# Sziget Festival

Il Sziget Festival (in ungherese Sziget Fesztivál, AFI:) è un festival musicale che si tiene a Budapest sulla Óbudai-sziget ("isola di Óbuda"), un'isola che si trova in mezzo al Danubio.
Prende nome dalla parola ungherese sziget che per l'appunto significa isola e inizialmente nasce nel 1993 come rassegna per gruppi locali per poi aumentare e migliorare anno dopo anno il cast artistico. Ad oggi, è uno dei festival che contano più presenze in assoluto al mondo, grazie anche alla sua durata che a differenza di un normale festival è di una settimana, la seconda di agosto.
Sziget Festival conta più di 60 palchi e ospita non solo musica dal vivo ma anche DJ set, spettacoli teatrali, proiezioni videocinematografiche, danza, esibizioni circensi, artisti di strada e manifestazioni sportive. È un evento unico nel suo genere, multimediale, aperto ad ogni espressione artistica e musicale, punto d'incontro di culture e tendenze disparate come pop, rock, metal, hip hop, blues, reggae, afro, world music, folk, elettronica, jazz, classica ed ogni altra sperimentazione sonora.

## Storia

Il festival è nato nel 1993 da un'idea dell'artista ungherese Péter Sziámi Müller, organizzato da Károly Gerendai. La prima edizione – chiamata Student Island - Diák Sziget – fu una modesta rassegna di artisti emergenti ungheresi. Dal 1994, invece, si esibirono sull'isola di Óbuda anche grandi nomi della musica internazionale. Dal 1996 al 2001 il festival prese il nome di Pepsi Sziget Festival, dal principale sponsor. Dal 2002 la Pepsi non fu più tra gli sponsor della manifestazione, che da allora si chiama Sziget Festival. Dal 2003, il festival ha anche un "fratello" in Transilvania, il Peninsula / Félsziget. Nei pressi del Lago Balaton, a Zamárdi, ha luogo dal 2007 il Balaton Sound: evento di musica elettronica co-creato dagli stessi organizzatori dello Sziget Festival.

## Principali artisti che si sono esibiti allo Sziget Festival

| Anno | Nome | Numero visitatori | Artisti principali |
| 1993 | Diáksziget '93 | 43.000 | Esclusivamente artisti ungheresi: *Sziámi * Kispál és a Borz * Üllői Úti Fuck * Quimby * Nyers * Másfél * Republic * Bródy János * Prognózis * Lord, Junkies * Prosectura * The Perfect Name * Sing Sing * Vàgtàzò Halottkèmek * After Criying * Kampec Dolores * Trottel |
| 1994 | Diáksziget '94 - Eurowoodstock | 143.000 | The Birds Blood, Sweat & Tears Eric Burdon The Grandmothers (Frank Zappa's band) Jefferson Starship Jethro Tull Ten Years After |
| 1995 | Diáksziget '95 | 173.000 | Clawfinger Jeff Healey John Cale Kava Kava Stranglers |
| 1996 | Pepsi Sziget 1996 | 206.000 | Iggy Pop Slash Sonic Youth The Bates The Levellers The Prodigy The Stone Roses Therapy? |
| 1997 | Pepsi Sziget 1997 | 260.000 | Chumbawamba David Bowie dEUS Faith No More Foo Fighters Motörhead New Model Army Rollins Band Tankcsapda The Cardigans Toy Dolls |
| 1998 | Pepsi Sziget 1998 | 268.000 | Boney M. Chumbawamba Coolio Goldie Green Day Mory Kanté Paradise Lost Patti Smith Rammstein Shane MacGowan and the Popes Tankcsapda Therapy? |
| 1999 | Pepsi Sziget 1999 | 297.000 | Apocalyptica Asian Dub Foundation Baaba Maal Boney M. Brand New Heavies Faithless Guano Apes Kool and the Gang Liquido Paradise Lost Rachid Taha Suede Tankcsapda |
| 2000 | Pepsi Sziget 2000 | 324.000 | Apollo 440 Baaba Maal Chumbawamba Bad Religion Bloodhound Gang Clawfinger Die Ärzte Guano Apes HIM K2R Riddim Lou Reed Oasis Suzanne Vega Tankcsapda Therapy? |
| 2001 | Pepsi Sziget 2001 | 365.000 | Ash Anathema Bomfunk MC's Jimmy Bosch Eagle Eye Cherry Faithless Freestylers FreshFabrik Guano Apes HIM HammerFall Ignite Khaled Moonspell Morcheeba Nightwish Noir Désir Omara Portuondo Overkill Placebo Rage Run DMC Tankcsapda Värttinä |
| 2002 | Sziget 2002 | 355.000 | Amorphis Baaba Maal Destruction Die Toten Hosen Edguy FreshFabrik Gamma Ray HIM Iggy Pop Jovanotti Kosheen Kreator Mory Kanté Muse Natacha Atlas Nightwish Pulp Savatage Sergent Garcia Ska-P Stereo MCs Tankcsapda The 69 Eyes The Cure The Gathering The Klezmatics The Mission Tito and Tarantula Transglobal Underground U.K. Subs |
| 2003 | Sziget 2003 | 361.000 | Annihilator Apocalyptica Asian Dub Foundation Circle II Circle DJ Rush Earth, Wind & Fire Fun Lovin' Criminals Goran Bregović H-Blockx Ibrahim Ferrer Lamb Madredeus Massive Attack Moloko Morcheeba My Dying Bride Napalm Death Ojos de Brujo Seeed Shaggy Slayer Sonata Arctica Tankcsapda Testament The 69 Eyes Zion Train |
| 2004 | Sziget 2004 | 369.000 | Addictive TV Anthrax Amorphis Ash Basement Jaxx Bloodhound Gang Busta Rhymes Cannibal Corpse Children of Bodom Chumbawamba Die Ärzte Faithless Fishbone Freestylers Fun Lovin' Criminals Grave Digger In Flames Junkie XL Linea 77 My Dying Bride Oi Va Voi Omara Portuondo Orchestra Baobab Paul Oakenfold Roni Size Saxon Scissor Sisters Sugababes The Gathering Pet Shop Boys The Rasmus Tito and Tarantula |
| 2005 | Sziget 2005 | 385.000 | Accept Basement Jaxx Brand New Heavies Buena Vista Social Club C.F.F. e il Nomade Venerabile Enzo Avitabile Franz Ferdinand Good Charlotte Ignite Juliette and the Licks Korn Manuel Mirabal Natalie Imbruglia Nick Cave Obituary Opeth Paul van Dyk Prozac+ Roots Manuva Saxon Sean Paul Sentenced Ska-P Skinny Puppy The 69 Eyes The Hellacopters The (International) Noise Conspiracy Tinariwen Underworld Wickeda Yann Tiersen Youssou N'Dour |
| 2006 | Sziget 2006 | 385.000 | 17 Hippies Addictive TV Cathedral Cradle of Filth Craig Enzo Avitabile Evergrey Fear Factory Femi Kuti Franz Ferdinand Gogol Bordello Goran Bregović Hadag Nahash Iggy and the Stooges Jovanotti Kispál és a Borz Leningrad Les Doigts de l'Homme Living Colour maNga Ministry Morbid Angel Natacha Atlas Placebo Radiohead Robert Plant Roy Paci & Aretuska Scissor Sisters Sick of It All Sons and Daughters Sunrise Avenue The Gathering The Prodigy The Rasmus The Skinny Bohemians Therapy? Tryo Wir sind Helden |
| 2007 | Sziget Festival 2007 | 371.000 | Alpha Blondy Cassius Cesária Évora Eagles of Death Metal Ennio Marchetto Faithless Fusedmarc Gogol Bordello GusGus Hanoi Rocks Hooverphonic Kaizers Orchestra Kispál és a Borz Juliette and the Licks Laurent Garnier Madness Manu Chao Manu Dibango Mau Mau Nine Inch Nails Pink (cantante) Quimby Razorlight Sinéad O'Connor Sud Sound System Tankcsapda The Chemical Brothers The Good, the Bad & the Queen The Hives The Killers The Rakes The Skatalites TNMK Tool Värttinä What Cheer? Brigade |
| 2008 | Sziget Festival 2008 | 385.000 | Alanis Morissette Anti-Flag Apocalyptica Avantasia Babyshambles Carcass Die Ärzte Enzo Avitabile Exodus Ferry Corsten Flogging Molly Iced Earth Iron Maiden Jamiroquai Justice Kaiser Chiefs Kispál és a Borz Ky-Mani Marley Lacrimas Profundere Lauren Harris Mademoiselle K Meshuggah MGMT Millencolin Mory Kanté New York Ska Jazz Ensemble Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra R.E.M. Róisín Murphy Sabaton Serj Tankian Sex Pistols Tankcsapda The Cribs The Killers The Kooks The Presidents of the United States of America The Wombats URH Volbeat Ziggi & The Renaissance Band |
| 2009 | Sziget Festival 2009 | 390.000 | Al Di Meola Armin van Buuren Birdy Nam Nam Bloc Party Buena Vista Social Club Coldcut Faith No More Fatboy Slim Haydamaky IAMX José Padilla Klaxons La Fura dels Baus Lily Allen Manic Street Preachers Nouvelle Vague Oi Va Voi Paul Oakenfold Pendulum Placebo Primal Scream Ska-P The Crystal Method The Offspring The Prodigy The Subways The Ting Tings Tiken Jah Fakoly Tricky Turbonegro White Lies Žagar |
| 2010 | Sziget Festival 2010 | 382.000 | 08001 Amparo Sánchez Bad Religion Billy Talent Čankišou Children of Bodom Csík Zenekar Danko Jones Deadmau5 Death Valley Screamers Deluded by Lesbians Enter Shikari Ez3kiel Faithless Fear Factory Gentleman Gorillaz Sound System Gwar Ill Niño Infected Mushroom Iron Maiden Jaune Toujours Kamelot K.I.Z. Kasabian Kati Kovács & The Qualitons Kistehén Kries Ljapis Trubjacki Madness Major Lazer Mika Miz Monster Magnet Muse Nina Hagen Oi Va Voi Papa Roach Paradise Lost Ska-P Skindred Subsonica The 69 Eyes The Freelancers The Hives Thirty Seconds to Mars Tony Allen Toots & the Maytals UB40 |
| 2011 | Sziget Festival 2011 | 385.000 | 2 Many DJs Above & Beyond Bomb the Bass British Sea Power Cheikh Lô Crystal Castles Deftones Dizzee Rascal Empire of the Sun Flogging Molly Gogol Bordello Good Charlotte Goran Bregović Gotan Project Interpol Hadouken! Hurts Helloween Judas Priest Kaiser Chiefs Kasabian Kate Nash Kid Kudi La Roux Lostprophets Manic Street Preachers Marina and the Diamonds Motörhead Ojos de Brujo Oi Va Voi Peter Bjorn and John Prince Pulp Richie Hawtin Rise Against Skunk Anansie Socalled Sonata Arctica Suicidal Tendencies The Bloody Beetroots The Chemical Brothers The Maccabees The National The Prodigy Thirty Seconds to Mars Verdena Within Temptation White Lies Xiu Xiu |
| 2012 | Sziget 2012 | 379.000 | Agnes Obel Anna Calvi Anti-Flag Axwell Beatsteaks Bebel Gilberto Bud Spencer Blues Explosion Caro Emerald Crookers Crystal Fighters Deluded by Lesbians dEUS Dimmu Borgir DJ Fresh Emir Kusturica i No Smoking Orchestra Erica Mou Figli di Madre Ignota Fink Friendly Fires Glasvegas Goran Bregović HammerFall Hurts I Cani Il Teatro degli Orrori Korn Lamb LMFAO Magnetic Man Management del Dolore Post-Operatorio Mando Diao Maxïmo Park Ministri Ministry Molotov Noah and the Whale Paolo Nutini Placebo Roy Paci & Aretuska Snoop Dogg Steve Aoki Sum 41 The Horrors The Pogues The Stone Roses The Subways The Vaccines The xx Two Door Cinema Club The Ting Tings The Killers |
| 2013 | Sziget 2013 | 362.000 | !!! Afterhours Bad Religion Bat for Lashes Biffy Clyro Blur Boys Noize Calexico David Guetta Deichkind Die Ärzte Dizzee Rascal Editors Emir Kusturica i No Smoking Orchestra Empire of the Sun Enter Shikari Everything Everything Flogging Molly Franz Ferdinand Hadouken! Katy B Leningrad Little Boots Mellow Mood Mika Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nicky Romero Nina Kraviz Oscar Mulero Parov Stelar Punkreas Rachid Taha Regina Spektor Sebastian Ingrosso Ska-P Seeed Skunk Anansie Tame Impala The Cribs The Joy Formidable Triggerfinger Woodkid ZAZ |
| 2014 | Sziget 2014 | 450.000 | A Day to Remember Anti-Flag Axwell Bastille Blink-182 Bombay Bicycle Club Brody Dalle Calvin Harris Caparezza Cee Lo Green Clean Bandit Darkside Deadmau5 Die Fantastischen Vier Fedde Le Grand Fink Imagine Dragons Kavinsky Klaxons Korn Jake Bugg Jimmy Eat World La Roux Leningrad Lily Allen Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Madness Manic Street Preachers Miles Kane NOFX OutKast Palma Violets Placebo Queens of the Stone Age R3hab Rumatera Salmo Ska-P Skrillex Stromae The 1975 The Big Pink The Bloody Beetroots The Kooks The Prodigy Tom Odell Triggerfinger |
| 2015 | Sziget 2015 | 441.000 | Alesso Alt-J Asaf Avidan Avicii Awolnation Beatsteaks Blasterjaxx C2C Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino Dropkick Murphys Ella Eyre Ellen Allien Ellie Goulding Enter Shikari Florence and the Machine Foals Foxes Future Islands Gentleman & the Evolution Gogol Bordello Goran Bregović Gui Boratto Halestorm Hollywood Undead Infected Mushroom Interpol Jamie Woon José González Kasabian Kensington Kings of Leon Knife Party Limp Bizkit Lo Stato Sociale Major Lazer Marina and the Diamonds Mariza Martin Garrix MØ Milky Chance Nero Nervo Paloma Faith Passenger Pussy Riot Robbie Williams Roy Paci & Aretuska Rudimental Sander van Doorn SBTRKT Selah Sue Sidney Samson SOJA The Horrors The Maccabees The Script The Subways The Ting Tings Tyler, the Creator William Fitzsimmons W&W |
| 2016 | Sziget 2016 | 496.000 | Afrojack Aurora Bastille Bloc Party Brains Bring Me The Horizon Brunettes Shoot Blondes Bugo Bullet For My Valentine Carnage Chvrches Crystal Castles Datsik David Guetta Die Antwoord Dillon Francis DVBBS Dyro Excision Fidlar Folkabbestia Giò Sada & Barismoothsquad Goran Bregović Hardwell Jain Jake Bugg Jess Glynne John Newman K.I.Z. Kaiser Chiefs Kodaline Kovacs Leningrad L'orso M83 Manu Chao La Ventura Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg Ministri MØ Molotov Movits! Muse Naughty Boy Nicky Romero Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Oscar and the Wolf Parkway Drive Parov Stelar Quimby Róisín Murphy Rico & Sticks Rihanna Salmo Sia Sigur Rós Skunk Anansie Sum 41 The Last Shadow Puppets The Lumineers The Neighbourhood Tourist Travis Scott Unkle Vinai Wilkinson Years & Years Zen Circus Zedd |
| 2017 | Sziget 2017 | 452.000 | Alex Clare Alex Vargas Allah-Las Alt-J Andy C Bad Religion Bear's Den Besh O Drom Biffy Clyro Billy Talent Birdy Bixiga 70 Bohemian Betyars Breaking Benjamin La Caravane Passe Cashmere Cat Chef'Special Chico Trujillo Courteeners Crystal Fighters Dakhabrakha Danny Brown Dimension Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike DJ Bobalicious DJ Kosta Kostov DJ Panko DJ Shadow DJ Vino Dilo DJ Wonderbraz The Chainsmokers Dubioza Kolwktiv Electro Rumbaiao Félix Lajkó feat. Óperentzia Firkin Flume Fritz Kalkbrenner Galantis La Gapette Gaye Su Akyol George Ezra Glass Animals Goran Bregović Wedding & Funeral Band GTA GusGus Halott Pénz Hanggai Her Hurts HVOB Iggy Azalea Interpol Jagwar Ma Jamie Cullum Jewish Monkeys John Langan Band Kasabian Kensington Kerekes Band The Kills The Klezmatics Leningrad Léon Lion Babe Lóci Játszik Mac DeMarco Macklemore e Ryan Lewis Magnifico Major Lazer Mando Diao Marteria Metronomy Mokoomba The Naked and Famous Nothing but Thieves Oh Wonder Orchestre National de Barbès Orkesta Mendoza Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra Parno Graszt Pink Pinguini Tattici Nucleari PJ Harvey The Pretty Reckless Punnany Massif Quimby Romengo Rone Roy Paci & Aretuska Rudimental Söndörgö De Staat The Strypes Tamikrest Tom Odell Two Door Cinema Club The Vaccines Tycho Valentino Khan Vince Staples Watsky Weval White Lies Wiz Khalifa Zoord Zoufris Maracas |
| 2018 | Sziget 2018 | 565.000 | Alle Farben Arctic Monkeys Asaf Avidan Astronautalis AURORA Bastille Bilderbuch Blossoms Borgore Børns Cigarettes After Sex Clean Bandit Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons Delta Heavy Desiigner Don Diablo Dua Lipa Everything Everything Fever Ray Fink Gogol Bordello Gomma Goo Goo Dolls Gorgon City Gorillaz Jan Blomqvist Jay Hardway Joan Thiele Joe Goddard JP Cooper Kaleo Kendrick Lamar King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard KSHMR Kygo La Femme Lana Del Rey Lemaître Lewis Capaldi Liam Gallagher Lianne La Havas Little Dragon Lykke Li Milky Chance Motta MØ Mumford & Sons My Baby Nick Murphy aka Chet Faker Nothing but Thieves Parov Stelar Perturbator Petit Biscuit Sam Feldt Scarlxrd Seasick Steve Seven Lions SG Lewis Shame Shawn Mendes Slaves Sofi Tukker Stormzy The Him The Kooks The Living End The War on Drugs Tujamo Ummet Ozcan Unknown Mortal Orchestra Willie Peyote WhoMadeWho Wolf Alice Yellow Days Zara Larsson Two Door Cinema Club ZHU |
| 2019 | Sziget 2019 | 530.000 | Ed Sheeran Foo Fighters Post Malone Florence and the Machine Martin Garrix The 1975 Twenty One Pilots James Blake Macklemore Michael Kiwanuka 6lack The National Tove Lo Jain Franz Ferdinand Mura Masa Tom Odell Years & Years Catfish and the Bottlemen Honne |
| 2020 | Sziget 2020 | Evento annullato a causa della pandemia di COVID-19 | Evento annullato a causa della pandemia di COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Sziget 2021 | Evento annullato a causa della pandemia di COVID-19 | Evento annullato a causa della pandemia di COVID-19 |
| 2022 | Sziget 2022 | 450.000 | Arctic Monkeys Calvin Harris Dua Lipa Justin Bieber Kings of Leon Tame Impala Lewis Capaldi Stromae Bastille Anne-Marie Rüfüs Du Sol Steve Aoki Alan Walker Caribou Jungle Woodkid FKJ Nina Kraviz John Hopkins Sigrid Slowthai Rilès Alison Wonderland Princess Nokia Yung Lean Milky Chance Beabadoobee Bad Gyal Clutch Fontaines D.C. Palaye Royale Holly Humberstone Floating Points BadBadNotGood Inhaler Channel Tres Ben Klock Solardo Claptone Honey Dijon Sevdaliza Alice Merton Erica Mou Margherita Vicario Modena City Ramblers Eefje de Visser Psicologi Ofenbach Froukje |
| 2023 | Sziget 2023 | 420.000 | Billie Eilish David Guetta Florence and the Machine Imagine Dragons Lorde Macklemore Sam Fender Niall Horan Yungblud Foals Bonobo Diplo Jamie xx Tale of Us Girl in Red Caroline Polachek Loyle Carner Arlo Parks M83 Moderat Sven Väth Jeff Mills Mimi Webb Nothing but Thieves AJR Two Feet Viagra Boys Amyl and the Sniffers Sleaford Mods Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes SG Lewis Mochakk Lazza Partiboy69 Vinicio Capossela Parra For Cuva Mezzosangue The comet is coming Lucie Antunes Los bitchos 999999999 Troyboi I hate models |