Serbia’s EXIT Makes History As Europe’s First Major Festival Since Pandemic Began
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Serbia’s EXIT Festival kicks off it’s four-day dance music event today (July 8), improbably becoming the first major music festival to take place in Europe since the coronavirus pandemic took hold early last year.
Celebrating its 20-year anniversary in 2021, the festival expects to host 40,000 attendees per day at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Nova Sad, in the northern part of the country and about an hour from the capital city of Belgrade. The event extends through Sunday.
After a series of false starts for music festivals throughout Europe — as organizers deal with constantly shifting government regulations and safety protocols — EXIT is moving forward with an approved safety plan that requires all attendees to be vaccinated, to have antibodies or to test negative for COVID-19 via PCR or rapid antigen testing.