Sziget Festival
Budapest, Hungary
Type of organisation
Festival
Main discipline
Multidisciplinary
Legal Status
Private commercial company
Year established
1993
Geographical scope of action
Locally
Internationally
Sziget started in 1993 and by now it has become one of the biggest multicultural events of Europe. The festival attracts more than 400.000 spectators from over 80 countries to a beautiful island in the heart of Budapest, providing a complete festival-holiday experience. Sziget is a week long non-stop event with approx. 60 program venues (music and non-music) and around 250 daily programs. Sziget is also the proud winner of the 2011 and 2014 Best European Major Festival award and the 2015 Best European Line up.