Event Date:
Start at 8:00 AMAugust 16, 2025 - August 21, 2025
Location
Kossuth SquareCome experience where love, tradition, and celebration come full circle at Kossuth Square.
Programmes
August 16 08:00 a.m. – August 21 5:00 p.m.August 16 – Memorial Garden
– 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Churchyard Fair
– 11:00 a.m. – Encounters in the Flower Garden of Love – Exhibition opening
August 17 – Méliusz Chapel (next to the entrance of Karakter Café)
– 5:00 p.m. From Soul to Soul – Guided musical prayer with Karolina Pálfi, pastor of the Great Church
August 18 – Memorial Garden
– 11:00 a.m Flowers of Life in the Garden of Love – Photo exhibition by the Hajdú-Bihar County Association of Parents of Multiply Disabled Children
August 19 – Memorial Garden
– 5:00 p.m. –18:30 Galiba Children’s Parade from Dósa nádor Square to the Memorial Garden
– 7:00 p.m. Kiskalász band’s concert
August 20 – Great Church
– 8:00 a.m. & 8:00 p.m. – CARNIVAL PARADE FROM 40 METERS HIGH
Follow the carnival parade from between the two towers of the Great Church, guests are also welcome to join a Great Church wine tasting! Tickets available in advance at the Great Church ticket office.
– 2:00 p.m. Storytelling Architecture – Special guided tour with architect Zoltán Rácz in the Kálvin Gallery
– 2:30 p.m. With Columns, Domes, and Towers – Debrecen – Exclusive film screening, and architect Zoltán Rácz in conversation with actrees Anna Ráckevei about architecture
– 3:30 p.m. Happy Debrecen – Film screening: Downtown wonders of Debrecen, or why Debrecen is happy according to the architect and the actress
August 21
– 8:00 p.m. Movie Music on the Organ – Themes from Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars, Once Upon a Time in the West, Mission Impossible, and Harry Potter performed on the 200-year-old organ of the Great Church
Celebrate the spirit of community and tradition in the heart of Debrecen and join a week of vibrant programs!
Source: Carnival Week with the Great Church – Where love comes full circle | Photo credit: DMJV