Sziget Festival is one of the largest music festivals in the world and certainly the best party-filled week of the year in Hungary. Around 400,000 people come every August to the 'Sziget' for a week of music and entertainment. The organizers teamed up to present the hottest concerts of the day featuring well known international artists, the cream of Hungarian bands and rising stars.
Sziget Festival 2012
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of Sziget Festival. This year's event will be held between August 6 and 13.
Early Bird tickets are available online until April 30th, 2012.
A weekly pass with camping is EUR 195 (EUR 225 after April 30th)
A 5-day non-camping pass is EUR 165 EUR (EUR 195 after April 30th)
A day pass is EUR 40 EUR (EUR 45 after April 30th)
We will be posting the 2012 event schedule as soon as it becomes available.
Sziget Festival 2011
We are happy to report that more and more famous bands and artists have confirmed their participation in the 2011 Sziget Festival. Here is a breakdown of the performers by stage:
Pop-Rock Main Stage
Sziget - Shöne Mannheims
Batucada Sound Machine - Friday, Aug 12
Ben l'Oncle Soul - Thursday, Aug 11
British Sea Power - Friday, Aug 12
Dizzee Rascal - Friday, Aug 12
Flogging Molly - Wednesday, Aug 10
Gogol Bordello - Sunday, Aug 14
Good Charlotte - Thursday, Aug 11.
Hadouken! - Saturday, Aug 13
Interpol - Wednesday, Aug 10
Kate Nash - Saturday, Aug 13
Kaiser Chiefs - Saturday, Aug 13
Kasabian - Thursday, Aug 11
La Roux - Thursday, Aug 11
Manic Street Preachers - Sunday, Aug 14
Mariachi El Bronx - Sunday, Aug 14
Overflow - Saturday, Aug 13
Prince - Tuesday, Aug 9
Pulp - Wednesday, Aug 10
Rise Against - Wednesday, Aug 10
Skunk Anansie - Friday, Aug 12
The Chemical Brothers - Thursday, Aug 11
The Maccabees - Wednesday, Aug 10
The National - Sunday, Aug 14
The Prodigy - Friday, Aug 12
White Lies - Sunday, Aug 14
Europe Stage
Ayo - Wednesday, Aug 10
Elvis Jackson - Thursday, Aug 11
Európa Kiadó - Friday, Aug 12
For a Minor Reflection - Sunday, Aug 14
Francis International Airport - Thursday, Aug 11
Go back to the Zoo - Sunday, Aug 14
Gravity Co. - Friday, Aug 12
Ismo Alanko & Teho - Thursday, Aug 11
KILLO KILLO Banda - Friday, Aug 12
La Shica - Saturday, Aug 13
Mitch&Mitch - Wednesday, Aug 10
Puding Pani Elvisovej - Saturday, Aug 13
Skyline - Sunday, Aug 14
Söhne Mannheims - Thursday, Aug 11
The Broken Beats - Wednesday, Aug 10
The Mono Jacks - Wednesday, Aug 10
Triggerfinger - Saturday, Aug 13
Verdena - Friday, Aug 12
Wallace Vanborn - Sunday, Aug 14
World Music Main Stage
Sziget - AfroCubism
AfroCubism - Wednesday, Aug 10
Cheikh Lo - Sunday, Aug 14
Choc Quib Town - Sunday, Aug 14
Cowboy Junkies - Sunday, Aug 14
Csík Zenekar - Saturday, Aug 13
Debout Sur Le Zinc - Saturday, Aug 13
Goran Bregovic Wedding And Funeral Band - Saturday, Aug 13
Gotan Project - Thursday, Aug 11
LaBrassBanda - Wednesday, Aug 10
Lajkó Félix - Thursday, Aug 11
Les Hurlements d’Léo - Wednesday, Aug 10
Magnifico - Friday, Aug 12
Muzsikás - Friday, Aug 12
Oi Va Voi - Friday, Aug 12
Ojos de Brujo - Wednesday, Aug 10
Rotfront - Thursday, Aug 11
Shtetl Superstars - Thursday, Aug 11
Ska Cubano - Saturday, Aug 13
Sly & Robbie feat. Jr. Reid - Friday, Aug 12
Socalled - Sunday, Aug 14
A38-WAN2 Stage
Baskerville LIVE - Sunday, Aug 14
Bomb the Bass - Thursday, Aug 11
Buraka Som Sistema - Saturday, Aug 13
Crystal Castles - Thursday, Aug 11
De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig - Thursday, Aug 11
DeWolff - Friday, Aug 12
Digital Mystikz - Mala, Loefah, Coki, Pokes - Saturday, Aug 13
Dorian Concept - Wednesday, Aug 10
Gaslamp Killer - Saturday, Aug 13
Hudson Mohawke - Thursday, Aug 11
Hurts - Wednesday, Aug 10
Kees van Hondt & friends - Sunday, Aug 14
Kode9 - Friday, Aug 12
Marina and the Diamonds - Sunday, Aug 14
Peter Bjorn and John - Friday, Aug 12
Selah Sue - Sunday, Aug 14
Suicidal Tendencies - Wednesday, Aug 10
Terry Poison - Wednesday, Aug 10
The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 - Wednesday, Aug 10
Turbostaat - Friday, Aug 12
Watcha Clan - Saturday, Aug 13
Xiu Xiu - Thursday, Aug 11
Party Arena
2manydjs
Above & Beyond
Carlo Lio
Cristian Varela
Dubfire
Empire of the Sun - Wednesday, Aug 10
Goose - Thursday, Aug 11
Kid Cudi - Sunday, Aug 14
Richie Hawtin
Technasia
Trentemøller - Friday, Aug 12
Zombie Nation - Saturday, Aug 13
meduza
Alexkid - Sunday, Aug 14
Dario Zenker - Friday, Aug 12
Dewalta - Friday, Aug 12
Feelipa - Wednesday, Aug 10
Mlle Caro - Sunday, Aug 14
Nico Purman - Friday, Aug 12
Ollywood - Thursday, Aug 11
RackNRuin - Thursday, Aug 11
Reality Engine - Friday and Saturday, Aug 12 & 13
Scratcha DVA - Wednesday, Aug 10
Torqux & Twist - Thursday, Aug 11
VENT - Thursday, Aug 11
Rock and Metal Main Stage
Sziget - Lostprophets
3 Feet Smaller - Thursday, Aug 11
Dalriada - Sunday, Aug 14
Deftones - Friday, Aug 12
Depresszió - Friday, Aug 12
Helloween - Thursday, Aug 11
Judas Priest - Thursday, Aug 11
Lord - Thursday, Aug 11
Lostprophets - Saturday, Aug 13
Motörhead - Wednesday, Aug 10
Nevergreen - Sunday, Aug 14
Omen - Wednesday, Aug 10
Road - Wednesday, Aug 10
Sonata Arctica - Sunday, Aug 14
Subscribe - Friday, Aug 12
Superbutt - Saturday, Aug 13
The Haunted - Friday, Aug 12
The Sorrow - Saturday, Aug 13
Within Temptation - Wednesday, Aug 10
Good to know
Starting 2011, the 'Festival Card' (Fesztiválkártya) is the only form of payment accepted at Sziget. The original card comes with a zero balance and needs to be topped up (cash or cc accepted, for cc HUF 100 fee applies). Should you have a remaining balance on the card, it can be cashed in during the festival only. Find out more about the card here.
Getting to Sziget Festival
The main entrance to Sziget Festival is at Mozaik utca in District 3, Óbuda. Take the Suburban Railway (HÉV) from Batthyány tér to Filatorigát. Batthyány tér is easily accessible by Subway (M2) and several Streetcars and Buses.
Getting to Sziget from Budapest Airport
Take airport bus No. 200 to Kőbánya-Kispest subway station (M3). Take the subway to Árpád híd. Take streetcar No. 1 or 1A to Szentlélek tér (2 stops towards Bécsi út). Take the suburban railway (HÉV) to Filatorigát (1st stop towards Szentendre/Békásmegyer).
Getting to Sziget from Déli pályaudvar (Southern Railway Station)
Take subway M2 to to Batthyány tér. Take the suburban railway (HÉV) to Filatorigát (5th stop towards Szentendre/Békásmegyer).
Getting to Sziget from Nyugati pályaudvar (Western Railway Station)
Take streetcars No. 4 or 6 to Margit híd (Margaret Bridge, Buda side), towards Moszkva tér. ) Take the suburban railway (HÉV) to Filatorigát (4th stop towards Szentendre/Békásmegyer).
Getting to Sziget from Keleti pályaudvar (Eastern Railway Station)
Take subway M2 to to Batthyány tér. Take the suburban railway (HÉV) to Filatorigát (5th stop towards Szentendre/Békásmegyer).
This is the latest schedule updated on July 15, 2011. For up-to-date information and a list of vendors selling festival tickets please check the official website of Sziget Festival.
