FESTIVAL: SZIGET 2011
SZIGET 2011
TRADITIONAL HUNGARIAN ISLAND FESTIVAL, SZIGET, IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN CENTRAL EUROPE. SOME 65,000 PEOPLE ENJOYED THE EVENT ON THE RIVER DANUBE DURING 2011. WITH A TOTAL OF 385,000 VISITORS OVER 10 DAYS, ALMOST 300-STRONG TECHNICAL STAFF ENSURED THE ENTERTAINMENT WENT SMOOTHLY VIA PRECISE TECHNICAL COORDINATION THAT SAW THE OPERATION OF AN IMPRESSIVE SIX LARGE AND 32 SMALLER STAGES. LOCAL REPORTER TAMAS BARDOS WAS THERE...
Technical Production Director, Bela Dudas, is responsible for the coordination of sound, light, stage and power systems over all of Sziget’s stages. Dudas explained that technical planning started in November 2010, however, the vast majority of the organisational work continued into spring 2011. A challenge for Dudas’s crew was that the very same technical staff were also busy working on various other events – also organised by Sziget Co Ltd - including Balaton Sound and Volt Festival. These events continuously took place from the beginning of the summer in Hungary.
A NEW FAÇADE Based on the experiences of previous years, the organisers designed a new facade for the main stage. This was requested for a better appearance, greater security and a more favourable structural solution. The improved security was mainly served by a static structural stage design that also offered strong wind resistance.
68 • TPi NOVEMBER 2011 This new stage construction (with its 120 tonne
metal structure) was capable of holding two 70 sq metre LED walls, each with a total weight of eight tonnes, a 14 tonne loudspeaker system and the 15 tonne lighting rig, which required a six-day build. The power system for the festival’s 38 stages
was completed in just under two weeks by 40 crew, with electricity company, ELMÜ, ensuring that sufficient energy was accessible on site. More than 100 different audio-mixers, 3,500 lamps and almost 700 loudspeakers were set up for the event and five temporary transformers were connected to provide 298W of energy during the festival’s duration. Sziget’s organisers set up a management
centre for the duration of the festival that was continuously in contact with the meteorological office. Based on the unexpected weather warnings, the festival managers made the decision that the advertisement boards had to be removed from the stage structure due to an approaching storm.
Above: The PA was flown by a team of 20 experts who joined forces to build Sziget’s main sound system.
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