Sziget 17 – August 11-17, 2009 Sziget 2008 sziget festival tickets November 25, 20080 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 - no camping 150 euros - 10-17 of August - camping included More details as they come.
Sziget 2008 makes profit final news sziget Sziget 2008 sziget festival August 18, 20081 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?
60-80 consumer protection controllers at Sziget Festival drugs news sziget Sziget 2008 sziget festival August 12, 20081 It has been recently announced that around 60-80 consumer protection officers will work during this year's Sziget Festival, in order to ensure everything is at an optimal rate. they will focus on food and water quality, as well as the safety of the venue (electric equipment, structures) The organisers have also announced that police officers will randomly check visitors for drugs upon entrance, using dogs.
More than music culture links news programme sziget Sziget 2008 August 7, 2008August 7, 20081 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.
Final Sziget Festival 2008 programme artists news programme schedule sziget Sziget 2008 sziget festival August 6, 20081 Â 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.
Justice create clothing line artists confirmed links news Sziget 2008 sziget festival July 31, 2008July 31, 20084 Â The French duo that will play Sziget Festival this year on August 17th, has teamed up with design group Surface2Air to create their personal clothing line, inspired by their own wardrobe. You can already get them at a few retailers (jackets are 790 euros), as well as on Surface2Air's website...
Last name on Main Stage – The Cribs artists confirmed line-up news Sziget 2008 sziget festival July 20, 2008July 27, 20134 Bad news for people hoping for a last minute announcement of Rage Against The Machine playing Sziget's Main Stage this year. The last band on the Main Stage, playing on August 15, at 16:30, will be The Cribs.
Avantasia: new video blog artists confirmed Hammerworld metal news video July 7, 20080 Amanda Somerville, Epica's replacement vocalist, has posted a new video blog from the Avantasia world tour, that you can watch below. Avantasia will rock Sziget on August 13, starting at 21:30 hours, at the Hammerworld Stage. [szigetnews]pZqCEDe-eyA[/szigetnews]
The “lawless” week news Sziget 2008 sziget festival June 19, 2008June 19, 20081  "There are none of the niceties of contemporary festivals. It feels lawless". That's what Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos says about Sziget in an interesting Guardian article about Europe's summer Festivals. The same article says that the festival, a week-long party on an island on the Danube is known as one of the wildest in Europe.
Line-up for the A38 Stage A38 Stage artists confirmed links Sziget 2008 sziget festival June 19, 2008July 27, 20130 The line-up for the A38 Stage, the one featuring Eastern European acts, has been posted here. There are quite a few interesting names, including Romanian band Kumm and Modeselektor. Check out their MySpace pages for videos and music.
