Festivals

In Budapest

Sziget Delivered on Its Promises

Once again this year, hundreds of thousands of visitors have experienced the unique feeling of the Island of Freedom and...

In Budapest

Sziget Draws Around 420,000 Guests

"We cannot complain, the total number of visitors of this year's Sziget festival of around 420,000 is realistic although it...

In Budapest

Dutch Biggest Group of Foreign Guests at Sziget

Dutch festival-goers form the largest group of foreigners at this year's Sziget, Hungary's biggest music festival, organizer Tamás Kádár said,...

In Budapest

The Remarkable Journey of Linamar Founder Frank Hasenfratz

The Hungarian translation of “Driven to Succeed,” the biography of the extraordinary life and times of Hungarian-born Frank Hasenfratz, founder...

In Budapest

Sziget Festival Starts Today

Sziget is a vibrant, diverse festival, a feeling of life, a rich repository of unmissable moments of the year, a...

In Budapest

Sziget Festival Starts Today

Sziget is a vibrant, diverse festival, a feeling of life, a rich repository of unmissable moments of the year, a...

In Budapest

What Do You Get in Return for a Sziget Day Ticket?

What do we get for a Sziget day ticket? Definitely more than just a big concert. If you do it...

In Budapest

What Do You Get in Return for a Sziget Day Ticket?

What do we get for a Sziget day ticket? Definitely more than just a big concert. If you do it...

In Budapest

5 Tips for This Year’s Sziget Festival

Alcoholic beverage producer and distributor Diageo, in collaboration with Sziget Festival, has collected some useful and practical tips to ensure...

In Hungary

Balatorium Ecological-Cultural Week Coming This Month

Starting on August 19, Balatorium will provide guests with a week of educational programs about Lake Balaton, combining music, workshops...

In Budapest

These Are “Only” the Largest Music Venues of Sziget

The Main Stage of Sziget has an area of over 1,000 sqm, the Samsung Party Arena's seating area is 4,000...

In Hungary

Discovering Hungary’s Garden of Eden at the S.U.N. Festival

We’re midway through summer, and it’s festival season in Hungary. As ever, it feels like we’re spoiled for choice without...

In Budapest

Circus Festival at Sziget

Cirque du Sziget, one of the most popular venues among "Szitizens", will be back in its usual place, but with...

In Hungary

Learning Skills Instead of Memorizing Facts

Debrecen has been attracting many foreign investments in the last decade. This means new families and children arrive, creating the...

In Budapest

Love Revolution on the Sziget Main Stage

Among other things, the international performers of the Love Revolution Special program will reflect on the environment, human rights, equality,...

In Hungary

3-day Kerekdomb Festival Returns to Tállya

The historic village of Tállya is in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, part of the UNESCO World Heritage, nestled among the...

In Hungary

A Shared Celebration: An Exclusive Advent Weekend in Tállya

There is a special kind of magic in the weeks leading up to Christmas. As the year draws to a...

In Hungary

Emeric Pressburger: the Englishman From Miskolc

The Hungarian-born filmmaker Emeric Pressburger is being celebrated in his birthplace as cinematic aficionados worldwide reassess his joint productions with...

In Budapest

Jewish Cultural Festival Returns for 28th Staging

The program of the 28th Jewish Cultural Festival promises to be rich and diverse, with 30 programs across six venues...

In Budapest

Festival-goers Spend Avg. HUF 182,000 During Sziget

Visitors to Sziget, Hungary's biggest music festival, spent an average of HUF 182,000, according to a nonrepresentative survey conducted by...

In Budapest

Budapest Offers Full Day of Programs for Aug. 20 National Holiday

Budapest will host a wide-ranging series of programs for Hungary’s Aug. 20 national holiday, with events spanning concerts, gastronomy, traditional...

In Budapest

Zara Larsson Meets 20 Young Cancer Patients at Sziget

After her Main Stage performance at Sziget Festival on Tuesday evening, Aug. 11, Swedish pop star Zara Larsson met backstage...

In Budapest

British, French, Slovak, Dutch Police on Duty at Sziget Festival

British, French, Slovak and Dutch police officers are assisting the work of the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) at this year's...

In Budapest

Napfényes Festival Brings Holistic Well-being to MOMkult

The Napfényes Festival filled MOMkult in early June with a broad program built around holistic health, self-knowledge, spirituality, culture, family...

Festivals

Hungarian Woman, American Man Die at Ozora Festival

A 39-year-old Hungarian woman and a 45-year-old American man died in separate incidents at the Ozora Festival in Igar on...

3-day Kerekdomb Festival Returns to Tállya

The historic village of Tállya is in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, part of the UNESCO World Heritage, nestled among the...

A Shared Celebration: An Exclusive Advent Weekend in Tállya

There is a special kind of magic in the weeks leading up to Christmas. As the year draws to a...

Emeric Pressburger: the Englishman From Miskolc

The Hungarian-born filmmaker Emeric Pressburger is being celebrated in his birthplace as cinematic aficionados worldwide reassess his joint productions with...

Jewish Cultural Festival Returns for 28th Staging

The program of the 28th Jewish Cultural Festival promises to be rich and diverse, with 30 programs across six venues...

Body of Missing Ozora Festival Worker Found Near Event Site

The body of a 21-year-old festival worker who disappeared during the Ozora Festival in early August, has been found in...

Miskolc Film Festival Reaches for the Stars, Despite Lukewarm Local Support

Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Redgrave and Claudia Cardinale have each graced the stage at CineFest, Miskolc’s International Film Festival, in recent...

Festival-goers Spend Avg. HUF 182,000 During Sziget

Visitors to Sziget, Hungary's biggest music festival, spent an average of HUF 182,000, according to a nonrepresentative survey conducted by...

Budapest Offers Full Day of Programs for Aug. 20 National Holiday

Budapest will host a wide-ranging series of programs for Hungary’s Aug. 20 national holiday, with events spanning concerts, gastronomy, traditional...

Budapest Plans All-night Parties After Aug. 20 Fireworks, Nationwide Transport Extended

Following the Aug. 20 fireworks, Budapest's streets will host all-night celebrations, while early-morning trains, buses and suburban rail services will...

Zara Larsson Meets 20 Young Cancer Patients at Sziget

After her Main Stage performance at Sziget Festival on Tuesday evening, Aug. 11, Swedish pop star Zara Larsson met backstage...

British, French, Slovak, Dutch Police on Duty at Sziget Festival

British, French, Slovak and Dutch police officers are assisting the work of the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) at this year's...

Hungarian Police Probe Drug Possession Following Illnesses at Sziget Venue

Police have launched an investigation into drug possession after several people fell ill during a DJ show by Balázs Sebestyén...

Hungarian Government Warns Sziget Festivalgoers Against Wading Through Danube

Despite unprecedentedly low water levels on the Danube, attempting to wade through the river to reach Hajógyári Island, the venue...

Napfényes Festival Brings Holistic Well-being to MOMkult

The Napfényes Festival filled MOMkult in early June with a broad program built around holistic health, self-knowledge, spirituality, culture, family...

Hungarian Woman, American Man Die at Ozora Festival

A 39-year-old Hungarian woman and a 45-year-old American man died in separate incidents at the Ozora Festival in Igar on...