The National @ Sziget Festival, 10 August

  • 20 Jul 2019 7:38 AM
The National @ Sziget Festival, 10 August
With seven albums under their belt - four of which made NME’s top 500 albums of all time list - The National are one of the most successful and revered American rock bands in history.

A sincerely conscious and political five-piece, their poetic, melancholic form of indie art-rock has won them awards including a Grammy in 2017, and their headline performance is set to be unmissable.

Date and time:
Saturday, 10 August, 9:30 pm 

Tickets: 
Daily: HUF 24,900

Venue: 
Sziget Festival
1033 Budapest, Óbudai-sziget

More: 
szigetfestival.com

Photo courtesy of the organisers

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