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New festival of continental Croatia - Crazy Island Festival

The coronavirus pandemic has slowed some festivals, stopped others completely, but also started some.  In the north of Croatia, a new festival of electronic music, Crazy Island Festival, will be held on August 7th and 8th, 2020.  And this is a new opportunity for dancing. As the organizers say, "we wanted something new, something crazy and wild, something with which we will be able to show the audience that it is okay to be different. Crazy Island is a place where everyone is welcome, a place where everyone can feel at home." What makes the Crazy Island Festival stand out is the location.  On the Island of Youth in Ludbreg, right in the city center, in an oasis of greenery . Separated from the main streets by a bridge, Mladost Island is an ideal place for concerts and festivals. You are obviously in the center of the city, and you have the feeling that you are miles away.  The audience at the festival will be entertained by now well-known names from the industry: Lukas Inne

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

The first German rave since coronavirus

 Coconut Beach Club In Münster, Germany , opened its doors to open air party with Gerd Janson on May 21th 2020. The event had a total of 100 attendees, as many as are currently allowed, while the club can normally accommodate 1500 to 2000 people.  The ticket price was € 70 , and as measures are relaxed, the plan is to increase the club's capacity to 250 people with much cheaper tickets.  The party was approved and held under strict measures and rules of coronavirus defense, and it looks like this:  - mandatory protective mask;  - everyone gets their circle on the dance floor, marked with chalk or artificial grass in which they can dance;  - everyone has their place at the table; physical distance 1.5 meters. In their own circle party members were able to take off their masks so that they would not endanger anyone.  Club manager Thomas Pieper told WDR that there is no profit from such events.  The goal of the party was to cover expenses and show signs of life.  This event was jus

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

The Netherlands: Festivals and mass events will not be able to take place until the vaccine is invented

According to a Dutch portal, large festivals and mass events in that country will not be able to be organized until a vaccine against coronavirus is found.  This is the latest news that comes as a result of the development of a government strategy in the fight against this covid pandemic, and the Minister of Health Hugo de Jonge addressed the public.  "We cannot specify the date of the last phase of normalization of life and the beginning of the realization of major events at the national level. They can be held only when the vaccine is ready, and at this point no one knows how long it will take."  "Hopefully very soon, but a year or so . It is some realistic assumption."  Rotterdam is Rave.  Rotterdam is Techno.  The list of measures presented by the Dutch government says that mass events are banned until September 1 for now.   Professional football is planned to continue on that date but without an audience. [ source ]

Green light to open air parties and open-air concerts from May 18th 2020

Croatian Institute of Public Health recommendations on how cultural and artistic performances should work, outdoors, or indoors.  “Voice of Entrepreneurs” announced a proposal of measures for events that will be sent to the Headquarters.  It is recommended, if possible, all cultural programs need to be outdoor events.  Marking of seats and standing places.  It is recommended to mark in advance all seats and standing places at least 1.5 meters apart, and to limit the entrance to a maximum of as many visitors as there are marked places.  It is recommended that indoor events have only seating places.  Limit the total number of visitors  All events, as well as the planned number of participants, will depend on the current covid situation.  There is still no information on how and what way the clubs will be able to work within these measures.  So far, no instructions have been issued regarding the opening of nightclubs (indoors). [ source ]

Berlin clubs are opening. Music allowed, dancing forbidden!

Several Berlin clubs have already opened their doors after the German government relaxed the measures Sisyphos, Birgit & Bier, Rummels Bay, Taipei club Pawnshop can work on their terraces, but only to serve drinks and food, while for example the club management : // about blank is still considering how to open with safety precautions. Music can be played, but dancing is forbidden! Clubs can operate from early afternoon to evening at 10pm. The Berlin scene has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.  Numerous incentive measures by the German government and the Berlin Senate have been implemented to save jobs and keep clubs from going bankrupt.  [ source ]