Rihanna to headline Sziget Festival

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 16th Mar 2016

Sziget Festival 2016

Wednesday 10th to Wednesday 17th August 2016
Hajogyari island, an island in the Danube, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary MAP
7 day pass 249 euros - SOLD OUT

Daily capacity: 90,000

Rihanna is to headline 'Day 0' on Thursday 11th August at Hungary's Sziget which takes place on an island in the Danube, Budapest, Hungary from Wednesday 10th to Wednesday 17th August, with camping available from Monday 10th August. That's not a mistake, next year’s Sziget will take place from Wednesday to Wednesday.

She joins Muse, Sia, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Jake Bugg, Molotov, Travi$ Scott, Crystal Castles, Excision, UNKLE, Jain, Wilkinson, Aurora, Dyro, Oscar & The Wolf, Tourist, Bullet For My Valentine, Roisin Murphy, David Guetta, Jess Glynne, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Lumineers, The Neighbourhood, Years And Years, Parkway Drive, Datsik, K.I.Z., Kovacs, Rico & Sticks, Bastille, Bloc Party, Chvrches, Sum 41, Nicky Romero, Bring Me The Horizon, John Newman, Kodaline, M83, MØ, Naughty Boy, Parov Stelar, and Sigur Ros.

For the line-up details as available please click here.

Sziget Festival, (pronounced see'-get) takes place on Óbudai-sziget ("Old-Buda Island"), an island in the Danube, Budapest, Hungary. Taking place in August, the festival started as a local event in 1993 playing host to various Hungarian artists and has grown into a large European festival, showcasing over a thousand international artists, as well as the music, there is; theatre, dance, classical music, cabaret, performances, films, fine art, crafts, literary presentations, programmes for kids, sports and other free time activities.

Sziget hosts hundreds of acts and programs across more than 50 venues that will be announced in the forthcoming months.

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A 7 day pass is priced at 249 euros, and a 5 day pass is 199 euros.

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