Sziget 2012

[Cristall]

Hi all going to Sziget for the 1st time this year does anyone know where I can exchange my citypass tickets for the wristband do I need to do this at the main festival site or can I get them from the railway station.? Thanks

[PastCaring]

That's good to know cos I was wondering pretty much the same thing!

[AndyBradshaw1]

how do the citypasses actually work, i.e. after youve bought it online then what?

[Cristall]

You can exchange it for a wristband at one of the exchange points on the festival or in the city.

[guitarbaz]

take your printout to one of the above mentioned exchange points. get your wristband. bob;s your uncle.

[AndyBradshaw1]

ah, easy peasy. Not too long now, only about a month - it's gone scarily fast since we booked flights in February

[Lambo_KoRn]

do you have to pay for the city passes online or can you just buy them out there?

[slumberjack]

We bought ours online but got the impression that we could have bought them at the exchange point as it seemed like a bit of a casual arrangement. Not 100% sure on that though.

[Cristall]

I heard last year the 2-day city passes were sold out at some point during the festival, friends couldn't buy them anymore. Therefore it might be safer to buy them in advance.

[PastCaring]

Just to be clear here, we are talking about wristbands for transport around the city, etc., and not for the festival itself? I assume that we get a separate wristband for the festival and that we have to get this from the festival site itself?

[Uncle Liam]

Yup.

[h1210]

Does anybody know if they actually send you the wristbands in advance? i.e. could I travel to the festival site for the first time using one?

[spudling]

Thanks for that How long are the queue,s for getting the festival wristband at the site.? Looking forward to the festival I think the line up is as good as any other festival on this year. Hopefully the weather cools down a little as Budapest has had record temps this week. Cheers all

[Lambo_KoRn]

yeah rekon im going to buy my city passes in advance tbh can use the shuttle bus to get to the festival from the airport too, think im going to invest in one of them watches too

[Cactusgirl]

Thanks for that How long are the queue,s for getting the festival wristband at the site.? Looking forward to the festival I think the line up is as good as any other festival on this year. Hopefully the weather cools down a little as Budapest has had record temps this week. Cheers all

[Cristall]

There are two moments when the rows are much longer than usual. One is when the party trains from The Netherlands arrive (I think this is on Day -3) and on Day -1 at 10AM, the moment from when the weekly passes are valid.

[Lambo_KoRn]

http://www.budapesttimes.hu/2012/07/02/records-fall-in-heat-alert/ <<--- temps went to 39'c on monday with night time temps only going as low as 25'c... wow lol i do hope it cools down abit by sziget though lol

[Uncle Liam]

Getting a bit annoyed at my inabilty to find any football fixtures.

The league starts in three weeks! The games have to have been announced.

[PastCaring]

Well, according to my calculations, looking at the line-up lists on the official uk site, we are missing at least one act on each of the Main, A38 & Arena stages on the Friday night and at least one act on the Arena stage for both Wednesday and Thursday. When do we think we'll get another announcement?

[Lambo_KoRn]

towards the end of july i would have thought around the 25th usually

[PedroOrange]

Hi guys,

Booked my ticket to the Friday at Sziget, can't wait! Me and the missus will be landing at Budapest airport around 2240 on Thursday and are looking for cheapish accomodation for that night and the Friday. Not too bothered about it being nice because we'll hardly be in there other than to sleep! We need it to be fairly easy to get to from the airport late on Thursday and from the festival early hours of Saturday. We're in the sofitel chain bridge hotel from Saturday day time so anywhere near there would be great although I don't really want to pay more than 50-60 euros a night. At the moment I've got the following shortlisted, can anyone tell me if these will/won't suit my plans?

GREEN HOTEL

BUDAPEST DUNA

MARCO POLO

Galilee

City Center Guesthouse Budapest

Any other suggestions gratefully received!

Thanks, Pedro

[Cristall]

http://www.szigetfest.co.uk/en/programme --> Schedules for the World Music Party Stage, Roma Stage, Blues Stage, Cokxpon Ambient Tent & Garden and Open-Civil Stage are online

[Uncle Liam]

I foresee clashes between Hurts, Placebo and Saint Etienne. Bad times.

[Uncle Liam]

Also foresee clashes between Snoop, The Pogues and Leftfield.

[Cristall]

Saint Etienne will probably clash with Hurts. The evening programme of the Arena usually starts at 7.30PM and the co-headliner at Main usually starts at 7.45PM.

The Pogues and Snoop will probably be on at exactly the same time (9.30PM-11PM), but Leftfield probably won't clash with them.

Edited July 6, 2012 by Cristall