Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Performing arts center in Budapest, Hungary.

Trafó House of Contemporary Arts occupies a former electrical substation on Liliom Street, built in 1909 in industrial Art Nouveau style. Its main hall, the Nagyterem, hosts contemporary dance, theatre and music, while the Trafó Gallery shows current visual art. The building has no resident company.

The building was constructed in 1909 as the Liliom Street transformer station, a substation of the South Pest electrical network and a characteristic work of industrial Art Nouveau. It stood abandoned for more than forty years before the French anarchist artist group Resonance opened it as a squatted venue in the early 1990s, hosting performances and concerts. The city government bought it with funds left from the cancelled world exhibition and rebuilt it as a contemporary arts centre, successor to the Young Artists' Club (FMK); it opened in 1998 at the Budapest Autumn Festival with a piece by Bozsik Yvette.

The center serves as a hub for independent artists and smaller theater groups seeking venues for their work. You will find productions here that explore unconventional themes and experimental approaches to performance.

The venue is on Liliom Street in Budapest's 9th district, in the former Liliom Street transformer station. The main performance programmes take place in the Nagyterem hall, and the Trafó Gallery shows contemporary visual art. Opening times depend on the programme, so check the current schedule before setting out.

Dance studios here regularly welcome the public for movement workshops and creative sessions. This gives visitors a chance to participate directly in artistic practice rather than just watching performances.