Sziget
The Sziget ( Hungarian for island ) is a music festival that has been taking place every summer since 1993 (beginning / middle of August) on a Danube island in Budapest , Hungary . More than 1000 individual events take place on over 60 stages; numerous performers present themselves to around 400,000 visitors for almost a week. At the beginning of 2015, as in 2011, the Festival of the Year 2014 was named the best European festival.
location
The festival area covers around half the area of the "Óbudai" - or "Hajógyári-sziget", a publicly accessible island with a golf course. The "Obudaer" - or as many Budapesters call them "Shipyard Island", is home to the Sziget Festival and a large number of nightclubs . The island has developed into one of the party centers of Budapest in the last few years, the "Bed Beach", "Dokk-Beach" and "Dokk-Klub" are particularly worthy of mention.
The island is located on the northern edge of the center of Budapest and is the northernmost of the three city islands of Budapest. The festival owes its name to the Hungarian word for island "Sziget". There is a specially set up boat service that leaves from the Margaret Bridge in Pest . For the festival, a small town (Város) will be built on the island with a post office, a bank, money exchange offices and ATMs. There is also a supermarket, pharmacy, lost property office and free storage of valuables.
program
The events take place on 60 locations. The selection ranges from music of all kinds to open-air cinema , dance , national and international theater , tattooing and piercing shops to programs for children and strolling. Internet access is freely available. The guests can leave and re-enter the festival island as often as they like and thus visit Budapest and its sights during this week. There are also some sports such as volleyball courts , tennis courts , human table football and bungee jumping . Dining centers, grocery stores, restaurants, cafeterias and fast food stands take care of the physical well-being.
Festivals after years
Sziget 2005
- Time: August 10th to 17th, 2005
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. Underworld , Franz Ferdinand , Mando Diao , Beatsteaks , Natalie Imbruglia , Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds , Roots Manuva , Korn , Sportfreunde Stiller , Turbonegro , Basement Jaxx , Tankcsapda , Sex Action , The Hives , Brand New Heavies , TOK , Morcheeba , The (International) Noise Conspiracy , Mory Kanté , Accept , Saxon , Opeth , Brainstorm , Obituary , Yann Tiersen , Timo Maas and The Wailers
Sziget 2006
- Time: August 9-16, 2006
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. Beatsteaks , Franz Ferdinand , Jovanotti , Living Color , Morcheeba , Radiohead , The Prodigy , Scissor Sisters , Iggy & the Stooges and Placebo
Sziget 2007
- Time: August 8th to 15th, 2007
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. The Chemical Brothers , Gogol Bordello , Tool , Madness , Nine Inch Nails , The Hives , Faithless , Mando Diao , The Killers , Manu Chao , Sportfreunde Stiller , Kaizers Orchestra , Pink , Laurent Garnier , Soulfly , Deep Dish , Timo Maas and GusGus
Sziget 2008
The festival was shortened by two days for the first time.
- Time: August 13-18, 2008
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. Iron Maiden , The Killers , The Kooks , Die Ärzte , REM , Alanis Morissette , Sex Pistols , Jamiroquai , Kaiser Chiefs , Róisín Murphy , Justice , MGMT , Serj Tankian , Apocalyptica , Iced Earth , Flogging Molly , Goran Bregović , The Wombats , Parov Stelar , Millencolin , Anti-Flag , Avantasia , Ferry Corsten , Adam Green , José González and Babyshambles
Sziget 2009
- Time: August 12th to 17th, 2009
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. Amadou & Mariam , Al Di Meola , IAMX , Nouvelle Vague , Ska-P , Snow Patrol , Lily Allen , Miss Platnum , The Ting Tings , Die Toten Hosen , Donots , Bloc Party , Fatboy Slim , Cheb Khaled , Haydamaky , Jet , Primal Scream , Pendulum , The Prodigy , The Subways , Editors , Klaxons , Manic Street Preachers , De Staat , Placebo , Disco Ensemble , Danko Jones , Deathstars , Maxïmo Park , The Offspring and Faith No More
Sziget 2010
- Time: August 11th to 16th, 2010
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. Iron Maiden , Muse , Faithless , Madness , Ska-P , Gentleman , The Hives , Papa Roach , Gorillaz Sound System , Bad Religion , Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club® & Omara Portuondo , Children of Bodom , Ill Niño , Monster Magnet , Paradise Lost , The 69 Eyes , Skindred , Fear Factory , 30 Seconds to Mars , Mika , Billy Talent , Nina Hagen , Insane , Kamelot , 3D DISCO , Infected Mushroom and Shantel & The Bucovina Club Orkestar , Rotfront
Sziget 2011
- Time: August 10th to 15th, 2011
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. Prince , Kate Nash , The Prodigy , Kaiser Chiefs , Empire of the Sun , Flogging Molly , Dizzee Rascal , Gogol Bordello , Interpol , Pulp , Rise Against , Smash Mouth , The Chemical Brothers , The National , Söhne Mannheims , Triggerfinger , Verdena , Hurts , Marina and the Diamonds , Skunk Anansie , The Bloody Beetroots , Crystal Castles , Hadouken! , Judas Priest , Motörhead , Sonata Arctica , AfroCubism , Bassekou Kouyate , Debout Sur Le Zinc , Djelimady Tounkara , Eliades Ochoa , Goran Bregovic , Kasse Mady Diabaté , Les Hurlements d'Léo , Ojos de Brujo , La Roux , Within Temptation , Jazz + Az and Gotan Project .
- Remarks: The festival was named the best festival of 2011 at the annual european festival awards in London.
Sziget 2012
- Time: 6th to 13th August 2012
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. The Killers , Placebo , The Stone Roses , Hurts , The Subways , Mando Diao , The Horrors , Crystal Fighters , Noah and the Whale , Friendly Fires , Beatsteaks , Anti-Flag , Goran Bregović .
Sziget 2013
- Time: 5th to 12th August 2013
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. Bad Religion , Blur , David Guetta , Deichkind , Die Ärzte , Franz Ferdinand , Mika , Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds , Seeed , Skunk Anansie
Sziget 2014
- Time: August 11th to 18th, 2014
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. Queens of the Stone Age , Placebo , Klaxons , Calvin Harris , Deadmau5 , Imagine Dragons , Jake Bugg
Sziget 2015
- Time: August 10th to 17th, 2015
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, world music
- Bands and a. Robbie Williams , Florence + the Machine , Gentleman , Alt-J , Cro , Ellie Goulding , Avicii , Kasabian , Alesso , Martin Garrix , Limp Bizkit
Sziget 2016
- Time: 10th to 17th August 2016
- Genres: rock / punk, electro / dance, hard rock / metal, jazz, classical, hip-hop / trip-hop, pop, world music
- Bands and a. Rihanna , Muse , David Guetta , Die Antwoord , Hardwell , Bastille , Sum 41 , The Lumineers
Sziget 2017
- Time: August 9-16, 2017
- Genres: Rock / Pop, Electro / Dance, Punk, Metal, Jazz, Classical, Techno, House, Reggae, World Music, Hip-Hop
- Bands and a. Pink , Iggy Azalea , Macklemore & Ryan Lewis , Kasabian , Crystal Fighters , George Ezra , Watsky , Marteria , Fritz Kalkbrenner , Bakermat , Flume
Sziget 2018
- Time: August 8th to 15th, 2018
- Genres: Rock / Pop, Electro / Dance, Punk, Metal, Jazz, Classical, Techno, House, Reggae, World Music, Hip-Hop
- Bands and a. Gorillaz, Kendrick Lamar, Mumford & Sons, Arctic Monkeys, Bastille, Dua Lipa, Fever Ray, Kygo, Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher, Lykke Li, MØ, Parov Stelar, Shawn Mendes, Stormzy, The Kooks, The War On Drugs, Gogol Bordello, La Femme, Milky Chance
Sziget 2019
- Time: 7th to 13th August 2019
- Genres: Rock / Pop, Electro / Dance, Punk, Metal, Jazz, Classical, Techno, House, Reggae, World Music, Hip-Hop
- Bands and a. Foo Fighters , Ed Sheeran , Florence + the Machine , Post Malone , Macklemore , The 1975 , The National , The Twenty One Pilots , Martin Garrix , Tove Lo , Richard Ashcroft
Sziget 2020
Sziget 2020 was planned for August 5th to 11th, but had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Web links
- Official website
- Tracks Special: The Sziget Festival ( Memento from May 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) in the music magazine Tracks on arte , October 18, 2007.
- Fabian Elsäßer: The Sziget Festival: Diverse and liberal. Deutschlandfunk , August 13, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Winner of the Year 2011 ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - eu.festivalawards.com (engl.)
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - szigetfest.de
- ↑ Sziget Festival 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 33 ′ 14 ″ N , 19 ° 3 ′ 18 ″ E