LIKE a pair of skinny jeans, ­foreign festivals are finally ­catching on with the cool kids. Why slog in Glastonbury’s mud when you can sun yourself and guzzle beer at Sziget in Hungarian capital, ...

I’m a few blocks down Mester Utca on the south side of Pest, a half-hour walk from the city’s centre, minutes from the Danube, with a handy Spar on the corner and a restaurant complete with gratingly ...

Amid performances by Rihanna, Die Antwoord, and Travis Scott at the Sziget music festival, the chicest members of the audience still seized the chance to show off how Hungarians do festival style. The ...

Sziget, one of Europe's largest music festivals, kicks off officially Wednesday with close to 200 acts from around the world expected over the next five days in Budapest. Reunited British indie rock ...

This year, Sziget hit a milestone 11 million total attendees since it began in 1993. As Budapest's most established music festival, it still felt fresh in 2025, with a slew of new updates at its 31st ...

Sziget (The Island of Freedom) Festival lives up to its name, offering world-class music to a population of approximately 4,5 lakh. Started in 1993 and held in August every year since, this is one of ...

Two girls are stumbling and spinning around on the underground station platform crying out “English? English?”. I and the journalists I’m with give enough of an acknowledgement for them to stop and ...

Sziget Festival in Budapest is often described by many as the festival that’s the size of Glastonbury, but with significantly less people. It’s also got much more of an international feel, with ...