Sziget Festival: more than 1,000 programmes, British, Romanian, and Israeli tourists
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This year’s Sziget Festival in Budapest will offer more than 1,000 programmes featuring performers including Kylie Minogue, Liam Gallagher and Martin Garrix, the organisers said on Tuesday, on the eve of the opening. The festival is taking place for the 30th time this year between August 7 and 12 at 50 venues.
Based on sales so far, the organisers expect a full house for Martin Garrix’s concert on Saturday and Fred again… on Monday. Visitors are expected from some 100 countries, mostly from The Netherlands, Britain, Ireland, Germany, France and Italy, the event’s chief organiser, Tamás Kádár, said.
Additional international stars will include Halsey, Sam Smith, Stormzy, Louis Tomlinson, Janelle Monae, Fisher, Skrillex, Bebe Rexha, Tom Odell, Joker Out, Yves Tumor, Becky Hill and Raye. The main stage will also feature concerts by Hungarian performers Beton.Hofi, Margaret Island and Azahriah.
In addition to music, festivalgoers will also get a chance to see theatre and circus performances.
A total of six hundred performers will be featured over six days, many of them arriving from the UK, France, Germany, Holland and the US, but some will come from Senegal, India, Tanzania, New Zealand and Benin.