Summer Festival Circuit Roundup, Round 2 2018 Lineup line-up December 11, 2017December 13, 201789 Update: Rock for the People (4-6 July 2018, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic) announced its first names for next year's event: The Prodigy, Skillet, In This Moment, Sick Puppies, and Pop Evil. Frequency Festival (16-18 August 2018, St. Pölten) announced Gorillaz, Macklemore, Kygo, CASPER, Kaleo, RAF Camora & BonezMC187ers, Trailerpark (Pimpulsiv, DNP, Sudden, Alligatoah), Left Boy, Timmy Trumpet, Lost Frequencies, Yung hurn, Mando Diao, Shaban feat. Käptn Peng, RIN, jamie lawson, Ufo361, Faber, Dimension, DJ Hype b2b DJ Hazard, Drunken Masters, DVBBS, JAUZ, Krewella, Kungs, Macky Gee, Netsky, Seven Lions, SIGALA. Update: Sziget just announced on its official Facebook page that it needs "a little bit
Balaton Sound 2018: The Chainsmokers, David Guetta & others Balaton Sound 2018 December 7, 201768 Balaton Sound, Sziget Festival's little EDM sister, has just made its first announcement of the year with its first performers. The vast majority of these performers need no introduction: The Chainsmokers David Guetta Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Martin Garrix DJ Snake Jonas Blue Nervo Timmy Trumpet Ty Dolla $ign W&W Next year's Balaton Sound will be a five-day event that takes place between the 4th and 8th of July in Zamádi, Hungary. As the lineup announced so far shows, this is an event focused mostly on EDM, perfect for a party on the Balaton beach (which is often referred to
Summer Festivals Roundup: Round 1 Music news November 20, 20173 Sziget traditionally announces its first performers sometime at the beginning of December. We still have a few weeks to wait for their announcements, but there are plenty other festivals in Europe, and some of them are announcing quite a few names from their 2018 lineup already. Here are a few of them that have more than one name announced already: Download Festival (8-10 June 2018) Ozzy Osbourne Avenged Sevenfold Guns'n'Roses Rock am Ring (1-3 June 2018) Alma A Perfect Circle Asking Alexandria Avenged Sevenfold Bilderbuch Black Stone Cherry Body Count feat. Ice T Bullet for My Valentine Bury Tomorrow Caliban Calle Jon
Sziget: Here’s to the Next 25 Years Sziget 2017 sziget festival Sziget News August 23, 201735 Two sold-out days, attendees from 103 countries, 452,000 visitors: this is what the organizers of the 25th Anniversary Sziget Festival can take pride in this year. This year, the event has seen its 8 millionth visitor, and its youngest, too - an 11-months old baby from Hong Kong. Next year, the festival returns between the 8th and the 15th of August (once again, Wednesday to Wednesday). The first 25 years of the festival are gone - here's to the next. After 25 years - The year of change For 25 years, Genendai Károly was the lead organizer of the event. Starting with the
Sziget Israel Next Year, Lower Profits in 2017 Sziget 2017 sziget festival Sziget News July 26, 201793 When the ownership of the Sziget Festival has changed earlier this year, many spoke of the brand's potential international expansion. Today, the Hungarian press has revealed that the first steps in this direction have already been taken: according to Hungarian online newspaper Népszava citing Sziget KFT manager Kádár Tamás, discussions are already under way about a similar festival to be organized in Israel, maybe as early as next year. The event might take place in a location close to Tel Aviv, at a distance from the capital similar to that of the Óbudai Island is from Budapest. The "Sziget" brand will
Austria Festivals in August 2017. Could Lineups Overlap with Sziget? 2017 lineup wishlist February 24, 2017February 24, 201740 In a previous post, we've taken a look at some of the music festivals happening this August in Romania. Let's change direction a bit, shall we? Let us take a peek on the festival scene of Hungary's Western neighbor, Austria, and its busy festival scene. As you might expect, the country has quite a few events happening in August 2017, showing us a list of artists and performers who might make it to Sziget's 25th-anniversary edition this year. Here we go: Frequency, St. Pölten, Austria, August 15 - 17 Frequency is one of the largest festivals in Austria, with an average attendance of about
Sziget 2016 Official Aftermovie festival memories Sziget 2016 sziget festival Uncategorized November 25, 201664 Christmas is at our doorstep, which makes summer feel like an oh-so-distant memory. But Sziget is here to bring back at least a bit of the sunshine of summers past: the official aftermovie of the 2016 Sziget Festival is here. Sziget has sure taken its sweet time to release it, but you know what they say: better late than never. Behold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-6NB2SEgLk Aside from this short film trying to cram seven days of Sziget feeling into eight short minutes, Sziget has also released an official Sziget Viber sticker pack that can be downloaded from here. You can also join the public Sziget
Pukkelpop Announces 89 New Names – could some be at Sziget 2016? 2016 lineup Sziget News March 16, 2016234 As @JumboJack well said a few days back, Pukkelpop usually shares at least some names (sometimes even headliners, like in the case of Rihanna) with Sziget. Their announcement today was massive - they have added 89 new names to their lineup, with more to come. So, here is the massive announcement made by Pukkelpop today. Maybe it will give us some hints on what's yet to be announced for Sziget 2016. LCD Soundsystem The Chemical Brothers Oscar And The Wolf (Sziget 2016 - 14th) Chase & Status live Die Antwoord Eagles of Death Metal Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (Sziget 2016 - 15th) Martin Solveig Bloc Party (Sziget 2016 -
A look at today’s announcement: Foals, Marina and the Diamonds, Knife Party, and Many Others 2015 line up artists programme sziget Sziget 2015 March 19, 2015172 The Sziget Festival Republic (getting used to this name is still strange) has returned with announcements to warm our hearts: a list of formations added to the lineup of the Sziget 2015. The short list can be found here, but let's see some of them in a bit more detail. Foals is returning to Hungary after a visit at the VOLT last year. The Oxford band - with a style that mixes indie, math rock and dance - has three studio albums, with a fourth being in the works. Maybe we can hear some of their new creations this year at the Sziget 2015 Festival. The
Sziget 2013 lineup page updated with lots of dates 2013 line up sziget festival April 25, 2013April 25, 20138 The Sziget Italia website has published a list of performances dates for what we have so far in the lineup. While it’s not final, it can give a pretty good idea of what will happen, so we’ve used that and what he had so far to update the Sziget 2013 line up page, and that got us to something that could give you a pretty good idea of what will happen. The order is most certainly not the right one, but (most of) the days are. If you spot any mistakes, make sure you tell us. Apart from that, enjoy!