The Three Chairs Dance Ensemble of Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania, and the Jászsági Folk Ensemble from the Hungarian city of Jászberény performed The Ballad of Csávás to a full house.
"The goal of the performance is to broaden the exposure of Gypsy music, the life of musicians and, last but not least, Hungarian folklore," said Three Chairs director Gyula Deák.
The Saint Ephraim Men's Chorus presented a Byzantine programme of sacred music from Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia in Eger's Rác Church.
Miklós Spányi and the Concerto Armonico performed works by Haydn as well as pieces inspired by Haydn at a concert in the Lyceum Chapel. The concert was organised by the KLASSZ Music Office within the framework of the Haydn Year 2009 programme, which marks the 200th anniversary of the composer's death.
Haydn will also be in the spotlight on the second day of the festival, when the Jánosi Ensemble, the LaKriA Trio and the Zoltán Lantos Mirror World quintet will play jazz renditions of the composer's works at a "Haydn Crossover" concert.
In the city's synagogue, visitors can hear a concert entitled Sephardic and Yiddish Music - the Meeting of Liturgy and Folklore, with Alma, vida y corazon, Nigun, and Eszter Bíró.
The Zombor Folk Theatre will stage a production of Bulgakov's A Dog's Heart in the Gárdonyi Theatre.
Festival-goers can sample a wide selection of Hungarian cuisine on the city's Dobó Square.
