I have fever since Monday. My throat hurts like hell, i cannot move my body. It is like the devil is inside me. I cannot sleep since my throat is burning like flame and dry. I am weak, cannot breath. It was my last Sziget for sure.
Who else is vibing rn like me?
sziasztok! az idei volt a 24. szigetem. amióta repohár rendszer van, minden évben elteszek egy lineupos poharat. sajnos idén nem találkoztam vele - tudom, hogy kevés helyen volt elérhető.
van esetleg valakinek 2026-os lineupos pohara, amit szívesen odaadna a gyűjteményembe? vinteden 5000 forintokért árulják, amit őszintén szólva nonszensznek tartok…
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hi everyone! this year was my 24th sziget. ever since the reusable cup system was introduced, i’ve been keeping one lineup cup from each year. unfortunately, i didn’t manage to find one this year - i know they were only available at a few spots.
does anyone happen to have a 2026 lineup cup that they’d be willing to give to my collection? i’ve seen them being sold on vinted for around 5000 HUF, which, honestly, i find a bit ridiculous…
Nearly a week passed from sziget and i’m getting delayed sickness? Tf?
Cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, flu…
Anyone else?
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Hey festival family! I'm looking for the awesome people I raged with in the moshpit during BMTH.
I'm the guy with a beard and a white bandana.
The energy in that crowd was unreal! We were taking so many group photos and videos together.
I'm specifically trying to find the guy with dark hair, wearing a white t-shirt and a crossbody bag, who was collecting everyone's Instagram handles. Unfortunately, one of the usernames turned out to be invalid and we lost touch.
📸 I’ve attached a photo of the moshpit spot and the phone below!
A huge thanks if you can share this or tag anyone you recognize in the comments. Let's reconnect! 👇
Sziasztok! Pénteken (2026.08.14-én) találkoztam egy lánnyal a Sziget fesztiválon a Bring Me The Horizon koncerten. Sajnos voltam akkora idióta, hogy nem kérdeztem meg a nevét, amit azóta is bánok. Ez a kép készült rólunk.
Ha esetleg magadra ismernél írj rám, vagy ha valakinek ismerős továbbítsa neki ezt a posztot!
Remélem a zene még egyszer összehoz minket!
Hi everyone! On Friday (August 14, 2026), I met a girl at the Sziget Festival during the Bring Me The Horizon concert. Unfortunately, I was an idiot and didn't ask for her name—something I’ve regretted ever since. This is a photo of us. If you recognize yourself, please message me, or if someone knows her, please forward this post to her! I hope music brings us together again
I‘m so tired of people regurgitating this nonsense that Gerendai always says that Sziget makes a loss, or the people who found the Wikipedia page on Hollywood-accounting and now feel like they’re experts.
| Year | Profit / Loss (Ft m) | Result | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -3.5 | 🔴 Loss | Festival |
| 1994 | -18.5 | 🔴 Loss | Festival |
| 1995 | +9.4 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 1996 | +12.5 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 1997 | +21 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 1998 | 0 | ⚪ Break-even | Festival |
| 1999 | 0 | ⚪ Break-even | Festival |
| 2000 | +45 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2001 | +50 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2002 | 0 | ⚪ Break-even | Festival |
| 2003 | +30 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2004 | +50 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2005 | +50* | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2006 | +50 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2007 | +2.7 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2008 | +106 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2009 | +157 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2010 | +99 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2011 | -102 | 🔴 Loss | Festival |
| 2012 | -46 | 🔴 Loss | Festival |
| 2013 | -165 | 🔴 Loss | Festival |
| 2014 | +312 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2015 | +445 | 🟢 Profit | Festival |
| 2016 | ~+1,500 | 🟢 Profit | Company |
| 2017 | -655** | 🔴 Loss | Company |
| 2018 | +1,420 | 🟢 Profit | Company |
| 2019 | +708 | 🟢 Profit | Company |
| 2020 | -1,440 | 🔴 Loss | Company / festival cancelled |
| 2021 | -803 | 🔴 Loss | Company / festival cancelled |
| 2022 | +355 | 🟢 Profit | Company |
| 2023 | ~-1,800 | 🔴 Loss | Company |
| 2024 | ~-3,800 | 🔴 Loss | Company |
| 2025 | ~-2,800 | 🔴 Loss | Company |
| 2026 | >-1,500*** | 🔴 Loss | Preliminary festival estimate |
Sources
The main historical source for 1993–2015 is Forbes Hungary’s 2016 profile of Sziget founder Károly Gerendai. It contains a chart specifically titled “A Sziget Fesztivál eredményessége az indulás óta” (“The profitability/results of Sziget Festival since its launch”) with annual figures going back to 1993:
Forbes Hungary, Gerendai Károly / Sziget (2016):
https://forbes.hu/files/60/10/60109b36d1f40dc96d738e7ef3116c4e.pdf
Later company financial results and additional context:
Világgazdaság, 2017 result and ~Ft 1.5bn 2016 profit:
https://www.vg.hu/penz-es-tokepiac/2018/08/veszteseges-is-a-sziget-meg-nem-is
HVG, 2018 result:
https://hvg.hu/gazdasag/20190826_A_Sziget_koltsegvetesenek_125_szazaleka_volt_a_berleti_dij
Mfor, 2019 result:
https://mfor.hu/cikkek/makro/sziget-elmaradt-az-idei-buli-hozza-sem-nyultak-a-700-millios-profithoz.html
HVG, 2020 result:
https://hvg.hu/kkv/20210531_sziget_fesztival_veszteseg_jarvany_beszamolo
HVG, 2021–2024 financial history:
https://hvg.hu/kkv/20250602_Kozel-4-milliard-forintos-minuszt-hozott-ossze-a-Sziget
HVG, 2025 result:
https://hvg.hu/kkv/20260528_sziget-fesztival-gerendai-karoly-ceges-beszamolo
Tudás.hu, preliminary 2026 loss:
https://tudas.hu/15-milliard-forintos-veszteseget-termelt-a-sziget-fesztival/
* Forbes’ retrospective chart gives Ft 50m for 2005, while contemporary reporting put the profit at roughly Ft 65m. I used the Forbes number to keep the 1993–2015 series methodologically consistent.
** 2017 is an accounting loss rather than an operating loss. Reported operating profit was approximately Ft 912m before a large write-down.
*** 2026 is not a final accounting result. Ft 1.5bn was the planned loss, and management subsequently said the actual loss would exceed it.
So this is my review of Sziget. Lots of personal opinions here plus useful info for anyone planning to go next year.
Sziget Ville Premium
I stayed at Sziget Ville Premium with my friend. The accommodation was fine, but it was rough because our cabin was in direct sun, zero shade. And you can’t pick your cabin, they just assign you a number at check in. Toilets were clean, showers were solid in the Ville Premium area. Overall a good option if you don’t want to deal with taxis back to the city every day. The one thing I’d do differently next time is definitely go for the igloo with AC. Side note, if anyone’s stayed in one of those, does the AC actually hold up if the igloo’s in direct sun?
VIP upgrade
I got it for clean toilets, decent food, no bar lines, and a comfy shaded spot to chill. Everything delivered except the food. The food was straight up bad. Especially the VIP booth at the mainstage. I got a chicken burrito there and it was so salty I almost threw up. Had to toss it.
Vibes
The vibe in the VIP area wasn’t really it either, except for a few sets (Sub Focus and Dimension for example). So I ended up spending most of my time outside the VIP zone. That said, the regular dance floor isn’t exactly some legendary vibe either. Same as VIP, tons of yappers and people constantly filming everything on their phones instead of being in the moment. Not really complaining though, it’s one of the biggest and most commercial festivals in Europe, so obviously you’re gonna get that crowd and there’s no real “dance floor culture” to speak of :) But on the non VIP floor you could still find pockets where people were actually going off. You just gotta hunt for it, as long as the area isn’t too packed.
People
Hungarians, huge love ❤️. Met a lot of Hungarians and they were the nicest people at the whole festival. The most unpleasant, unfortunately, were the Dutch. They brought their vibes right along with them to Sziget. Zero awareness of people around them, zero manners, zero etiquette. Not surprised though, honestly that tracks as the standard Dutch experience.
Music
Music was good overall. I get that not everything can be my thing at a fest like this, you can’t please everyone. But there were a ton of sets I genuinely loved. Naturally, the more hyped and mainstream the artist, the more aggressive or the more boring the crowd gets. Like Zara Larsson, her fans are actual demons. The crowd at Peggy Gou looked like they were about to fall asleep, kind of matched her music tbh lol. But people at Skrillex and BMTH were sooo nice! Really had lots of fun ⚡️
Pls share how to survive this😅
Pls can someone explain me how it works if for example my and my gf have someone on the island and buy 1 day ticket and decide be rude and sleep over and extend our sziget experience next days hahahh
Probably this works earlier when technology was not on this level but i am very curious about this haha?
Bonus Q: what about ppl who stay night programe but has only daily ticket?
I left this post in another forum, maybe it's okay to post it here as well, as I see various opinions about this year in a few posts, and I want this kind of opinion to be heard as well.
I don't wanna overanalyze anything, I just feel that i'm lucky that we got another year of Sziget.
I was at the Enter Shikari gig in Budapest, when i saw the news minutes before the show, that the plan to save Sziget was not supported by Magyar's party, so it seemed like the Sziget years are over and done forever. It was heartbreaking. Fortunately, people raided his Insta and FB, he met Gerendai the next morning, and the rest is history. Seems like Sziget does mean something to this country after all. Everyone cries about it, then they always show up for a day or two, just to criticize it again. Sziget is up there with Puskás, Rubik's cube, etc. and I'm proud of what we have.
Then I got my strongest ever Sziget line up. I know, these are not the most popular names out there, but I was so happy with Bad Nerves, Wolf Alice, Lambrini Girls, Alt Blk Era, Biffy Clyro, Twenty One Pilots, Ashnikko, Teen Mortgate, Fcukers, and my personal favourite Karen Dió, and my favourite Hungarians, Sisi, Elefánt, Mirror Glimpse, Beton.Hofi, and a bunch of artists from all over the world I've never ever heard of but they were amazing. If I divide 100 000 HUF by all those names I get pretty cheap concert tickets.
Yes, there are people who don't care about these artists. My brother had only 2 names in that line up he likes so he stayed at home. I get that. Yes, the last two days were very dusty. Yes I drank way too much = spent way too much money on beer. Yes I'm exhausted.
For me, it was the best ever year when it comes to the line up, my favourite edition post-covid, nothing bad happened, and I can't wait for the next one. My life would be a lot more grey without it.
Hello , I have been to sziget festival in hungary 2 times now and I love it! But I always tell myself that the next year I want to change and try going to Untold Festival in Romania. But I always end back up at sziget 🤣 can anyone tell me if they have been to both ? Wich is your favourite and for what reasons.
Thanks for your help :)
A veszteség egyre nagyobb, a line-upra rekord keveset költenek (látszik is az alacsony vendégszámon), Gerendainak és a szervezőknek valahogy mégis mindig megéri. Ha kis naiv lennék, megkérdezném, hogy hogy lehetséges működtetni egy fesztivált, ami valahogy sosem nyereséges
Hi everyone! I’m looking for a beautiful Dutch girl I met at the Sziget Festival at a gas station. She was with her friends—a blonde girl, a Moroccan guy, and an Israeli guy. I walked her to the restroom to look out for her, and when we got back to the gas station, the guys invited me for a beer. I kissed the girl on the lips. She has brown hair and brown eyes. Her female friend was blonde and had a completely hoarse voice from singing so much at the festival. If you know who she is, or if you—the girl—are seeing this post, please message me! This team maybe go back at Amsterdam, please repost to dutch reddits laps pls guys Thank u everybody! You can find me here: insta: the_markkerekes
Hey guys, has anyone else get sick after this year’s Sziget? I went only one evening, and still got quite sick the day after. When I got home, the inside of my nose was literally black from all the dust 😅 Now battling with fever and cough.
So this stage has since been rebranded as Revolut ofc but my main issue with the statement of the previous/new owner about how they should shift their focus on other aspects of the festival instead of the lineup is that it makes no fucking sense. It’s nearly impossible except a few honorable mentions to find bands after the headliner has finished on the main stage. All stages were packed in 2018, 2019 and 2022 but ever since they started focusing on their electronic venues, I’ve seen less and less people late into the night. Last day was awful imo, booking agent needs to look at older lineups, we need MORE BANDS. Or at least I do.
Reading here: https://szigetfestival.com/en/ultimate-festival-guide#refunds-and-cancellations
WHAT ABOUT YOUR BALANCE ON YOUR WRISTBAND?
If you choose on-site topup (either with cash or card) at Festipay Top-up points , you should claim back the remaining balance at the Festipay kiosk/helpdesk until 16 August 12:00.
This seems kind of criminal...? Surely there is a way to get your money back once you're home?
ha visszaviszel 5nél többet akkor elküldenek a picsába hogy nem válthatod vissza ha egyszer már voltál. a tokenes szarakodás is megér egy misét, külön appok mindenhova…
legalább akkor engednék hogy alapítványok gyűjthessenek és a repohár pénzből nekik is lehetne egy kis pénzük
ha a környezet óvása a cél, akkor miért nem lehet 5-nél többet beváltani? egyáltalán ennek van értelme? komolyan nincs olyan lebomló papír pohár amit értelmesen ide lehetne használni?
egy zsák szemétért idén is adtak ajándékot, volt aki gyűjtötte?
Sziasztok! Most hogy így vége van a szigetnek kinek milyen volt? Hogy nekünk milyen volt? Ellopták alólunk a sátrat🤪
Veletek történt már ilyen? Az információnál nagyon kikerekedett szemmel néztek ránk mintha most hallottak volna ilyet először. A pénzt visszaadták.
Szerintetek mi állhat ez az egész mögött mi lehet az indíték főleg úgy hogy csak a sátrunk tünt el a kaukciós jeggyel együtt az összes cuccunk egy helyben leszorva a sátor helyére. Ja és csakis úgy lehetett pénzt kapni érte ha te váltottál is jegyet amihez jart egy qr kod aminek a beolvasasa utan kaptad vissza a penzt tehat ha nem adtal ki penzt erte nem is kaphattal volna semmit. Es a lakaskulcsal egyutt elvittek szoval most itt allok a lakasom elott es nem tudok bemenni egy colas uvegbe konnyitettem magamon es a foberlo rambaszta a telefont hogy “ nem tud ezzel mit kezdeni”.🥰