Electric Castle turns 10: ‘This is just the beginning’

Electric Castle organisers have hailed a “crazy but beautiful” 10th-anniversary edition. The Romanian festival returned to the 15th-century Banffy Castle in Transylvania between 17 and 21 July, with more than 200 artists.

Electric Castle organisers have hailed a “crazy but beautiful” 10th-anniversary edition.

The Romanian festival returned to the 15th-century Banffy Castle in Transylvania between 17 and 21 July, with more than 200 artists.

Massive Attack, Bring Me the Horizon, Chase & Status, Sean Paul, Paolo Nutini and Khruangbin helped to draw an average 50,000 daily attendees (with a peak of 68,000 on Saturday) – a 20% increase from last year’s edition and a new record for the festival.

While this year’s edition was a triumph by all accounts, Electric Castle’s Renate Rozenberg says it was also “one of the most difficult editions to…

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