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Seven Meadows’ Land Festival, Until 23 August, Őrség, Hungary
- 17 Aug 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
For the 14th year in a row the Seven Meadows’ Land Festival will take place in the Őrség in southwestern Hungary. The nine-day festival is characterized by 'traditional art and open hearts'. There will be concerts every day by traditional Hungarian musicians and other famous bands like Európa Kiadó, Ripoff Raskolnikov, Müller Péter Sziámi AndFriends, Ferenczi György and the Rackajam and Makám. ...
MAV Symphony Orchestra @ Budapest Zoo, 21 August
- 17 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The MAV Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945 by the Hungarian State Railways. Shortly after the Second World War, it established its name carrying a series of great concerts to the destroyed towns all over the country. As time passed, the orchestra developed a wide-ranging repertoire from baroque to contemporary music, and is currently ranked among the best professional ensembles in Hungary. On ...
'Festival Of Folk Arts', Castle District, On Until 23 August
- 17 Aug 2015 2:04 AM
- community & culture
Press release: This year the cream of the 'Hungarian masters and craftsmen' scene will move in to the Buda Castle for the 29th time. At this Festival of Folk Arts 2015 between the 20th and 23rd of August, for four days the focus will be on the life of shepherds. The main goal of the festival has remained the same for nearly three decades: to present very rare but still active crafts that exist ...
Bad Religion (USA) + Mad Caddies (USA), Budapest Park, 18 August
- 15 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- entertainment
Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1980. The band makes extensive use of soaring 3-part vocal harmonies (which they refer to in their album liner notes as the "oozin' aahs"), guitar solos and lyrics that often contain religious and political commentary.
Foals (UK), Sziget Budapest, 13 August 7.30pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
2013 was the year that Foals broke through the barriers. Relentless touring saw Foals play 155 shows across the world and travelling 135,110 miles, appearing high up the bill at festivals around the world and playing their first ever UK festival headline slot (Latitude), it’s no surprise then, thatBritish media coined Foals as one of the hardest working acts of the year.
Goran Bregovic @ Sziget Budapest, 15 August 9.15 pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Roots in the Balkans where he stems from, head in the 21st Century which he fully inhabits, Goran Bregovic's music marries sounds of a gypsy brass band with traditional Bulgarian polyphonies, those of an electric guitar and traditional percussion with a curious rock accent…. all against a background of a bedevilled string orchestra and deep sonorities of a male choir, creating music that our soul ...
Major Lazer @Sziget Budapest, 15 August 7.30 pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Major Lazer is an electronic music group created by record producer Diplo, with current members Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. Initially the English DJ and producer Switch was part of the group. However, he and the remaining members parted ways in late 2011. Their music spans numerous genres, usually fusing reggae and dancehall music with dance genres such as moombahton and electro house.
Kraftklub (DE) @ Sziget Budapest, 16 August 4pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Kraftklub were founded in 2009, when rapper Felix Brummer (who went by the alias Bernd Bass back then) teamed up with rock band Neon Blocks to record a number of songs mixing indie rock and German-language rap. The lineup included drummer Max Marschk, guitarist Steffen Israel, singer/guitarist Karl Schumann, and bassist Till Brummer (Felix's brother and actually named Kummer, as both Till and ...
Xpat Guide: Top Sounds @ Sziget 2015
- 13 Aug 2015 3:55 AM
- entertainment
Sziget o'clock has arrived, and as your (p)leisure time is valuable we've reviewed the whole line-up and come up with a short-list of the top names playing live this year. We've been picky, and kept it all focused on the most famous names in the music biz. It goes without saying that tastes vary, so we're just aiming to remind you of the top headliners, plus one or two special picks from the vast ...
Seven Meadows’ Land Festival, Until 23 August, Őrség, Hungary
- 17 Aug 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
For the 14th year in a row the Seven Meadows’ Land Festival will take place in the Őrség in southwestern Hungary. The nine-day festival is characterized by 'traditional art and open hearts'. There will be concerts every day by traditional Hungarian musicians and other famous bands like Európa Kiadó, Ripoff Raskolnikov, Müller Péter Sziámi AndFriends, Ferenczi György and the Rackajam and Makám. ...
MAV Symphony Orchestra @ Budapest Zoo, 21 August
- 17 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The MAV Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945 by the Hungarian State Railways. Shortly after the Second World War, it established its name carrying a series of great concerts to the destroyed towns all over the country. As time passed, the orchestra developed a wide-ranging repertoire from baroque to contemporary music, and is currently ranked among the best professional ensembles in Hungary. On ...
'Festival Of Folk Arts', Castle District, On Until 23 August
- 17 Aug 2015 2:04 AM
- community & culture
Press release: This year the cream of the 'Hungarian masters and craftsmen' scene will move in to the Buda Castle for the 29th time. At this Festival of Folk Arts 2015 between the 20th and 23rd of August, for four days the focus will be on the life of shepherds. The main goal of the festival has remained the same for nearly three decades: to present very rare but still active crafts that exist ...
Bad Religion (USA) + Mad Caddies (USA), Budapest Park, 18 August
- 15 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- entertainment
Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1980. The band makes extensive use of soaring 3-part vocal harmonies (which they refer to in their album liner notes as the "oozin' aahs"), guitar solos and lyrics that often contain religious and political commentary.
Foals (UK), Sziget Budapest, 13 August 7.30pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
2013 was the year that Foals broke through the barriers. Relentless touring saw Foals play 155 shows across the world and travelling 135,110 miles, appearing high up the bill at festivals around the world and playing their first ever UK festival headline slot (Latitude), it’s no surprise then, thatBritish media coined Foals as one of the hardest working acts of the year.
Goran Bregovic @ Sziget Budapest, 15 August 9.15 pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Roots in the Balkans where he stems from, head in the 21st Century which he fully inhabits, Goran Bregovic's music marries sounds of a gypsy brass band with traditional Bulgarian polyphonies, those of an electric guitar and traditional percussion with a curious rock accent…. all against a background of a bedevilled string orchestra and deep sonorities of a male choir, creating music that our soul ...
Major Lazer @Sziget Budapest, 15 August 7.30 pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Major Lazer is an electronic music group created by record producer Diplo, with current members Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. Initially the English DJ and producer Switch was part of the group. However, he and the remaining members parted ways in late 2011. Their music spans numerous genres, usually fusing reggae and dancehall music with dance genres such as moombahton and electro house.
Kraftklub (DE) @ Sziget Budapest, 16 August 4pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Kraftklub were founded in 2009, when rapper Felix Brummer (who went by the alias Bernd Bass back then) teamed up with rock band Neon Blocks to record a number of songs mixing indie rock and German-language rap. The lineup included drummer Max Marschk, guitarist Steffen Israel, singer/guitarist Karl Schumann, and bassist Till Brummer (Felix's brother and actually named Kummer, as both Till and ...
Xpat Guide: Top Sounds @ Sziget 2015
- 13 Aug 2015 3:55 AM
- entertainment
Sziget o'clock has arrived, and as your (p)leisure time is valuable we've reviewed the whole line-up and come up with a short-list of the top names playing live this year. We've been picky, and kept it all focused on the most famous names in the music biz. It goes without saying that tastes vary, so we're just aiming to remind you of the top headliners, plus one or two special picks from the vast ...