Pesti Vigadó in Budapest hires out ten rooms, from the lower floor to the sixth floor, for corporate events, gala evenings, conferences and receptions. The largest maximum the official site states is 165 guests, in the Sinkovits Imre Stage on the fourth floor. The building stands at Vigadó tér 2, on the Danube Embankment.
Seminars and company events
The venue describes itself as an interdisciplinary cultural centre that provides a venue for cultural and corporate events, gala evenings and representative functions. Hungarian and international partners use its historic interiors, and the team states that it works to a high professional standard with careful organization.
For a conference or a seminar, the fourth floor is the natural starting point. The Sinkovits Imre Stage takes up to 165 guests and the Makovecz Imre Hall up to 150. Both are marked as accessible on the rental page. The Makovecz Imre Hall already hosts public conferences, such as a workshop conference on education through art held there in November.
For a company reception or a gala dinner, the second floor offers the Ceremonial Hall, stated at up to 100 guests, as well as the Northern Hall and the Southern Hall. On the ground floor, the Vigadó Gallery takes up to 80 guests.
Rooms and capacities
The rental page lists these spaces. Only four of them carry a stated maximum, so ask the team for figures on the others.
The Sinkovits Imre Stage (fourth floor) holds up to 165 guests. The Makovecz Imre Hall (fourth floor) holds up to 150. The Ceremonial Hall listed as accessible (second floor) holds up to 100. The Vigadó Gallery on the ground floor holds up to 80.
Other rooms are the Northern Hall and the Southern Hall on the second floor, a second room also named Ceremonial Hall on the second floor, the exhibition hall on the fifth floor, the exhibition halls on the sixth floor and the lower level of the Vigadó Gallery. The site gives no capacity for these.
The venue is also a working public building. It is open to visitors every day, with opening hours posted on the home page, and the fourth floor is closed to visitors between 6 pm and 7 pm. Check with the team how an event on a visitor day is handled.
History and setting
The building opened in 1865 and has served as a central venue for social life in Budapest since then. According to the venue, it has hosted concerts by Strauss, Liszt, Erkel, Wagner, Bartók and Dohnányi, the first art exhibition in Hungary organized by the Pest Art Society, the first representative National Assembly and a presentation of the Blériot XI aircraft, as well as some of the most popular balls of each period.
Today it also runs a gallery, a permanent exhibition on its own history, a jazz club and a program of guided tours, which gives an event a cultural backdrop that many corporate venues cannot offer.
Getting there
The address is Vigadó tér 2, 1051 Budapest, on the Danube Embankment in the center of the city. The official site does not describe public transport connections, so confirm the route and the access for guests with the team when you send your request.
