Budapest Cafe Orchestra

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Budapest Cafe Orchestra

Sunday 8 November 2026 · Doors 18:45

Arts, Calstock

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Budapest Cafe Orchestra is on Sunday 8 November 2026 at Arts, Calstock, with doors at 18:45. Tickets start at £18, including the booking fee.

In 2009 Christian Garrick established the refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired Budapest Café Orchestra (BCO) with the intention to present a broad range of music from all over the world in the most entertaining and fun way. BCO perform all their music from memory. Combined their trademark wit and charm, audiences are left tingling with warmth, delight and amazement. BCO are one of the very busiest acoustic groups for me today playing an average of 75 shows per annum. Since their inception they have recorded one album every year and in January 2025 made their 16th waxing Goulash Supernova. BCO are frequent guests to BBC Radio 3’s In Tune.

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