Magic Mirror – 15th Anniversary! Sziget 2015 sziget festival Sziget News June 15, 201569 Although not entirely music related, here is the latest announcement for Sziget 2015: Magic Mirror - the “hetero friendly” queer venue of Sziget Festival - is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. It will be hosted in a classic Spiegeltent, constructed in wood and canvas decorated with mirrors. The programs include round table sessions on LMBT issues, film screenings, variety shows with drag queens, acrobats, dancers,international and Hungarian performers, like Gloria Viagra, Sally Morell, Alex Shchukin, Sergey Timofeev, Szulita & Dennis and many more. Parties will continue till sunrise with DJs like Tama Sumo (Ostgut Ton, Berlin) and Manuel De Diego (Madrid),
Lineup Announced So Far – Daily Breakdown (38.3%) 2015 line up A38 Stage Sziget 2015 sziget festival Sziget News World Music Stage May 22, 2015May 28, 2015363 UPDATE: all of this information and more, in our traditional lineup page for Sziget 2015, which will be updated on a constant basis. A lot of things about the lineup of the Sziget Festival 2015 have been announced these days, and there is a lot of speculation going on about who will fill the rest of the over 60% of the empty spots this year. We won't speculate - we have only compiled a list of the acts already announced with their dates and stages. Here we go: Day -1 (August 10th) lineup Robbie Williams (Main Stage) Apollonia (Colosseum) Day 0 (August 11th) lineup Florence & The Machine (Main
Self-Confirmed: Airtist @ Sziget – August 12th 2015 line up Hungarian self-confirmed Sziget 2015 sziget festival Sziget News May 12, 20150 Airtist has attended the Sziget Festival several times since it conception - the band played on one of the stages of the event in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012. And they will return to the stage this year, too, on August 12th, as their live concert schedule has self-confirmed. Airtist is a unique music project that creates the atmosphere of electronic dance music with ancient instruments and human voice. The didgeridoo, the Jew's harp and the human beatbox together create an unmatchable soundworld that is so typical to Airtist. The band don't use any electronically produced sound. Only the natural vibration of
Sziget Announces the Lineup of the World Music Stage 2015 line up line-up Sziget 2015 World Music Stage April 22, 2015April 22, 201515 Just like in the previous years, the Sziget Festival will feature great music from all over the world. The organizers of the event have just announced the lineup of the World Music Stage, which will be incredibly colorful this year - focusing on roma (gypsy) traditions this year. The World Music Stage is the melting pot of the Roma Tent, the Afro-Latin-Reggae Stage and the Hungaricum Village, with an enormous concentration of performers of the genre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIIJ_O-XLRg This year's lineup offers several Eastern European and Balcanic styles, not excluding others - like fado - but its main focus will still be on Roma music, with
Sziget 2015 Announcement: Limp Bizkit, Avicii, Hollywood Undead and more! 2015 line up drum & bass Metal Stage reggae rock Sziget 2015 sziget festival April 16, 2015April 16, 2015113 Another week, another handful of names confirmed by the Sziget Festival Republic! The Sziget 2015 lineup has been improved with the following names: Avicii Limp Bizkit Hollywood Undead Cro The Gaslight Anthem Soja Dj Marky & Stamina MC So, let's start with the beginning. Avicii is expected to enchant his audience with stunning visuals at this year's Sziget Festival. The Swedish superstar is one of the most popular electro house acts of his generation, with all the traditions of the Swedish electronic dance scene behind them (think Ace of Base, Basic Element, Army of Lovers and many others). Tim Bergling (this is his real name) is barely in his twenties, but
What’s your current Sziget 2015 wishlist? 2015 line up sziget festival wishlist April 8, 2015April 8, 2015103 We thought it would be a good idea to ask you what your current Sziget 2015 wishlist is, in light of the recent announcement, and of what the lineup has to offer at this moment. We know that you've probably already submitted a Sziget 2015 wishlist and the organizers have surely taken it into account, but a discussion about this is always fun (and some of you have already started one in the comments of this article). So, considering what is already in the Sziget 2015 lineup, who would you (realistically) like to add to the Sziget 2015 lineup? Of course, this has
Announcement: Kasabian, Ellie Goulding, Many Others 2015 line up Sziget 2015 sziget festival Sziget News April 2, 201558 The Sziget Festival Republic has announced a new set of names confirmed to be present at the 2015 event. Here is the short list: Ellie Goulding Kasabian Nero Kraftklub Sigma Hernan Cattaneo Ellen Allien Damian Lazarus Laura Jones Function Stadium X Lucas & Steve Now, let's take a more detailed first look at the names in today's official Sziget announcement. Ellie Goulding is one of the most sought after pop stars of our days. She has a quite successful career behind her - the 28 year old indie pop / synthpop / folktronica artist has won awards like the BBC Sound of 2010, the Pandora Newcomer of the Year in 2011, Cosmopolitan's Ultimate Music Star award in
Official Sziget 2015 Anthem by Irie Maffia 2015 line up artists Hungarian news reggae Sziget 2015 Sziget News March 20, 2015March 20, 201580 Irie Maffia turns 10 years old this year, and they can add another great achievement to their CV - their song "Easy As One Two Three" has been selected as the official anthem of the 2015 Sziget Festival! The song, which will be included on the band's next album, is not just a series of notes, but has a message, too. According to Sena, the Irie Maffia's voice, it tells you that "whatever the feeling might be, good or bad, if you speak it out you set it free, and you set yourself free as well". The tune is the work of Élö
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
Announcement: Foals, Knife Party, Marina & The Diamonds & many more 2015 line up March 19, 2015March 19, 20159 Foals, Marina & The Diamonds & many more are part of this latest Sziget 2015 announcement. While it doesn't contain any headliners, it still is a pretty comprehensive announcement, containing no less than 22 names. Some of these have been suggested by john doe and guessed by you guys, here on the site. Without further ado, the list of names: Alesso Beatsteaks Dotan Dropkick Murphys Foals Foxes Future Islands Gentleman & The Evolution Halestorm Interpol Knife Party Marina and the Diamonds MO Nervo Paloma Faith SBTRKT Selah Sue The Maccabees Typhoon Vitalic Live William Fitzsimmons Yellow Claw What do you think of the announcement? What else would you have wished for?
