Big EXIT Dance Arena Belgrade Takeover party with Hot Since 82, which will be held this Saturday in the Main Hangar of the Port of Belgrade, as well as Flower Power in Herceg Novi on 1st April with Claptone and Konstrakta are the events that will mark the beginning of the 2023 festival season.
EXIT Dance Arena Belgrade Takoeover party on Saturday, led by one of the most successful UK producers and DJs, Hot Since 82, along with a strong local line-up, will be the ideal warm-up for this year’s EXIT festival and one of the best-ever programmes at the global temple of electronic music – mts Dance Arena, which, aside from Hot Since 82, will welcome Eric Prydz, Nina Kraviz, Amelie Lens, Indira Paganotto, Keinemusik, Michael Bibi and CamelPhat.
A new chapter of EXIT story begins on Saturday, 1st April, in Herceg Novi at the Flower Power event, bringing a celebration of love, togetherness and peace. Headlining this musical spectacle is one of the biggest names on the global house scene – Claptone, along with the most sought-after musician in the region– Konstrakta, with her band Zemlja Gruva.
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Following that is the fifth jubilee edition of Sea Star, scheduled for 19th and 20th May in the Stella Maris lagoon in Umag, headlined by The Prodigy, Indira Paganotto, Robin Schulz and Mahmut Orhan. EXIT festival – the main event of the season is scheduled for 6th – 9th July, when the Petrovaradin Fortress will play host to The Prodigy, Wu-Tang Clan, Skrillex, Alesso, Viagra Boys, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Claptone, Chase & Status, SOFI TUKKER, LF System, Michael Bibi, Ben Böhmer and many others.
The ninth edition of Sea Dance will take place at a different time than previous years, from 18th to 20th August, at Buljarica Beach near Budva, with ARTBAT and Indira Paganotto.
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The second edition of Get EXITed event in Strumica is scheduled for 7th September. The youngest festival in EXIT family, Ada Divine Awakening, will gather its unique tribe for the third time at Ada Bojana in Montenegro from the 15th to the 20th of September. These events form part of the programme the organisation has in store for 2023, which is expected to outshine last season.
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With eight festivals, an exclusive VR project at EXPO 2020 Dubai, a partnership with one of the largest metaverse conferences in Europe, 18 various music events, and sold-out NFT collections with world-famous superstars, EXIT has become one of the largest independent festival organisations in the world.
EXIT events, organised last year in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, UAE, Netherlands, Turkey, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Slovenia, were visited by around half a million people, which is the largest number in the festival’s history. EXIT also expanded its trophy cabinet with two international and regional accolades. Shortlists for three European Festival Awards, already won by EXIT’s festivals four times in the past, also arrived to close off the previous year.
EXIT, Sea Dance, Sea Star, Ada Divine Awakening, two editions of No Sleep festival, WOMBA, and Get EXITed marked the comeback of the music and event industry in the Balkans, with headliners such as Calvin Harris, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Iggy Azalea, Amelie Lens, ARTBAT, Boris Brejcha, Maceo Plex, Nina Kraviz, Honey Dijon, Monolink, Satori and Sepultura.
Last year was also marked by EXIT’s entry into the Metaverse and the launch of one of the first NFT collections in the festival world, as well as NFT festival tickets. Aside from being creative and innovative, this venture was also very successful. All collections were sold out, and EXIT, together with NFT-Tix, won Best Innovation at UK Festival Awards. Moreover, EXIT delivered the best VR festival experience in the world, first presented at EXPO 2020 Dubai and later in the EXITVERSE zones at EXIT and Sea Dance.
