Time to fringe – Prepare for Budapest fringe festival

Feb 26th, 2008 | Festivals & events, Music & concerts | Comments Off

The Budapest Fringe Festival is described as “a side-runner to the Budapest Spring Festival” and “like a huge Talent Show … that gather and in some way support the less known (underground) artists through securing a place for their performance”.

The performing artist are mainly from Hungary but also from neighbouring countries like Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and more distant countries like France and Japan.

350 performers will appear during the two and a half days of the festival.

When: 28-30 Mars
Where: Buda, the Millenáris Park complex & Marczibányi Cultural Centre
Web: www.budapestfringe.hu

Sziget festival: August 8th to 15th

Jul 11th, 2007 | Festivals & events | Comments Off

The Island festival started in 1993 and have become one of Europe’s biggest musical events. This year they celebrate the 15th year and expand the festival to 8 days. The festival has 11 stages where international and Hungarian artists and bands will perform during the 8 days. The program include:

- The Killers
- Nine Inch Nails
- The Chemical Brothers
- Sinead O´Connor
- Madness
- Pink
- The Hives

To mention just a few. If your interested in, what i imagine, a Woodstock kind of experience …

http://www.sziget.hu