Tag: Sziget
Hungary: African continent very present at Sziget music festival
In Budapest, Sziget, one of Europe’s largest music festivals, is in full swing. Set in a 78-hectare park on an island in the Danube between Buda and Pest, the event,…
Sziget Festival-goers take the train to Budapest: ‘6 days of hell’
By now, most of the party animals have boarded the train. Two men (father and son) are packing their bags and are planning to do the same. “We often go…
Sziget: wonder and excess
Tomas Loeffen has been head of marketing for the mega festival Sziget in Budapest, Hungary for 15 years. Since its creation 29 years ago, it has been called the “European…
Sziget: Palestinian circus, beyond the walls
The Sziget Festival, in Budapest, capital of Hungary, one of the biggest in Europe, has been taking up residence for 29 years on an island on the banks of the…
The Sziget Festival in Hungary: Ethio-Jazz Fever with Arat Kilo Mamani Keita and Mike Ladd
The Hungarian capital Budapest has been living for three days to the rhythm of the mega festival Sziget, one of the biggest European musical events. An eclectic and excessive event,…
Celebrating love and peace, the Sziget Festival sees itself in ‘Woodstock of Europe’
Organized for 29 years on an island in the heart of the Hungarian capital, the Sziget Festival in Budapest attracts nearly 600,000 spectators each year. It is the biggest musical…