Sziget Festival comes to an end with 420,000 visitors
Concerning next year’s event, Tamás Kádár said organizers aimed to sell more full festival passes than day tickets.
Concerning next year’s event, Tamás Kádár said organizers aimed to sell more full festival passes than day tickets.
Among the headliners the six-day Sziget boasts this year are Billie Eilish, making her debut in Hungary, Florence + the Machine, Imagine Dragons, David Guetta, Mumford and Sons, and Macklemore.
Organizers said in a statement that ticket sales suggested similarly large audiences for concerts on Friday and Saturday, too.
Patrols are operating around the island and at traffic junctions. The police are deploying officers who speak several languages at the point.
The Sziget Festival, one of the largest annual music and cultural festivals in Europe, will return between August 10 and 15 next year.
The Sziget Festival, Volt Festival and Balaton Sound have been cancelled this year in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa, Kings Of Leon, Major Lazer and The Strokes, plus over 75 big names will perform at Sziget 2020.
The local charity of the Order of Malta is getting three truckloads of camping equipment and clothing left behind by visitors to the festival.
Chief Organizer Tamás Kádár said that although the numbers are good it means that this year’s attendance will fall short of last year’s record of 565,000 visitors.
The Umbrella Man has in recent years climbed several Budapest landmarks – including bridges and Buda Castle – and is becoming one of the Hungarian capital’s quirkier attractions.
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran attracted a record 60,000 people at Budapest’s Sziget festival last night.
South Korea’s Idiotape, the creative circus group BONGnJOULE and a street theater performance by Elephants Laugh will be part of the line up at the festival between August 7th and 13th.
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 and The National.