xpatloop.com features a very interesting article about the many other things you can do at Sziget, (except for going to the many concerts, of course). There’s theatre, literary programmes and many other interesting things to do. Click here to read the article.

 

Only 6 days until Sziget Festival starts. You can get the final official programmation here, so you know exactly what acts you want to see and when.

There’s still no news about who the last act playing on the Main Stage on August 15th will be and whether there will be one.

Until we find out exactly who that will be, you can watch a video of a very interesting band playing Sziget Festival this year, Kultur Shock. The band will play Sziget on August 13th, at the A38 Stage, starting at 23:00 hours.

What about you? Who would you like as the last name on the Main Stage?

 

We’ve had the poll on the site for a few days now, and 330 visitors voted. The results were a bit surprising. Out of 330 votes, 163 visitors (49%) thought this year’s Sziget line-up could have been better, while 18% (60 voters) think it’s good and 16% (52 voters) think it’s very good. On the other hand, 38 visitors (12%) found nothing interesting in the line-up. Only 5% of the voters (17 visitors) say that the line-up exceeded their expectations. This is why we’re asking you what it is you think it’s missing.

Which act would have been a good addition to this year’s Sziget Festival?

Was last year’s Sziget line-up better than this year’s? Feel free to comment on the subject.

The line-up for this year’s Sziget Festival has been finalised. The full programme of this year’s festival can be found here.

“The Finnish prophets of fictional world music”, as they call themselves, will play Sziget Festival this year. Their performance will take place on August 14th, as mentioned on their website.

More good news for metal fans. British Death Metal legends Carcass will play this year’s Sziget Festival. Carcass will play the Hammerworld Stage, on August 17th, starting at 21:00 hours.

More new and important names for this year’s Sziget. The Presidents of the USA and The Kooks are confirmed for this year’s festival. The Presidents of the USA will play the Main Stage on August 14th, while The Kooks are set to play on August 13th.

Good news for all of you coming to Sziget to see Pendulum. According to their MySpace page, Pendulum will play Sziget on August 17th, starting at 20:00 hours.

 

Dancehall reggae artist Ziggi will be at Sziget this year. Ziggi will play Sziget on the 15th of August, at the Main Stage.

 

Thanks to our reader Hugo Renken, we found out that Little Cow, a very interesting Hungarian band, will be at Sziget this year. It is confirmed on their MySpace page (visit it to check out their songs). They will play Sziget on August 13th, starting at 23:00 hours, on the Aranyi Aszok Stage.

As many of you might have noticed, we have a new section, called “Programme 2008″. There you can find the festival programme. If any changes occur, you will find them there.