Sziget Festival 2025
Every year several hundred thousand youths come to Budapest to enjoy the Sziget Festival. The Óbudai Island is filled with famous artists giving their best so that those coming from all around the world can enjoy a great week in Budapest.
In 2008 Iron Maiden was one of the hotshots, and for Sziget Festival in 2009 Fatboy Slim, Placebo, Ska-P, Tankcsapda, The Offspring, and the Prodigy made crowds come to Budapest. In 2010 Iron Maiden returned again, and several other famous bands and accompanied them. What is for sure is that every year Sziget Festival is a highlight of the year and the festival is by many said to be one of the best, if not the best festival in Europe. Do not miss out on it, and here you can find more information about the next upcoming festival.
The festival is getting bigger and bigger every year, and in 2018 and 2019, the number of visitors almost reached 500,000 people. That is crazy for a music festival arranged on a tiny island in Budapest. If you want to know more about it and visit the festival, make sure to purchase your ticket as quickly as possible.
The highlight in 2022 was the Justin Bieber concert, while Imagine Dragons and Billie Eilish were the big highlights in 2023. The biggest names at Sziget in 2024 was Fred Again.., Martin Garrix, Azahriah, Sam Smith, and Stormzy. Who will be the most important bands coming in 2025?
If you need help arranging your airport transfer to the festival, or maybe if you want to enjoy a river cruise while in Budapest or some other program, look around here in our Budapest Guide for more information!
Sziget Festival 2025
August 6th – August 11th
Artists and bands on Sziget 2025
We don’t know a lot about who will come to Sziget in 2025 yet, but here are some of the bands and artists we know will come to the festival.
Are you looking for a place to live near the festival area?
Would you like to live in a hotel or an apartment close to the festival area? Below you can see a map showing some hotels and apartments with price estimations.
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