BALATON SOUND 2019 RECAP

Balaton Sound 2019 closed with a record number of visitors. There were 172,000 visitors at this year’s Balaton Sound, with the "sold out" having to be placed out on Saturday.

“In the international festival palette, Balaton Sound has always occupied a unique place with its outstanding services, waterfront and water-based venues and star headliners. However, this year's Balaton Sound was even better, with and even stronger VIP life at the festival, ”said Zoltán Fülöp, chief organizer. This year, there were four VIP venues for visitors, including a vintage circus, a tropical jungle, and even a French Riviera, not to mention the VIP location of the new Dreher Arena.

The festival’s brand-new venue, The Club, debuted with great success, were the underground electronic music renaissance could be heard, continued Norbert Lobenwein, the founder and main organizer of the festival. The terrace venue on the beach of Lake Balaton was continuously full from sunset to sunrise. With Marco Carola, Matador and Hernan Cattaneo, the crowd fluttered to The Club which held up to 1,500 people in an Ibiza inspired venue.

In addition to the biggest artists in the electronic music scene, this year, a large proportion of the performers of "urban music" were represented to the great joy of the visitors including Future, Denzel Curry or the Designer show.

This year Elrow once again brought its world-class colorful audio-visual cinematic location. Giant puppet, artist, and stilts appeared in the program with a Berlin techno feeling featuring, Paul Kalkbrenner and the iconic figure of the Belgian underground, Claptone. The Chainsmokers duo from the United States came with a special live show this year, but Marshmello, who is most popular among the Z generation, was a huge hit.

Sustainability and living in harmony with the environment is a clear goal for Balaton Sound. As part of the eco-conscious program, the festival started a tree planting program and gave 10 trees to Zamárdi. Besides Hungarian stars, Armin van Burren also participated at the event.

In light of last year's success, the Safety First program for a safe festival continued this year with nearly 80 volunteers, including several foreigners, thus contributing to the safety of foreign festival-goers. This year's innovations also included the new SoundWatch feature created within the Balaton Sound app, which allowed festival-goers to see where the nearest Safety First point was located. And if they were unable to visit a Safety First point, they could ask for help directly through SoundWatch, either by calling or messaging an emergency number. SoundWatch was used by many visitors who reported various cases through the application, from foot injuries to damages, which greatly helped the work of health and safety workers.

This year’s Balaton Sound has barely ended, but everyone can mark their calendars for next year’s festival held between 8-12 July 2020 in Zamárdi!