The exit festival comes out of Serbia after supporting the students’ protests

One of the largest music festivals in Europe is the withdrawal from Serbia with the organizers who blame “uncontrolled pressure.”

The exit festival will maintain the twenty -fifth anniversary of the country between July 10 and 13, but he said that it would be “the last to be held” there.

The organizers say that the Serbian authorities cut government funding for this event and that some of the shepherds are “forced to withdraw under the pressure of the state.”

They say this is related to the support of the festival The protest movement to combat corruption led by students In Serbia.

The provincial officials in the Culture Secretariat rejected these allegations, and they blamed the financial pressure for being “unable to provide support.”

The festival was held in Petrofardin in the second city of Serbia, Novi Sad, attracting 200,000 visitors last year.

It enjoys its roots in the pro -democracy protest movement, which ultimately led to the defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in the presidential elections in Yugoslavia in 2000.

This active tradition continued, while giving each year a topic, ranging from “human trafficking” to “loud and strange”.

After last November disaster at Novi Sad Railway – where 16 people died when a concrete umbrella collapsed – the students launched protests, and the festival presented its support for them.

This ranged from joining students in the protest marches to providing “food bags, and other necessities” and spreading support messages on social media and the exit location.

This has now come with a heavy financial cost of the festival, but “freedom has no price.”

In a statement about the decision To withdraw from Serbia after 25 years, people call for remembering “not for its end, but for its unity. For freedom.”

It is not clear whether the festival will seek to move to a different country, and if so.

The main actions over the years included white lines and monkeys in the Arctic and treatment.

Next month, The Produce returns to its sixth appearance at the festival, along with sexual pistols that include Frank Carter, French DJ and DJ Snake.

Exit won the European Festival Awards for this year and grew to become one of the biggest musical events on the continent.

Daril Vidlak, who runs the Balghrad -based registration mark, says the festival had a tremendous impact on the creative scene in Serbia.

“I opened the eyes of the international public, as it brought many foreigners who may have a negative impression – or even no – from Serbia,” he says.

“Exit from Serbia helped reach a good place with music and live culture, and emptying many festivals, clicks and other events.”