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Major Summer Youth Festivals Canceled in Hungary

D&T
Mar 18, 2021

The Balaton Sound and VOLT festivals will not be held this year either, the two events will return in 2022, according to the organizer Sziget Press Office's announcement on Thursday. The news is no big surprise, as the organizers also indicate, in canceling big concerts and festivals all over Europe in a row because the […]

Visitors leave the Sziget Festival | Márton Mónus /MTI

Record attendance at the Sziget Festival

D&T
Aug 15, 2018

The 26th edition of one of Europe's biggest cultural – mainly music – festivals, the Sziget Festival in the Hungarian capital ended this Tuesday, having had record number of 565.000 visitors from all over the world attending the seven-day event.

Fireworks at the end of Sziget Festival 2017 | Sziget Festival

2017 Sziget Festival ends in Hungary

D&T
Aug 17, 2017

One of Europe's biggest cultural – mainly music and arts – festivals, the Sziget Festival (this time, the 25th, jubilee edition), ended this Tuesday, having had a total number of 452.000 visitors attending the seven-day event from over a hundred countries.

Ambassadors at the Sziget Festival 2017 | Márton Mónus /MTI

Ambassadors at the Sziget Festival

D&T
Aug 14, 2017

The representatives from the embassies of eighteen countries and that of the Budapest mission of the European Commission were present at the event organized for them on the occasion of the quarter-of-a-century jubilee of the Sziget Festival.

Visitors arrive at the Sziget Festival | Szilárd Koszticsák/MTI

Sziget Festival kicks off

D&T
Aug 9, 2017

One of Europe's biggest cultural - mainly music - festivals, the Sziget Festival on Óbuda Island (hence the name) on the River Danube has opened its gates. Programs at the anniversary, 25th Sziget Festival start this Wednesday.

Sziget 25 photo exhibition | Lajos Soós/MTI

25 years of sziget - on photos

D&T
Jul 11, 2017

A photo exhibition opened at the 25th anniversary of the Sziget Festival at the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest this Tuesday. The exhibition "Sziget 25 - Festival History in Photos" is open until August 31.

First day arrivals at Sziget 2014 | Balazs Mohai / MTI

Sziget festival kicks off in Budapest

D&T
Aug 11, 2014

One of Europe's biggest cultural - and mainly music - festival, the Sziget Festival on Óbuda island (hence the name) on the River Danube opened its gates this Monday. We have for you a preview by a Dutch journalist, Maria Douwes.

US Ambassador Kounalakis at the Ability Park at Sziget Festival 2012 | Attila Németh

NGO Ability Park at Sziget Festival honored

D&T
Aug 15, 2012

The American Ambassador to Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis presented the Active Citizenship Award to the NGO Ability Park at the Sziget Festival in Budapest. The Park helps better understand the challenges faced by disabled people.

Farewell to Sziget Festival | Balázs Mohai/MTI

Sziget Festival seen in the red

D&T
Aug 15, 2011

Sziget Festival, one of Europe’s largest music festivals, has incurred losses this year, according to preliminary estimates, Est Media Holding, the listed owner of the event, has announced on Monday. In previous years the festival generated profit.

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Sziget 2011 starts today

Budapest's Sziget Festival, one of Europe's most popular outdoor musical and cultural events kicks off today with Day Zero. The festival’s Main Stage will host the 7-time Grammy winner American pop-icon Prince.

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