Prince will rule the main stage of Sziget Festival on Day 0 (9 August 2012) and play the biggest hits of his long and unstoppable career. The Sziget Festival is one of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe. The festival is held annually in August in Budapest, Hungary and takes place on Óbudai-sziget ("Old-Buda Island"), a leafy island of 108 hectares on the Danube, thus Sziget stands for Island. Currently it holds more than 1000 performances each year.
The week-long festival has grown from a relatively low-profile 1993 student event to become one of the definitive European rock festivals by the late 1990s, with about half of all visitors coming from outside Hungary, including the UK and France. It also has a dedicated "party train" service (with resident DJ's) that transports festivalgoers from Western Europe. The second event (1994), labeled Eurowoodstock, was headlined by performers from the original festival 25 years after. In 1997, Sziget attendancy rates surpassed the 250 000 mark, and in 2001, the 350 000 mark. The all-time peak year was 2009 with 390 000 visitors. It is now being increasingly labeled as a European alternative to the Burning Man festival due to its unique features. In 2012, Sziget was ranked one of the 5 best festivals in Europe by The Independent, and one of the 10 best by the European Festival Awards.
In 2002, Sziget branched out to Transylvania when its organizers co-created a new annual festival there titled Félsziget Fesztivál (Romanian: Festivalul Peninsula) that soon became one of the largest of its kind in Romania. In 2007, the organizers created Balaton Sound, an electronic music festival that quickly gained popularity.
The week-long festival has grown from a relatively low-profile 1993 student event to become one of the definitive European rock festivals by the late 1990s, with about half of all visitors coming from outside Hungary, including the UK and France. It also has a dedicated "party train" service (with resident DJ's) that transports festivalgoers from Western Europe. The second event (1994), labeled Eurowoodstock, was headlined by performers from the original festival 25 years after. In 1997, Sziget attendancy rates surpassed the 250 000 mark, and in 2001, the 350 000 mark. The all-time peak year was 2009 with 390 000 visitors. It is now being increasingly labeled as a European alternative to the Burning Man festival due to its unique features. In 2012, Sziget was ranked one of the 5 best festivals in Europe by The Independent, and one of the 10 best by the European Festival Awards.
In 2002, Sziget branched out to Transylvania when its organizers co-created a new annual festival there titled Félsziget Fesztivál (Romanian: Festivalul Peninsula) that soon became one of the largest of its kind in Romania. In 2007, the organizers created Balaton Sound, an electronic music festival that quickly gained popularity.
Line up for 2012:
The Killers
DJ Fresh
Korn
Noah and the Whale
Paolo Nutini
Placebo
Snoop Dogg
Sum 41
The Stone Roses
The Ting Tings
The Vaccines
Amon Amarth
Anna Calvi
Anti Flag
Azari & III
Beatsteaks
Bonaparte
Caro Emerald
Citizens!
Crookers
Crystal Fighters
Danakil
Dirtyphonics
dEUS
Dope D.O.D
Fink
Flying Lotus
Friendly Fires
Glasvegas
Gocoo
Hammerfall
Heideroosjes
High Contrast
I Cani
Ignite
Kakkamaddafakka
Katzenjammer
Kraak & Smaak
Lacuna Coil
Lamb
Mando Diao
Maxïmo Park
Ministry
Moonspell
The Black Seeds
The Roots
The Subways
The xx
Tiga
Two Door Cinema Club
Yonderboi
The Killers
DJ Fresh
Korn
Noah and the Whale
Paolo Nutini
Placebo
Snoop Dogg
Sum 41
The Stone Roses
The Ting Tings
The Vaccines
Amon Amarth
Anna Calvi
Anti Flag
Azari & III
Beatsteaks
Bonaparte
Caro Emerald
Citizens!
Crookers
Crystal Fighters
Danakil
Dirtyphonics
dEUS
Dope D.O.D
Fink
Flying Lotus
Friendly Fires
Glasvegas
Gocoo
Hammerfall
Heideroosjes
High Contrast
I Cani
Ignite
Kakkamaddafakka
Katzenjammer
Kraak & Smaak
Lacuna Coil
Lamb
Mando Diao
Maxïmo Park
Ministry
Moonspell
The Black Seeds
The Roots
The Subways
The xx
Tiga
Two Door Cinema Club
Yonderboi
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