Last Updated on 26 August 2025 by ZoliBP
Taste Great Beers by Large Beer Makers, and Smaller Artisan Breweries!
Date: September 02 – 07, 2025
Location: Szabadság tér/Liberty Square, Budapest 1054, Downtown
The Beer Festival in Szabadság Square and the other, smaller festivals (Belgian Beer Festival, Czech Beer Festival) offer opportunity for beer lovers to taste the best beers made in Hungary.
Besides wine celebrated on the numerous wine festivals organized in Budapest throughout the year, beer, especially specialty beer made by small, craft breweries, has become more and more popular in recent years.
This year the downtown beer fest will be 6 days long, between September 02 – 07.
Must-Try Funy Beer Programs – Beer Spa Experiences 🍺🍻😜
LUKÁCS BATH Enjoy an entire soak session, complete with unlimited beer on tap, where the dry ingredients of beer (hops, malt, and beer salt) are mixed with fresh thermal waters. |  | 45 minutes | 84 EUR | |
SZECHENYI BATH You’ll receive tickets for a soaking session at the city’s thermal beer spa, where you can relax in thermal water dosed with hops, yeast, and other beer ingredients, all while enjoying unlimited mugs of beer. The package also includes full-day tickets to the city’s famed Széchenyi |  | 1 – 4 Hours | 133 EUR |
- Taste Great Beers by Large Beer Makers, and Smaller Artisan Breweries!
- Must-Try Funy Beer Programs – Beer Spa Experiences 🍺🍻😜
- Beer Festival On Liberty Square/City Center – Details
- Getting There
- 🕘 Opening Hours in 2025
- 🤔 Why Should You Go?
- Programs At The Downtown Beer Festival
- 💲 Tasting, Prices at the Downtown Budapest Beer Festival
- 🍻 Beers You Can Taste On The Festival:
- 🍴 Food On The Festival
- Other Beer Festivals in Budapest:
- ❔ FAQ – Downtown Budapest beer Festival
Beer Festival On Liberty Square/City Center – Details
Location:
- Szabadság tér/Liberty Square,Budapest 1054 district V. (View on Map)
A nice downtown square and park – in the vicinity of the Parliament on Kossuth Square – that you can conveniently get to from every part of the city.
Getting There
You can easily get to the the festival venue either on foot or using the following public transport services:
- Tram 2: Kossuth tér, M2 metro (red line) Kossuth tér station
- M3 metro (blue line): Arany János utca station
- Trolley bus No. 78: Kossuth Lajos tér stop
- Buses No. 15, 115: Hold utca/Széchenyi utca stop
Tickets:
- Entry to the festival and concerts is free.
- To drink beer you have to buy the festival glass though.
- Premium tasting glass: 4 250 HUF, Exclusive glass: 5 999 HUF
- To attend some of the special events of the festival you have to buy a ticket (Barrel-aged Beer Tasting, Cheese Tasting, Rum Tasting See more about these programs here!
🕘 Opening Hours in 2025
- Tuesday – Wednesday: 12.00 – 00.00
- Thursday- Saturday: 12.00 – 02.00 am
- Sunday: 12.00 – 00.00
🤔 Why Should You Go?
Szabadság tér/Liberty Square a, lovely, spacious park in downtown Budapest, hosts the beer festival.
The venue is centrally located in close vicinity to countless attractions, like the Parliament, St. Stephen’s Basilica or the riverbank.
Just take a stroll taking in all the the downtown offers and then have a rest at the beer festival. Chill with a nice cold, local craft brew and street food under the canopy of stately sycamore trees.
The weather at this time of the year is still sunny and warm, ideal for an outdoor festival such as this.
- 250 beer specialties: local, import and craft brews
- 2 dl tasting option
- New beers that can be first tasted on the festival
- Food trucks and street food including typical Hungarian fare like lángos, the round deep-fried savoury pastry.
- Concerts in the evenings
- Laid-back, picnic atmosphere awaits you over the first week of September 2025.
TIP: No worries if you don’t like beer, a good choice of quality wines will also be available not to mention other drinks like spritzers, soda drinks, coffee/iced coffee if it’s still hot.
Not to mention the tasty food offer: BBQ, burgers, Mexican fast food, pizza, Fish & Chips.
Programs At The Downtown Beer Festival
No doubt beer is in the limelight of the festival, but a series of great programs offer a wonderful time for all ages.
40 musical bands give concerts during the six day event.
The tasting expert of the Dreher Beer Factory lets you in the secrets of beer tasting and professional tapping.
You can also try your hand at tapping at the Soproni Brewery’s stand.
The HB beer group recreates Bavarian beer drinking atmosphere.
The Heineken and Soproni Breweries will introduce the process of beer making.
Barrel-Aged Beer Tasting, September 02, Wednesday 17.00 – 18.00
You’ll sample four different barrel-aged beers while discussing the aging process, the brewery’s history, and the specific beers you’re tasting.
To attend, simply purchase a ticket and present your order ID or name at the door.
Entry to the barrel-Aged Beer Tasting:
- 8 000 HUF (You can buy it at the organiser’s website)
🧀 Cheese & Beer Tasting Event, September 06, Saturday 17.00-18.00
We highly recommend the Cheese and Beer Tasting event on Saturday starting at 17.00/5 PM.
You will learn directly from passionate cheesemakers about
- how their cheeses are made,
- used, and, most importantly,
- which of our craft beers pair best with them.
Your hosts will be Zoltán Tim, a board member of the Hungarian Cheesemakers Association, and an employee from FIRST Craft Beer, who will share insider stories about the beers.
Please note: This event requires advance registration by purchasing a ticket, and space is limited.
Entry to the Cheese & Beer Tasting:
- 7 000 HUF (You can buy it at the organiser’s website)
Premium Rum Tasting, September 07, Sunday, 17.00-18.00
If you’re happen to be a rum afficionado then you must join this event. You’ll explore six exceptional rums, each with a unique story, tradition, and flavor profile.
The 6 Rums You’ll Sample:
- Botran 18 (Guatemala): A silky and sweet rum with notes of dark chocolate and dried fruit.
- Rum Nation Demerara (British Guyana): A rich, dark, and complex rum blending molasses with spicy, herbal notes.
- Baie des Trésors Karakoli (Martinique): An elegant, fresh rum with tropical fruit, spice, and balsamic notes.
- Cihuatán Alux (El Salvador): A warm, spicy, and creamy rum with flavors of toasted corn, chocolate, and exotic spices.
- Warehouse No. 1 TECA (Jamaica): A bold, fruity, and spicy rum that captures the wild spirit of Jamaica.
- Nativo Overproof (Panama) + First Belgian Cherry Beer: An intense, dark, and rich rum paired with a refreshing cherry beer for a unique twist.
Entry to the Rum Tasting:
- 9 990 HUF (You can buy it at the organiser’s website)
💲 Tasting, Prices at the Downtown Budapest Beer Festival
You can taste beers from a glass that you buy at the festival venue. Two types of glasses are available:
- Premium glass (0.3 L): 4 250 HUF,
- Exclusive glass (0.3 L): 5 999 HUF.
A mug of beer will cost around 2 000 – 3 500 HUF depending on beer type.
There will be 0.2 L glasses available for those who want to have a couple of beers without getting drunk.
🍻 Beers You Can Taste On The Festival:
Close to 250 beers can be sampled during the 6-day festival on Szabadság Square near the Parliament.
The beer specialties of the largest breweries in Hungary: Dreher, Heineken, and the Pécsi Sörfőzde will be available, but many small, craft breweries will also be represented.
Some of the specialties that offer a unique beer experience are:
- Elixir 18, Cherry and Dark Chocolate Beers by the Gyertyános Brewery in Miskolc
- Elder flower and Ginger Beer by the Brandecker Beer House
- Cingulus Porter, Millet, and Sour Cherry Cognac Beer by the Rizmajer Brewery
- Bitter Honey (Keserű Méz) unfiltered brew by the Fóti Craft Brewery
- a range of Czech beers
- a wide variety of Belgian beers (Floris Fraise – strawberry wheat beer, Floris Kriek sour cherry wheat beer, Corsendonk Agnus, Corsendonk Pater, Cuvée des Trolls, La Trappe Dubbel etc.)
- Stari Irish Red, Stari Sour Cherry and Stari Unfiltered Brew
- Kissler Holló dark beer, Kissler Ősforrás, Kissler beer distillate
If you don’t like beer you can quench your thirst with cider offered in a special place called Ciderliget, dedicated exclusively to this drink. Visit the event’s site for mor einformation.
🍴 Food On The Festival
After a a couple of beers eveyone needs something to eat….No worries a good number of street food trucks will be present at Szabadság Square:
- Kővári Grill – all sorts of gilled meats and sausages
- Zabálj Csak! BBQ
- Mexikói Food Truck
- Nemo Fish&Chips& Seafood Truck
- Kanálgép
- PizzaMe – pizza by the slice
- Vitéz Kürtös – the iconic pastry of Hungary, Chimney cake/kürtös kalács
- Happy Churros
- Házi Sajtok, Szarvaskolbász és Liba Tepertő – Artisan Cheese, venison Sausage & Goose Crackling
More info about the Beer Festival at Liberty Sqr.: official website
👉 Find out about other September events in Budapest!
Other Beer Festivals in Budapest:
There are a couple of other festivals dedicated to beer in the Hungarian capital:
Craft Beer Festival In Óbuda, August 22-24, 2025
Venue:
- Main Square in Óbuda, District III./Óbuda, Fő tér (See on Map)
A 3-day event late August focusing on the best
- Local craft brews,
- Street food and
- Concerts in the evenings
Czech Beer Festival, Usually In June Every Year
Date: TBA
Opening hours: ever day from 12.00
Location:
- Roof Terrace – WesteEnd Shopping Centre
Entry: free (payment for beer/food is in cash)
Czech beers, gastronomy and concerts are in the focus of the Czech Beer Festival for 5 days in mid-June at a lovely rooftop park in the city centre.
OktoberFest At Erzsébet Tér, Downtown,
Datein 2025: September 26 – 28 / October 03 – 05
Location:
- Fröccsterasz at Erzsébet tér 11-13, Budapest 1051 (On Map)
Date: usually a weekend around the end of September – start of October
After Munchen, Paris, Dublin and Washington Budapest will have its own Octoberfest at a nice riverside venue in Buda.
The cream of the crop of Hungarian, Bavarian and other international craft breweries will be present within a Farmers’ and Gastro fair on the 4-day event.
Cultural and fun activities for kids make the festival a great weekend program for the whole family. Daily ticket is 1 990 HUF (incl. a Paulaner beer mug).
👉 Find out more about the Oktoberfest in Budapest 2025 View also our Facebook photoalbum about the festival
❔ FAQ – Downtown Budapest beer Festival
Q: Where is the festival located?
A. The Downtown Beer Festival takes place in Budapest’s Liberty Square (Szabadság tér) at just a short walk from the city’s main attraction the Parliament building on Kossuth Square.
Q: What are the dates and times of the festival?
A: The festival runs from September 2nd to September 7th. It is open daily from 12:00 AM to 2 AM/midnight.
Q: Is there an entrance fee?
A: Entry to the festival and concerts is free. However, to drink beer, you must purchase a festival glass for 4 250 HUF (premium glass) or 5 999 (exclusive glass).
Q: What kind of beers are available?
A: You can sample close to 250 different beers, including local Hungarian craft beers, international imports, and specialties from well-known breweries. There is also a special area dedicated to cider.
Q: What food options are there?
A: The festival offers a wide range of street food from various trucks, including Hungarian classics like lángos and chimney cake, as well as burgers, grilled meats, pizza, and more.
Q: Are there other activities besides drinking beer?
A: Yes! The festival features live concerts by 40 mostly local musical bands. You can also learn about beer-making, try your hand at tapping beer, and enjoy a general, relaxed picnic atmosphere.
More Summer/Autumn Events:
World Athletics Championship Budapest – Summer Festival – F1 Hungarian Grand Prix – Sziget Festival – Festival of Folk Arts – Jewish Summer Festival – Top Summer Activities 2025 – Budapest Wine Festival 2025
