The festival is characterized by its wide variety of musical styles: rock, pop, jazz, hip-hop, electro, world music...

Sopron, the town hosting VOLT Festival lies at the Austrian-Hungarian border, 60 km from Vienna, 200 km from Budapest, 90 km from Bratislava. Apart from the festival, the historic town center of Sopron guarantees the tourists fadeless memories.

Although at the beginning of VOLT Festival in 1993 only 5 bands and 800 guests attended the event, nearly 70000 visitors arrived last year.

Performers of the previous years (1993-2009): Marilyn Manson, Manu Chao, Franz Ferdinand, Limp Bizkit, Art Brut, Cypress Hill, Roni Size Reprazent, The Offspring, The Prodigy, Thievery Corporation, Korn, The Roots, The Cult, Pet Shop Boys, Tiga, Tosca, High Contrast, Marky & Stamina MC, Clawfinger, Rodney Hunter, Sergent Garcia, Nouvelle Vague, Stereo MC's, Fun Lovin' Criminals, US3, De-Phazz, Ozomatli, Kosheen, The Frank Popp Ensemble, Federico Aubele, Karl Bartos, Fort Knox Five, Koop, Laibach, Louie Austen, Parov Stelar, LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad, Adam Freeland, Roni Size & MC Dymanite, Doc Scott, Claude Young, DJ Krust & MC Dynamite, E-Z Rollers, Andy C, Dreadzone Sound System, Josh Wink, Anthony Rother, Coldcut, Dave Tipper, Pendulum, ...etc.