Sziget 2016

Casshern88

So i just took the plunge and bought a 7 day camping ticket for sziget, i cant freggin wait!. To be honest i barley looked at line up before i bought ticket i know the experience is gonna be class regardless of who's playing and I've been to Budapest before and loved it.

I'm a festival veteran here in Ireland ( 5 last summer alone ) but never done one abroad much less one with guaranteed heat.

Any boardsies going or have been before?

Any one who's been before, how much did you spend over week not including flights and ticket prices, in other words just spending money?

bodhrandude

Would love to do this too and also take in a bit of Budapest as well, just don't have the sponds at the moment, but would like to try it some year. I had a mate from Galway who went in 2011 I think, he said it was amazing and quite affordable too. It wouldn't have a Glasto or Coachella proportions of a line up but a nice eclectic mix of sounds and some cool headliners. OP you should join efestivals forum too there is a Sziget 2016 thread there about ten pages long.

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/204743-sziget-2016/

Irish Aris

Me and a friend are considering it. She is a big fan of M83 and they were on the official announcement. We will make a decision towards the end of May, as I have another festival in Germany in May which could end up costing me a lot of money.

Have never been to the festival before, I have visited Budapest though and where the festival takes place is a lovely place.

The line-up is very good so far.

leakyboots

There's a couple of similar threads on here from people asking before, do a forum search.

I went a few years ago and really enjoyed it!

Furious-Red

Rihanna has been added

Amirani

Bought a ticket for this the other day - first festival outside of Ireland for me!

Amirani

Mr.S wrote: »

Is anyone braving camping?!

Yup, myself and 3 other lads will be camping. The girls we're going with bottled it and booked an AirBnB in the city. I've heard it's tough going.

Lemsiper

Mr.S wrote: »

Yeah couldn't be doing camping for 7 nights to be honest, and it's usually very hot :eek:

Yeah it's usually very hot during the day but absolutely freezing at night.

And those girls who booked the airbnb AR totally missing the craic of camping on the island, plus that trek in an out of the city is a ball ache. Could not imagine doing each day.

Amirani

Supposed to be more acts announced tomorrow.

Casshern88

I'm flying out day before on the Tuesday, an back on the 19th think i paid about 230.

Furious-Red

Happy Tuesday, Szitizens! wink emoticon Please welcome:
Hardwell – Sziget End Show * Manu Chao La Ventura * Kaiser Chiefs * FIDLAR * Boys Noize * Dillon Francis * Movits * VINAI * Dj Sliink * punnany massif @ Sziget Festival 2016!

Casshern88

Furious-Red wrote: »

Happy Tuesday, Szitizens! wink emoticon Please welcome:
Hardwell – Sziget End Show * Manu Chao La Ventura * Kaiser Chiefs * FIDLAR * Boys Noize * Dillon Francis * Movits * VINAI * Dj Sliink * punnany massif @ Sziget Festival 2016!

meh...

i've seen Boys Noize previously, id probly go to them again, i love dance music but have no interest really in big room EDM style Djs like hardwell.

Kaiser Chiefs id probably go to if they don't clash with anything else i want to see but not to fussed.

Just looked at FIDLAR on spotify they have a few songs i like may try check them out.

Don't know any Manu Chao although that Me gustas tu song is catchy i recognize if from some movie or tv series that used it i think.

I'm not exactly over the moon with anyone on the line up so far, But that being said I'm going to be on a island in budapest in 20+ degree heat at a festival so the line up is really a secondary issue for me. plus loads more will be announced between now and august.

Mushy

Casshern88 wrote: »

meh...

i've seen Boys Noize previously, id probly go to them again, i love dance music but have no interest really in big room EDM style Djs like hardwell.

Kaiser Chiefs id probably go to if they don't clash with anything else i want to see but not to fussed.

Just looked at FIDLAR on spotify they have a few songs i like may try check them out.

Don't know any Manu Chao although that Me gustas tu song is catchy i recognize if from some movie or tv series that used it i think.

I'm not exactly over the moon with anyone on the line up so far, But that being said I'm going to be on a island in budapest in 20+ degree heat at a festival so the line up is really a secondary issue for me. plus loads more will be announced between now and august.

Manu Chao is amazing live, full of energy. Check out a few more songs, be unreal to see in the sun!

Furious-Red

Mr.S wrote: »

Yeah we fly out on the 10th and back on the 18th, was about 240e return, not the worst!

Who you flying with?

Furious-Red

Mr.S wrote: »

Lufthansa via Frankfurt

All the direct flights where either **** times for us or too expensive.

Yea i was on ebookers and some Norwegian company had the cheapest flights but took 24 hours ha. Since we would have to stay in Oslo for well over 12 hours

Shaungoater

I would recommend anybody camping to upgrade if you can, camping alternative, we did two years ago best thing we ever did. Proper showers, proper toilets, how in this day and age electric picnic can be classed as a boutique festival with the shower and toilet facilities they provide is beyond me. If you can't upgrade, get there early.

It's pretty much a 24 hour festival. There is a giant supermarket next door to the festival, like a tesco superstore, so you can stock up their on any camping equipment and beer you may need. You can get blow up mattresses there too, we did, ground is rock hard. Beer pretty cheap in there anyway but supermarket the way to go.

mimimcmc

Just had a look at this festival and now i really really wanna go..
Only problem is I can't handle heat, 28 degrees is my max!
Should I just forget about it altogether or is a different type of heat than we get here? I heard someone say it can get up to 35 degrees there :eek:

bodhrandude

mimimcmc wrote: »

Just had a look at this festival and now i really really wanna go..
Only problem is I can't handle heat, 28 degrees is my max!
Should I just forget about it altogether or is a different type of heat than we get here? I heard someone say it can get up to 35 degrees there :eek:

Renting accommodation should be cheap enough in Budapest, this is another bonus of Sziget its relatively affordable.

Casshern88

bodhrandude wrote: »

Renting accommodation should be cheap enough in Budapest, this is another bonus of Sziget its relatively affordable.

If you cant handle the heat absolutely do not camp, you will be roasted waking up in tent, But if you can afford to stay in a hostel or air b&b with air con, then youll be grand.

Royale with Cheese

Went last year, great festival. Extremely hot however (36-38) and I would never dream of camping there if the weather was going to be similar this year. It's a long festival too, it's not like it's just a couple of nights. We got an airbnb not too far from the festival, about a 10 minute train journey in along with a 5-10 minute walk either side. It was perfect for us and allowed a little site seeing too, didn't usually go near the festival until the evening with the heat. Also it was my first festival outside of the UK and Ireland, the amount of dust in the air took me by surprise.

hefferboi

We're going to this this year and doing the full 7 day camping. We arrive around 7.30 pm the first day of the festival. Are we better of bringing a tent with us or buying one over there?

Deficient in Calcium

hey guys, just wondering how much spending money people are planning on bringing? 😊

Casshern88

Deficient in Calcium wrote: »

hey guys, just wondering how much spending money people are planning on bringing? 😊

hard to say, i'm going for 10 days, landing the day before and leaving 2 days after i think , aiming for 800 to be more than comfortable. I'm sure you could do it for less too of course. pints are going to be about equivalent of 2 euro plus with the sun your prob not gonna be able to drink as much as you would at home.

Deficient in Calcium

Casshern88 wrote: »

hard to say, i'm going for 10 days, landing the day before and leaving 2 days after i think , aiming for 800 to be more than comfortable. I'm sure you could do it for less too of course. pints are going to be about equivalent of 2 euro plus with the sun your prob not gonna be able to drink as much as you would at home.

Cool, planning on heading to Prague for 2 nights after so was thinking a one hundred day budget would do.. Thanks! 😀

Deficient in Calcium

Brilliant, I'm unbelievably excited for it... I'm thinking it's not going to be a 24/7 drinking sesh like the festivals here at home so the money I've saved should do me! Any advice on cigarettes? Do they sell them there or should I get them duty free on the way out?

Deficient in Calcium

Unreal... Any other advice on stuff to bring/ not bring? I hear the weather can be a bit all over the place ... Are queues for toilets as atrocious over there?

Casshern88

When's everyone flying over, I'm going out the Tuesday 7.55 flight from Dublin. Luckily i booked flights months ago got them for around 200, some of my mates left it last min and direct flights are over 500 now

I've been doing quite a bit off research on Sziget over last few months so here is all info i can think of off hand.

No idea about toilets situation but with any big festival expect some ques.

Someone mentioned somewhere else on another thread to bring some kind of bandanna / scarf thing you can cover your mouth with, apparently a few days in it can get really dusty in the air especially in main arena as there is no moisture to keep the sand / dirt down, something were not used to here, can be hard on the lungs after full week of it apparently. again this isn't something I've experienced first hand so may or may not be an issue really.

Id say bring a bum bag into festival every day with any essential you need, sun cream / anti bacteria stuff, tissues, portable phone charger if you have one.

Also you may not be aware, you cant not bring booze into campsite areas like you can with Irish festivals, you have to buy all booze in there. although I've read of people successfully sneaking vodka in inside water bottles and things like that. Pints are like 2.50 so shouldn't be too much of a big deal.

No actual cash is used inside festival, you transfer it onto a Sziget card, which works as a visa debit card that you can only use with any vendor inside festival grounds you can top this up as you wish. Festipay is the company that manage this, if you download there app Android link You can register your Sziget pay card on the app once you get it, and top up through the app, or block your card if you lose it so someone else cant spend your cash.

There is a shopping center called Auchan about ten min walk up from the festival, its like a super mall that sells everything including camping equipment like tents, everyone seems to go there to buy booze, food and festival supplies daily. Its the closest big shop to island so its easy to find as there will always be load of people walking that way.

That's all i can think of off hand anyway!!

hefferboi

We arrive at around 7.30 on the Wednsday evening and we're camping for the 5 days. I'm just wondering would we be better off bringing a tent over? I'm worried that shop will be sold out by then??

Deficient in Calcium

Me and my four friends heading out from Dublin at 7 or 8 on the Friday morning!

hefferboi

Mr.S wrote: »

We got cheap flights via Frankfurt, 10th - 18th, the direct flights where going for silly money! The timings work out better then the direct flights anyway.



You know the 5 day tickets are for Friday onwards right? (unless you bought moving in early tickets too )

I have the 7 day tickets, we're just moving to an apartment for the last 3 days we're there

Casshern88

Same as staying in air b and b. Air con apartment. Although kinda afraid we'll be missing some of the campsite craic. But defo couldn't hack waking up in that heat inside a tent.

hefferboi

I'm making a few last minute purchases, what are some essentials I should bring that I won't get over there??

Space Shanty

Probably not much help to people, but we went to Sziget in 2013 and for all those going, I would advise them to take advantage of Budapest as much as the festival.
Sziget itself is decent and the atmosphere and organisation was really good, but you'll probably see all corners of it in a few days so be sure to see the city as well because it's fantastic.
The baths are the ultimate hangover/comedown cure and if you want a break from the island, the Jewish quarter has some great bars. The city itself is beautiful.
Just something to bear in mind if you get a bit restless on the island all the time.

Space Shanty

Mr.S wrote: »

What's the easiest way to get to and from the festival to central Budapest?

We were staying in the city and got a small ferry from the island back to the waterfront promenade.
From what I remember, one side of the island is very close to the side of the river (the Buda side of the city I think).
That's where people were getting taxis at the end of the night back into the city if they stayed for the after hours music, so you have that option.
The other side of the island looking across the river to the Pest side of the city has a small jetty where ferries were coming and going fairly frequently. The jetty is just at the end of a path that goes across the island and through bar areas, small stages etc, not far from the back of the main stage. The jetty is also close to one of the festival entrances.
I can't say for sure if you can buy a return ticket from the island, but it can't be too hard to find out. It's a nice way on and off the island. You could easily go into the city for a few hours in the afternoon/early evening and back out for the main stuff on the island at night... or vice versa.

Edit: Found it. The small blue marker on the right side of the island is the jetty (hope this works... I can't post images on my work PC)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@47.5499563,19.0572895,16z

Amirani

Currently training it through Austria en route to Sziget.

So buzzed for this!

GradGirl27

Just read through this thread, some great advice. Some friends and I are in discussion about going to Sziget 2017, we're all hardened Irish festival goers (we've seen it all hail and shine) so we said we may aswell try foreign festivals and Sziget is one that tops all our lists. It's early planning stages and I for one definitely don't fancy the idea of 7 days of camping esp in the heat that it can get to over there plus a friend went last year and said a thunderstorm hit two nights in a row and ruined tents and everyones stuff and I'm not into that happening to me ha. The upgrades do interest me though and if I was to camp I would be opting for some of the vip options for added comfort.

Been looking into air bnb's and hostels and it's looking like basic accomm is gunna be around €200. I've been to Budapest before and stayed in a great central hostel in Astoria. Does anyone have any other hostel recommendations they've stayed in and how closer were they to the festival site?

Really want to get the ball moving on planning cuz flights are around the €200 mark at the moment and Aer Lingus is actually cheaper than Ryanair right now! I don't fancy the stop over Lufthansa flight's friends have gotten before over last summer.

All in all sorry for this long message but I just wanted some updates on the people who commented in this thread last summer prior to going, I think a few people were first time goers so I'd love some info from you and from others who've attended on how you found it and some do's and dont's

Hawthorn11

@GradGirl27 Did you guys end up booking Sziget 2017? Were heading over on the Monday before the festival starts, gona camp in VIP and got an early move in ticket to get a good shadey spot!