No music festival is complete without a special announcement from one of the top-billed acts or a special guest cameo during a scheduled set. For Lorde, it was the latter. On Monday, August 14, during ...

Sziget Festival has announced the return of Day Zero, adding an extra festival day to its 2026 edition. On August 10, The ...

Sziget 2023 looks set to continue this upward trajectory, with artists from 60 countries set to perform across six days at this year’s festival from August 10-15. With the likes of Billie Eilish, ...

Budapest's island festival, Sziget, has announced its second wave of acts for 2024. Taking place in Óbudai-sziget, August 7 - 12, Sziget has made a name for itself as one of Europe's biggest festivals ...

The Budapest event is set to return over five days this summer, and will be held at the Óbuda Island (AKA The Island Of Freedom) between August 11 and August 15. Today (February 3) Sziget has ...

God help the artist who has to follow Chappell Roan. The organisers of Sziget – the six-day pop music festival held on an island along Budapest’s river Danube – understood this at least. The smartest ...

With over 50 stages hosting an incredible range of music acts, art, comedy and more, Sziget continues to cement its reputation as the 'Glastonbury of Europe'. Headliners for this years huge 30th ...

Hungarian authorities have banned Irish rap group Kneecap from entering the country and from taking part in the annual Sziget music festival, over accusations of anti-Semitic hate speech and public ...

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, ...

Sziget is something of a conundrum. On the one hand, it's an explosive blast of colour; a vibrant festival with a fine heart and a soft centre. But, on the other hand, it's your worst nightmare; a ...

It's a balmy midnight in Hungary and you are walking through a forest lit with fairy lights. To your right there's an impromptu 50s-style sock hop, DJed by a man in a tuxedo who has set up his ...