Sziget (The Island of Freedom) Festival lives up to its name, offering world-class music to a population of approximately 4,5 lakh. Started in 1993 and held in August every year since, this is one of ...

Amid performances by Rihanna, Die Antwoord, and Travis Scott at the Sziget music festival, the chicest members of the audience still seized the chance to show off how Hungarians do festival style. The ...

Sziget Festival returns for yet another spellbinding year, bringing the best music and performance acts from across Europe to its unique location on The Island of Freedom in Budapest, Hungary. The ...

This year, Sziget hit a milestone 11 million total attendees since it began in 1993. As Budapest's most established music festival, it still felt fresh in 2025, with a slew of new updates at its 31st ...

For the uninitiated, Sziget Festival is no ordinary music event; it’s a week-long immersion into a pop-up mini-city on Budapest’s Óbuda Island. Celebrating its 30th edition this year, Sziget hosted ...

Placebo, LMFAO, The Killers and over 150 groups from Hungary, Europe and further afield will grace the stages at Budapest's 20th Sziget Festival on August 6-13, one of Europe's most popular music ...

Budapest’s Sziget Festival, set on a small island in the Danube River, plays home to one of Europe’s largest music and cultural festivals, boasting over 1000 shows across 60 stages for 6 days straight ...

Sziget Festival has announced a fresh wave of artists for its 2025 edition, including British rapper Little Simz, Michael Kiwanuka and FKA twigs. Held on the “Island of Freedom” in Budapest, Hungary, ...

Straddling the picturesque Danube, Budapest provides the perfect backdrop for a festival and this city definitely knows how to put on a show. Barely a month goes by when the Hungarian capital isn’t ...

I’m a few blocks down Mester Utca on the south side of Pest, a half-hour walk from the city’s centre, minutes from the Danube, with a handy Spar on the corner and a restaurant complete with gratingly ...

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's Sziget music festival is much more than a niche player on the summer European pop scene, and this year it is getting a special accolade: Glastonbury's founder will be ...