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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.
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30th anniversary: Sziget festival kicks off today
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.
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Sziget Festival opens with full house of 95,000 visitors on first day
Organizers said in a statement that ticket sales suggested similarly large audiences for concerts on Friday and Saturday, too.
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Crime and accident prevention point set up at Sziget Festival
Patrols are operating around the island and at traffic junctions. The police are deploying officers who speak several languages at the point.
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Sziget Festival to return in 2022
The Sziget Festival, one of the largest annual music and cultural festivals in Europe, will return between August 10 and 15 next year.
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Coronavirus Update: Sziget Festival, Volt Festival and Balaton Sound cancelled
The Sziget Festival, Volt Festival and Balaton Sound have been cancelled this year in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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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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Items left at this year’s Sziget Festival donated to charity
The local charity of the Order of Malta is getting three truckloads of camping equipment and clothing left behind by visitors to the festival.
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Sziget festival draws 530,000 visitors this year
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.
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Mysterious Umbrella Man climbs Ferris wheel at Sziget Festival
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.
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Ed Sheeran draws record crowd at Sziget festival
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran attracted a record 60,000 people at Budapest’s Sziget festival last night.
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South Korean pop culture in focus at the Sziget Festival
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.
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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 and The National.