Region, alive

The Bakony-Balaton region: an unusual density of unexpected good things. A landscape in constant motion, where stories, destinies, hidden treasures and cultural wealth await visitors at every turn. By joining our programme, not only the well-known places but also the hitherto quieter villages are making their voices heard - putting their preservative traditions and future-shaping aspirations into a new and exciting perspective. 

The Lake Balaton shore, outside the peak tourist season, welcomes us as a meeting place and hidden backdrop for contemporary art; the villages of the Bakony are brought closer to us by unleashing the creative energies of local communities. The regional networks and cooperation based on authentic and recognised communities of interests and values, with a new approach, could be able to reposition the whole region beyond 2023, opening up new perspectives, and presenting a quality and vibrant cultural life with their own unique characteristics. 

Literature as an exercise in empathy, liberating classical and popular music, tradition-sensitive or radical fine arts, contemporary design, inventive gastronomy, cultural memory that shapes the present, an intelligent use of landscape - we could go on and on with the catchwords, themes and formats that will help the region to open up hitherto unknown dimensions of a Bakony-Balaton identity that is unique to us in 2023.