Sziget Festival awaits with colourful world music programme

From 10 to 15 August, a wide range of genres and styles will be on offer, from Mexican cumbia punk to Celtic and gypsy music to Greek ethno ska-rock.

There will be a circus performance from India, but giant puppets will also appear, the organisers told MTI on Friday. The Global Village stage will host the best of world music from the Balkans to South America, Mali to Korea and India to the Middle East.

There will also be music workshops during the day before the concerts. You can dance to calypso music at a concert by Canadian-based Trinidadian band Kobo Town, and Mexican cumbia punk music by Band Son Rompe Pera. Kommuna Lux from Odessa, the Ukrainian Balaklava Blues from Canada, the up-and-coming progressive folk band Gangar from Norway, the ethno-punk band Varkocs from Slovakia, the gypsy singer Marcela from Paris, the multicultural German band Lakvar, the French-Greek Deli Teli will also be playing.