551 result(s) for sziget festival budapest
5 Top Acts At Sziget 2017
- 9 Aug 2017 1:00 AM
- entertainment
It’s been a good couple of years since I've set foot on The Island of Freedom, but the Sziget 2017 festival line-up is one of the most exciting in a long time for many @expatintheloop. To share the pre-gig exhilaration here are our top five 'must see' acts this August, along with a few other best bets for your interest.
10,000 Festival-Goers Already On Sziget Festival Grounds
- 8 Aug 2017 3:00 AM
- entertainment
Some 10,000 people have already arrived at the Sziget Festival grounds, on an island in the north of Budapest, ahead of the week-long international event to start on Wednesday, the head of the organising company said.
Extra Public Transport Services To Sziget
- 8 Aug 2017 2:00 AM
- getting around
BKK Budapest Transport Centre, 'the mobility manager of the Hungarian capital', provides higher frequency services on suburban railway line H5, on tram line 6 between 9-16 August. It also operates vehicles with bigger passenger capacity on night lines 901 and 918, and operates special dedicated boat services, all to provide better access for Sziget visitors to the festival venue.
A Dutch Man Just Bought A Whole Hungarian Village
- 3 Aug 2017 8:40 AM
- getting around
After falling in love with a small Hungarian village, called Bedepuszta, a Dutch businessman, Elroy Thümmler bought almost all of the houses there – reports Magyar Nemzet. Thümmler bought the houses from the Roma families, after which he bought them better houses in other villages. There were cases where three families were living in one house: for them, he bought three separate new homes.
Pink Headlining Sziget 2017 Held Between 9-16 August
- 2 Aug 2017 11:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival organisers are "very excited to host P!NK once again at the Island of Freedom". She is now confirmed to open the headline slot in 2017.
Video: See You At Sziget 2017
- 1 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival, held on a beautiful green island in the middle of Budapest, is a 7-day celebration of music, art and many more. Every August almost half million people gather from more than 100 countries to be part ofthis massive celebration. The 25th Island of Freedom will be held between 9-16 August, 2017.
'Mandoki Soulmates', Budapest Park, 8 August
- 26 Jul 2017 8:42 AM
- entertainment
The super group of the legendary Leslie Mandoki, Mandoki Soulmates returns to Budapest the night before the 25th Sziget Festival starts. The icons of the jazzrock world gave their first concert in 1994, at the first Sziget Festival that presented not only Hungarian but international artists as well.
'Sziget Festival Budapest History Through Photographs', Capa Center, Until 31 August
- 17 Jul 2017 8:30 AM
- entertainment
Since 1993, an island emerges from the Danube at Budapest every year for a few days, which does have its rules, but still, opens up gates to another world: the community experience of the era sweeps through with an elemental force, while the peculiar limitations of ordinary life sink beyond the horizon.
Foo Fighters, Budapest Aréna, 26 June
- 22 Jun 2017 12:45 PM
- entertainment
The last great American “arena rock band” will return to Hungary for the first time in 20 years. The iconic band had already visited Budapest in 1997 as the performer of the well-known Sziget Festival. This time, the Foo Fighters have confirmed that they will give an all-night long concert at Budapest Arena.
5 Top Acts At Sziget 2017
- 9 Aug 2017 1:00 AM
- entertainment
It’s been a good couple of years since I've set foot on The Island of Freedom, but the Sziget 2017 festival line-up is one of the most exciting in a long time for many @expatintheloop. To share the pre-gig exhilaration here are our top five 'must see' acts this August, along with a few other best bets for your interest.
10,000 Festival-Goers Already On Sziget Festival Grounds
- 8 Aug 2017 3:00 AM
- entertainment
Some 10,000 people have already arrived at the Sziget Festival grounds, on an island in the north of Budapest, ahead of the week-long international event to start on Wednesday, the head of the organising company said.
Extra Public Transport Services To Sziget
- 8 Aug 2017 2:00 AM
- getting around
BKK Budapest Transport Centre, 'the mobility manager of the Hungarian capital', provides higher frequency services on suburban railway line H5, on tram line 6 between 9-16 August. It also operates vehicles with bigger passenger capacity on night lines 901 and 918, and operates special dedicated boat services, all to provide better access for Sziget visitors to the festival venue.
A Dutch Man Just Bought A Whole Hungarian Village
- 3 Aug 2017 8:40 AM
- getting around
After falling in love with a small Hungarian village, called Bedepuszta, a Dutch businessman, Elroy Thümmler bought almost all of the houses there – reports Magyar Nemzet. Thümmler bought the houses from the Roma families, after which he bought them better houses in other villages. There were cases where three families were living in one house: for them, he bought three separate new homes.
Pink Headlining Sziget 2017 Held Between 9-16 August
- 2 Aug 2017 11:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival organisers are "very excited to host P!NK once again at the Island of Freedom". She is now confirmed to open the headline slot in 2017.
Video: See You At Sziget 2017
- 1 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival, held on a beautiful green island in the middle of Budapest, is a 7-day celebration of music, art and many more. Every August almost half million people gather from more than 100 countries to be part ofthis massive celebration. The 25th Island of Freedom will be held between 9-16 August, 2017.
'Mandoki Soulmates', Budapest Park, 8 August
- 26 Jul 2017 8:42 AM
- entertainment
The super group of the legendary Leslie Mandoki, Mandoki Soulmates returns to Budapest the night before the 25th Sziget Festival starts. The icons of the jazzrock world gave their first concert in 1994, at the first Sziget Festival that presented not only Hungarian but international artists as well.
'Sziget Festival Budapest History Through Photographs', Capa Center, Until 31 August
- 17 Jul 2017 8:30 AM
- entertainment
Since 1993, an island emerges from the Danube at Budapest every year for a few days, which does have its rules, but still, opens up gates to another world: the community experience of the era sweeps through with an elemental force, while the peculiar limitations of ordinary life sink beyond the horizon.
Foo Fighters, Budapest Aréna, 26 June
- 22 Jun 2017 12:45 PM
- entertainment
The last great American “arena rock band” will return to Hungary for the first time in 20 years. The iconic band had already visited Budapest in 1997 as the performer of the well-known Sziget Festival. This time, the Foo Fighters have confirmed that they will give an all-night long concert at Budapest Arena.