Every year, the vibrant city of Budapest hosts one of Europe's most celebrated music festivals, Sziget. Known as "The Island of Freedom," Sziget Festival takes place on the picturesque…
Phone-free concerts YES or NO?
The media power of a phone, and its extension in the form of social networks when we record and share photos or videos of a concert is priceless. But when our favourite…
Love on the island of freedom: 10 wedding proposal stories from Sziget
Sziget festival is special. It has had an influence in the lives of many of us. I have said it many times before. Some even found love on the island. Some even proposed!
Die Neuen Schweden. Music networking & showcase in Berlin!
Better Things and Swedish educational institute Sensus return to Berlin for the 9th time with their highly acclaimed music networking & showcase …
This was Sziget festival 2023
Following the end of the Communist era in 1989, the formerly lively summer festival scene in Budapest faced a crisis due to a sudden loss of governmental funding. A group…
Wanna make your first music festival experience in the UK? Take a look at the Victorious festival
As a music lover and long-time festival goer, over the years I’ve had the chance to visit all sorts of festivals in America and Europe. However I have never attended a festival…
We love Sziget festival and here's why!
Summer is synonymous with festivals, and in August, visiting Budapest has long since become almost an unwritten rule. No matter what happens, one way or another, with…
Documentary in the making: "Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza"
It may not be your favourite festival, but Lollapalooza's fame and prominence in the history of music festivals since its inception more than…
Backstage for an itinerant music festival
The beach of Portimao in the Portuguese Algarve was witness to the power and importance of (good) architecture last summer during the Afronation and Rolling Loud…
You´ve got to attend this concert!
Light and darkness. Eyes closed on a journey to your own emotions. The melodies change the rhythm of your heartbeat, while you silently listen to every word sung. It feels like…
Did you know this about Badehaus?
Around a year ago I wrote in this blog that the Berlin area known as R.A.W. Gelände is undoubtedly one of those areas that define the spirit of the German capital. Consisting…
I’m coming back to Sziget!
In exactly 100 days the doors of the island of freedom will be opening for a new edition of Sziget festival and one more time, I am gonna be there. This shouldn't be news…
The day Def Leppard thought they had lost their drummer
Last week, Rick Allen, the 59-year-old Def Leppard’s drummer, was attacked outside of the Four Seasons in Fort Lauderdale, a day after the band played at the Seminole…
Some curiosities about Alex Turner that you might not know!
Now that the Arctic Monkeys are back on tour, which is always good news, it's time to talk about its charismatic frontman Alex Turner who seems to have left behind…
This was Sziget festival 2022
I don't really know how to start this article. Nor do I really know what I want to say because I have mixed feelings. What I do know is that when the long-awaited 28th Sziget…
Get ready (finally) for the first edition of the Superbloom festival
Announced just before the pandemic, this first edition of the Superbloom festival comes after two initial cancellations. Undoubtedly a difficult start for a new festival…
10 shows you can’t miss at Sziget 2022
We have had to wait three years to be able to say that in exactly one week, a new edition of the Sziget festival begins. Who would have thought it when we crossed…
Lolla goes to India!
Thirty years years after Ted Gardner, Don Muller, Marc Geiger and Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction) who, inspired by Britain's Reading Festival, conceived what today…
A conversation with GRETA
Greta Schenck was born in the 90’s in northern Germany, but one could easily be convinced that she was born decades before that. Her glamorous pop songs are dripping…
This was Mad Cool 2022
Although I've been living in Berlin for years, I was born and raised in Madrid. Despite this, I had never been to the Mad Cool festival before. What's more, in spite of the impressive…