One of Szigetnews’ friends has sent us some interesting news a little while ago. According to him, Fink will play Sziget Festival 2012 on August 11. The source is, our friend says, Fink’s manager, a friend of his. This is what we know so far on this, but we’ll try to find out more details. [ Read More ]
After Leningrad has self-confirmed their Sziget presence, two more names have been announced on the official Sziget Facebook page. First of all, we’re talking about British Sea Power, set to play Sziget’s Main Stage. Second, La Shica will play the Europe Stage.
Ukrainian band Antytila has won the Nemiroff contest and will play Sziget 2010. The Ukranian rock band will play the Rock Stage on August 13. Their performance is set to start at 00:40. Check out some of their songs here. Thanks go to Szigetnews friend chudo_pahan for telling us about this.
The Official Dutch Sziget site lists a whole lot of new and interesting names in its programme section, for the MR2, Amfitheater (jazz) Stage, and Roma Stage. We’ve added them all to our line-up page, so make sure you check it out to get the whole view. Here are some of the most interesting ones: [ Read More ]
According to a post on the official Sziget Facebook page, the lineup will be officially announced early next week. Let’s hope for some great acts, except for the ones that we already know about.
The Sziget 2010 last.fm page confirms another very interesting and important act for this year’s Sziget Festival – Asian Dub Foundation! This is not confirmed somewhere else yet. If you know more, please tell us (thanks, BT2303) Our reader kocheba says that two bands from Belarus are also set to play Sziget 2010 – The [ Read More ]
We decided to go away from the party for a few moments and wish you a very happy 2010, with everything you want and, of course, a very exciting Sziget Festival. Lots of new things happening here these days, as you can all see (we’re planning on keeping them coming). Apart from announcing a very [ Read More ]
Sziget Managing Director Gerendai Karoly has said in a press conference (the press statement – Hungarian – can be read here) that students will get up to 50% off on their tickets, if they go in groups of up to 46 people (so gather your friends and visit this site for the details). Also, there [ Read More ]
The dates for next year’s Sziget Festival have already been announced. The Festival will take place between the 11th and 17th of August. Just like last year, the first day (also known as “zero-day”) will include a performance by a single international act. Ticket prices will be as follows: 130 euros – 12-17 of August [ Read More ]
This year’s Festival is now over, and, according to preliminary data released by the organizers, this year’s edition of Sziget Festival made approximately 421,000 euros in profit. The Festival was attended by a total of 385,000 people this year. How was it for you? What did you enjoy most? What disappointed you this year?