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The week in Cluj · 2 November – 8 November
The week in Cluj, 2–8 November: Art Nights and THE FACT FINDER
Between 2 and 8 November, the programme includes exhibitions, screenings, concerts, a workshop and a musical. Events take place in museums, galleries, cinemas and concert venues across the city.
Workshops and exhibitions
The Critical Thinking Workshop 3 looks at women in espionage and resistance during the First World War, at Muzeul Alexandru Duma, Monday 2 November at 4pm. Entry is free.
THE FACT FINDER presents a graphic tragicomedy by Alex Bodea about migration, generational differences and overlapping personal transitions, at White Cuib, from Monday 2 November to Saturday 7 November.
THE GROUND KEEPS MOVING, part of Platforma BD 2026, is about borders, mobility and contested belonging, at The Cosmic House Gallery, from Tuesday 3 November to Friday 13 November.
Art Nights Festival brings classical music and visual arts to the Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, from Wednesday 4 November to Sunday 8 November. The programme includes the exhibition “În chip poetic locuim” and chamber concerts with pupils, students and guests.
Film and screenings
Még egy kívánság / One More Wish has a premiere screening at Cinema Victoria, Monday 2 November at 8pm. After the film there is a Q&A with Kata Dobó, Dorottya Helmeczy and Gellért L. Kádár.
Ultimele scrisori ale bunicii has a preview screening at Cinema Arta, Tuesday 3 November at 6pm. It was filmed and edited by Calin Bocian.
Wild Horse Nine has an advance screening at Cinema Victoria, Wednesday 4 November at 8pm. The black comedy follows two CIA agents sent to Easter Island in 1973.
The premiere event for Ultimele scrisori ale bunicii is scheduled at Cinema Arta, Friday 6 November at 6pm. It was filmed and edited by Calin Bocian.
Concerts
The TINEREȚE Folklore Festival, now in its sixth edition, is a show by Oana Bozga-Pintea at BT Arena, Wednesday 4 November at 5.30pm. The programme brings together guests and a professional orchestra led by Ovidiu Barteș.
The launch concert for the album “Songs for Starting Over” takes place at Machines Venue, Friday 6 November. skyswallowschallenger is also on stage.
The launch concert for “Drumu' meu”, Bogdi Oltean’s debut album, takes place at Flying Circus, Friday 6 November at 6pm, with a 100% live hip-hop show. Tickets from 42 lei.
Musical
Fidibusz Maximusz Csodaiskolája, a musical by Csergő Domokos and a musical play for adults too, is at the Hungarian State Opera Cluj, Monday 2 November at 6pm. The Hungarian Children’s Choir of Cluj takes part; tickets from 40 lei.
How this was made
The selection comes from the programme BestCluj collects every night from the venues’ websites, pages and box offices, and the text is written automatically from that data. Times and prices can change: check each event’s page, linked below. Corrections: [email protected].
The events in this piece
- Mon 2 Nov, 16:00 ATELIERUL DE GÂNDIRE CRITICĂ 3: „Cine a fost «Laura»? Rolul femeilor în spionajul din timpul Marelui Război” Muzeul Alexandru Duma
- Mon 2 Nov, 18:00 Fidibusz Maximusz Csodaiskolája Opera Maghiară de Stat Cluj
- Mon 2 Nov, 18:00 THE FACT FINDER White Cuib
- Mon 2 Nov, 20:00 Még egy kívánság [bemutató és közönségtalálkozó]/ Încă o dorință [premieră și Q&A] Cinema Victoria
- Tue 3 Nov, 18:00 Ultimele scrisori ale bunicii · avanpremiera Cinema Arta
- Tue 3 Nov, 18:30 THE GROUND KEEPS MOVING · Platforma BD 2026 The Cosmic House Gallery
- Wed 4 Nov, 10:00 Art Nights Festival Muzeul de Artă Cluj-Napoca
- Wed 4 Nov, 17:30 Oana Bozga-Pintea · Festivalul Folcloric TINEREȚE · Ediția a VI-a BT Arena
- Wed 4 Nov, 20:00 Avanpremieră Wild Horse Nine · John Malkovich · Cel mai bun actor · Veneția 2026 Cinema Victoria
- Fri 6 Nov Lansare album “Songs for Starting Over” Machines Venue
- Fri 6 Nov, 20:00 Concert de lansare · Bogdi Oltean · "Drumu' meu" Flying Circus
- Fri 6 Nov, 18:00 Ultimele scrisori ale bunicii · premiera Cinema Arta
What this is about
- Muzeul Alexandru Duma →
The university museum of the First World War, told through the story of the painter Alexandru Duma, a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army.
- Opera Maghiară de Stat Cluj →
One of the city's two operas, with its own building on Emil Isac and 1,000 searches a month.
- White Cuib →
A contemporary art space a few metres off Piața Unirii, with 70 searches a month — and a website that, when we checked, said only “Coming soon”.
- Cinema Victoria →
The cinema on Bulevardul Eroilor, 1,300 searches a month.
- Cinema Arta →
The city's art-house cinema, on Universității street, and one of TIFF's venues.
- The Cosmic House Gallery →
A private gallery in a historic house on Eremia Grigorescu, founded in 2021, with a stated programme: taking Romanian artists into the international circuit. Four gallery artists, curated exhibitions.
- Muzeul de Artă Cluj-Napoca →
The city's art museum, housed in the Bánffy Palace. A thousand searches a month — the second art destination in Cluj after the theatre.
- BT Arena →
The largest indoor hall in the city, home to the big concerts.
- Machines Venue →
A concert venue in Zorilor, on Republicii: rock and metal, and techno nights too.
- Flying Circus →
A club and concert venue on Piața Unirii.