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Sziget Festival announces its first 2020 lineup
Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa, Kings Of Leon, Major Lazer and The Strokes, plus over 75 big names will perform at Sziget 2020.
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The Sziget Festival kicks off next week
Legendary British pop singer Ed Sheeran, Florence Welch and James Blake will perform alongside groups that have been at the top of their game for decades, including the Foo Fighters...
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Volt Festival welcomes start of Hungary's summer party season
The festival season began in Hungary yesterday with the 27th Volt Festival in Sopron, western Hungary. The popular event will run until Saturday evening.
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Transylvanian talent to receive Hungarian music masterclass
The event will kick off on June 30th at the Csíkszereda community arts center.
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Voit-organ played for the first time since 1967 at Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
The Hungarian state has allocated 640 billion HUF to major cultural investments since 2010, 70 of which have already been concluded and 90 are in progress
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Budapest Jazz Club to host 11th World Leonard Cohen Festival on August 4th and 5th
Performers will give concerts, participate in audience discussions and sign autographs and memorabilia for fans
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Latin pop star Ricky Martin will return to Hungary to perform at the Papp László Arena on September 4th
As part of his European tour, the singer will belt out some of his best known hits, including Livin’ la Vida Loca, La Mordidita, She Bangs and the 1998 World Cup song, La Copa de la Vida
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Hungarian talent show for classical musicians has been snapped up by UK and US
Producers of “Virtuosos” confirm that the rights to the program have been acquired by New York and London-based production firms to produce UK and US versions of the show
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Pet Shop Boys to play at the SZIN festival on August 24th
The Pet Shop Boys is the most successful pop duo to come out of the United Kingdom. The group has sold more than 50 million records worldwide and has a string of number one hits
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Hungary's search for Eurovision singer receives over 350 entries
The top 30 tunes will be announced in December and the live A Dal 2018 broadcasts will begin on January 20th and will run every week for six weeks
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Hungarian rock legend Lajos Som passes away at the age of 70
The musician, member of the popular Hungarian rock bands “Taurus” and “Piramis”, had been struggling with serious health issues since the summer
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New international jazz festival to provide platform for rising Hungarian talent
Billy Cobham brings a bit of Jazz to Hungary this weekend.