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Sziget Festival Sets Record At Nearly 500,000 Visitors
- 18 Aug 2016 11:35 AM
- entertainment
The week-long Sziget Festival in Budapest attracted a record number of over 490,000 visitors this year, main organiser Károly Gerendai said on Tuesday, the event’s closing day. Final figures are not yet available but the number of visitors far exceeded last year’s record of 441,000, he added.
Sziget Festival Passes Sold-Out
- 1 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival has reached a new milestone by selling out all of the 7 Days Passes before July. The Island of Freedom will also set a new record in the number of nationalities represented at the event, as presales ticket buyers come from a total of 102 countries. Important hint for late-buyers: day tickets are still available, but make sure you decide quickly!
Shearwater (Sub Pop/US), A38 Ship, 26 June
- 22 Jun 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
One of the very smartest and most originally sounding bands of the American independent scene, the Jonthan Meiburg led Shearwater released its tenth album in the beginning of this year. Jet Plane and Oxbow brought huge success and critical acclaim for the Austin-located band which will play at the A38's Roofterrace on its tour. Their support act will be by the excellent Hungarian Pegazusok nem ...
Modem Festival, R33 Club, 28 May
- 11 May 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Modem Festival welcomes you back to the next edition held on 28 May. It’s hard to believe that we have been around for five years already. We certainly didn’t do this all on our own, and we want to celebrate and thank those people who have helped us to get where we are now. Going forward we hope to continue to improve and make MO:DEM the ultimate psychedelic experience.
Sziget Festival Prepares For Record Turnout And More
- 20 Apr 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Sziget is the Island of Freedom and also the winner of the ‘Best European Festival Line-up Award’ in 2015. To live up to its traditions, the festival continues to build its identity upon a very diverse and open-minded program structure, making sure that it is much more than ‘just’ a music festival.
Migration A Main Theme At 2016 Sziget Festival
- 20 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Migration will be one of the main themes addressed at several programmes at this year’s festival which will be held between August 10 and 17, said József Kardos, a programme organiser. Related programmes will include a performance by the Maxim Gorki Theatre from Berlin, a travelling exhibition of the National museum for the history of immigration from Paris, as well as several roundtable ...
David Helfgott Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 10 November
- 4 Nov 2015 8:16 AM
- entertainment
David Helfgott was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1947. He showed extraordinary pianistic ability from an early age, winning the state finals of the ABC’s Instrumental & Vocal Competition six times.
Casino Visitor Numbers Rise Sharply In Hungary
- 7 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The number of visitors to Hungarian casinos rose sharply after a ban on slot machines in pubs was introduced in the autumn of 2012, data in a written response to a query by an MP show. In the letter from state secretary András Tállai responding to the query by MP István Ikotity of green party LMP, data show visitor numbers to Hungarian casinos rose from 205,000 in 2011 to 300,000 in 2012.
Hungary's Szerencsejáték CEO May Be Fired
- 8 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
CEO Péter Szentpétery of the state gaming company Szerencsejáték might be dismissed on Monday, according to the gambling news website Itt a piros. Szentpétery is on sick leave at the moment, Népszava adds. Szentpétery joined Szerencsejáték in June 2010, after holding high positions with state pawnbroker BÁV, taxi company Fõtaxi and Metal-Art, companies owned by the Lajos Simicska-Zsolt Nyerges ...
Sziget Festival Sets Record At Nearly 500,000 Visitors
- 18 Aug 2016 11:35 AM
- entertainment
The week-long Sziget Festival in Budapest attracted a record number of over 490,000 visitors this year, main organiser Károly Gerendai said on Tuesday, the event’s closing day. Final figures are not yet available but the number of visitors far exceeded last year’s record of 441,000, he added.
Sziget Festival Passes Sold-Out
- 1 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival has reached a new milestone by selling out all of the 7 Days Passes before July. The Island of Freedom will also set a new record in the number of nationalities represented at the event, as presales ticket buyers come from a total of 102 countries. Important hint for late-buyers: day tickets are still available, but make sure you decide quickly!
Shearwater (Sub Pop/US), A38 Ship, 26 June
- 22 Jun 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
One of the very smartest and most originally sounding bands of the American independent scene, the Jonthan Meiburg led Shearwater released its tenth album in the beginning of this year. Jet Plane and Oxbow brought huge success and critical acclaim for the Austin-located band which will play at the A38's Roofterrace on its tour. Their support act will be by the excellent Hungarian Pegazusok nem ...
Modem Festival, R33 Club, 28 May
- 11 May 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Modem Festival welcomes you back to the next edition held on 28 May. It’s hard to believe that we have been around for five years already. We certainly didn’t do this all on our own, and we want to celebrate and thank those people who have helped us to get where we are now. Going forward we hope to continue to improve and make MO:DEM the ultimate psychedelic experience.
Sziget Festival Prepares For Record Turnout And More
- 20 Apr 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Sziget is the Island of Freedom and also the winner of the ‘Best European Festival Line-up Award’ in 2015. To live up to its traditions, the festival continues to build its identity upon a very diverse and open-minded program structure, making sure that it is much more than ‘just’ a music festival.
Migration A Main Theme At 2016 Sziget Festival
- 20 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Migration will be one of the main themes addressed at several programmes at this year’s festival which will be held between August 10 and 17, said József Kardos, a programme organiser. Related programmes will include a performance by the Maxim Gorki Theatre from Berlin, a travelling exhibition of the National museum for the history of immigration from Paris, as well as several roundtable ...
David Helfgott Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 10 November
- 4 Nov 2015 8:16 AM
- entertainment
David Helfgott was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1947. He showed extraordinary pianistic ability from an early age, winning the state finals of the ABC’s Instrumental & Vocal Competition six times.
Casino Visitor Numbers Rise Sharply In Hungary
- 7 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The number of visitors to Hungarian casinos rose sharply after a ban on slot machines in pubs was introduced in the autumn of 2012, data in a written response to a query by an MP show. In the letter from state secretary András Tállai responding to the query by MP István Ikotity of green party LMP, data show visitor numbers to Hungarian casinos rose from 205,000 in 2011 to 300,000 in 2012.
Hungary's Szerencsejáték CEO May Be Fired
- 8 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
CEO Péter Szentpétery of the state gaming company Szerencsejáték might be dismissed on Monday, according to the gambling news website Itt a piros. Szentpétery is on sick leave at the moment, Népszava adds. Szentpétery joined Szerencsejáték in June 2010, after holding high positions with state pawnbroker BÁV, taxi company Fõtaxi and Metal-Art, companies owned by the Lajos Simicska-Zsolt Nyerges ...