Which band? Where do they perform? What kind of music do they play? When do they start? These questions keep on popping up during Sziget Festival, so we decided to provide a guide that navigates revelers through the numerous concerts scheduled during the upcoming days – those who follow our festival compass won't miss any of the important performances. From bass music to house to pop to dubby disco to post-punk – we've got everything covered here.
Altough RiRi has several cool hits, Sziget has other major concerts in store on this day. Written in co-production by Diplo of Major Lazer, DJ Snake, and MØ, Lean On was – without a doubt – one of the most popular songs of 2015, and luckily the Danish singer from the trio returns to Sziget Festival on August 11th (A38 Stage, 6.30pm) to put on a performance that is girly and wild, charming and dangerous at the same time. Sounds quite unmissable for us.
Kovacs (A38 Stage, 6.30pm) is already labelled as the Dutch Amy Winehouse and since she has the same emotional power in her voice, we wouldn't be surprised if she became the new soul idol. Bastille (Main Stage, 7.30pm) is not unknown to Hungarian revelers and their grandiose pop songs work best in festival settings, so this will be an easy win for them.
Both Editors (A38 Stage, 10PM) and UNKLE (A38 Stage, 11.45PM) are into darker soundscapes, moody electronica, cinematic atmospheres and post-punk: so if you are feeling exhausted and intimidated by the crowd, this is your opportunity to sink in to the quicksand of your mind and lay back a bit. But who knows – since UNKLE will stage a live performance, maybe they'll take some turns towards breakbeat or bass music. And speaking of bass music: the duo of Wiwek and JumoDaddy (A38 Stage, 1.30am) will surely spin that until dawn.
It was time for Icelandic post-rock pioneer Sigur Rós (Main Stage, 7.15pm) to finally give a concert in Hungary and their celestial soundscapes will surely melt everybody's heart. And if you are already at the main stage, reserve your place: just like their big inspiration, Queen, Muse (Main Stage, 9.30pm) is about grandiose-yet-easily acceptable progressive poprock and bombastic concerts. Surely an experience that you'll tell your children about.
To close the day in a memorable way, we recommend you the solo show of Moloko's singer, Róisín Murphy (A38 Stage, 11.45pm). She is an underground pop idol, who is sexy, charming and funny, just the way she was with her band.
Allow yourself a little bit of rest before John Coffey's performance (Europe Stage, 8.30pm) – they are known for being more than explosive on stage and listening to their hard-hitting punk records, we can easily imagine it. Luckily, Brains will play after them (A38 Stage, 10pm), and their electro and hiphop-flavored funkrock won't let you rest for a minute. Meanwhile, at the main stage, the iconic DJ, the ultimate hitmaker, David Guetta (9.15pm) will navigate you through all the songs that he wrote.
After 16 years as a band, countless world tours, numerous awards, and four studio albums, Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack are taking it back to where it all started: Bloc Party (A38 Stage, 11.45pm) is back to its roots (aka dance-post-punk) and to Hungary.
Ex-Oasis member Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds (Main Stage, 7.30pm) will have a chance to prove that they can still be relevant in 2016, and they will surely heat up the scenes for a show that follows: the Hungarian debut of CHVRCHES (A38 Stage, 8.15pm). Later on, M83 will present „a godless hurricane of kinetic pop energy” and the celestial, epic and astral dream-synth pop (A38 Stage, 11.45PM).
But let's not forget about one of the most successful songwriters in the world and an eccentric pop icon of the 21st century SIA (Main Stage, 9.30pm). When she hits the stage, her voice will blow you away – and believe us, you'll enjoy every moment of it.
A vehicle for Arctic Monkeys’ frontman Alex Turner and Miles Kane, who embarked on a solo career after the breakup of The Rascals, The Last Shadow Puppets (Main Stage, 7.30pm) will perform at Sziget with a fresh album, full of classic big pop hits. After that, you have to choose from Bullet For My Valentine (A38 Stage, 10pm) or Hardwell (Main Stage, 9.30pm), who will put an „end” to the festival with a nucleous set, and of course, with confettis, lasers and his hits. If it won't blow your mind, nothing will.
After all this, Crystal Castles (A38 Stage, 11.45pm) will paint beautiful images of a cold world with an arsenal of synthesizers and their trance-inspired electronica. Still have what it takes to dominate the dance floor? At Telekom Arena, Dutch house magicians Fedde Le Grand (1.00am) and Laidback Luke (2.30am) will spin some dance floor detonators, and we have a feeling that John Digweed (Colosseum, 1.00am) will do the same.
