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Off the beaten track at Sziget Festival

Sziget is proud to be more than a music festival. Euronews Culture investigates and gives you the lowdown.

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Hungary's Sziget Festival is back: which acts should I catch?

After two years away, one of Hungary’s biggest cultural events, Sziget festival, is back in Budapest. Catch our picks of the top artists to check out in this year's impressive line-up...

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Festival goers urged to shield their 'most crucial piece of equipment'

This year's festival goers have been warned to protect "one of the most crucial pieces of equipment" they own.

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Joni Mitchell returns after twenty years - but why has she been away?

The celebrated singer-songwriter is back on stage, but why has she been away?

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This famous music festival has a stage powered by bicycles

Newport Folk festival in Rhode Island, USA hosted a ‘bike stage’ where audience members took it in turns to pedal five bikes powering the performance, in exchange for a front row seat.

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Newport Folk Festival stage powered by bikes

This weekend's Newport Folk Festival features a small outdoor stage powered in part by festival goers on stationary bikes.

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The challenges facing this Lyon live music festival post-Covid

For 12 years and counting, this music festival has held free live music events in and around Lyon, often in spaces not normally open to the public. But post-pandemic audience numbers are falling - leaving the future of live music uncertain.

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Switzerland's Verbier Festival hits the high notes

Set in the stunning Swiss Alps, Cult reports from the prestigious Verbier Festival.

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Tomorrowland: Belgium's biggest EDM festival returns after pandemic

Tomorrowland is one of the world's largest and most loved EDM music festivals. But why Is this Belgian festival a bucket list destination for all dance music lovers?

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How can tech help people with disabilities enjoy live events?

These technological innovations are helping blind and deaf people enjoy sport and music like never before.

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What are the Heavy Metal Knitting World Championships?

The knitting and heavy metal championship was held in Finland, but what do contestants actually do?

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The return of a rap legend: MC Solaar shines at Jazz à Vienne festival

French rap star MC Solaar speaks exclusively to Euronews as he returns to the stage at the Jazz à Vienne festival.

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Music festivals in Europe that still have tickets for summer 2022

A round-up of music festivals in Europe that still have tickets available this summer.

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This music festival has an innovative way of tackling sexual violence

The French heavy metal festival Hellfest has come up with a creative way of combating sexual and gender-based violence.

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InClassica - the world's biggest musical observatory returns to Dubai

In partnership with InClassica International Music Festival

Young orchestral talent met with musical maestros at this year’s InClassica International Music Festival in Dubai. Dubbed the ‘World’s Biggest Musical Observatory’,the four-week celebration of classical and contemporary pieces comprised of 50 renowned soloists and eleven revered conductors.

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Fyre Festival founder released from prison early

Billy McFarland was serving a six-year sentence for two counts of wire fraud.

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Largest solar car park in the world opens at Dutch music festival

Spanning 350,000 square metres, this solar-powered car park can generate green energy and help grass grow.

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Montreux Jazz Festival announces NFT venture

The festival, which this year features performances from Bjork, John Legend and Nick Cave, is a staple of the global music calendar.

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Unique sound: Balkan Trafik Festival is back for 2022

In this episode, Cult travels to Serbia ahead of this month's Balkan Trafik Festival in Belgium to meet some of this year's groups and artists.

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‘Influencer only’ airline launches with juice bar and free massages

The world’s first ‘creator airline’ is kitted out with IV drips and a detox juice bar.