Sziget 2007

Sziget Festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary with its best ever line-up and a concert from Hungary’s LGT on the eve of the festival. True to Sziget tradition, there are loads of other things beside music... Theatre, dance, classical music, cabaret, performances, films, fine art, crafts, literary presentations, programs for kids, sports and other free time activities – basically everything that makes Sziget a unique event in the firmament of international festivals. The 15th anniversary event takes place between August 7 and 15 (including “day zero”).

Program 2007

Main Stage

Nine Inch Nails (USA)
Razorlight (UK)
Faithless (UK)
Sportfreunde Stiller (D)
!!! (USA)
Tool (USA)
Eagles Of Death Metal (USA)
Chris Cornell (USA)
Juliette and the Licks (USA)
The Killers (USA)
Nitzer Ebb (UK)
Mando Diao (S)
Kaizers Orchestra (N)
Gentleman (D)
The Good The Bad and The Queen (UK)
The Chemical Brothers (UK)
Gogol Bordello (USA)
Laurent Garnier (F)
Pink (USA)
Madness (UK)
The Rakes (UK)
Mika (UK)
Babylon Circus (F)
Sinéad O’Connor (IRL)

iWiW World Music Main Stage

Gocoo
Sierra Maestra
Salif Keita
Ska Cubano
Besh o droM
Tinariwen
Cesaria Evora
Baba Yaga
Mau Mau
Skatalites
Racid Taha
Paradox Trio
Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Manu Dibango
Söndörgő
Muzsikás
Alpha Blondy
Eddie Palmieri
Sidestepper
Szájról szájra
Mari Boine
Bruno Garcia
Napra
Motion Trio
Leningrad
Varttina

WAN2 Stage

UNKLE (USA)
IAMX (UK)
Sud Sound System (I)
Fun-Da-Mental (UK)
Cassius (F)
ROIA (A)
Beat Assailant (USA-F)
Ministere des Affaires Populaires (F)
Hooverphonic (B)
GusGus (Iceland)
Dobacaracol (CAN)
Hyper (UK)
K'naan (SOM)

Jazz Stage sponsored by Klubradio

Mike Stern
Erik Truffaz
Etienne Mbappé
Gary Willis

Visit the official site for more stages and bands

Services on the Sziget

To provide the most comfortable entertainment for festival-goers, Sziget is offering a whole range of facilities and services from laundry and left luggage to day care for kids and a post office. ATM machines are available on the site, and you can pay for entry by credit card at the ticket booth next to the entrance of the festival. There is a pharmacy, a lost and found, a safe deposit, a 24-hour medical service, a “language first aid tent” (a multilingual information centre), information desks and several other services that can make a visitors’ week on the Sziget more comfortable. Organisers encourage festival-goers to take advantage of public transport, and they also provide shuttle buses, ferries to Pest and Buda and a taxi service with discount transfer prices for the Sziget visitors. A rent a bike service is also available on the island; moreover you can leave your own bike at a designated bike shed, where if necessary, you can ask for small repairs. Besides the information desks, this year new information boards will help you find your way around, and you can also turn to the “mobile” information stewards. This year there is also improved lighting.

As for food, the catering areas introduced two years ago remain, which means that five such culinary centres will serve the visitors. These dish out a great variety of food from hot-dogs, doughnuts, popcorn, corn on the cob, fruit, pastries, kebabs, sandwiches, sea fish, pizza, mixed grills, pancakes, jacket potatoes, vegetarian, health and bio food, dried fruit, ice cream, and many more. The colourful world of the “nations’ kitchen” is boosted by Mexican cuisine, Brazilian sweets, Italian pastas and traditional “ancient” Hungarian cuisine. And the good news is: the milk bar reopens this year.

Official site
Sziget 2008