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.

The British Langan Band presents a new pan-European album inspired by Celtic and gypsy styles. Ti’Kaniki from the island of Réunion will be on hand, but there will also be a chance to rave to Estonian duo Puuluup or pogo to Greek ethno ska-rock artist Koza Mostra.

Among the local acts, folk-ska-punk hits from Bohemian Betyars, reggae band Manaky and ethno-dark-rock group Mordái will also take to the stage at Global Village.

In addition to the musical programme, the Indian Circus Raj will perform with acrobats, musicians, tightrope walkers and a fakir. The Congo Massa giant puppets of the French company Archibald Caramantran will also invite you to dance, accompanied by a giraffe, a zebra and two beautiful birds.