Sziget Festival 2021 Canceled

Due to the uncertainties caused by the epidemic situation, Sziget will not take place this year as it did last year. The organisers have announced that one of Europe's biggest festivals, which is Hungary's most important tourism event, is planning a big comeback in 2022.

As the festival's website puts it, "Due to the global pandemic, the festival industry operates in a really unpredictable environment. We believe that it is our common responsibility to get through these challenging times in a cooperative way, considering the safety of our visitors as our top priority. Therefore we’ll now be bringing The Island of Freedom back to you in its full glory in the summer of 2022."

Chief organizer Tamás Kádár told the state news agency MTI that the two festival-free years have made life very difficult for the organisers, event-related companies and workers, and made it almost impossible for many players in the industry, from musicians to caterers and technical subcontractors.
The country's two other major popular music events, Telekom VOLT in Sopron and Balaton Sound in Zamárdi, will not be held this year either, as their organisers announced in mid-March.