• 'Festival Of Folk Arts', Castle District, On Until 23 August

    • 17 Aug 2015 2:04 AM

    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 thanks to creative minds and hardworking people from the past. Talking about creativity, one of the most ancient crafts, the pastoral life is a great example; profession and lifestyle at the same time, since ancient times.

  • Bad Religion (USA) + Mad Caddies (USA), Budapest Park, 18 August

    • 15 Aug 2015 10:00 AM

    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.

  • Famous World Travellers On Margaret Island In Budapest

    • 14 Aug 2015 9:00 AM

    This August, the adventures of two famous world travellers are reproduced in the form of spectacular dance shows at the Open-Air Theatre on Margaret Island. The story of the Hungarian world traveller and memorial writer Móric Benyovszky, will be presented by the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble on 14 August to the music of the Ghymes band, while on 26-27 August, the authentic music and dances of the Hohhot Performing Arts Group from Mongolia will recall the travels of Marco Polo in China.

  • Foals (UK), Sziget Budapest, 13 August 7.30pm

    • 13 Aug 2015 9:04 AM

    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

    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 recognises instinctively and the body greets with an irresistible urge to dance.

  • Major Lazer @Sziget Budapest, 15 August 7.30 pm

    • 13 Aug 2015 9:00 AM

    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

    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 Felix are the sons of Jan Kummer from avant-garde band AG Geige).

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