Exit Festival has been awarded the Best European Summer Music Festival for 2016 by the leading travel portal “European Best Destinations” in cooperation with the European Commission. Exit has been ranked number one, before the British Glastonbury and Secret Garden, Belgian Tomorrowland, as well as the neighbouring Sziget. “European Best Destinations” have also stated: “Exit Festival has become of one the most important music festival in the world. With this Festival you are participating to the attractivity of Europe as the number one destination for world travellers.” “After Exit’s Best Major European Festival title in 2014, as well as Sea Dance Festival’s Best Medium-Sized Festival award, this recognition only confirms Exit’s reputation as one of the leading music festivals in the world. It is a special pleasure to be able to place Exit in front of other leading European festivals that have a budget exceeding ours ten times, as well as make Novi Sad and entire Serbia as well the festival capital of Europe”, said Dušan Kovačević, Exit’s founder.
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European Best Destinations is a European organization created to promote culture and tourism in Europe, together with the 355 European tourism offices members of this organization they promote, since 2009, the best of Europe. Its work and annual recognitions, voted for by hundreds of thousands travellers from the entire world are directly influencing promotion of the awarded destinations, which later see an increase in the number of global tourists and investors. Novi Sad, home of Exit Festival, has also been nominated for the Best European destination in 2016.
European Best Destinations have officially described Exit in the following words: “Exit is an award-winning summer music festival. It is held annually at the Petrovaradin Fortress in the city of Novi Sad (Serbia), which is considered by many as one of the best festival venues in the world. Exit is unique in the festival world as it started as a student movement fighting for peace and democracy in Serbia and the Balkans. Even today, Exit has a strong social mission to help youth in the Balkans and it is run by a non-profit organisation.” This is one of the biggest recognitions since Exit Festival had been founded, together with two festival “Oscars”, the two EFA awards for best European festivals, as well as numerous influential lists (BBC, Guardian, CNN, Conde Nast, Yourope, Lonely Planet, Superbrands) where Exit has been regularly named one of the leading festivals in Europe and the world. After founding Sea Dance Festival in Budva, and Revolution Festival in Timisoara, these recognitions are contributions to the entire Exit Adventure, which has the goal to united Balkan’s creative potential, firming its place amongst top-tier world festivals, and making it the most attractive region for youth tourism in the world.
Exit festival will be held from 7 to 10 July at the Petrovaradin Fortress, later moving on to the Adriatic Sea to continue the Exit Adventure at Jaz Beach in Montenegro for the third annual Sea Dance Festival, held from 14 to 16 July. Confirmed acts so far include: Ellie Goulding, Wiz Khalifa, Bastille, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Stormzy, Lost Frequencies, Solomun, Robin Schulz, Nicky Romero, Ms. Dynamite, Zomboy, Wilkinson, Mind Against, Disciples, Cock Sparrer, Anti-Flag, Dub Pistols, Kensington, At the Gates, Borghesia, Feder, Sam Feldt, DJ Hype, Andy C, Modestep, Ivy Lab, Sub Zero, Hernan Cattaneo b2b Henry Saiz, James Zabiela, Tommy Four Seven, Antigone, Francois X and Shlømo.
Tickets are available at www.exitfest.org/en/tickets. You can save up to 60% from the final ticket price in July. Accommodation and travel arrangements can be found at Exit’s official travel agency, ExitTrip www.exittrip.org/en
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