During recent years, we have been extensively covering the Sziget Festival, providing our readers with basic festival information and presenting picturesque stories of the scenes, while posting several useful articles to help readers navigate Budapest’s biggest jamboree. Now, with the next Sziget Festival taking place on Budapest’s Óbuda Island during August 9-16, we would like to give you an easy-to-use overview of how to maximize the experience, drawing on our previous publications that highlight some of the most important things to know for at this exhilarating island extravaganza.
To begin with, if you are a newbie at Sziget, we wholeheartedly encourage you to peruse our point-by-point testament that includes 10 commandments for first-time revelers at Sziget, where – along with other basic know-how – we explain why it isn’t a good idea to come with a grand plan to attend every concert at the festival.
Although it’s a little out of date, our classic Sziget Survival Guide provides plenty of useful tips that can help you out from the ticket counter to the campsite, giving you a preview of what to expect. Furthermore, whether you are planning your first Sziget visit or you are a veteran festivalgoer, our pre-Sziget checklist will provide a smooth guide through the preparation process, with lists featuring must-have camping gear and the most essential items (you can start packing that portable battery for your mobile phone and cigarette rolling papers into your backpack) to bring along with you. In addition, the article is filled with such quintessential hints as how to dress to look like the most outlandish Sziget szitizen.
Are you ready to rock the festival? Make sure to arrive early to be able to grab the most ideal campground that lies a reasonable distance away from unwanted disturbances, like body-odor-infused portable toilets, while with Sziget happening during the peak summer months, every camper will appreciate an expansive canopy of leaves to provide shade over the tent. For more information about scouting the perfect campsite, read this article.
If you want to identify what type of reveler you are, our 10 archetypical festivalgoers at Sziget article helps you find out whether you are selfie queen who makes sure to check in at every corner of Sziget, if you are Mr. Funny Guy who is an experienced photobomber, or if you belong to the group of those who don’t know their limits when gobbling bready meals or swilling gallons of alcohol.
Finally, anyone who wants to gain more inspiration from former Sziget festivals can watch this fast-paced mini-movie that captures last year’s jamboree with cool close-ups and soaring drone videos, but if you want to understand how this joyful jamboree evolved to become one of Europe’s most popular festivals, visit the ongoing exhibition at the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center that displays 24 years of Sziget Festivals in pictures.
However that’s not all! Stay tuned to We Love Budapest, as closer to the festival date we will provide updates for how to get to Sziget from downtown Budapest, and we will also publish specific information regarding this year’s events during the fiesta.
