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Budapest Sziget Festival
12th-18th August 2008

Budapest Sziget Festival

Why this festival is called Sziget, meaning “island” in Hungarian?
Budapest Sziget Festival takes place on Óbudai Island (aka Hajógyári Island) in Óbuda, northern Budapest.

Moreover this festival represents an island in a methaphoric sense. Every year thousands and thousands, mainly the young generation come to Budapest in the middle of summer.

Last year more than 300 000 visited the events.


 

Budapest Sziget Festival 2008

No matter what music genre you like to listen to, you’ll find that appeals to your taste. Each year several internationally recognized music stars perform on 5 stages.

This year’s biggest name is R.E.M. who's going to tour Europe's most popular rock festivals this summer and introducing their new album, Accelerated, scheduled to come out on 1st April 2008.

Visitors to Budapest Sziget Festival can hear songs from the new album on an afternoon concert on 16th August on the Main Stage.

Ohter Main Stage performer is going to be the German punk-rock band Die Arzte.

The five stages of the Sziget Festival give place for different music genre concerts:

  • Main Stage: an open-air place with the capacity of 50.000 people: 3 international stars and one Hungarian band perform every day
  • World Music Stage: bands from all around the worls stage on this outdoor venue (caoacity: 15.000 people)
  • HammerWorld Stage: a tent that welcomes hard rock fans (capacity: 5000 people)
  • djuice Party Arena: the largest tent on the Sziget, a place for electric dance music
  • Wan2 Stage: here you can enjoy various music genres from world music to punk

For more melodic music visit the Siemens tent where you can sway to the music with your sweet heart from 11 pm till dawn.

 

Besides them you can listen to many local music talents you’ve never heard of.

You can enjoy many other programmes as well:

  • watch movies,
  • do sports,
  • visit exhibitions or theatrical performances,
  • dance, or
  • just walk around and contemplate passerbys.

Last but not least you can make friends from all over the world.

 

Children are welcome too; there’ll be plenty of programmes for them (e.g. puppet theatre). If you don’t want to take your kids to a certain event leave them in the day-care where qualified personnel look after them.

Budapest Sziget Festival



Why has Budapest Sziget Festival became so popular? It’s more than just a few-day long pop-rock festival. It has a unique atmosphere, the so called “Sziget feeling”.

Sziget is a meeting place for the young generation, where you can let yourself go and do what you’re feel like doing. No one’s going to stare at you or criticize you. It’s also a place of learning about each other and the world.




A Few Details About Budapest Sziget Festival

Date: 12th-118th August, 2008

Venue: Hajógyári-sziget (a former shipyard), Óbuda, III. District, Budapest, Hungary

Map- Budapest Sziget Festival

 


Tickets
:


  • Camping Ticket 120 € valid: 8th Aug 12.00 pm - 16th Aug 8.00 am
  • Weekly Ticket Without Camping: valid: 99€ 9th Aug 8 am - 16th Aug 8 am
  • Daily Ticket 24 €/day: sold on the spot at the entrance

For more details and order your ticket online visit the organiser's website!


 

Getting to Budapest Sziget Festival from the city

Take the Szentendrei Suburban Railway (HÉV in Hungarian) line from Batthyány tér (M2, red metro line) for five stops, get off at Filatorigát stop. From there follow the crowd along Mozaik Street through K-Bridge!

Night transport: if you plan to go into the city at night note that that none of the night bus services stop at Batthyány tér....

Visit our page about travel in Budapest, to learn more about ho to get around.


Other Pages From our Website You might want to Check Out

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Budapest Sightseeing gives you tips on what attractions to see in Budapest.

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You'll find the most up-to-date information about Budapest Sziget Festival on its official website!


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