Sziget 2013

[rug568]

My sziget wish list

Foals

Deftones

Kings of Leon

Arctic Monkeys

MBV

2manydjs

Smashing Pumpkins

Bloc Party

New Order

Biffy Clyro

Edited December 12, 2012 by rug568

[edfirth]

A genuine wishlist would include:

Tame Impala

Pond

Boys Noize (live)

Fake Blood (live)

Eminem (would be pretty good to be fair)

Daft Punk

Jamiroquai

Atoms for Peace

Blur

Caribou

Bonobo

Vitalic

The Wailers

James Murphy (DJ set)

Apparat

Pantha du Prince

But wouldn't expect more than three or four of those

Edited December 21, 2012 by edfirth

[Uncle Liam]

After today...

Kraftwerk

That is all

[spudling]

Wish list would something like this...

MBV

Daft Punk

The Specials

Grouplove

Big Deal

Monsters and men

Alt J

Mazzy Star

Any of them would do.

[thetime]

Wish list

Bjork

Portishead

Blur

Bullet for my valentine

Editors

Mazzy star

Neil young

Edited December 13, 2012 by thetime

[504329lt]

Blur have been announced

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5XwENBiEY&feature=youtu.be

[Lambo_KoRn]

preditctable booking but yeah happy with this, the stone roses equivalent of this year

woohooooooo when i feel heavy metal wooohooooooo!!!!

[PastCaring]

Yeah, a bit of a predictable booking - but at least we have an announcement at last! This is probably another case in which I would settle myself down at the bar by the stage, with my pint of Froche, just to see what all the fuss is about - that is, assuming there isn't something better on another stage!

Bring on something a little heavier!

[spudling]

Yeah not a bad start .Hopefully play a "Hits" set, worth a watch unless something better on somewhere else.

[edfirth]

Blur is a brilliant first announcement. Loads of hits and really good live too

[kevinmc]

Share this link for first timers guys, thought it would be useful. I could have done with something like this last year.

[rug568]

Predictable but awesome!

[thetime]

Do you folks know much about budapet?

Were flying over on the saturday morning to sample a couple of days in budapest before the festival, thought that would be better than after when everyone is shattered.

Were looking at hotels and websites for somewhere pretty central of the nightlife and sight seeing but none the wiser.

Were looking st the mercure hotel at the minute in the city centre at the minute, which looks pretty central for the nightlife/sight seeing.

http://www.mercure.com/gb/booking/hotels-list.shtml

Any advice would be appreciated.

[PastCaring]

Budapest is a brilliant place - loads to do and see - and really cheap!

We left the booking of our hotel until quite late last year and ended up staying at the Ibis Heroes Square, which is a really nice hotel in a beautiful area of Budapest, but quite a long way from the festival site ......

This time we're more prepared, and we've provisionally booked The Park Inn, which is the closest reasonably priced hotel we could find to the festival island - in spite of not yet having bought tickets and flights not being available as yet! No idea what it will be like, but it looks fairly central and will involve less toing and throwing between the hotel and the festival ......

[Paul ™]

We stopped over in Budapest overnight either side of Exit Festival this year.

On the way out, we just got a cheap hotel 1/2 way between the Airport and City. This was good for a one off overnight stay and was about £13 each per night for a triple room.

On the way home, we splashed out a bit and stayed in the Hotel Carat Boutique and was lovely, very luxurious and only cost about £30 each per night for a triple room. This was right in the city centre, next to the main connection point for all 3 subway lines... would recommend.

[thetime]

On the way home, we splashed out a bit and stayed in the Hotel Carat Boutique and was lovely, very luxurious and only cost about £30 each per night for a triple room. This was right in the city centre, next to the main connection point for all 3 subway lines... would recommend.

[Paul ™]

Make sure you get up for Breakfast, it is buffet style and pretty amazing choice

[Cristall]

Brilliant city indeed. For a stay during the Sziget Festival, I recommend staying in the city centre close to the roundway where tram 4-6 runs the whole night through. For the weekend before the Sziget Festival I recommend a stay close to Szechenyi spa, because on the Saturday there always is an amazing pool party with 3D mapping visuals.

[Lambo_KoRn]

and dont forget the swimming baths/spas, theyre amazing! and visit heroes square its beautiful

[PastCaring]

And, for a stay close to Szechenyi spa and Heroes Square, I'd def recommend the Ibis Heroes Square - great value at £40 per night for a double room!

[edfirth]

A few questions!

What are the beer/food prices like (looking for exact prices/sizes rather than just 'cheap')?

Do you get free programmes?

How easy is it to get to the front of gigs?

How many stages run at the same time? (are there any example timetables available?)

Are there big queues for the transport back off the island afterwards?

Can anyone access the campsite area?

Is there anything in the campsite area that isn't in the main arena that we'll be missing out on?

[thetime]

Edfirth download the sziget app for running times from this year and other info.

[PastCaring]

Okay, and now a question from us!

We are considering taking advantage of the fact that you can get cheap flights in and out of various other cities near to Budapest to maybe take a train and spend some time in another nearby city before or after Sziget. I know that it's possible to get a train between Bratislava and Budapest, but is it possible to get to Belgrade, Sofia or maybe Prague? I'm guessing that Bucharest is out of the question, as it looks a long way from Budapest on the map. Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks, guys!

[edfirth]

Edfirth download the sziget app for running times from this year and other info.

Edited December 21, 2012 by edfirth

[thetime]

Doesn't actually say times the bands are on, just the gap between one band starting and the next band. Seems to suggest fairly big gaps between bands though which I'm not a massive fan of. How long does it take to walk between stages?