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Szentendre's Candle Float on Saturday, July 18 promises an ever more varied experience: a cavalcade of international and sister-city performers, a spectacular water demonstration, concerts, a dance house and thousands of floating candles crown the celebration of the Danube.
From 18:30, the history of the Danube comes to life in the water demonstration by the Vadkacsa Association. Spectators can follow the development of hand-propelled watercraft from traditional wooden canoes all the way to one of today's most popular sports equipment, the SUP. With the help of tour guides certified at Postás Beach, visitors can also try out several types of watercraft themselves.
Before the candle float, on the Riverside's "water stage," the region's most renowned orchestra, the Kossuth Prize-winning Vujicsics Ensemble performs a South Slavic concert.
The highlight of the evening begins at 21:30, when the Vadkacsa Association launches the first candles onto the water.
The unique spectacle can be enjoyed from the Danube embankment between Lázár cár Square and Kacsakő. For the duration of the candle float, special candles are continuously placed on the closed section of the Danube from boats, and are collected in full at Postás Beach to protect the river and the environment.
The celebration does not end after the candles drift away, but continues with a summer evening entertainment program. In the Barlang garden, the Karaván Família concert evokes Romani cultural traditions: four voices, three generations, two cultures and one family meet on stage with songs in Hungarian and Romani, in a lively atmosphere. At the same time, a Greek–South Slavic dance house begins at Lázár cár Square, where the Kolo orchestra and then Anemos keep the dancing going.
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