I am guilty as charged: sometimes, even during a concert I quite like, if there is a lull in the proceedings, I take out my phone with the rather weak excuse that someone might be looking for me. Generally, a large number of people might be looking for you at any time on Sziget, and…
Category: Sziget 2016
Some Mondays are Better than Others- Sziget Day Four
The fourth day of the festival proved to be the polar opposite of the third when it comes to concerts, as if it was trying exceedingly hard to make up for being a Monday-not that you really know what day of the week is when you’re on Sziget: from 4 PM both the main stage…
The Lull in the Middle- Sziget Day Three
Sziget’s third day was the first genuinely hot one at this year’s festival, although, to start the post with the mother of all stereotypes, the Brits in the toilet queue claimed to have been irrationally hot since Thursday. Sunbathing people populated the main stage area in the run up to the day’s concerts, which unfortunately…
Rappers of the World Unite- Sziget Day Two
Saturday begins with the odd realization that the festival has only just begun in earnest- and is already heading into it’s second sold out day, a far cry from early times when it never occurred to you that tickets would not be available at the entrance. Many other festivals don’t even have day tickets anymore…
There Will Be (No) Miracles Here- Sziget Day One
Arriving on the Island at noon has the perks of absolutely no queue at the entrance- there is already a rather sizable queue at the Luminarium though, which we’ve had to pass on for the past years for exactly the aforementioned reason. So little time, so much to do, we quickly trudge by the French camping and witness what might or…
Love The Way You Lip Sync- Sziget Day Zero
There’s always that one Sziget day you have to grind your teeth and accept that someone apparently larger than life is gracing the main stage for your own good and the happiness of others. I say your own good because it’s clear as daylight that the festival needs big days to pull it along, make…
Freedom in Progress
The weather has been decidedly tropical these past few days, actually, slowly, it’s becoming weeks, so basically we’ve been enjoying a rather tropical summer, minus those two horrid rainy days which obviously coincided with a weekend. But otherwise it’s constantly hot and hair frizzling humid so you’re constantly looking for ways to convince your body…
Wednesday Pleasures- More Names for Sziget 2016
The last bigger Sziget line up announcement has just landed, and as the weather gets ever hotter and nicer, and hopefully less stormy (though what is Sziget without a major soak), the thought has to sink in: it’s festival season, time to dig out onesies, wellingtons and flowery headbands- all apply to both genders and…
I Was The Sziget Guinea Pig- So You Don’t Have to Be
Since I am working super scientifically here, I will start alphabetically, with the suspiciously named Afrojack. I’ll also be honest- he was dead and buried as soon as I saw that most of his Youtube output is shared with Martin Garrix. I did give another song a go, also a collab, with someone named Fais,…
Monday Pleasures: New Names for Sziget 2016
I will be frank and admit I had two main hopes for the new Sziget line up announcement, which seemed to be pretty much in the cards based on the traditional beginning of year festival/concert schedule watch, namely The Last Shadow Puppets and LCD Soundsystem. Both are returning after a long(ish) hiatus and kept filling…
Pocket Diary Budapest 