The Exit Festival in pictures

se times
15/07/2011

Images from the region's largest music event, held every year at the Petrovaradin Fortress near Novi Sad.
By Ivana Jovanovic for Southeast European Times in Novi Sad – 15/07/11
This year's Exit Festival offered fans what they have come to expect: top acts from around the world and the region, and an atmosphere of youthful energy bordering on anarchy.

Among the internationally renowned performers headlining the event were British rapper M.I.A., LA punk rockers Bad Religion, the indie group Arcade Fire, and DJs such as James Zabeila and DJ Tiga....more...
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Serbia’s 12th EXIT Closes on High Note

balkan insight
11 JUL 2011 / 12:59

Some 600 performers entertained 130,000 music fans in an event that has become a major money-spinner and advert for postwar Serbia.

Bojana Barlovac Belgrade

Serbia’s northern capital of Novi Sad marked the end of the 12th EXIT music festival, which drew about 130,000 people over four days to see some 600 performers.

The annual event has turned into a major tourist draw for Serbia - a country that is otherwise short of obvious attractions for foreign visitors....more....
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/12th-exit-festival-closes-doors-with-electrifying-nick-cave

Exit looks to the future

se times
30/06/2011

With the Milosevic regime consigned to history's dustbin, Serbia's internationally-known music festival finds relevance in a new era.
By Ivana Jovanovic for Southeast European Times in Novi Sad -- 30/06/11
When the first Exit festival took place in 2000, organiser Dushan Kovacevic was a 22-year-old electrical engineering student and member of the anti-Milosevic group Оtpor. He longed to see world-class musical events come to Serbia, and to have the opportunity to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds....more...
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EXIT Grants Leave Serbia's Small Festivals Fuming

balkan insight

06 Apr 2011 / 16:54

Summer music festival's generous funding is leaving other culture groups empty-handed, and sparking a fierce political row in Serbia's northern province.

By Milan Lisica

Out of a million euros that Serbia's northern region of Vojvodina allocated to culture this year, almost half was given to the EXIT music festival and the Cinema City festival, which EXIT also runs....more...

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/exit-grants-leave-serbia-s-small-festivals-fuming