continue turning away from generation-campfire mood and might even get away from it forever. Benedek Szabó hung up the guitar, writing and playing all the tracks on the piano, and members of the band built a more beautiful and brutal accompaniment than ever before around the topics of dreams, war and love, half-hearted words, novel figures and surrealistic free associations.

A crazy, stunning, funny and rocking band that will represent a true slice of the classic Budapest rock night.

Wovenhand's stunning frontman, 16 Horsepower's former brain and face, bringing his joint production with Alexander Hacke composer, multimedia artist and legendary bass guitarist of Einstürzende Neubauten, who have both performed with their own formations at the ship, and this time with their new line up it will be the same way.

Since their formation in 2004 the band has gone through many changes, but one thing has remained constant, a spectacular live show which has thrilled audiences all the way from the youth clubs of Bergen to international crowds of over 50,000.

Great metal classics of Los Angeles are going to give a huge and kicking concert at the Ship.

Inspired by strong musical heroines including PJ Harvey, this band of Barcelona teens makes music that's both youthful and wise. They talk about the Catalonian rock scene, the impetus behind their song "Boys Are Cunts", and more.

One of the greatest successes of the last years in stoner rock is connected to a Ukranian power trio: Stoned Jesus has become an inevitable performer of the stoner-sludge-rock festivals and their upcoming fourth album will be released in September by the Napalm Records. This great band bringing a typically East-European sound featuring psychedelic flows and heights will present its new album titled Pilgrims at the A38 Ship where their support will be the young, powerful, also Ukranian Somali Yacht Club band.

After five long years the great ever-moving singer melting her jazzy minimalist vocals with elektonika background and refreshed by folklore Sophie Hunger returns! She will present her latest album written and recoreded in Berlin titled Molecules to her Budapest fans. Her support will be a great indie-pop duo, the Kliffs.

One of the greatest icons and songwriters of Norwegian Black Metal Ihsahn will stun Budapest with his new album and two great supporting acts!

The New York Times described him as a “dauntingly skilled trumpeter,” and the Chicago Tribune asserts that “his music crystallizes the hard-hitting, hard-swinging spirit of Chicago jazz.”

The New York Times described him as a “dauntingly skilled trumpeter,” and the Chicago Tribune asserts that “his music crystallizes the hard-hitting, hard-swinging spirit of Chicago jazz.”

The uniquely amazing Anna Calvi returns to the ship with her band to present their new fantastic album titled Hunger, which is going to be the top art-rock event of the year!

Only a year after their very first show in Hungary one of the most original productions on the black metal scene Zeal & Ardor return!

Eskimo Callboy (DE)

The dazzling Amsterdam-based shamanic modern voodoo blues trio My Baby finally returns to the boat. The shaman trio is like if screaming Jay Hawkins' I Put The Spell on You was made into a whole evening opera and party.

Great rock ballads and driving passionate songs by a young but already mature pop rock band Esti Kornél in double-night bill on a special occasion.

Swiss talents on the sidelines of an international career will fill the A38 Ship's exhibition room in November with a Hungarian support: the new-wave and electronica pop musician YES IM VERY TIRED NOW, and his compatriot WASSILY mixing floating synthesizers with sexy singing patterns supported by the hilarrious singer of numerous indie-pop songs OHNODY.

Great rock ballads and driving passionate songs by a young but already mature pop rock band Esti Kornél in double-night bill on a special occasion.

The most wanted selector of illegal raves has once already smashed Budapest and burnt it into flames of joy. Now he returns for an even bigger kick.

A great young illusionist will make you feel weird, full of magic, fun and entertainment with his spectacular show at the beautiful gallery of the Ship.

After a stunning full house gig at the A38 Ship the Iranian-born singer-songwriter from the Netherlands, who gave her own definition to modern pop music returns for another night of joy.

Barkóczi Noémi

Tsar B is the alias of Justine Bourgeus – operating from her homestudio in Belgium, she produces an eclectic mix of progressive r'n'b. Her inspiration comes from baroque music, ‘90s female-fronted R&B and artists like Björk, Grimes and Rihanna. With over 15 million organic streams to her name thanks to early tastemaker support (The Fader, Billboard, Dazed & Confused, i-D, NME, BBC Radio 1, etc) and a worldwide dance community embracing her songs (Escalate was featured on SYTYCD, over 1000 choreographies to her music), she is awaiting her coronation as alt pop’s next dominatrix.

This year is the 50th anniversary of MC5's first album Kick Out the Jams' release, which has become since one of the basic influences for all garage rock and punk bands so it really deserves all the celebration that Wayne Kramer guitarist-vocalist organises on this occasion.

One of the greatest acts on the scene of bombastic rockstar eletronica Glitch Mob returns after three years to Budapest. The producer trio from Los Angeles will perform and present its new album at the Akvárium Klub organised by the A38 Ship.

Special Providence has becone one of the most important bands on the progressive music scene, their concerts arund the world made them a highly respected actor on the European scene. They will give a high-fly concert this time above the waves. Support will come by the Angertea.

With their first full-length album We Bless This Mess led by Portuguese guitarist-violinist Nelson Graf Reis return to A38 Ship. This great guy moving in punk rock and folk/americana genres is an inescapable artistic phenomenon: besides music he skates and tattoos - although the latter is clear from the amount of ink used at his forehead...

On December 1st at the A38, we will not only celebrate Óriás' debut album Jön, on its 10th birthday, but it will be the only Óriás concert for more than half a year.

Scottish rock legend, that wrote itself into the history of rock with their fantastic album titled Hair of the Dog recorded and released in 1975 now on a great tour celebrating their 50th anniversary arrives to the Ship to give a memorable concert.

Fearless címmel áprilisban jelent meg a Firewind és ex-Ozzy gitáros Gus G. új szólóalbuma, amelynek turnéjával decemberben hozzánk is eljön. A Fearless dalai Dennis Ward basszerrel (Pink Cream 69, Unisonic) készültek, aki énekel is a nótákban, a dobos pedig Will Hunt az Evanescence-ből. A 2018-as lemezre több instrumentális dal került fel, mint Gus előző anyagaira, továbbá a trió a Dire Straits sikernótáját, a Money For Nothing-ot is feldolgozta. A koncert az A38 Hajón lesz, december 6-án.

Harcsa Veronika and Gyémánt Bálint will extend their duo on their upcoming third album with a Belgian rhythm section to be released in 2019. The new quartet will perform on this concert their new material and also older compositions in a new arramgement.

After taking the world of rock music by storm with last year's surprise hit »Amber Galactic«,which also got nominated for a Swedish Grammy in the process, and leaving people speechless after a breath-taking first European tour in November/December, Swedish classic/progressive rock supergroup The Night Flight Orchestra have completed the works on their impatiently awaited next album and will present it in Budapest at the A38 Ship.

Balkan Madness with a bit of electronic support, it is Shantel’s legendary Frankfurt-based Bucovina Club that returns to hit Budapest and present Kusturica's craziest disco partizans on a hilarious party.

Bea Palya and her band present the songs of her new album titled Hazatalálok (Finding My Way Home) at the A38 Ship.

The powerful ambassadors of Bosnian hiphop-reggae-rock-folk that was blended during the seege of the city and has matured into one of the best and most powerful, peace-oriented and social-critical acts of East Europe since return as funky pirates to the ship!

After 11 years one of the greatest European legends on the metalcore-scene Caliban returns to the A38 ship. This great band from Essen does not stay calm but refreshes its material from album to album and brings on tour their best and freshest musicians. They will be support by the excellent and powerful Lionheart.

Probably the most important stoner club gig this winter will be at the A38 Ship again, since John Garcia will finally bring his solo program abroard too. The voice of Kyuss, Unida, Vista Chino and the Hermano accompanied by The Band of Gold will present his latest album to his fans.

An achingly lovely exercise in vintage, chrome-plated, wood-paneled Americana - Daniel Knox live!

Electro Guzzi is one of the most exciting formations of contemporary techno who gained attention with their analogue instrument panel at the beginning of their career. This time the'll present their most intimate and darkest album ever. In addition to the usual line up of the trio Polybrass songs feature guests on reeds from The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Zeitraktzer and Sand, who will also be in Budapest with the band. Support will be by the Budapest based psychojazz quartet Freakin' Disco.

"The band is running on all cylinders and has never sounded better," says Palmer. "Fans can expect the biggest hits of ELP along with some of its epic pieces, all presented with a full visual element of special films created for the tour."

An old dream came true last year when we could see Haken live in Budapest, which we can again in 2019: one of the most innovative bands of the metal-scene will arrive on A38 again with its new album to be released in autumn! So we'll get thoroughly tuned on for new favorite songs live on February 28, 2019. What we can already know about the new album is that the band continues the capitalization of progressive traditions - Haken promises this time a smoother, more riffent album than ever before.

The largest success ever of Norway indie was the appearance of Madrugada in 1999. Their Joy Division-like dark boxing mood with a completely authentic Scandinavian ambient featured on their first album titled Industrial Silence was a shocking success. On the twentieth anniversary of the release of the album, Madrugada is launching a European tour after two full-length concerts in Oslo they will also play in Hungary. On March 2, A38 they'll launch a powerful rock-engraved show, featuring the backbone of their twenty-year core: Industrial Silence.

Folowing his sold out clubgig at the A38 and second huge gig at the Sziget Festival in March 2019 one of the most influential and successful producers on the synthwave scene Perturbator returns. With its completely new stage set and visuals this production is going to make its greatest performance so far in Budapest at the Akvárium NagyHall organised by the A38 Ship.

A contemporary composer-pianist, who has on Spotify more than 30 millions of listenings and whose songs are featured on 44000 playlists: James Heather is one of the most popular authors-performers of the online world of music. The latest discovery by Coldcut and Ninja Tune had his debut at Glastonbury festival where he accompanied Laura Marling and his conpositions brought him an enormous number of new fans. The first solo gig by James Heather in Hungary will be at the Ship.

Sweden's most kicking rock'n'roll/power pop band, the Royal Republic returns! Cutting riffs, drifting power, lunatic energy and tough precise ingenious attitude makes them brothers of The Hives or The Eagles Of Death Metal. Experience a perfect club-gig at the A38 Ship and let the good times roll!

Happy, melodic hardcore melted together with dub and explosive rock by great English and American gentlemen who will return and evoke again the Big Bang's bursting energies and incrazed joys in their powerful performance.

Have you played Max Payne 2? There you have probably heard the Poets of the Fall, whose hit Late Goodbye started their success story in 2005. The multiple top-listed Finnish poets will be premiering in Hungary in the spring of 2019, after having gained international success. Their Nickelback-like pop-rock hit melted together with heavy riffs here and a sensible heart there, will be presented on 25th April at A38 Ship's Concert Hall.