The thing that makes Sziget Festival stand out is its setting: stranded on an island in the middle of the Danube as it slowly loops around Budapest, it’s another impressively located Eastern European summer music festival.
The acts are a ragtag bunch, from mainstream festival mainstays (Lily Allen and The Ting Tings) and old-timers (Pete Tong, Norman Cook and Paul Oakenfold) to potential show-stoppers (Squarepusher, Tricky and Spanish fusionists Muchachito Bombo Infierno). All of which – along with a pretty reasonable admission fee – just adds to the appeal.
