Born from the coed protests again in 2000, EXIT rapidly grew into some of the common and revered music festivals on the planet. After publicly supporting the present mass scholar protests in Serbia, EXIT Pageant is dealing with fierce authorities strain and full withdrawal of over €1.5 million in public co-funding and government-controlled sponsorships. The competition can be encountering different critical political and safety threats geared toward silencing its voice and draining it financially into shutdown.
To safeguard EXIT’s independence and the values it fiercely upholds, the competition launched a worldwide crowdfunding marketing campaign. The purpose is to make sure the instant stability of the competition group and defend over 100 everlasting jobs. These are people who, regardless of unprecedented strain and monetary obstacles, stood united in assist of the coed motion, absolutely conscious that taking a stand might result in the shutdown of the group. At Save.Exitfest.Org, anyone who believes that tradition and artwork ought to by no means be managed can donate on to the group or buy future tickets and digital property to assist safe EXIT’s future.
Dušan Kovačević, the founding father of the EXIT Pageant group:
“The current EXIT Pageant is of immeasurable significance – a historic second when one music competition boldly stood up towards fierce governmental strain geared toward silencing our freedom of speech and suppressing our assist for Serbia’s courageous college students. We stood stronger than any try at state repression and demonstrated that unity, solidarity, and love nonetheless conquer worry, and that artwork can’t be silenced. Via this crowdfunding marketing campaign, we’re standing up for the independence of a whole group and the individuals behind it. We strongly consider it is a second for the music business to unite, defend one in every of its personal, and reveal that collectively it’s stronger than any authorities on the planet. By defending independence and freedom for EXIT, we defend the liberty of all artists, music professionals, and organizations within the music business who would possibly face comparable pressures anyplace on the planet.”
“As a result of the struggle for freedom for one is the struggle for freedom for all.”
EXIT Pageant was born from a dream of freedom 25 years in the past, sparked by younger individuals who refused to remain silent within the face of Balkan wars and political oppression. Since then, it has grown into one of many world’s largest music festivals, twice profitable the Greatest Main Pageant on the European Pageant Awards (EFA) and at present holding the EFA’s prestigious Take a Stand Award, introduced yearly to festivals that courageously advocate for human rights, social justice, and constructive change in society.
