Resources
Useful links for Hungarian folk dance groups, bands, online music, and costumes.
Costumes and Instruments
A.Folk — folk instruments.
Bálint Tibor — Kalotaszegi bujka maker. [Site currently offline.]
Grigore Lup — bootmaker.
Néptáncosok kellékboltja — folk costumes.
Rimóczi Hajnalka — folk costumes.
Szeles László — bootmaker.
Vass István — hatmaker.
Miscellaneous
Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2013 — focus on Hungarian Heritage: Roots to Revival.
Táncháztalálkozó — the annual dance house festival in Budapest.
Folk Rádió — listen to Hungarian music.
Folk Otthon (Folk At Home) — teaching videos of Hungarian folk dances.
Folkpart Csatorna (Folk Channel) — teaching videos of Hungarian folk dances.
Néptánc Tudástár (Folk Dance Repository) — teaching videos of Hungarian folk dances.
Then & Now — side-by-side dance clips of archival footage and Hungarian State Folk Ensemble dancers.
Centrum Management — manages Hungarian folk artists and organizes performance tours.
Washington, D.C. area Hungarian and International Groups
Bátori József Scouts — Scout group with dancing in Washington, DC.
Carpathia Folk Dance Ensemble — international folk dance group in Washington, DC. Also on Facebook.
DC Casineros — Cuban dance classes, live music dance events, and performing group. Also on Facebook.
Folk Dancer — additional international folk dance resources.
Körgyűrű Bándíták — former Hungarian folk band in Washington, DC.
Magnólia Zenekar — Hungarian folk band in Washington, DC. Also on Facebook.
Magyar Iskola / Hungarian Academy — Hungarian children's school in Washington, DC.
North American Hungarian Groups
Bartók — dance group in Calgary, Alberta.
Borozda Ensemble — dance group in Chicago, IL.
Bokréta — dance group in Montréal, Québec. Also runs the Montréal Winter Workshop in mid-February each year.
Carolinas Hungarian Group — community group in the Carolinas. Also runs an annual Easter weekend near Black Mountain, NC. Also on Facebook.
Cleveland Hungarian Scout Folk Ensemble — dance group in Cleveland, OH. Also on Facebook.
Csárdás (Edmonton) — dance group in Edmonton, Alberta.
Csárdás (Vancouver) — dance group in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Csipke Ensemble — dance group in Detroit, MI and Toledo, OH. Also runs Csipke Tábor around the first week of July each year near Brooklyn, MI. Also on Facebook.
Csűrdöngölő — dance group in New Brunswick, NJ.
Életfa — folk band in New Brunswick, NJ.
Fényes Banda — folk band in New York, NY.
Fészer Band — folk band in New Brunswick, NJ.
Forrás — dance group in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Gyanta — folk band in Toronto, Ontario.
Holdvilág — Moldvai band in New York, NY.
Kárpátok — dance group in Los Angeles, CA.
Kodály — dance group in Toronto, Ontario. Also hosts the annual Pontozó competition and festival around the beginning of April.
Napraforgók — dance group in Sarasota, FL. Also runs Napraforgók Tábor in mid-March each year.
Vadrózsa — dance group in Calgary, Alberta. Also on Facebook.
Western Canadian Hungarian Folk Festival (WCHFF) — the name says it all.