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Exit
(also known as State of Exit) is an
annual summer rock music festival in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi
Sad,Serbia. It is staged annually
since 2000 and usually lasts four
days (since 2003). Held in the
picturesque setting of an 18th
century fortress by the Danube, the
festival quickly grew in stature and
reputation. From its grass roots
political beginnings, over to
occasional problems with financing,
and ending with wide praise it's
lately receiving, Exit tries to
stick to its initial mission of
providing relevant entertainment to
Serbian youth while also bringing
pertinent social topics to the
forefront
.The
festival was started in 2000 by
three University students from Novi
Sad, Dusan Kovacevic, Bojan Boskovic,
and Ivan Milivojev. In 2000 and 2001
the festival was organized through
the Students' Union of Faculty of
Technical Sciences and University of
Novi Sad. In the meantime several
NGO's and commercial companies have
been involved in the organization.
Since 2007, the festival has been a
subject of several official and
unofficial takeover bids.
UK
Festival Awards 2007, together with
Yourope, the European Association of
the 40 largest festivals in Europe,
awarded Exit as the Best European
Festival. Public from all over the
world voted for about a month, and
among 10 festivals, Exit won this
award that is being awarded for the
first time in the category of the
Best European Festival. EXIT is
held from the 7th to the 10th of
July, at the Petrovaradin
Fortress in Novi Sad. Acts for EXIT
include, Arcade Fire, Pulp,
Jamiroquai, Portishead, Grinderman,
M.I.A., Editors, House of Pain,
Santigold, Bad Religion, Kreator,
Beirut (band), Big Audio Dynamite,
Amadou & Mariam, Go Back to the Zoo,
Underworld, Deadmau5, Groove Armada,
Fedde Le Grand, Magnetic Man, Tiga,
James Zabiela, Digitalism live, DJ
Sneak, Paul Kalkbrenner, Joris Voorn,
Steve Aoki, Carl Craig, Marco Carola,
Hadouken!, Joachim Garraud, Better
Lost Than Stupid (Martin Buttrich,
Davide Squillace, Matthias Tanzmann),
Gramophonedzie, Anti-Nowhere League,
Kreator, De Staat, Nosaj Thing,
Photek and many more to be
announced.
Petrovaradin Fortress is a fortress
in Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located
in the province of Vojvodina, on the
right bank of the Danube river. The
cornerstone of the present-day
southern part of the fortress was
laid on October 18, 1692, by Charles
Eugène de Croÿ. Petrovaradin
Fortress has many underground
tunnels as well (16 km of
underground countermine system).
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