Sziget 2013

[Uncle Liam]

Prague is easy. There's a direct train.

[PastCaring]

I don't remember there being a particularly long wait between bands - but then the liberal amounts of froche I drank may have addled my perception of time!

There are timetable clashes - the headliners of the main stage, A38 and The World Stage were definitely all playing at more or less the same time, although not necessarily for the same length of time.

As to the walk between stages - depends which two stages really. The main stage and A38 were virtually next door to each other this year, so would take hardly any time to walk between. The walk between, say, A38 and The World Stage would take slightly longer - maybe 5/10 minutes. On the other hand, if you wanted to walk between two stages on opposite ends of the site, say, The World Stage and The Hungarian Stage, then I suppose you may be looking at more like 20 minutes. Depends on the amount of people milling around, as well, of course!

We found it fairly easy to get to the front for the bands we particularly wanted to see. We just made sure that we arrived in good time before the band was due to start.

Don't remember seeing any long queues for transport back to the city - but we took advantage of the cheap taxis - definitely didn't see any long queues for those when we were leaving.

As to the campsite, people can pitch their tents more or less where they want to, so, by gaining access to the festival site, you have also gained access to the campsite!

The exact beer/food prices I can't remember - but they were extremely cheap!

[PastCaring]

Prague is easy. There's a direct train.

[edfirth]

I don't remember there being a particularly long wait between bands - but then the liberal amounts of froche I drank may have addled my perception of time!

The exact beer/food prices I can't remember - but they were extremely cheap!

[thetime]

From that timetable the waits between bands seem like around 40 minutes or more, which is a lot

[PastCaring]

Approximately how cheap? Like £1.50 a beer cheap, more or less? Plus, is it pints or 330mls?

From that timetable the waits between bands seem like around 40 minutes or more, which is a lot

[thetime]

I think that most things we bought, whether it was food or drinks, were in the £2-3 range - which is very cheap for a festival. And, yes, we were buying pints!

[edfirth]

Isnt that the norm? You trying to convince yourself not to go?

[thetime]

I'm guessing there's more going on during the day at Sziget than there is at Werchter

[edfirth]

Yeah it looks brilliant, thats the only problem with werchter that theres lack of alternatives. I suppose thats how werchter can afford top notch lineups.

[Cristall]

@edfirth:

The time schedule on Main Stage has been like this for a few years now:

15:00-16:00: First act

16:30-17:30: Second act

18:00-19:15: Third act

19:45-21:00: Fourth act

21:30-23:00: Fifth act (headliner)

It's always 30 mins gaps, unless bands decide to stop earlier. At night there are no gaps between the DJs performing in the Arena and A38 Stage.

@PastCaring:

From Budapest you can take direct trains to Belgrade and Bucharest too. There's no direct train connection between Budapest and Sofia, but you can go there with a direct train from Belgrade.

[PastCaring]

@Cristall

Thanks for the info. This year we didn't really have the time to explore, but next year we'd like to spend a bit more time in the area!

[Lambo_KoRn]

How much do you think the average punter would spend?°I know everyone is different.

Im thinking of about £600 for the week at the fest, about right?

[PastCaring]

Yeah, I don't think we spent £600 between two of us ....

[edfirth]

Do they announce the Day 0 acts seperately i.e. will you know when the act is announced? We don't arrive til Tues night

[PastCaring]

Do they announce the Day 0 acts seperately i.e. will you know when the act is announced? We don't arrive til Tues night

[edfirth]

If you mean - do they make an announcement that says something along the lines of 'These are the Day 0 acts' - then yes they do.

[Cristall]

Eight more acts to be added to the list of acts that are unlikely for Sziget, as they've been announced for Balaton Sound:

- Steve Aoki

- Justice

- Dada Life

- Bloody Beetroots

- Hardwell

- Amon Tobin

- Brodinski

- Dixon

[PastCaring]

I see that System of a Down are appearing at a couple of European festivals during August - I really hope they get booked for Sziget. Failing that, we may have to take a detour via FM4 in Austria, I think!

[edfirth]

I see that System of a Down are appearing at a couple of European festivals during August - I really hope they get booked for Sziget. Failing that, we may have to take a detour via FM4 in Austria, I think!

[spudling]

Of Monsters and men are playing frequency festival in Vienna on the 15th of Aug so hopefully play sat or sun at Sziget.....

[johnmc7534]

Any one got any rumours/theories on this years line up ? Doesn't seem to be much about??

[Cristall]

These acts are performing at European festivals between 21 July (two weeks before Sziget) and 26 August (two weeks after Sziget) and therefore might appear at Sziget too:

A-Trak

Agnes Obel

Agnostic Front

Alex Clare

Alice Cooper

Alt-J

Ame

Angel Haze

Anja Schneider

Anthrax

Arch Enemy

As I Lay Dying

Atari Teenage Riot

Avantasia

Avicii

Bad Religion

Belle & Sebastian

Ben UFO

Beth Hart

Birdy Nam Nam

Bloodhound Gang

Bonaparte

Boys Noize

Bullet For My Valentine

Calexico

Chase & Status

Chris Liebing

Claude VonStroke

Crystal Castles

Damian Lazarus

Danko Jones

David Guetta

Deep Purple

Deftones

DevilDriver

Die Arzte

Die Toten Hosen

Dirtyphonics

DJ Sneak

Donots

Eats Everything

Editors

Electric Six

Electric Wizard

Ellen Allien

Eminem

Enter Shikari

Fear Factory

First Aid Kit

Flogging Molly

Frittenbude

Fritz Kalkbrenner

Geddes

Gentleman

Guano Apes

Guy Gerber

Haim

Heidi

HIM

IAMX

Iced Earth

In Flames

Infected Mushroom

John Talabot

Joy Orbison

Justin Martin

Kaiser Chiefs

Kakkmaddafakka

Katatonia

Katie Melua

Katzenjammer

King Diamond

Kings Of Leon

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

Kreator

LaBrassBanda

Lamb Of God

Magda

Meshuggah

Metz

Michael Mayer

Misfits

Motorhead

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Nightwish

NoFX

Of Monsters And Men

Oliver Koletzki

Pan-Pot

Pennywise

Rammstein

Royal Republic

Russkaja

Sabaton

Saybia

Seth Troxler

Ska-P

Skillet

Slayer

Soilwork

Sonata Arctica

Sportfreunde Stiller

Street Dogs

Sub Focus

Subway To Sally

Sven Vath

System Of A Down

TEED

The 69 Eyes

The Baseballs

The Kills

The Subways

Theo Parrish

Triggerfinger

Trivium

Turbostaat

Twisted Sister

Two Door Cinema Club

Ugly Kid Joe

Walls Of Jericho

w*nkelmut

White Lies

Wu-Tang Clan

XXYYXX

Yuksek

And many more, but I only mentioned the acts that sound familiar to me.

Some other big festivals, including V Festival, Lowlands and Pukkelpop, didn't announce any acts yet, so there will be more rumours to come.

These acts are unlikely, because they are performing at Volt, Balaton Sound or Hegyalja, three other Hungarian festivals that usually don't share any international acts:

30 Seconds To Mars

Amon Tobin

Anti-Flag

Asking Alexandria

Between The Buried And Me

Bloody Beetroots

Bouncing Souls

Brodinski

Coal Chamber

Dada Life

Dieselboy

Dixon

Esiferum

Every Time I Die

Example

Hardwell

Jamie Woon

Justice

Queens Of The Stone Age

Reso

Scooter

Skindred

Steve Aoki

The Devil Wears Prada

And finally these acts are unlikely, because they are performing at Summersonic Festival in Japan during Sziget:

Metallica

Muse

The Stone Roses

Sources: britishrock.cc and a few festivals' websites.

[johnmc1982]

What date where second act announcements last year?

[Cristall]

What date where second act announcements last year?