Serbia’s EXIT Makes History As Europe’s First Major Festival Since Pandemic Began Billboard 9 hrs ago Exit Festival
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.
Brave New Media Forum: Young media in the pandemic
At the fourth Brave New Media Forum, media professionals and YouTube stars discussed with young people and children the impact the pandemic is having.
Twelve hours live in three days - the Brave New Media Forum was a challenge for the six moderators and production team in the studio We re not just dealing with the coronavirus in Serbia, said Ana Lalić. Freedom of the press is being destroyed here and we re being silenced. The Serbian journalist had experienced this first hand. She was arrested for reporting on catastrophic conditions during the lockdown in a clinic in Nova Sad and was only released thanks to international pressure.