Is Sziget Festival ‘starting a new chapter’?
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Sziget Festival, concluding its 30th festival, is starting a new chapter, Tamás Kádár, the event’s chief executive, said on Tuesday, noting a recent announcement that US private equity fund KKR is purchasing Superstruct Entertainment, the company behind various European music festivals.
Sziget Festival 2024 comes to an end
Kádár said the final day of the Sziget Festival on Monday was essentially sold out, with the concert of Skrillex and Fred Again… on the main stage, and a total of 400,000 festival-goers turned up this year.
He noted an increase in passes sold in advance at a discount, adding that demand by Hungarians had also grown. “So we’re repeating this promotion … for the 2025 festival starting on Thursday,” he said.
The programme has adapted to the average age of festival-goers, he said, which had got younger in the past ten years.
Whereas Kylie Minogue and Liam Gallagher attracted a somewhat older audience, the biggest stars included Stormzy, Bebe Rexha, Janelle Monae, Sam Smith and Raye, Kadar noted, adding that the programme was diverse, with, for example, Fontaines D.C. playing on the Revolut Stage.
