Sziget Festival
sziget festival hungarian sziget fesztivál pronounced ˈsiɡɛt ˈfɛstivaːl sziget island one largest music cultural festival europe held every august northern budapest hungary óbudaisziget old buda island leafy hectare acre island danube performance take place year weeklong festival grown relatively lowprofile student event become one prominent european rock festival half visitor coming outside hungary especially western europe also dedicated party train service resident dj transport festivalgoers europe second event labelled eurowoodstock headlined performer original woodstock festival total attendance exceeded reached record broken visitor attended festival since mids sziget festival increasingly labelled european alternative burning man festival due unique feature electronically amplified warped amusement park nothing reality sziget ranked one best festival europe independent festival twotime winner european festival award category best major european festival sziget branched transylvania organiser cocreated new annual festival titled félsziget fesztivál romanian festivalul peninsula soon became largest kind romania organiser cocreated balaton sound electronic music festival held southern bank lake balaton quickly gained popularity following end communist era formerly lively summer festival scene budapest faced crisis due sudden loss governmental funding group artist rock enthusiast proposed sziget event way bridge gap festival started originally called diáksziget student island first event organised music fan spare time ran well budget taking repay loss sponsored pepsi renamed pepsi sziget called sziget fesztivál island festival since comprehensive survey done published risktaking behaviour mood sziget visitor national institute health promotion oei survey revealed amongst others last sexual encounter participant unprotected sziget festival notable contains act many different genre saw among others blue stage jazz tent world music stage alongside main stage typical popular rock act festival popular west european around visitor come outside hungary largest group coming netherlands many also come belgium uk germany italy france ireland romania located island festival goer tried enter swimming across danube paddling across inflatable raft organiser much discourage attempt dangerous due tricky nature fastflowing danube river sziget festival lasted august festival instead day day long zeroeth day featured one major gig iron maiden special minus first day called day hungarian song headlined number popular hungarian rock band including lgt beatrice well iron maiden rem mass hysteria babyshambles sex pistol jamiroquai antiflag flogging molly alanis morissette killer kook kaiser chief crib speak many also confirmed day performance available sziget website length festival reduced resident living neighborhood nearby would less trouble noise organizer plan take step reduce noise metal stage open pm noise filtering wall built near noisiest stage sziget – august festival day schedule zeroeth day rock racism concert featuring mostly hungarian band minus first day one major gig time th anniversary concert hungarian rock band tankcsapda lineup main stage iamx nouvelle vague skap snow patrol lily allen miss platnum ting ting die toten hosen bloc party fatboy slim haydamaky jet primal scream pendulum prodigy subway editor klaxon manic street preacher placebo disco ensemble danko jones maxïmo park offspring faith world music main stage kalmery napra oi va voi calexico orquesta buena vista social club figli di madre ignota zamballarana amadou mariam speed caravan woven hand muzsikás nsk khaled vieux farka touré tiken jah fakoly brotherhood brass boban marković orkestar frank london klezmer brass allstars awan stage blasted mechanism de staat la troba kungfú matatu miloopa muchachito bombo infierno squarepusher tricky white lie babylon circus white lie performance power glory sziget festival later used music video song rock stage backyard baby brujeria deathstars donots expatriate life agony satyricon turbonegro turisas party arena armin van buuren birdy nam nam coldcut dillinja eric prydz grooverider jose padilla paul oakenfold pete tong state prince thirty second mar prodigy pulp chemical brother white lie kasabian kaiser chief manic street preacher dizzee rascal interpol flogging molly kate nash british sea power skunk anansie gogol bordello la roux rise national hadouken good charlotte batucada sound machine afrocubism rotfront ojos de brujo gotan project eliades ochoa hurlements d’leo debout sur le zinc goran bregovic wedding funeral band shtetl super star crystal castle many dj empire sun goose belgian band zombie nation söhne mannheim verdena go back zoo triggerfinger de jeugd van tegenwoordig baskerville dewolff kees van hondt selah sue marina diamond bloody beetroot death crew hurt deftones lostprophets within temptation sonata arctica juda priest motörhead monday august ivan parazol leningrad tankcsapda blink tuesday august antiflag skap queen stone age deadmau wednesday august jake bugg imagine dragon placebo skrillex thursday august mary popkids bastille lily allen macklemore ryan lewis friday august die fantastischen vier ceelo green manic street preacher korn saturday august bombay bicycle club punnany massif madness prodigy sunday august triggerfinger kook outkast calvin harris tuesday august brody dalle day remember casper jimmy eat world bloody beetroot deniz koyu thomas gold dj sikztah wednesday august girl hawaii big pink tom odell mile kane clean bandit rhab madeon andro thursday august michael kiwanuka fink irie maffia bonobo stromae kavinsky outrun live axwell muzzaik friday august palma violet band skull angel haze kelis klaxon sandro silva laidback luke dave martin saturday august starlight girl bosshoss jagwar wild beast crystal fighter quentin mosimann fedde le grand julia carpenter sunday august invsn mount kimbie nofx la roux darkside djaikovski ft tk wonder mc wasp ian autorun borgore black sun empire jade dr tamas derce mayor újpest th district budapest sued sziget festival claiming event loud local cannot sleep night mayor want force organiser court decision cease every program pm virtually mean closing festival mayor already lost similar case sziget court organizer festival promised local official main stage shut pm music stage played reason iron maiden concert taken original starting time pm pm addition music festival offer plethora activity including cinema dance theatre tattooing internet access volleyball tennis football indoor rowing rock climbing bungee jumping lifesized foosball island located city budapest allowing trip city centre day list historic rock festival woodstock artistic reply festival magyar sziget hungarian island verőce hungary focusing hungarian rather international music held every year july official website language english french german italian dutch ukrainian finnish slovakian romanian spanish 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