Let’s face it: festival life is awesome, but that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice comfort. If you’re after a proper bed, hot showers, and maybe even a little luxury, you’ll want to plan your accommodation wisely.

🏨 Closest and Best Hotel: Verdi Budapest Aquincum

If you want to be as close as humanly possible to the festival without pitching a tent, Verdi Budapest Aquincum is your dream solution.

• Located just 10–15 meters from the festival entrance
• Offers comfortable rooms, spa services, and breakfast
• The only full-service hotel within walking distance of the island

It’s extremely popular during Sziget, so make sure to book early – rooms vanish fast during festival week.

🏠 Want to Feel at Home? Go for an Apartment!

If you don’t mind a little flexibility in exchange for more space or a better price, renting an apartment is an excellent option. There are plenty of private apartments and short-term rentals available in the Óbuda district, just across from the island.

Benefits include:

• Kitchen facilities for cooking between concerts
• More privacy and space
• Potentially lower prices (especially for groups)

➡️ Use the map below to check availability, prices, and even see if Verdi Budapest Aquincum still has rooms available.

For more practical info about the festival itself, visit the Sziget Festival page.

Pack your dancing shoes, but book your bed first!

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• You can read more about the Sziget festival here.

The biggest names are, of course, Sam Smith, Martin Garrix, Fred Again.., and Stormzy. If you are from the United Kingdom, you will feel very much at home at Sziget 2024, considering that three of the four artists listed above come from the UK.

A few words about Fred Again.., Martin Garrix, Stormzy, and Sam Smith.

Fred Again..:

• Fred Again.. is a British record producer, songwriter, and artist. His real name is Fred Gibson.
• He gained recognition for his work in electronic and dance music, with a unique and experimental approach to production.
• Fred Again.. has collaborated with various artists and has been involved in creating music across genres.
• His discography includes solo work as well as collaborations with other musicians.

Martin Garrix:

• Martin Garrix, born Martijn Gerard Garritsen, is a Dutch electronic music producer and DJ.
• He rose to prominence with his single “Animals,” which became a massive hit and established him as a leading figure in the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) scene.
• Garrix has consistently been ranked as one of the top DJs globally and has received numerous awards for his contributions to the electronic music industry.
• He continues to release chart-topping tracks and perform at major music festivals around the world.

Stormzy:

• Stormzy, whose real name is Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr., is a British rapper and grime artist.
• He gained widespread recognition with his debut studio album “Gang Signs & Prayer,” which won the 2018 Brit Award for British Album of the Year.
• Stormzy is known for addressing social and political issues in his music, making him a prominent figure in the UK music scene.
• Besides his musical career, Stormzy has been involved in philanthropy and activism.

Sam Smith:

• Sam Smith is a British singer and songwriter known for their soulful and emotive vocals.
• They gained international fame with their debut album, “In the Lonely Hour,” featuring hits like “Stay with Me.”
• Sam Smith is recognized for their powerful voice and has received numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Writing’s on the Wall,” the theme song for the James Bond film “Spectre.”
• The artist has continued to evolve their musical style, exploring themes of love, identity, and personal experiences in their work.

I guess you just got lots of reasons to come to Budapest during the summer of 2024. If you want to read more about other programs and events in Budapest, take a look at our events calendar.

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We wrote about Sziget in 2023 a few weeks ago. The festival was then supposed to start on August 9th and end on August 14th. But, when they learned that Billie Eilish could come to make a concert, they moved the entire festival one day to make things work out. As a result, the festival will be arranged between August 10th and August 15th in 2023.

Who will come to Sziget in 2023?

The list of artists released on December 1st is just an initial list and more names will be added later. But, we can already see lots of fantastic artists on the list. As a result, you can safely book your flight tickets and buy your Sziget ticket for 2023 already.

Below you can see the list of names released on December 1st.

Billie Eilish, David Guetta, Florence + the Machine, Imagine Dragons, Sam Fender, Niall Horan, YUNGBLUD, Foals, Diplo, Jamie xx, M83, Moderat, Sven Väth, Mimi Webb, Nothing But Thieves, Two Feet, Viagra Boys, Amyl And The Sniffers, 070 Shake, TV Girl, Dixon, Uncle Waffles, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Baby Queen, The Comet Is Coming, Easy Life, Youngr, Los Bitchos, Destroy Boys, Kelly Lee Owens (DJ set), Mall Grab, Partiboi69, Parra For Cuva, Jungle By Night, yuné pinku (DJ set) and Hannah Grae

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In 2008 Iron Maiden was one of the hotshots, and for Sziget Festival in 2009 Fatboy Slim, Placebo, Ska-P, Tankcsapda, The Offspring, and the Prodigy made crowds come to Budapest. In 2010 Iron Maiden returned again, and several other famous bands and accompanied them. What is for sure is that every year Sziget Festival is a highlight of the year and the festival is by many said to be one of the best, if not the best festival in Europe. Do not miss out on it, and here you can find more information about the next upcoming festival.

The festival is getting bigger and bigger every year, and in 2018 and 2019, the number of visitors almost reached 500,000 people. That is crazy for a music festival arranged on a tiny island in Budapest. If you want to know more about it and visit the festival, make sure to purchase your ticket as quickly as possible.

The highlight in 2022 was the Justin Bieber concert, while Imagine Dragons and Billie Eilish were the big highlights in 2023. The biggest names at Sziget in 2024 was Fred Again.., Martin Garrix, Azahriah, Sam Smith, and Stormzy. Who will be the most important bands coming in 2025?

If you need help arranging your airport transfer to the festival, or maybe if you want to enjoy a river cruise while in Budapest or some other program, look around here in our Budapest Guide for more information!

Sziget Festival 2026

August 11th – August 15th

Artists and bands on Sziget 2026

• Twenty One Pilots – major alternative rock duo
• Florence + The Machine – indie/alt rock favorites
• Lewis Capaldi – pop/ballad singer-songwriter
• SOMBR – breakthrough artist nominated for major awards
• Bring Me The Horizon – internationally huge rock band
• Zara Larsson – pop sensation
• Wolf Alice – acclaimed indie rock act
• Loyle Carner – standout hip-hop artist

Are you looking for a place to live near the festival area?

Would you like to live in a hotel or an apartment close to the festival area? Below you can see a map showing some hotels and apartments with price estimations.

Pictures from Sziget

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So, who will come to the Sziget festival in 2020? The first list of artists has just been released, and here you can see some of the most important names.

Some artists coming to Sziget in 2020

Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa, Kings Of Leon, Major Lazer, The Strokes, A$AP Rocky, Khalid, Stormzy, Lewis Capaldi, Foals, Mark Ronson, Foster The People, Diplo, FKA twigs, Caribou, Kaytranada, Jon Hopkins live, blackbear, Sigrid, Of Monsters and Men, Keane, Glass Animals, Daughter, Clutch, Denzel Curry, Mabel, Loyle Carner, slowthai, Little Dragon, Miles Kane, Tom Walker, Rilès, Floating Points live, Alison Wonderland, Little Simz, Sevdaliza, Jamie Jones b2b Joseph Capriati, Dixon, Bob Moses club set.

Do you see some artists or bands on the list that you would like to see live at the festival? Or would you like to know more in general about the Sziget festival? Check our general article about the Sziget Festival for more information.

Would you rather know more about what’s on in Budapest? Click the link to find out.

Do not forget that the festival runs special discounts for those ordering tickets and passes to the festival early on. In other words, it is wise and can save you quite a lot of money if you purchase your Sziget pass as quickly as possible.

If you want help with other programs in Budapest, maybe with an airport transfer, or booking a brewery dinner? Look around here at www.hungarybudapestguide.com for more information and inspiration!

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So far, we know little about which artists will come to Sziget Festival in 2020, but we do know when the festival will be arranged. That is ideal for those who are coming to Sziget in Budapest, not only for the artists, but because they love the festival, the atmosphere, and everything there is about the festival. So, if you are ready to go ahead and purchase your plane ticket to Budapest already in order to have everything in order for the Sziget Festival in 2020, go ahead!

The Sziget 2020 dates

The Sziget 2020 is arranged between August 5th and August 11th in 2020.

Once again, we do not have information about the artists coming to the festival yet, but we are promised to receive information about it shortly!

• More general information about Sziget can be found here.

Who came to Sziget in 2020?

If you are a fan of music festivals, you don’t really have to worry when it comes to the Sziget Festival. There are awesome artists coming to the festival every single year, and in 2019, the festival brought artists such as Ed Sheeran, Foo Fighters, Florence and the Machine, Post Malone, The 1975, The National, Martin Garrix, Macklemore, Twenty One Pilots, and lots of other artists to Budapest.

Plan your stay in Budapest already

Every year, we help lots of people get from Budapest Airport to the Island on which the Sziget festival is arranged. If you want to book your Budapest airport transfer ahead, go ahead and fix it immediately. Would you like to experience Budapest outside the festival as well? We can take you on a guided tour in the Hungarian capital, let you experience what a brewery looks like inside the walls of a restaurant in Budapest, give you delicious Hungarian wines combined with a wine dinner, and lots of other programs.

Look around here in the Budapest Guide for more information, inspiration, pictures and more!

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The festival attracts almost half a million people every year who pay the quite steep entrance fees to see and listen to some of the best artists from around the world. In 2019, the Sziget Festival is arranged between August 7th and August 13th. On the opening night (which is tonight), one of the highlights will already perform, Ed Sheeran.

But, there are so many stages and places to visit at the island (Sziget means island) where the festival is arranged, that you will have a hard time getting bored. There is something happening at the different stages all the time, so make sure to take a careful look at the schedule and plan your whereabouts if you do not want to miss out on something important.

Other artists coming to Sziget 2019

Ed Sheeran will perform tonight, but he is not the only hotshot coming to the festival this year. Some of the other famous artists coming include Foo Fighters, Twenty One Pilots, Florence and the Machine, Martin Garrix, The National, The 1975, CHVRCHES, Kodaline, Of Mice & Men, James Blake, Franz Ferdinand, and lots of others.

If you want to see the full program of the festival, visit the official website of the Sziget Festival which can be found here.

Other programs in Budapest

If you do not want to spend all your time at the Hajogyari island, but instead spend some time in the center of Budapest as well, that is a good idea. There are lots of cool programs in the city center, and you should, of course, drink some good Hungarian wine, taste the Hungarian Goulash soup, maybe enjoy a river cruise, and definitely, enjoy the view from the Gellert Hill!

You can read about lots of activities and programs in Budapest here in the Budapest Guide, so make sure to look around!

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In 2018, the Sziget Festival is arranged between August 8th and August 15th. We do not know the total amount of visitors to come to the island this year, but if they are lucky, the record of 495,000 visitors from 2016 will be beaten.

To entertain this amount of people, there are almost 1000 different artists performing during the festival. Most of the visitors sleep at hotels, hostels and in apartments close to the island, but the most dedicated fans sleep in tents on the actual island. That is very nice if the weather is nice, but if it rains a lot, sleeping in a tent at the festival can be considered heavy pioneer work!

Every year there are several really big names coming to the festival. Some are having amazing events, while there are some big disappointments as well every year. This year, Kendrik Lamar has been considered a giant disappointment, but on the same evening, Gorillaz did a fantastic event.

Some of the most famous artists coming to Sziget 2018 are Mumford & Sons, Bastille, Lianne La Havas, Aurora, Sofi Tukker, Popof, Labrassbanda, Zhu, Borgore, Fink, The Living End, and lots of others.

Does it sound cool with the Sziget Festival in Budapest? Would you like to come for one of the last days, or maybe next year? The price for a day ticket to Sziget is 79 Euro (in 2018). If you want to stay for three days, the price is 199 Euro. The price for the full week is 325 Euro.

In 2018, you can also follow the Sziget Festival live online. You can find the live streams available from the Sziget Festival right here.

Have a good time at the Sziget Festival and enjoy your stay in Budapest! We look forward to seeing you again in the future!

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For Hungarian the Euro 2016 might be the highlight of the year since the Hungarian team managed to qualify after beating Norway in the play off matches in November. But, for musicians and artists the Sziget Festival is the highlight and among the artists that were announced yesterday for Sziget Festival 2016 were: Muse, David Guetta, The Lumineers, Years and Years and quite some more.

Are you looking forward to the Sziget festival in 2016? You can read more about it here!

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Good news for all the Sziget lovers, the festival announced 20 new performers of Sziget in 2015. With the colourful and diverse programs Sziget offers visitors can experience every music style that is existed from punk-rock and electro to pop and soul.

20 new artists coming to Sziget in 2015

20 artists have just been added to the list of artists coming to sziget in 2015, and those are: Alesso, Beatsteak, Dotan, Dropkick Murphys, Foals, Foxes, Future Islands, Gentleman & The Evolution, Halestorm, Interpol, Knife Party, Marina and the Diamonds, MO, Nervo, Paloma Faith, SBTRKT, Selah Sue, The Maccabees, Typhoon, Vitalic Live, William Fitzsimmons and Yellow Claw. For full list, visit this article.

This year Sziget Festival takes place from 10th August to 17th August in 2015 in Budapest. If you want to know more on the line up of Sziget in 2015, the programs and on the tickets please visit the official site for more useful information on the festival.

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