Pécs University Days will kick off the series of events for young people on April 21--24. The festival, expected to attract more than 20,000 people, will feature foreign acts such as The Toasters and Tito and Tarantula as well as the Hungarian bands Erik Sumo Band, the Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra, Kiscsillag and Zuboly.
The Batta Dem - 5th Pecs International Reggae Festival - will take place from May 20 to 22. Performances by White Vibration, Ladanybene 27 and Zagastic will are on the programme.
About 80 bands will perform at the annual Fishing on Orfu festival, at a lake near Pecs, from June 17 to 19. Among them will be some of Hungary's best known acts, such as Quimby, Kispal es a Borz, Little Cow and Budapest Bar.
Folk and Roll, a pop music festival with talent scout and training programmes, will come to Pecs on June 25-26. New talent will also be highlighted at the Local Heroes Yourope - International Talent Scout Contest and Conference that Pecs will host at the end of November.
The city will host international student theatre festivals three times during the year: in March, in August and in October.
Dance events will also be among those that aim to attract a younger audience. The Pécs Dance Marathon and International Youth Convention and Folk Workshop will take place over a week in April. In the framework of European Youth Culture Week in July, traditional German dance will be in the spotlight. The city will host a children's dance festival that shows the richness of Transylvanian culture in August.
At the Pécs-Baranyai International Youth Music Festival in May, young people will present their own cultural and musical heritage. The city will host an international youth choir festival at the end of the summer.
During the Privatelektro Open-Air Headphone Festival, on June 17-21, visitors to Pecs's Culture Garden can listen to the music of 25 artists who represent the latest musical trends in Central Europe over headphones. Similar festivals will take place in Istanbul and Essen, which are sharing the European Capital of Culture title with Pecs in 2010.
The Pécs Student Film Festival is slated for April.
