Policy
ABOUT THE ENTRY
Purchasing the entry ticket only entitles you to enter the event if you accept the regulations of Sziget and take notice of the fact that keeping them is checked by the organizers.
Camping Tickets are valid from 9 August 10:00 a.m., Non-Camping Tickets are valid from 11 August 06:00 a.m. Both types are valid to 16 August 08:00 a.m. Day ticket holders can enter the festival site from 02:00 a.m. to midnight on the day indicated on the ticket, and can stay until 08:00 a.m. the following day.
Tickets bought in advance will be exchanged for a wristband on entry. You must wear the wristband (weekly or daily) on your wrist all the time throughout its validity. It will be checked by organizers on entry and exit, and also on the area of Sziget, constantly.
IMPORTANT IMFORMATION CONCERNING WRISTBANDS
Day ticket
- you can enter the event on a given day from 2 am until midnight, the day ticket entitles you to reside at the festival until 8 am the next day.
- you can only enter the camping area if you have day tickets valid for two or more consecutive days. We cannot guarantee a tent spot but you can use the shower rooms.
Camping ticket
- you can enter Sziget with it from 9 August 10:00 a.m.
- you can sleep in a tent or in a caravan,
- you can use the shower rooms and washing facilities,
- visitors arriving with a caravan must purchase a caravan camping ticket as well.
Non-camping ticket
- you can enter Sziget with it from 11 August 06:00 a.m.
- it does not entitle you to reside at the festival on Day Zero.
- You cannot sleep in the area of Sziget and you cannot stay in a camping tent or a caravan.
- Furthermore, you cannot use the shower rooms.
If you sleep on the island with the reduced priced non-camping ticket, you take notice of and accept the fact that you must pay the difference between the non-camping and the camping ticket to the controllers, otherwise you will lose your non-camping ticket and you cannot raise any demands towards the organizers or the security staff.
In case your entry ticket / wristband is no longer valid, but you would like to stay, you can buy another wristband on the area of Sziget, in the town centre or from the wristband controllers. If your wristband is invalid and you do not buy another one, you are obliged to leave the area of Sziget.
The entry ticket / wristband cannot be transferred to another person. A wristband counts as a valid entry pass only if it is worn on the wrist. WRISTBANDS that are DAMAGED (glued, cut, with a patent undone, broader than the hand) are INVALID. Ticket forgers and those participating in forging will be prosecuted. Damaged and lost wristbands cannot be replaced.
Visitors aged under 14 can only enter the event with adult guidance (children aged under 10 can enter free of charge).
For the sake of your own safety, crowdsurfing (when the audience carry fans over their heads towards the stage) is forbidden on Sziget. If you're caught crowdsurfing, the security staff will lead you out to the edge of the given site. If you get caught again, you will have to leave the area of Sziget!
It is forbidden to enter the area of Sziget with any transport. In order to approach the event, we ask you to use public transportation, as well as the boat and taxi service!
WHAT CANNOT BE BROUGHT IN WITH YOU?
Glass objects, striking and cutting devices, umbrellas or any other objects endangering others’ physical health are FORBIDDEN to be brought into the area of Sziget. According to valid laws, you are not allowed to carry objects specifically endangering public safety (knives with a blade longer than 8 cm, switch knives, gas sprays, black jacks etc.), it is qualified as an offence.
IMPORTANT: Drinks (alcoholic as well as non-alcoholic) may not be brought into the area of the festival in commercial quantities. Products of such nature must be handed to the security service at the entrance in custody. On leaving, these will be given back if required.
WHO CAN VISITORS TURN TO?
With your remarks, complaints, ideas concerning hospitality, the staff or anything else, you can turn to the employees of the Information Tent and the PR Office.
We ask you to hand in lost & found objects at the Information Tent, you should look for your lost objects at the same place (also on August 16, until 2 pm). After the event we will keep lost & found objects until September 15. You can inquire about them on the telephone number +36-20/425-6066.
Don't bring dogs!
It is strictly forbidden to bring dogs to the festival. We kindly request
you to leave your dog at home or use the services of one of the dog kennels
in the nearby vicinity. Here are contacts to a few local kennels.
OTHER
- A sound and film recording will be made of the event. Everyone who appears on the recordings can be namechecked only with their agreement, however they may not have any claims to the makers of the recordings or the organizers of the festival.
- Film and sound recordings about the programs can only be made with the written agreement of the organizers.
- Visitors are allowed to take photographs.
- On the area of Sziget it is forbidden to carry out any commercial or advertising activities without the written permission of the organizers.
- Intoxicated and under 18-year-old guests cannot be served with alcohol
- We draw attention to the prevailing laws which say that the consumption, possession and sale of narcotics is strictly forbidden on the area of Sziget.
- Visitors are strongly asked to take care of natural values and not to drop any litter.
- The organizers take no responsibility for possible damages occurring in persons or valuables.
- There are several left-luggage offices and a safe deposit at the Boathouse in operation on Sziget, free of charge. The security staff takes responsibility only for objects left at these places. We cannot take responsibility for valuables left at other places, therefore we recommend the use of storage places.
IT IS FORBIDDEN AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO SWIM IN THE DANUBE!
The event will also be held in the case of bad weather.
The right to make changes in the program is reserved.
We ask you take care of yourselves and each other.
We wish you a very good time!
