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Sziget 2006
World Wide · 24.07.2006
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Sziget
The 14th international festival "Sziget 2006" is one of the largest annual music festivals in the world, held under the open sky in the heart of the Old World on an island. In August in Budapest you can hear many DJs and musicians of world stature, whose names we eagerly await on the billboards of our own city. And "Sziget" gathers them all at one time and in one place. Last year "Sziget" was visited by around half a million multinational young people, and this, undoubtedly, brought it worldwide renown. One of the festival's pluses is that for the duration of "Sziget" the island is closed off from the whole world, and prices are cut in half!
Time:
from 9 to 16 August
Place:
Mozaik utca (an island on the Danube), Budapest, Hungary
Line-up 2006:
One of the decisive factors at the festival is the number of stages, no fewer than sixty, and each one represents its own direction in music. Among the star names, worth noting are performances by DJ Storm & MC Fats (UK), Marcus James (UK), Antony Rother live (D) and Future Prophecies (NOR). On the very first day of the festival you'll be able to hear Franz Ferdinand (UK) and Roger Sanchez (UK), and further on there's more - Layo and Buschwacka (UK) on 10 August, Scissor Sisters and John B (UK) on 11 August, Radiohead (UK) and Carl Craig (USA) on the 12th, Hernan Cattaneo (Renaissance presents) on the 13th, Placebo, The Orb and Tiefschwarz (D) on the 14th, and on the last day Mylo (UK) and Prodigy (UK) will take the stage. And that's still not all...
Ticket prices:
The price of an entry ticket with the option of staying at the tent camp will be 120 euros, without staying at the camp - 99 euros, while an ordinary day entry ticket costs 24 euros.
How to get there:
The organising company offers four kinds of tour packages, which include the Moscow-Budapest-Moscow transfer, a week's accommodation, insurance, a visa and a week's admission to the festival. Economy from 300 euros - in this case you stay in the tent town and travel by train. Standard from 400 euros - travel by train, accommodation in a 3-star hotel, the visa paid for separately. Deluxe from 1000 euros - transfer by plane and accommodation in a 5-star hotel. The last option is the arrangement of individual tours and consideration of all the client's wishes. You can book a package by phone: +7-926-3617137 or +7-926-4295711.
Where to stay:
You can stay in the tent town, or in a 3-star hotel, or in a 5-star hotel in Hungary near the festival.