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Serbia’s EXIT Music Festival Plans Homecoming After Student Election Victory
Organizers say the festival will stage a special edition next year after students won the Oct. 25 parliamentary election, ending pressure from authorities.
- EXIT festival is returning to Serbia following a student victory in the October 25 parliamentary election, marking a homecoming in Novi Sad after the event previously exited the country.
- CEO Dusan Kovacevic said EXIT was "blacklisted" by authorities after backing protests over a 2024 train station canopy collapse, which led to funding losses and security threats making continuation impossible.
- Founded in 2000 by students opposing President Slobodan Milosevic, EXIT has hosted international stars like Billy Idol and the Pet Shop Boys at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad.
- Organizers are preparing a "special edition" for 2027, moving up the return date from 2028 after receiving "thousands and thousands" of messages from fans pleading for the event.
- While former strongman Aleksandar Vucic and his party denied exerting political pressure, the student victory has shifted the political landscape, allowing the festival to rebuild its presence in the Balkans.
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Serbia’s EXIT music festival plans homecoming after student election victory
The EXIT festival, founded by students in Serbia in 2000, is set to return home next year
·Washington, United States
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Serbia's EXIT music festival plans homecoming after student elect
NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Founded by protesting students in Serbia in 2000, the EXIT festival has become one of Europe’s leading music events. It is now preparing a “special edition” next year to mark a homecoming
·Baltimore, United States
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