Exit Festival organisers say they will reduce the capacity of this summer's festival by "probably even more than 90%", as a new wave of Covid-19 cases hit Serbia.
The Serbian event looked set to become one of the only major European festivals to take place this year, after the government advised organisers to move the event to August, rather than cancel altogether.
At that time, the number of new daily cases was on a steady decline in Serbia and health experts had publicly suggested that cases would fall to zero by June.
However, new outbreaks of the virus have occurred in several municipalities across Serbia in the past weeks, leading organiser to suggest that the festival’s capacity could be reduced to just “a small, symbolic number of people” if the situation does not improve.
Previously, organisers had planned for the event to go ahead at 50% – equating to some 22,500 daily visitors.
“We will be further reducing the maximum number of attendees in cooridnation with officials, probably by even more then 90%" - Exit team.
In the case of a significantly reduced-capacity event, the main focus would turn to livestreaming the festival for those unable to attend. Streaming would include the previously announced Life stream platform, an awareness-raising environmental campaign set to make its debut at Exit Festival this year.
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