EXIT Festival Announces ‘Full-Scale Comeback’ in Serbia Following Student-Led Election Victory

Estamos absolutamente extasiados em confirmar que o EXIT está voltando para casa," disse o festival sérvio em uma postagem nas redes sociais.

O EXIT Festival está voltando ao seu lar na Fortaleza de Petrovaradin, na Sérvia, anunciou na quinta‑feira (29 de outubro), com planos para uma edição especial em 2027 antes de um “full‑scale comeback” em 2028.

The news follows a period of intense political upheaval in Serbia, where President Aleksandar Vučić resigned in September ahead of a snap parliamentary election.

The student-led protest movement emerged following the November 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station, which killed 16 people and sparked protests over alleged corruption and government negligence.

O que começou como manifestações predominantemente lideradas por estudantes evoluiu para um movimento político que derrotou a aliança liderada pelo Partido Progressista Sérvio de Vučić no domingo (Out.

25) early parliamentary elections. As per a BBC report, the Student List secured 52. 71% of the vote and 140 seats in Serbia’s 250-member parliament, giving it a majority.

EXIT apoiou publicamente os estudantes ao longo do último ano, postura que o festival afirma ter contribuído para as “pressões políticas, de segurança e financeiras” que impediram a realização do evento em 2026.

In May, Miloš Kovačević, the brother of EXIT founder and CEO Dušan Kovačević, was detained on the eve of one of Serbia’s largest student protests, according to a report from national news outlet Vreme.

Over its 25-year history, EXIT has welcomed a wealth of international headliners to Petrovaradin Fortress, including The Prodigy, Skrillex, Wu-Tang Clan, Black Eyed Peas, Liam Gallagher, Carl Cox and more.

Its 2025 anniversary edition featured DJ Snake, Solomun and Eric Prydz, among an extensive electronic music lineup.

The planned 2027 edition of EXIT will serve as a return to the fortress, with a full-scale edition scheduled for 2028. Further details including dates and programming have not yet been announced.

A banda de rock irlandesa Fontaines D. C. também reconheceu a vitória eleitoral do movimento estudantil durante uma apresentação em Belgrado na quarta‑feira (28 de outubro).

The festival was first held in 2000 as part of a student movement to vote out Slobodan Milošević in the Yugoslavian presidential elections. During its year away, EXIT expanded internationally, delivering events across six other countries, including Malta, Croatia and Spain.

Sua equipe também esteve por trás do Starlight Festival nas Grandes Pirâmides de Gizé, no Egito, no início deste mês, que atraiu mais de 40. 000 visitantes.

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