Hello All,
I know there's a lot of you who all might know stg about this festival (at last that this year The Gathering will also play there
) but for those who don't know about it or just looking for stg to do in the summer, I can recommand it!!!
I just write this because I also wanna go this year too AND our fav band will also play there AND why not to organize some fan meeting if any of you are coming or decide to come after getting the infos
Sziget ("island") Festival is a one - week long music festival with more than 15 stages, tents and small stages, with 0- 24h music (live music is til about 04:00 every day on several stages of ALL kinds of music) It takes place on a big island on river Danube, not outside the city, but in a very nice and quiet area (not counting with this week of constant noise
), with public traffic you can reach the city in 30-40 minutes but to be in Budapest you only have to walk out of the island or get a ship to the city (it's unf not free but its nice
)
Date of the fest: 9-16th August 2006 (TG plays on 15th, the final day, 16th is the last down parties then you have to leave the island because it's over...waking-packing-leaving)
Music: well, all kinds of it. The main stages are:
Main Stage with "headliners" and the most famous artists coming from another countries - and the most beloved Hungarian bands.
Artists for this stage who are now confirmed:
Radiohead (aug 12)
Placebo
Franz Ferdinand
Scissor Sisters
Rasmus
The Gathering (aug 15) (who are theyyyyyyyy?
)
Ministry (aug 10)
dEUS
Thereapy?
Jovanotti
Guru's Jazzmataz
Gentleman
Beatsteaks
Hammer Stage, the Metal tent!! it rocks, metal and hard rock from 16:00 til 3:00, with Hungaian bands mostly, and 1-2 headliners in the evening. Now these bands are:
Sick of it All (aug 10)
The Exploited (aug 11)
Cathedral
Cradle of Filth (aug 9)
Fear Factory
Evergrey
Morbid Angel
Satyricon
World Music Stage with artists from all over the world. Nice sounding, barefoot dancing, moody folk area. A good place to relax, with nice sounding!
Artists:
Natacha Atlas (aug 14)
Enzo Avitable & Manu Dibango (aug 11)
Goran Bregovic Wedding And Funeral Band
Toumani Diabaté feat Symmetric Orchestra
Afro Celt Sound System
Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation (I'm very curious about him!!!)
Susana Bacát
La Bottine Souriantét
Cheb Mami
Manu Dibango
Femi Kuti
Boban Markovic
Spakka-Neapolis 55
David Krakauer
Danyel Waro
Susheela Raman
Leningrad
Les Boukakes
Orange Blossom (aug 9)
Zakopower
17 Hippies (aug 13)
Tiken Jah Fakoly
Vágtázó Csodaszarvas
Pannonia All Star Ska Orchestra
Palya Bea
Besh o droM
Makám
Ghymes
Another stages:
Wan2
Bahia
Jazz Tent (Jazz til the early morning)
Blues Stage
pop stage
Party Arena (trance, disco, etc...til down. I haven't been there in my 5-6 years since I visit the festival...)
etc...
More infos as you're interested. Official site:
http://www.sziget.hu/fesztival - with a lot of language options but what the festival REALLY is about it's beyond the words. I can tell some stories
Well...meet you there, who's coming!