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Ambassador Award 2023 - KUJU Studio from Kosovo for the "Best Art Production of the Year"

EXIT2023: Visitors Unite in the Desire to Return to EXIT Festival Yearly!

The recent EXIT Festival resonated with the biggest hits and a buzz of diverse languages from over 200,000 people gathered from 120 countries.  Guests from Kosovo, Turkey, Slovenia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Hungary, the UK, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, and many other countries converged in Novi Sad for a grand celebration of music, love, and freedom from July 6th to 9th at the enchanting Petrovaradin Fortress, which, besides the fantastic lineup, stood out as the festival's highlight.  Visitors left the Fortress this year feeling happy, excited, and filled with memories from these four unforgettable days.  "It's so amazing,"  "The festival is fantastic,"  "We loved a hundred things about it,"  "The festival exceeded all my expectations and more" – these are just a few of the impressions shared by Exitors :)  Though each festival experience was unique, they all united in the desire to return to EXIT next year and eve

EXIT 2023: Focus on Mental Health and Ecology

EXIT Festival 2023 shines a light on vital issues, promoting mental health and ecological consciousness. With a mission to create a better world together, the festival organized multiple opening ceremonies focused on spreading messages of peace and love.  Throughout the event, festival-goers experienced designated phone-free zones, recycling initiatives, and inspiring messages highlighting mental well-being.  In a powerful move, EXIT Foundation launched the "Life Is Live" campaign, raising awareness about the importance of young people's mental health and addressing digital addiction.  The festival's eco-conscious e fforts included large-scale recycling campaigns, collecting three times more packaging than in previous years. Visitors participated in green activities, earning prizes for their responsible waste disposal. In addition to promoting peace and unity, EXIT bestowed every visitor with the title of "peaceful traveler."  Messages emphasizing mental

Exit Festival: Collaboration with the Institute for Peace Through Tourism

Every Visitor to the Petrovaradin Fortress is a Peaceful Traveller!  The collaboration between the EXIT Festival and the Institute for Peace Through Tourism marks an inspiring initiative to promote peace and unity among festival visitors. This joint mission has resulted in an agreement that grants every visitor to this year's festival the esteemed title of "peaceful traveller." This designation reflects the values of gratitude, tolerance , and appreciation of diversity that define peaceful travellers.  One of the noteworthy aspects of this collaboration is the distribution of the credo of the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism to all EXIT lovers. This credo encapsulates the principles that characterize a peaceful traveller, emphasizing the individual's commitment to journey with an open mind, accept diversity with grace and gratitude , and protect the natural environment. By embracing these principles, peaceful travellers foster an atmosphere of f

EXIT Dance Arena pres Boris Brejcha 10th NOV 2023 in Belgrade

Another EXIT Dance Arena Belgrade Takeover :) Boris Brejcha Returns in Exclusive “In Concert” Tour! After Paul Kalkbrenner’s spectacular performance in the Belgrade Arena, EXIT has announced the return of another local audience favorite – Boris Brejcha. Brejcha will arrive at the Main Hangar of the Port of Belgrade on November 10 as part of the exclusive “In Concert” tour. Serbia’s capital is again on his map, along with London, Berlin, Paris, and other metropolises. Brejcha is accompanied by representatives of his prestigious label Fckng Serious – talented producers Deniz Bull and Moritz Hofbauer.  Boris Brejcha has made a significant contribution to the music program of mts Dance Arena with his performances so far. He stated in a previous interview that he “always enjoys performing at EXIT, especially at dawn. Over time, Boris Brejcha has developed his own style – “high tech minimal” techno – as a separate genre, sometimes referred to as the “intelligent music of tomorrow.”  The

EXIT and Coca-Cola Present the World’s Best Festival VR Experience

After the EXIT Festival premiered an exclusive VR project last year at World Expo Dubai, EXIT and Coca-Cola are launching a series of events from May 28 to June 18 called EXITVERSE @ Coke Studio in five Serbian and two North Macedonian cities. The world’s best festival VR experience will allow visitors to see the EXIT Festival from an entirely new perspective — standing right next to David Guetta on the Main Stage or next to Solomon and Paul Kalkbrenner on the Dance Arena! To mark this occasion, special merchandise packages will be created, with one in each city containing two EXIT VIP tickets, while all funds collected on behalf of the EXIT Foundation will be donated to humanitarian causes. Exit’s exclusive VR project was initially presented within the Serbian Pavilion at World Expo 2020 in Dubai. Since then, the VR zone has been an integral part of every festival and event organized by Exit. This unique audio-visual project showcases recognizable festival locations, including some e

EXIT Festival Partners with NFT-TiX for Multi-Year Collaboration

After receiving an award for Best Innovation at the U.K Festival Awards, EXIT has entered into a multi-year collaboration with ticketing platform NFT-TiX for its upcoming festivals and events. EXIT, a multiple Best European Festival Award winner, became the first major music event in the world to use blockchain technology to sell NFT tickets for an event of this size, enabling the purchase of tickets on a decentralised ticketing platform.  It was this project that won the U.K Festival Innovation Award mentioned earlier and it has now been shortlisted for the DISRUPTOR Award at the Ticketing Business Awards, one of the most prestigious global awards in ticketing business industry.  The collaboration with NFT-TiX will include a series of events organised by the EXIT team, with a special offer for the upcoming EXIT Festival, which will take place from the 6th to the 9th of July 2023 at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad.  In addition to NFT tickets, EXIT was the first big festival

Research Shows: EXIT is Europe’s 2nd best value festival

UK platform Savoo conducted research to answer the question of which festivals offer the best value for money. Out of the 12 most popular European festivals, EXIT came in second place. According to research by Savoo, considering the headliners of this year’s EXIT Festival, including Wu-Tang Clan, The Prodigy, Skrillex, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Eric Prydz, and many others, as well as the prices of festival tickets compared to tickets for their individual concerts, EXIT offers visitors from abroad the opportunity to hear their favorite global stars at a discount of €350!  By comparing the prices of festival tickets with the biggest festival headliners’ average solo concert ticket prices, the British platform Savoo researched the most famous music festivals in the UK and Europe to find out how much visitors can save by visiting each of them.  EXIT took a high second place on the list of European festivals, with the most affordable ticket price in relation to the quality of the pro

Addressing the Impact of Digital Technologies on Youth Mental Health: Insights from Exit's Panel at TMRW Conference

The growing effects of the internet on young people, mental health concerns, and the increasing dependence on digital technologies were the main topics of Exit's "Life is Live" panel , which concluded this year's edition of the TMRW Conference. This panel also proposed strategies through which the IT sector and the music industry could join forces with social communities in a bid to solve acute problems.  The panel featured musician and expert in digital technology, one of the members of the legendary rock group Pink Floyd, Scott Pag e, adviser to the Minister of Tourism and Youth for youth policy Snežana Klašnja , UNICEF adviser in the program for the development of adolescents and young people Bojana Jevtović , and founder and director of the EXIT festival group Dušan Kovačević.  Experts in the field of mental health, law, youth development, and politics discussed the consequences of replacing real life with the virtual one, especially when it comes to young peop

Exit Dance Arena in Belgrade: 5000 people danced to Hot Since 82

Belgrade was conquered by the EXIT Dance Arena event, which officially launched EXIT's festival season.  The main Hangar of the Port of Belgrade was packed with more than 5,000 people who danced to the sophisticated tech house sound of Hot Since 82.  The event was a perfect prelude to one of the strongest editions of mts Dance Arena, featuring renowned artists such as Eric Prydz, Nina Kraviz, Amelie Lens, Indira Paganotto, Keinemusik, Michael Bibi, CamelPhat, and many others.  The evening was opened by last year's Let's Mix It competition winner Dakman, and the music project IDQ performed their hybrid DJ set, premiering unreleased tracks from their long-awaited album "Borderline."  The EXIT Dance Arena event in Belgrade was a massive success, and the upcoming mts Dance Arena is set to be one of the most exciting editions yet. [source] 

Open call for music projects funded through MOST

Within the MOST project, Urban Project Hub is open for supporting the local music scene in the Balkans. The EXIT Foundation , a partner on the MOST project , invites creative minds to apply for the open call and present ideas that will contribute to the development of the music scene in the Balkans.  The Urban Project Hub competition is looking for creative and unique projects that will reveal n ew ways of cooperation between creatives and local policymakers in the field of culture. Ideal candidates should be capable of managing project and making ideas a reality, with financial and professional support from MOST.  Regional and city-level projects providing exchange and network opportunities to local musicians, and activities that can strengthen the local music scene will be shortlisted for funding. Six of the best projects will receive financial and professional support for implementation: MOST will provide up to 5,000 euros for each of the six projects, on top of collaboration

No Sleep festival in April 2022.

No Sleep Festival  is set to have a grand celebration of its European title in Belgrade in the spring!   After a two-year break, No Sleep, still officially the Best New European Festival, is coming back to Belgrade with two editions in 2022.  In addition to the regular date in November, there will be an additional celebratory edition on 8th and 9th April 2022.  The location remains the Port of Belgrade, but this time, it is the new, even more enormous, and more spectacular Matrez hangar, whose brutalist architecture will take your breath away at first sight!  After a four-year break, we’ll see the return of Nina Kraviz , whose performance at this year’s EXIT was, in the opinion of many, one of the best in the world in the entire year! Her record label is working overtime, and the techno-trance anthem “Lolytrance,” signed by Antigone, is considered by many to be the track of the year! While we wait for the new single and the upcoming album, we can “meet” Nina in the super-popular game

Project "InfinitX" with Charlotte de Witte from fort Mogren in Budva, Montenegro

On Thursday, September 24 at 20:20 EXIT will launche a new project InfinitX .  The first InfinitX livestream event is being realized together with  Charlotte de Witte within her New Form series and with the support of Beatport. The Belgian superstar recorded this special performance from the unique location of the Mogren Fortress in Budva . Charlotte’s performance will have an exceptional global promotional value, bearing in mind that with this project she is launching her new EP “Rave On Time”. It will be exclusively available to purchase on Beatport from the onset of the livestream and comes on her own label KNTXT which is also an influential party that has held special showcases round Europe. Again the EP showed a subtle evolution in her style as she laced dark , driving techno , acid and rave with her own mystic ambience and stylish sense of sound design. This new stream is a perfect chance to tune into one of the world’s foremost techno innovators while soaking up the bea

EXIT festival supports UN World Food Programme through Life Stream Project

EXIT festival in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian organization, is launching the next step of Life Stream Project to galvanize efforts towards the COVID-19 response to alleviate the suffering of millions who have lost their livelihoods to the pandemic and are falling deeper into hunger. Life Stream Project brings together world-class acts who will perform at the Petrovaradin Fortress, where EXIT festival takes place, for a million-strong online audience f rom September 3rd to 6th. “EXIT started as a youth movement for peace and freedom in Serbia and Balkans and social activism is still at the forefront of our activities. This year has been hard for all of us, but even in times like this, we must find the strength to do what we can to help those who are the most vulnerable” – says founder and CEO of EXIT Dušan Kovačević. As coronavirus cases soar globally, the pandemic is compounding problems and multiplying misery, es

EXIT Festval announce new dates in August 2020

It’s official!  EXIT Festival’s 20th Anniversary edition will take place from 13th to 16th August 2020  After the epidemic ended in most of the countries in the Balkans, the Serbian Prime Minister asked EXIT Festival not to cancel, but instead, take place later i n the summer.  This news shook the music industry last week and provided much-needed hope for the return of live music events.  Now, after additional consultations, the new dates for the 20th birthday of the world renowned Serbian festival are finally set from 13 to 16 August this year!  The Exit team announced that the whole event will be organised in close cooperation with the National Health Coordination team and they will follow all health and government guidelines.  As one of the measures, the festival capacity will be reduced and some of the moats and trenches that host around 40 stages and zones will remain closed.  The ticket sales will restart on June 1st with all details including refund options as well as the updat

Serbia’s PM Asked EXIT Festival Not To Cancel But Instead Take Place in August 2020

Although the Serbian globally acclaimed EXIT Festival has already announced that it will not be held in its standard format and dates this year, Ana Brnabic, Serbia’s Prime Minister, has asked organizers not to cancel the festival, but rather postpone it to August.  Brnabic said that having in mind drastic improvement of health situation in Serbia as well as in many countries of Europe the recommendation is given by the country’s health experts assembled in a National Crisis Team is to go ahead with the festival this summer:  „We recommend to move the festival to August because we expect that the situation (with pandemic) in the whole of Europe will be totally under control by then”, she said in the city of Novi Sad, known as home to the EXIT Festival in the past 20 years.  The organizers stated that they are also welcoming the latest predictions by the health experts in Serbia and the rest of the Balkan region and expressed willingness to reduce the capacity of the event and take all

Sea Star Festival rescheduled for May 2021

Due to the measures announced by the authorities and the current global crisis, as of today, Sea Star Festival is officially postponed to May 2021.   Sea Star Festival , Umag, Croatia 28-29 MAY 2021 This makes Sea Star the only festival in Croatia and the whole region to not only have new dates , but also performance conformations by all previously announced acts. Organizers promise to expand the lineup even more in order to reward the audience for the patience they showed through this unprecedented global situation which has taken a large toll on the festival industry.  The new festival dates are even more attractive , since they are one week closer to summer, with Friday, 28 May and Saturday, 29 May 2021 welcoming one of the biggest hip-hop groups in history, Cypress Hill , techno superstar Amelie Lens , Italian hit sensation Meduza, the greatest regional band Dubioza Kolektiv, Slovenian Umek and his rap majesty Vojko V!  The lineup will also greet the trap team of Kuku$, z++, B

"MOST" - Connecting Balkan Artists

In order to contribute to the development of the music industry in the Balkans and to promote performers in the international market, the “EXIT Foundation” has partnered with the four-year project "MOST - the Bridge for Balkan Music".  Each year ten Balkan performers will receive support and greater visibility on the global music scene, during this four-year project.  Calls are open for urban creatives, managers, and other professionals in the music industry, as well as for festivals.  The EXIT Foundation, together with its project partners, will use different strategies over the next four years to foster the careers of many talented artists , managers , festivals and institutions to tackle all obstacles to a mutually beneficial exchange between the Balkans and the rest of the world.  The project involves Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Northern Macedonia, Romania and Albania.  Funded by Creative Europe , MOST -

At the Initiative of EXIT Festival, Serbia Pledges to Plant Almost 1 Billion Trees to Help Fight Climate Change

That music can indeed help change society is not a new idea for EXIT , the award-winning music festival that started two decades ago as a youth movement for peace and freedom in Serbia and the Balkans.  Twenty years later, EXIT is still a force for change and supports social and environmental issues. The Serbian Government has just adopted EXIT’s Green R:Evolution initiative in which the Festival juggernaut, backed by several local environmental organizations, calls for the mass reforestation that will increase the country’s forest cover by almost 50%. The Serbian Government has begun developing strategic plans for countrywide mass planting actions according to which Serbia's forest cover is expected to increase from the current 28% to at least 40% of the country’s total surface area. This increase means that the Government has pledged to plant almost 1 billion trees in the years to come: "Serbia is willing to do its share to fight climate change. We are commi

Cypress Hill join Amelie Lens, Meduza and more at Sea Star Festival on the Croatian coast

Sea Star festival is set within a tranquil turquoise lagoon with the most amazing sunsets on the Croatian coast.  Envisioned by the team behind the multi-awarded EXIT Festival , its sister Sea Star Festival , settled in the scenic Croatian seaside town Umag, will take place 22-23 May at the beautiful Stella Maris lagoon , kicking off the long summer season.  One of the biggest hip-hop groups of all time, Cypress Hill , will lead the bill and they will be joined by Amelie Lens, Umek, Tijana T, Farrago, Meduza, Dubioza Kolektiv , as well as the strong local hip-hop lineup and many more artists to be announced in the weeks ahead!  The fourth edition of the Sea Star Festival will be held at the famous Stella Maris lagoon in Umag, on May 22 and 23, with the Welcome Party on May 21 and the closing party on May 24.   Tickets, a ccommodation and travel arrangements  for Sea Star festival are available at PLUR AGENCY on Kosovo.  Come and join the party and kick off the

Second wave of artists for EXIT festival 20th Anniversary

EXIT Reaches 33% of its Big 20th Anniversary Lineup with DJ Snake, Sheck Wes,  Metronomy ,  Marky Ramone  and more. The festival juggernaut that spans onto 40+ stages and zones will celebrate its big 20th anniversary  from 9 to 12 July 2020  at the spectacular 18th century Petrovaradin Fortress, overlooking the Danube to festival's hometown Novi Sad.  New to the bill are the French hitmaker  DJ Snake , American rising rapper  Sheck Wes , sensational indie rockers  Metronomy , the punk icon  Marky Ramone , NYC hardcore heroes  Agnostic Front  and 25 more acts from all sorts of styles and genres that can be found at EXIT! This group joins the already announced acts such as  David Guetta ,  Fatboy Slim ,  James Arthur , Tyga, Boris Brejcha, ARTBAT,  Sepultura , Meduza, ZHU  and dozens more. Ever since its rebellious roots, EXIT won two titles of the Best Major European Festival at European festival awards, the Best Overseas Festival at UK Festival Awards and dozens o