Sziget
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The Sziget Festival (pronounced sih'-get [sih' has the quality (not length) of the vowel in the word seat]) is one of Europe's largest music and cultural festivals (400,000 visitors), held annually in July or August in Budapest, Hungary. The festival takes place on Óbuda Island, an island in the Danube. Currently it boasts more than 1000 performances each year.
The festival was started in 1993, originally called Diáksziget (Students' Island). From 1996 to 2001 it was sponsored by Pepsi and renamed Pepsi Sziget. It has been called Sziget Festival ("island festival") since 2002.
The ticket price is 120 Euros for camping, and 24 Euros for one day, in 2006 and the festival starts wednesday the 9. of August and end the 16. of August.
http://www.sziget.hu/festival_english
Previous Years
- 43 000 visitors. (Only Hungarian artists).
1994 (Diáksziget '94 (Eurowoodstock))143 000 visitors. Main artists: Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Grandmothers of Invention (Frank Zappa's band), Jefferson Starship, Birds, Blood Sweat and Tears, Eric Burdon
1995 (Diáksziget '95)173 000 visitors. Main artists: Stranglers, Jeff Healey, Clawfinger, John Cale
1996 (Pepsi Sziget 1996)206 000 visitors. Main artists: Slash, Iggy Pop, Therapy?, The Prodigy, The Bates, The Stone Roses, The Levellers, Sonic Youth
1997 (Pepsi Sziget 1997)260 000 visitors. Main artists: David Bowie, Motörhead, Rollins Band, Faith No More, Chumbawamba, Foo Fighters, New Model Army, Cardigans, dEUS, Toy Dolls
1998 (Pepsi Sziget 1998)268 000 visitors. Main artists: Rammstein, Coolio, Chumbawamba, Boney M, Green Day, Mory Kante, Shane Mgowan and the Popes, Goldie, Patti Smith, Paradise Lost, Therapy?
1999 (Pepsi Sziget 1999)297 000 visitors. Main artists: Guano Apes, Liquido, Asian Dub Foundation, Paradise Lost, Apocalyptica, Faithless, Suede, Rachid Taha, Baaba Maal, Boney Nyem, Brand New Heavies, Kool and the Gang.
2000 (Pepsi Sziget 2000)324 000 visitors. Main artists: Oasis, Guano Apes, Apollo 440, Chumbawamba, Suzanne Vega, HIM, Bad Religion, Baaba Maal, Clawfinger, Lou Reed, Bloodhound Gang, Die Arzte, Therapy?, K2R Riddim.
2001 (Pepsi Sziget 2001)365 000 visitors. Main artists: Ash, Bomfunk MCs, Jimmy Bosch, Eagle Eye Cherry, Faithless, Freestylers, Guano Apes, HIM, Ignite, Khaled, Moonspell, Morcheeba, Nightwish, Noir Desir, Omara Portuondo, Placebo, Varttina.
2002 (Sziget 2002)355 000 visitors. Main artists: The Cure, Iggy Pop, Muse, Pulp, Stereo MCs, Transglobal Underground, HIM, The 69 Eyes, Nightwish, The Gathering, Die Toten Hosen, Jovanotti, Amorphis, Tito and Tarantula, Mission, Kosheen, The Klezmatics, Baaba Maal, Mory Kante, Uk Subs, Natacha Atlas.
2003 (Sziget 2003)361 000 visitors. Main artists: Fun Lovin' Criminals, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Shaggy, Seeed, Apocalyptica, DJ Rush.
2004 (Sziget 2004)369 000 visitors. Main artists: Faithless, Sugababes, The Rasmus, The Pet Shop Boys, Fun Lovin' Criminals, The Bloodhound Gang, Junkie XL, Paul Oakenfold, Basement Jaxx, Children Of Bodom, Scissor Sisters, Freestylers, Tito and Tarantula, The Gathering, Amorphis, In Flames, Ash.
2005 (Sziget 2005)385 000 visitors. Main artists: Franz Ferdinand, Good Charlotte, Underworld, Nick Cave, Sean Paul, Buena Vista Social Club, Paul van Dyk, Korn, Natalie Imbruglia, Basement Jaxx
Other activities
In addition to music, the festival offers a plethora of other activities including
cinema,
dance,
theatre,
tattooing,
Internet access,
volleyball,
tennis,
football,
bungee jumping and a life-sized
foosball.
External links
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