Exit (festival)

Exit Festival
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Genre Rock, Electronica, Electronic dance music, Metal, Hip hop, Reggae, Punk, Drum and Bass
Dates Four days, starting on the first Thursday of July
4–7 July 2019
Location(s) Petrovaradin, Novi Sad, Serbia
Coordinates 45°15′00″N 19°52′00″E / 45.2500°N 19.8667°E / 45.2500; 19.8667Coordinates: 45°15′00″N 19°52′00″E / 45.2500°N 19.8667°E / 45.2500; 19.8667
Years active 2000–present
Founded by Dušan Kovačević, Bojan Bošković, Ivan Milivojev
Attendance 198,000 (2018)
Website exitfest.org

Exit (Serbian: Егзит / Egzit) is an award-winning summer music festival which is held at the Petrovaradin Fortress in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. It was officially proclaimed as the 'Best Major European festival' at the EU Festival Awards, which were held in Groningen in January 2014 and 2018, while its Montenegrin edition Sea Dance festival won the "Best Mid-Sized European festival" Award in 2015. The EU Festival Award is considered as one of the most prestigious festival awards in the world.[1]

The festival was founded in 2000 in the University park as a student movement, fighting for democracy and freedom in Serbia and the Balkans. After the Yugoslavian general election in 2000, Exit moved to the Petrovaradin fortress in 2001. Nonetheless, social responsibility is still key aspect of the festival activities.

Exit has won the 'Best Overseas Festival' award at the UK Festival Awards in 2007,[2] 'Best Major Festival Award' in 2013 and 2017[3] and was ranked one of the 10 best major festivals at European Festivals Awards 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and one of the 10 Best Overseas Festival at UK Festival Awards 2013.[4]

Exit has gained international media attention over the years. The International edition of CNN, CNN World Fiesta, featured an article on music festivals in the beginning of June 2011, which included Exit on the list of nine best festivals in the world.[5] The Guardian declared Exit as the best festival in the world in 2006[6] and the best tourist destination in 2008.[7] The Sun, the British daily newspaper, included Exit on the list of eight best festival destinations in 2012.[8] In Euronews' May 2013 article on the world's leading festival destinations, Exit was included in the ten best European festivals in 2013.[9] BBC included Exit on the list of seven world's greatest festivals in 2018.[10]

Exit has received several awards: the Golden Superbrand at Superbrands Serbia 2006,[11] Best SEE Event at SEE.ME Awards in 2007, 2008 and 2010.[12] UK Festival Awards 2007, together with Yourope, the Association of the 40 largest festivals in Europe, awarded Exit the 'Best European Festival' award.

History

Petrovaradin fortress during the Exit
Atmosphere at Petrovaradin fortress, 2011

The festival began in 2000 as a student protest against the government. During its existence, Exit has been visited by over two and a half million people[13] from more than 60 countries. CNN, The New York Times, and many others have on numerous occasions proclaimed Exit amongst the Top Ten world festival destinations.

Location

Exit takes place at the Petrovaradin Fortress, located on the right bank of the river Danube in Novi Sad. It is considered as one of the largest and most beautiful European medieval fortresses. The location also offers superb acoustics, allowing different events, and allows them to take place one next to another at the same time, without any sound interference.

Key Stages

Main Stage

Main Stage, 2015
Dance Arena, 2015

Main Stage of the Exit festival is situated at the very heart of Petrovaradin Fortress, with its capacity of over 35,000 people, with a scenic natural backdrop.

Every year the Main Stage welcomes renowned stars and artists from all music genres. Along with the most popular performers, it also features the best bass acts in after-headliner sessions in called "X-bass program", which have become a trademark of the festival, allowing the party to continue until dawn.

In previous years Main Stage hosted some of the best artists in the world: Pet Shop Boys, Morrissey, Billy Idol, Guns N' Roses, Franz Ferdinand, Motörhead, Stereo MC's, Iggy Pop, Massive Attack, Faithless, The Cult, White Stripes, Garbage, Goldfrapp, The Cardigans, Cypress Hill, Beastie Boys, Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, The Prodigy, Sex Pistols, N.E.R.D, The Streets, The Hives, Kraftwerk, Lily Allen, Madness, Korn, Moby, Manic Street Preachers, Patti Smith, Manu Chao, Arctic Monkeys, Chemical Brothers, Faith No More, Placebo, Klaxons, Gloria Gaynor, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Pulp, Jamiroquai, Portishead, Grinderman, Bad Religion, Editors, M.I.A., Slayer, Juliette and the Licks, Suicidal Tendencies, Damon Albarn, Rudimental, Hurts, Skrillex, Stromae, Suede, Emeli Sande, Roisin Murphy, Moloko, Ellie Goulding, Clean Bandit, Eagles of Death Metal, John Newman, Bastille, Wiz Khalifa, Atoms For Peace, David Guetta, The Vaccines, The Killers, Jake Bugg, Years & Years, Liam Gallagher, Jason Derulo, Rag'n'Bone Man, Hardwell, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Stormzy, Bloc Party, Nile Rodgers, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tom Odell, French Montana, Grace Jones, Martin Garrix, Migos etc.

Dance Arena

The Dance Arena is widely considered one of the best electronic arenas in the world. Over the years it has become as important as the Main stage and can host over 25,000 people.

The show on the Dance Arena starts in the evening, and plays all night long, until dawn.

In previous years the Dance Arena has hosted some of the most influential DJs and producers in the world, such as: Carl Cox, Axwell, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Sven Väth, Hardwell, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Sharam, François K, Tiga, Laurent Garnier, John Digweed, Darren Emerson, Danny Tenaglia, Chris Liebing, Frankie Knuckles, Eric Prydz, Dixon, Erick Morillo, Green Velvet, Richie Hawtin, Dubfire, Adam Beyer, Steve Lawler, Lee Burridge, David Morales, Sander Kleinenberg, Marshall Jefferson, Roger Sanchez, Timo Maas, LTJ Bukem, Felix da Housecat, Kerri Chandler, Jeff Mills, Deep Dish, DJ Hell, Disclosure, Carl Craig, Scuba, George FitzGerald, Fatboy Slim, Seth Troxler, Matador, Nina Kraviz, Solomun, Marco Carola, Recondite, Rebekah, Ellen Allien, Booka Shade, Paul Kalkbrenner, Black Coffee, Jamie Jones, Robin Schulz, Duke Dumont, Hot Since 82, Nicole Moudaber, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Jackmaster, Maceo Plex, Hernan Cattaneo, Nicky Romero, Oliver Heldens, Dave Clarke, Leftfield, Francesca Lombardo, Kölsch, Octave One, Chris Liebing, Joseph Capriati, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann, Eats Everything, Ida Engberg, Guy Gerber etc.

Explosive Stage

Crowd at Explosive Stage, 2011

This is the place for the harder music genres: Metal, HC, Punk.

In previous years the Explosive Stage has hosted Napalm Death, Kreator, Sodom, U.D.O., Death Angel, The Exploited, The Business, Agnostic Front, Sham 69, Cockney Rejects, D.R.I., Satyricon, Max Cavalera, Danny Lilker, Suicidal Tendencies, Rotting Christ, Behemoth, Decapitated, Keep of Kalessin, Walls of Jericho, Cathedral, Deathstars, Sabaton, Tiamat, The 69 Eyes, My Dying Bride, Kataklysm, Arkona, Nuclear Assault, Fear Factory, Moonspell, Welicoruss, Terror, Madball, 7 Seconds, Discharge, Anti-Nowhere League, Vice Squad, Root, Dog Eat Dog and many others.

Fusion Stage

The Fusion Stage is one of the biggest stages at the festival. It played host to some of the most prominent rock, pop, and alternative performers, mostly from Serbia and the neighboring countries, but also from the rest of the world.

In previous years the Fusion Stage has hosted Cock Sparrer, Dub Pistols, Kensington, Atheist Rap, Bad Copy, Balkanika, Božo Vrećo, Borghesia, Josipa Lisac, Kultur Shock, Edo Maajka, Lollobrigida, Ritam Nereda, Who See, The Damned, Zabranjeno Pušenje, Zvonko Bogdan, Massimo Savić, Asian Dub Foundation, Sevdaliza, Slaves and many others.

Other stages

EXIT is also host of list of various other stages, such as: Reggae Stage, No Sleep Stage, Gaia Experiment Trance Stage, Latino Stage, Urban Bug Stage, AS FM Stage, Disko Zone, Beats & Bass Stage, Pachamama World Chill-Inn Stage, Future Shock Stage, Craft Street, Tunnel Stage, Stargate Planetarium, State of Exit Zone, Silent Disco etc. It used to feature Elektrana Stage, Suba Stage, Happynovisad Stage, Theater Stage and many more.

Exit Foundation

The Exit Foundation was founded in 2010 in Novi Sad. Its main goal is helping young citizens of Novi Sad to gain new academic experiences through financing and co-financing their scholarships and academic projects. The foundation supports student efforts to catch up with advanced scientific research trends and high professional standards at the international level in science, culture and sports.

An individual Foundation Scholarship Program began in 2010. In cooperation with the University of Novi Sad, the Foundation developed a program of scholarships for individual students, a program to support individual students’ projects, as well as student organizations, while it includes regular student population in the community and Exit Festival’s youth campaigns.

Since 2013, Exit has a goal to participate in mobilizing current opinion and deciding on two areas it has been known for: destination branding and youth development. The Exit Foundation dedicates its work to key topics in social involvement: national branding, regional connection through creative industries, as well as promoting positive examples to the youth.[14]

History by years

EXIT 2000

The inaugural installment of Exit was held around 100 days throughout the summer of 2000 on various stages set up between University of Novi Sad's Faculty of Philosophy building and the Danube's left bank. Initially the festival had a pronounced political component, representing, in effect, another form of anti-Milošević protest. Although, due to fear of government repression, its activism was thinly veiled under the guise of merely getting the youth interested in political process, the festival's ties with Otpor! and other forces pushing for regime change were clear to all that attended.

Through multiple appearances by domestic bands like Darkwood Dub, Orthodox Celts, Eyesburn, Van Gogh, Atheist Rap, Deca Loših Muzičara, as well as a wide variety of art performances, the crowds were encouraged to get involved. The festival ended a couple of days before the September 24, 2000 Federal Presidential election, which ended up becoming the first step in the government's overthrow.

The slogan of the festival was: 'Exit out of ten years of madness', a reference to Milošević rule.

EXIT 01

After straightening out some issues with municipal authorities over the use of the Petrovaradin fortress,[15] Exit crossed the Danube to move into the historic site. The 2001 festival (July 6 to July 14) was set as the celebration of Serbia finally being rid of Milošević, as well as of the country opening up to the world again after years of international isolation. This year's event also went under the name 'Exit – Noise Summer Fest'.

In many ways Exit became the new authorities' darling as different levels of the government (municipal, provincial and republican) all made sure the event received plenty of funding. The presence of politicians was very heavy indeed – the festival was opened by Vojvodina provincial assembly president Nenad Čanak and Novi Sad mayor Borislav Novaković. Furthermore, Minister of Finance Božidar Đelić and the National Bank governor Mlađan Dinkić performed a set of EKV covers before a raucous crowd.

It was cut down to the more focused and manageable nine days with foreign acts Finley Quaye, Banco de Gaia, Kosheen, Tony Allen, 4hero, etc. playing on the Main and DJ stages. Serbian crowds also had an opportunity to again see the acts from other parts of ex-Yugoslavia like Darko Rundek or KUD Idijoti that not too long before that started touring Serbia again after staying away for close to a decade.

This was also the year when the festival organizers started to carve out its musical profile. With the Main stage reserved for most commercially appealing acts (both foreign and domestic), they also introduced the DJ and Rock stages, clearly indicating the festival would be open to all kinds of music.

In addition to music, 2001 Exit featured drama performances from different regional theatres, as well as workshops and socio-political roundtables discussing issues like reconciliation among the nations of former Yugoslavia.

EXIT 02

Exit's 2002 edition (July 5 - July 13) was in many ways a repeat of the previous year, which noticeably clashed with the festival's new marketing mantra 'Serbia, are you ready for the future?'. Though it brought plenty of fresh DJ talents like David Morales, Darren Emerson, LTJ Bukem, Lottie, Marshall Jefferson, Erick Morillo, as well as Main stage acts like Asian Dub Foundation, Transglobal Underground, Fun-Da-Mental, Smoke City, Blue States, etc., Exit 02 featured too many of the already seen performers like Tony Allen, Banco de Gaia, Darko Rundek, Roni Size, Van Gogh, and Love Hunters.

Even if attendance was impressive once again (more than 250,000 visitors over nine days), many among the crowds were somewhat disappointed by the absence of really big and relevant names.

Immediately following the end of 2002 Exit, the organizers announced a €300,000 loss for that year's event. This led to criticism and allegations of financial mismanagement by the Democratic Party of Serbia's (DSS) Novi Sad branch. The party announced plans of pushing for the creation of a special commission within the Novi Sad municipal assembly that would look into the festival's finances.[16]

EXIT 03

EXIT Festival, 2003

Exit 2003 was staged from July 3 to July 6, 2003. Organizers heeded the previous public advice by giving the festival a major organizational and conceptual makeover. It was shortened down to four days along with a new 'State of Exit' marketing campaign.[17] Additionally, they also did away with most of the non-musical content, marking the beginning of festival's commercial shift. This was visibly reflected in the aggressive advertising presence, of which the festival had been spared up to that point through generous government funding. Each of the seven stages had a separate sponsor and the ticket prices went up.

Justifiably, the line-up was much more mass-audience friendly with acts like Rollins Band, Tricky, Moloko, Stereo MCs, Dirty Vegas, Chumbawamba, Soul II Soul, Shane MacGowan, Misty in Roots, Pete Tong, Tim Deluxe, Jeff Mills, Rambo Amadeus, Mizar along with old favorites Roni Size, Darren Emerson, Lottie, etc.

EXIT 04

The lead up to Exit 04 (July 1–4, 2004) was almost as eventful as the 4-day happening itself. On June 7, three weeks before the festival's scheduled opening night, four of the organizers were arrested for embezzlement. The specific charge was "defrauding the organization of 12 million dinars (around US$160,000) by doctoring official financial papers".[18]

Two of them, suspected of assisting, were released almost immediately, while Dušan Kovačević, Exit society president and Bojan Bošković, Exit general manager were assigned 30-day detention to prevent them from influencing potential witnesses since they were now suspected of failing to report the actual revenue from Exit 2003 ticket sales by writing up false invoices. The remaining Exit team fronted by spokesperson Aleksandra Kolar vehemently denied the charges, claiming the festival was the target of political persecution. On June 15, after examining seven witnesses that confirmed the earlier police statements by Kovačević and Bošković, the duo was released after seven days of prison detention.[19] No charges were ever pressed.

So following a rough week during which it looked like the festival might even be cancelled for the year, the event was on again. The commercialization took further root with many more in-your-face sponsors and even the omnipresent MTV coming to Petrovaradin fortress for the first time to shoot a documentary on Novi Sad and the festival, as well as to publicize a human trafficking awareness campaign.[20] The insatiable British music press also discovered the festival, resulting in some very affirmative reviews in NME and Mojo.

Exit 2004 instituted a Balkan Fusion stage for the variety of regional acts. The Main stage was reserved for headliners Massive Attack, Soulfly, Iggy and the Stooges, Cypress Hill as well as Brand New Heavies, Goldfrapp, The Wailers, Peaches, Rambo Amadeus, Partibrejkers, Darkwood Dub, Obojeni Program, Adam Freeland, 4hero, Neneh Cherry, and especially reunited for-one-night-only 1980s Novi Sad favourites Luna.

The DJ stage featured some big names like Speedy J, Timo Maas, Sander Kleinenberg, Roger Sanchez, Howie B, X-Press 2, Ken Ishii, etc., while the aforementioned Balkan stage saw the return of new-look Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša after a 3-year absence.

Kings of Leon have cancelled their show prior to the festival.

EXIT 05

In 2005 (July 7 to July 10), Exit received a further media boost when BBC Radio 1 announced it would be covering the festival live. With a DJ crew of Annie Mac, Annie Nightingale, Gilles Peterson, and Fabio descending upon Novi Sad, British listeners as well as the BBC's worldwide audience were able to hear live broadcasts from the festival site. MTV also returned for the second year in a row.

The organizers' idea to commemorate some painful events from recent Balkans' history didn't exactly go according to plan. Their initial intention was to dedicate a minute of silence to victims of Srebrenica massacre at the stroke of midnight between the festival's last day and July 11 early morning – Srebrenica's tenth anniversary. However, after crowd commotion on one of the smaller stages during the Dubioza kolektiv set couple of days before, when the band consisting of Bosnian Muslims played a collage of Srebrenica-related soundbites by Serbian politicians on the screen behind them, the mostly Serbian crowd started pelting the performers on stage with plastic water bottles, as well as continuous pressure from far-right SRS that objected to what it saw to be glorification of Bosnian Muslim victims of war over Bosnian Serb ones, the organizers scrapped the minute of silence fearing more crowd trouble. Instead, they announced plans to play the song 'I Saved the World Today' by Annie Lennox as a way to remember all victims with different video beams around the festival site showing a message of peace "Standing here ten years later, let's promise our children, our children's grandchildren as well as the children of our children's grandchildren that Srebrenica, Bratunac, Vukovar, Operation Storm, Ahmići, Đakovica, Staro Gracko will not be repeated. Never again!" But even that plan was abandoned on suggestions from local police after few earlier bomb threats that turned out to be false. The final decision was left up to the festival organizers and they decided the possible threat of security trouble was just too big. Afterwards, mayor Maja Gojković also revealed she received anonymous threats ordering her to "stay away from the fortress during the festival, or else".[21]

As for the music itself, the lineup was by far the strongest ever. With headliners Apocalyptica, Garbage, The White Stripes, and Fatboy Slim, hugely popular Ladytron, Overdrive, Slayer, Underworld, Ian Brown, The Datsuns, Carl Cox, Felix da Housecat, DJ Marky, DJ Patife, 2 Many DJs, Sasha, and regional favourites Edo Maajka, Disciplin A Kitschme, Laibach, etc., the crowds were treated to some truly diverse music.

More than 150,000 people passed through the fortress' gates over four days. For the first time since its inception, Exit saw a large foreign (outside of former Yugoslavia) presence. Over one thousand British people have attended, which was the result of cheap admission tickets for an average Westerner as well as positive reviews the festival had been getting in British press.

EXIT 06

Dance Arena, 2006

Exit 2006 took place July 6–9, 2006.

The headliners on the main stage were Franz Ferdinand, Morrissey, Billy Idol, Pet Shop Boys, The Cardigans, The Cult, Dizzee Rascal, HIM and Scissor Sisters. Dance Arena performers included Dave Clarke, David Guetta, Derrick May, Eric Prydz, Hernán Cattáneo, Jeff Mills, Junior Jack, Layo & Bushwacka!, Nick Warren, Simian Mobile Disco and Steve Angello. Other artists that were playing on Exit 06 are Suzanne Vega, Plejboj, Darkwood Dub, Siddharta, Eyesburn, Moonspell, Madball, The Beat Fleet, Dog Eat Dog, Partibrejkers, Obojeni Program, and Rambo Amadeus. The festival was closed by Kiril Džajkovski.

Exit 2006 had 22 stages with more than 600 performers in total: Main Stage - the main festival ground; Dance Arena - former DJ Arena, the 2nd biggest stage reserved for electronic music; Fusion stage - stage reserved for performers coming from South-Eastern Europe; World Music stage - World and ethno music; Happynovisad stage - second-in-size electronic music stage; Hip-Hop stage - new stage as of 2006 reserved for hip-hop performers; Future Shock stage - unknown bands have a chance to get heard on this stage; Metal stage - metal, hard rock and punk stage with a capacity of 5,000; DJ Super Star stage; Café del Danube stage; Roots & Flowers stage; SUS stage; Elektrana stage; MTV Free Your Mind stage; Positive Vibration stage; Latino stage; Reggae stage and also smaller stages: Agora stage; Stripanziva stage; Cinema stage; VIP stage and Crossroad stage.

The festival saw a large foreign contingent, mostly from the UK, Ireland and Germany, accounting for 27% of the total visitors' number of over 150,000. The most attended performance was the one of Billy Idol with around 45,000 spectators according to the festival sources.

Visitors could watch the World Cup finals on big screens that were placed around the fortress.

In mid-April 2006, Exit organizers signed a contract with mayor Maja Gojković stipulating terms of a 3-year cooperation commitment on the part of Novi Sad municipal government. Olli Rehn, EU Commissioner for Enlargement, visited the festival opening ceremony and he held a speech about European visas.

EXIT 007

World Music stage, 2007

Exit 2007 was held from July 12 to July 15, 2007. It was attended by 190,000 people, with more than half being foreigners. Most came away from the festival with positive opinions regarding the festival and Serbia.[22]

On November 9, 2006, Exit organizers and Serbian Ministry of Finance signed a support protocol ensuring the Ministry's minimum commitment of 30 million dinars (around €380,000) in each of the next four years (2007–2010) towards the festival's annual operating costs. Present at the public signing were the outgoing Minister of Finance Mlađan Dinkić, Exit co-founder Bojan Bošković, as well as performers Rambo Amadeus and Obojeni Program's frontman Kebra.

In the meantime, Bošković and president of Vojvodina's government Bojan Pajtić signed a protocol about 'Winter Exit' series of club dates, which took place from January 5 until January 20 as a club tour of several Serbian acts throughout six cities in Vojvodina. For this project, the government spent about €50,000.

On January 19, a well established production company Komuna made a public offer to the Exit team in regards to the festival's organizational and operating costs in the next five years but the offer was rejected.[23]

Performers on the Main Stage were (in order of appearance): Tanya Stephens, Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation, The Prodigy, Groove Armada, Stanton Warriors, The Pipettes, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Beastie Boys, Friction and Dynamite MC, Dubioza kolektiv, Lauryn Hill, Basement Jaxx, Snoop Dogg, LTJ Bukem, Van Gogh, Audio Bullys, Wu-Tang Clan, Pendulum DJ set and MC Verse.

Performers on the Dance Arena were (in order of appearance): Marko Milosavljević, Trentemøller, Green Velvet, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Paul Woolford, Danny Tenaglia, Frankie Knuckles, Roger Sanchez, Justin Martin, Dejan Milićević, Sébastien Léger, Black Strobe, John Digweed and Eric Prydz.

EXIT 08

Eva Braun band, 2008

After winning the UK Festival Award for Best European Festival, organisers revealed that Exit 2008 will be held from July 10 to July 13, 2008, at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad.

Performers that participated on the festival were 2ManyDJ's, Audion, Axwell, Bad Copy, The Bellrays, Ben Watt, Booka Shade, Claude VonStroke, Danger, Deep Dish, Dillinja, DJ Hype, François K, Capybara, Gentleman & The Far East Band, Gogol Bordello, Gossip, High Contrast, The Hives, Juliette and the Licks, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Laurent Garnier, Let 3, Lollobrigida, Manu Chao, Miguel Migs feat. Lisa Shaw, Ministry, Moomin, N.E.R.D, Nightwish, Noisia, Paul Weller, The Presets, Primal Scream, Roni Size, Sex Pistols, Sham 69, Shy FX & MC:SP, Soulwax, Sven Väth, Tiamat, Tiga, Tom Novy, Vatra, Zdob şi Zdub and Kultur Shock. Pekinška patka, a cult Serbian punk band, had reunited specially for Exit. Over 600 performers took part on Exit 2008.

Icelandic singer Björk was scheduled for playing at the 2008 edition of the festival, but her show was cancelled due to, according to the management of the singer, Björk's recent support of Kosovo independence. The organizers of Exit, however, denied these claims, even though they conceded the email evidence was authentic. Later, they publicly claimed to have extended a new "open invitation" for Björk to perform at Exit.[24]

EXIT 09

Madness at Main stage, 2009

Exit Festival 2009 was held from 9 to 12 July.

Acts on the Main Stage included Moby, hip hop musician Grandmaster Flash, experimental rock band Fucked Up and punk rock singer Patti Smith, British singers Lily Allen and Ebony Bones, British band Madness and British rapper Roots Manuva, The Prodigy, Arctic Monkeys, Manic Street Preachers, German electronic band Kraftwerk and American nu metal band Korn.

Buraka Som Sistema and Rob Da Bank played on the new Suba Stage. Surkin and Orgasmic performed on the Happy Novi Sad stage. Fake Blood was listed on the line-up but was instead replaced. Buzzcocks, Swedish indie rock act Mando Diao, Croatian electropop band Lollobrigida and electro rockers zZz performed on the Fusion Stage. Swedish electro rock act Lo-Fi-Fnk played live at the Elektrana Stage along with DFA Records's Gucci Soundsystem. Hadouken! also played a DJ set on the eclectic and electronic stage.

As a celebration of the 10th anniversary, the festival brought back some of the most popular DJs that have performed over the years, for exclusive back to back sets. Acts on the Dance Arena included: Sasha, John Digweed, Steve Lawler, Lee Burridge, Richie Hawtin, Dubfire, Heidi, Justin Martin, Loco Dice, Magda, Gui Boratto, Eric Prydz, Adam Beyer, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Kissy Sell Out, Alex Metric, Etienne De Crecy, Sander Kleinenberg, Darren Emerson, Valentino Kanzyani, Paul Woolford, Yousef, Japanese Popstars, Carl Cox, Green Velvet and many more.

Acts on the After 2 program included Andy C, Rusko, Sub Focus, DJ Marky and Chase & Status.

Also there is a new and larger camp site, known as Oficirska plaža or Petrovaradinska Ada.

EXIT 2010

Ritam Nereda, 2010
Morning after EXIT

Exit 2010 was held from July 8 to July 11, 2010. Acts for Exit 2010 included Christoph Andersson, Faith No More, Placebo, The Chemical Brothers, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Crystal Castles, The Horrors, SebastiAn, DJ Mehdi, A-Trak, Midnight Juggernauts, Klaxons, Chromeo, Brodinski, Busy P, Erol Alkan, Crookers, Boys Noize, Röyksopp, Lollobrigida, LCD Soundsystem, Yeasayer, Mika, Miike Snow, Ricardo Villalobos, Moderat, Josh Wink, Missy Elliott, David Guetta, Pendulum, The Exploited, Tesla Boy, Kultur Shock and many more.

In July 2010, the Exit foundation awarded 25 scholarships for student trips to students of the University of Novi Sad.

During the festival days, first Exit Music Conference – EMC was held. Thirty young DJs got the opportunity to meet big names of the electronic music genre who performed at Exit, and to share knowledge and experiences. Lecturers at the conference included Tim Exile, Laidback Luke, Josh Wink, Daniel Coles etc.

The organization also featured 600 volunteers for the first time.

Eleventh Exit was closed by Faith No More and The Chemical Brothers, with around 25,000 people in the crowd. Around 165,000 people visited the festival, which featured almost 600 performers on 20 stages.

Exit was recognized as the best event in Southeastern Europe at the 'South East Europe Music Event' conference, held from September 16 to 18 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Fourth year in a row, at UK Festival Awards 2010, Exit was featured in the top ten of the Best Overseas Festival category, among 138 nominated festivals. At European Festivals Awards 2010, Exit was nominated, for the second year in a row, for the 'Best Major Festival' award and it was included in top ten nominated festivals.

EXIT 2011

Crowd during Amadou & Mariam, Main Stage, 2011

At 'Loud & Queer Annual Awards' 2010 held in Belgrade in January 2011, Exit won the award for institutional support to the LGBT population in Serbia. The award was presented by the Loud & Queer collective.

The Exit Foundation's second-year open scholarship contest for student trips was held from December 15, 2010 to February 1, 2011, with 25 new students awarded.

International edition of CNN, CNN World Fiesta, featured an article on music festivals in the beginning of June, which included Exit in the list of nine best festivals in the world.[5]

Exit 2011 was held from 7–10 July 2011. Acts included Arcade Fire, Pulp, Jamiroquai, Portishead, Grinderman, M.I.A., Editors, House of Pain, Santigold, Bad Religion, Kreator, Beirut, Big Audio Dynamite, Amadou & Mariam, Go Back to the Zoo, Underworld, Deadmau5, Groove Armada, Fedde Le Grand, Magnetic Man, Tiga, Digitalism, DJ Sneak, Paul Kalkbrenner, Joris Voorn, Steve Aoki, Carl Craig, Marco Carola, Hadouken!, Joachim Garraud, Davide Squillace, Gramophonedzie, Anti-Nowhere League, Kreator, De Staat, Nosaj Thing, Photek and many more.[25]

The second Exit Music Conference – EMC was held at the festival. Exit also hosted the second CEETEP (Central and Eastern European Talent Exchange Program) meeting. The newly formed program featured performers from Central and Eastern Europe performing at various festivals in the region and appearing in the regional press.

Each day of the festival featured around 40,000 people, with Exit's two millionth visitor, Staša Vukadinović from Serbia, entering the festival gates on the third day.[13] The organization of the festival was helped by 1,250 volunteers.

EXIT 2012

Exit Village by night, 2012

The Sun, British daily newspaper, included Exit in the list of eight best festival destinations.[8]

Exit 2012 was held from July 8 to July 11, 2012. Acts included Guns N' Roses, Duran Duran, Erykah Badu, New Order, Plan B, Avicii, Skindred, Suicidal Tendencies, When Saints Go Machine, Wolfmother, Hatebreed, Miss Kittin, Sneaky Sound System, Thieves Like Us, Knife Party, Laurent Garnier, Gossip, Claude VonStroke, Jacques Lu Cont, Hercules and Love Affair, Netsky, Dynamite MC, Nikonn, The Toy Dolls, Luciano, Buraka Som Sistema, Kenny Larkin, Borgore, Felix da Housecat, Little Dragon, DAT Politics, Richie Hawtin, Skream, Sub Focus, Goldie, Brodinski, Eats Everything, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, MistaJam, Vienna In Love and many more.[26]

The festival was visited by more than 150,000 people. Around 1,600 volunteers helped the organization of the Festival.

Also, October 2012 was marked by the change in the management of Exit Festival. Bojan Bošković resigned from the position of the festival's General Manager, and was replaced by one of the original founders of the festival and the new Strategic Director, Dušan Kovačević.[27] The new management introduced a new festival concept, Exit R:Evolution, which announced numerous changes to the existing one, as well as the fifth, warm-up festival day.

EXIT R:EVOLUTION 2013

Crowd at Dance Arena, 2013

Exit 2013 lasted for five days, first time in the history of the festival. It was held from 10–14 July 2013. Acts for Exit 2013 included Atoms for Peace, Bloc Party, Nile Rodgers, Chic, CeeLo Green, Snoop Dogg, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Fatboy Slim, The Prodigy, David Guetta, Moonspell, Alice Russell, Cockney Rejects, Chase & Status, Prong, Charged GBH, Diplo, Eric Prydz, Jeff Mills, Pan-Pot, Rudimental, SBTRKT, Seth Troxler, Kerri Chandler, Prototypes, DJ Fresh, Delilah, Apollonia, Brookes Brothers, DBridge, Camo & Krooked, Dynamite MC, Ana Popović, Rambo Amadeus, Lollobrigida, Bjesovi and many more.

In Euronews's May 2013 article on world's leading festival destinations, Exit was included in the ten best European festivals in 2013.[9]

CeeLo Green had a special performance for Exit's birthday on June 28 at the Liberty Square in Novi Sad. Admission was free of charge and Exit got its sixth day. About 30,000 people attended the concert.

Exit also introduced two new stages – Riffs and Beats, featuring performers from the rock and punk genres, and Gaia Xperiment Trance Stage.

Second regional Youth Fair was held at Novi Sad's Liberty Square and Catholic port right before the start of the festival, on Monday, June 8, and Tuesday, June 9, respectively. Organizers prepared Get EXITed, a special music program with free entrance for all visitors.

200,000 people passed through the festival gates during five days of the festival.

Exit was also chosen in the top ten of Best Overseas Festival category at UK Festival Awards 2013, with 575,000 votes from the audience. Exit was also nominated for 'Best Major Festival' award at European Festival Awards 2013 and it went through to the second round, and was then nominated in the top ten for this award.

On January 14, 2014 Exit won ‘Best Major Festival in 2013‘ award at the 5th annual European Festival Awards, with over 620.000 votes from all around the world, all the while competing with over 300 festivals from over 34 countries. The award ceremony took place at De Oosterport, Groningen, Netherlands.[28][29][30][31]

EXIT 2014

The 15th edition of the best European festival was held in the form of an eight-day Exit Adventure accompanied by the "One Adventure, Two Countries, Eight Days, Countless Memories" slogan.[32] The Adventure encompassed three festivals: ROCK@EXIT on 11 June – an additional one-day prequel festival headlined by Queens of the Stone Age – then the main EXIT Festival, from 10 to 13 July 2014 at the Petrovaradin fortress in Novi Sad, and lastly the Sea Dance Festival from 15 to 17 July at the Jaz beach in Budva, Montenegro.[33]

ROCK@EXIT Festival

The lineup for the one-day festival ROCK@EXIT, held on 11 June, was: Queens Of The Stone Age, Partibrejkers, Eyesburn, Ritam Nereda, and Repetitor.[34]

EXIT Festival

The headlining acts for EXIT Festival included Hurts, Damon Albarn, Gloria Gaynor, Afrojack, Quintino, Carl Cox, Danny Tenaglia, Disclosure, Rudimental, Skrillex, Andy C, Asian Dub Foundation, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann, Carl Craig, Green Velvet, Dimension, Dub FX, Dusky, Paul Woolford, Eats Everything, Gorgon City, Heidi, Kim Ann Foxman, Jackmaster, Jambinai, Maceo Plex, Mighty Oaks, Pretty Lights, Sub Focus, The Afghan Whigs, Tiga, DJ Hell, Tricot, Sabaton, Madball, 7 Seconds, Arkona, Death Before Dishonor, Heller, Hobbs Angel of Death[35]

Sea Dance Festival

A new festival, introduced as a special treat for the 15th edition of the EXIT festival, the Sea Dance Festival represented an extension of the original 4 days of EXIT, to be held from 15 to 17 July, as an additional 3 intense days of music and performances. It took place at the Jaz beach in Budva, Montenegro.[36]

The Sea Dance Festival lineup included:[37] Jamiroquai, Underworld, Example, Bad Copy. Darkwood Dub, Eddy Temple-Morris, Eyesburn, Juan Atkins, Klingande, Lollobrigida, Mark Knight, Neno Belan, Patife, Rambo Amadeus, Roger Sanchez, Tara McDonald, Timo Maas, Who See[38]

Youth Fair

The third regional Youth Fair was held in Novi Sad on July 8–9, followed by the music counterpart of the fair called Get EXITed. Youth Fair is organized by EXIT Foundation, Tourist Organization of Novi Sad and the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hospitality in Novi Sad.[39]

The EXIT 2014 Festival was also shortlisted in the "Best Major European Festival" category at the European Festival Awards on November 11.[40]

EXIT 2015

EXIT 2015 was held from 9 to 12 July. This year's festival was marked by its 15th birthday celebration, with the slogan "15 Years of Sharing Love". It was attended by 190,000 people.

The following artists performed at the festival:

Manu Chao, Motörhead, Faithless, Emeli Sandé, Hardwell, John Newman, Capital Cities, Clean Bandit, Tom Odell, Martin Garrix, Leftfield, Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing, Eagles of Death Metal, Fear Factory, Zomboy, Roni Size, Napalm Death, Octave One, Hladno pivo, Zoster, Rambo Amadeus, Lola Marsh, 1000mods and many others.

The EXIT Adventure also presented the Sea Dance Festival that year as well, held at Jaz beach, Montenegro, from 15 to 18 July. The following artists performed at the Sea Dance Festival:

The Prodigy, Rudimental, Roisin Murphy, Sigma, Gramatik, Wilkinson, Bondax, Dubioza kolektiv, Soul Clap and many others.

EXIT Magic 2016

Exit Festival was held 7–10 July 2016, followed by Sea Dance Festival 14–16 July 2016. Exit has introduced the new campaign for 2016 called Exit Magic, referring to the atmosphere at the Petrovaradin fortress, often described as magical.

The headlining acts for EXIT Festival included The Prodigy, Ellie Goulding, Wiz Khalifa, David Guetta, Bastille, George Clinton, The Vaccines, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Richie Hawtin, Maceo Plex, Stormzy, Solomun, Gramatik, Nicky Romero, Sigma, Tinariwen, Sub Focus, Ms. Dynamite, Wilkinson, Dave Clarke, Disciples, Jackmaster, Marco Carola, Nina Kraviz, Cock Sparrer, Anti-Flag, At The Gates, Dub Pistols, Bad Copy, Disciplin A Kitchme and many more.

In May 2016 EXIT Foundation and NURDOR organized a charity football match, Asovi za decu, for the hospital ward for children suffering from cancer, located in Niš, Serbia. The match took place at the Partizan Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia and brought together many Serbian and regional football stars, such as Radomir Antić, Dejan Stanković, Bora Milutinović, Predrag Mijatović, Nikola Žigić, Milan Jovanović, Mateja Kežman, Ivica Kralj, Milinko Pantić, Andrija Delibašić, Niša Saveljić. More than 12.000 euros was fundraised at this match.[41][42][43][44]

In June 2016 EXIT Foundation gave Youth Heroes awards to 18 young people who entered the first national Youth heroes competition. Youth Heroes project's aim is to bring true young heroes out of anonymity, present them to the public, and promote them so that they could be an inspiration, pride and role models for entire generations.[45][46]

Both Robin Schulz and Hot Since 82 have cancelled their shows due to illness.[47]

EXIT Summer of Love 2017

Dance Arena 2017
No Sleep Novi Sad Stage

In January 2017 EXIT celebrated 20 years of social activism through organizing the exhibitions in Novi Sad and Belgrade that presented the history of EXIT political, social and humanitarian campaigns. EXIT team also published a publication with some of the most prominent writers, journalists and activists from the region of Balkans as contributors.

Together with NIS EXIT Foundation organized second Youth Heroes competition to select and reward young and talented people in Serbia. In total 17 young heroes were rewarded through this campaign.

EXIT Festival 2017 took place 5–9 July 2017. It celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. That year, EXIT marked some of the most important events from 1967 when the revolutionary Peace Movement began and changed the world forever. Besides EXIT Festival, EXIT Summer of Love 2017 presented four more festivals – Sea Star Festival in Croatia on 26–27 May 2017, Revolution Festival in Romania on 2–3 June 2017, No Sleep Festival, which was held as a part of EXIT Festival on June 5 and Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro on 13–15 July 2017. Along with EXIT Festival, Sea Dance Festival was a part of a special festival package called EXIT Adventure. EXIT was attended by 215,000 people, with the most visited evening in the history of EXIT festival (Sunday night - 55.000 people)

The headlining acts for EXIT 2017 included The Killers, Jeff Mills, Liam Gallagher, Alan Walker, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Paul Kalkbrenner, Years & Years, Solomun, Dixon, Black Coffee, Black Sun Empire, Jake Bugg, Jamie Jones, Jason Derulo, Duke Dumont, Robin Schulz, Hardwell, Rag'n'Bone Man, Róisín Murphy, Nina Kraviz, Nicole Moudaber and many more.

EXIT Summer of Love festivals presented a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous rock, techno, pop, R&B and house acts to lounge, funk, soul and electronica music.

On January 17, 2018 Exit won ‘Best Major Festival in 2017‘ award at the 9th annual European Festival Awards, with votes from all around the world, all the while competing with over 350 festivals from over 35 countries. The award ceremony took place at De Oosterport, Groningen, Netherlands.

EXIT Freedom 2018

EXIT Festival 2018 took place 12–15 July 2018. After EXIT celebrated 50th anniversary of Summer of Love in 2017, in 2018 EXIT celebrated ideal of personal freedom, "a liberation from materialism, stereotypes and collective misconceptions". Besides EXIT Festival, EXIT Freedom presents five more festivals - Festival 84 in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 15-18 March 2018, Sea Star Festival in Croatia on 24-27 May 2018, Revolution Festival in Romania from 31 May to 2 June 2018, Sea Dance Festival in Montenegro from 30 August to 1 September 2018 and No Sleep Festival in Serbia on 15-18 November 2018. EXIT was attended by 198,000 people.[48][49][50]

The headlining acts for EXIT 2018 included David Guetta, French Montana, Grace Jones, Martin Garrix, Migos, Alice Merton, Fever Ray, Jax Jones, LP, Ofenbach, Ziggy Marley, Adam Beyer, Ida Engberg, Carl Craig, Guy Gerber, Joseph Capriati, Maceo Plex, Nina Kraviz, Richie Hawtin, Solomun, Tale of Us, Amelie Lens, Asian Dub Foundation, Ben Klock, Boris Brejcha, Burak Yeter, Cockney Rejects, Daniel Avery, Delta Heavy, Disciples, Dog Eat Dog, Madball, Mahmut Orhan, Sevdaliza, Slaves, Zhu and many more.

EXIT Freedom festivals present a combination of various live and electronic acts, ranging from famous hip hop, disco and house acts to pop, rock, reggae, techno and lounge music.

Together with NIS, EXIT Foundation organized third Youth Heroes competition to select and reward young and talented people in Serbia. In May, EXIT Foundation gave Youth Heroes awards to 15 young people who entered the competition.

In May 2018 EXIT Foundation, FIFPro, FK Vojvodina and Radio Television of Vojvodina organized a charity football match, "Asovi za decu", for children and families who can't afford healthcare. The match took place at the Karađorđe Stadium in Novi Sad, Serbia and brought together many Serbian and regional football stars, such as Milan Jovanović, Ljubiša Dunđerski, Ivica Francišković, Ljubomir Vorkapić and Miroslav Tanjga. More than 10.000 euros were fundraised at this match.

Bassivity have cancelled their show on June 25, due to most of their artists, including Sara Jo, already having booked shows in other countries. Instead, they have performed at the 2018 edition of the Sea Dance Festival.

Adolescents have cancelled their show prior to the festival, due to the death of their bassist, Steve Soto, on June 27.

For the first time, No Sleep Festival was not held as a part of EXIT Festival and it will become a stand-alone festival presented by EXIT. It will be held in Belgrade on 15-18 November 2018. This was announced on July 15.

EXIT Tribe 2019

EXIT Festival 2019 will take place 4–7 July 2019. That year, EXIT will be focusing on environmental protection.

Festival by year

Year Dates Attendance Headliners Notable acts
2000 28–29 August Darkwood Dub, Orthodox Celts, Eyesburn, Bob Sinclair, Tony Allen, Van Gogh, Atheist Rap, Deca Loših Muzičara
2001 6–14 July 150,000 Banco De Gaia, Luke Slater, Max Romeo, Kosheen, Finley Quaye, Tony Allen, Cubismo, 4hero, Bomb the Bass Ministry of Sound, Manchild, Bob Sinclair, Darko Rundek, Anastasia, Vlatko Stefanovski, KUD Idijoti, Fluke, Billy Nasty, Van Gogh, Partibrejkers, Rambo Amadeus, Del Arno Band, E-Play, Max Rouch, The Rootsman, Darkwood Dub, Eyesburn, Deca Loših Muzičara, Orthodox Celts, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Negative, Block Out, Atheist Rap, Love Hunters
2002 5–13 July 250,000 Adam F, Eyesburn, Aki Nawaz, Fun-Da-Mental, Anastasia, Atheist Rap, Banco de Gaia, Bad Company Bjesovi, Block Out, Blue States, Brenda Russel, Van Gogh, Veliki Prezir, Will Saul, Goran Bare, Grooverider, Darren Emerson, Darkwood Dub, Darko Rundek, David Morales, Del Arno Band, Derrick Carter, DJ Hype, Eva Braun, Asian Dub Foundation, Električni Orgazam, Andy C, Erick Morillo, Zion Train, Impact, Jarboli, Yousef, Krafty Kuts, Cubismo, KUD Idijoti, Let 3, Love Hunters, LTJ Bukem, Marshall Jeferson, Manchild, Nicky Blackmarket, Novembar, Obojeni Program, Orthodox Celts, Partibrejkers, Plump DJs, Psihomodo Pop, Rambo Amadeus, Ritam Nereda, Robert Owens, Roni Size, Smoke City, Télépopmusik, Tonny Allen, Transglobal Underground, Faze Action, High Contrast, Hladno pivo, Horace Andy, Jungle Drummer, Johnny Clarke, Celloman, Džukele
2003 3–6 July 220,000 Rollins Band, Tricky, Moloko, Stereo MCs, Dirty Vegas, Chumbawamba, Soul II Soul, Shane MacGowan Misty in Roots, Pete Tong, Tim Deluxe, Jeff Mills, Rambo Amadeus, Mizar, Roni Size, Darren Emerson, Lottie, Prong, Van Gogh
2004 1–6 July 240,000 Massive Attack, Cypress Hill, Brand New Heavies, Goldfrapp, Kings of Leon (cancelled), Iggy & the Stooges Soulfly, The Wailers, Peaches, Rambo Amadeus, Partibrejkers, Darkwood Dub, Obojeni Program, Adam Freeland, 4hero, Neneh Cherry, Luna, Timo Maas, Sander Kleinenberg, Roger Sanchez, Howie B, X-Press 2, Ken Ishii
2005 7–10 July 150,000 Underworld, Garbage, Fatboy Slim, The White Stripes, Ian Brown, Slayer, The Datsuns, Arhangel, Laibach Apocalyptica, Nitin Sawhney, Overdrive, Ladytron, Edo Maajka, Disciplin A Kitschme, Freq Nasty, DJ Marky, DJ Patife, Killa Kela , TBC, 2 Many DJs, Felix da Housecat, Dave Clarke, Joris Voorn, MC Rage, Valentino Kanzyani, Michel De Hey, Carl Cox, Evil Nine, Infusion, Danny Howells, Sasha, Lee Burridge, Tom Stephan, BodyRockers, Sandy Rivera, Darren Emerson, Mutiny, Yousef
2006 6–9 July 150,000 The Cult, The Cardigans, Pet Shop Boys, Franz Ferdinand, Morrissey, Billy Idol, HIM, Kelis, Scissor Sisters Dave Clarke, David Guetta, Derrick May, Eric Prydz, Hernán Cattáneo, Jeff Mills, Junior Jack, Kid Crème, Layo & Bushwacka!, Nick Warren, Steve Lawler, Umek, Simian Mobile Disco, Moonspell, Krafty Kuts, Dynamite MC, James Holden, Andy C, Suzanne Vega, Rambo Amadeus, Let 3, Massimo Savić, Darkwood Dub, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, Dog Eat Dog, Pendulum, Madball, Loco Dice, Junkie XL, Siddharta, Partibrejkers, Van Gogh, Dizzee Rascal, Plejboj, Eyesburn, The Beat Fleet, Obojeni Program
2007 12–15 July 190,000 Danny Tenaglia, Wu-Tang Clan, Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation, Beastie Boys, Lauryn Hill, Basement Jaxx, Snoop Dogg, LTJ Bukem The Prodigy, Björk (cancelled), Cansei de Ser Sexy, Richie Hawtin, Roger Sanchez, John Digweed, Eric Prydz, Trentemøller, Black Strobe, Paul Woolford, Sébastien Léger, Justin Martin, Groove Armada, Tanya Stephens, Stanton Warriors, The Pipettes, Friction, Dynamite MC, Dubioza kolektiv, Van Gogh, Audio Bullys, Pendulum DJ set, MC Verse, Satyricon, Meshuggah
2008 10–13 July 190,000 Sex Pistols, Primal Scream, N.E.R.D, Paul Weller, Gogol Bordello, Gossip, The Hives, Manu Chao, Juliette and the Licks Gentleman & The Far East Band, The Bellrays, Nightwish, The Presets, Roni Size, Sham 69, 2ManyDJ's, Audion, Axwell, Bad Copy, Ben Watt, Booka Shade, Claude VonStroke, Deep Dish, Dillinja, DJ Hype, François K, High Contrast, Capybara, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Laurent Garnier, Let 3, Lollobrigida, Miguel Migs, Lisa Shaw, Ministry, Noisia, Shy FX & MC:SP, Soulwax, Sven Väth, Tiamat, Tiga, Tom Novy, Zdob şi Zdub, The Streets
2009 9–12 July 165,000 Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, Korn, Manic Street Preachers, Kraftwerk, Patti Smith, Grandmaster Flash, The Prodigy Madness, Sasha, John Digweed, James Zabiela, Richie Hawtin, Dubfire, Kissy Sell Out, Alex Metric, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Eric Prydz, Adam Beyer, Sander Kleinenberg, Darren Emerson, Carl Cox, Green Velvet, Moby, Roots Manuva, Fucked Up, Ebony Bones, Steve Lawler, Lee Burridge, Loco Dice, Magda, The Herbaliser, Majke, Partibrejkers, E-Play, Max Romeo, Hladno Pivo, Delinquent Habits, Baloji, Mando Diao, Buzzcocks, Atheist Rap, Buraka Som Sistema, Addictive TV, Trio Mocotó, Cibelle, Amon Tobin, Death Angel, Kataklysm, Keep of Kalessin, The Stone, Anathema, My Dying Bride, Deathstars, Sabaton, Comeback Kid, Walls of Jericho, Hatcha, Sinden, Fake Blood (cancelled), Surkin, Orgasmic, DJ Marky, MC Dynamite, Heidi, Justin Martin, Gui Boratto, Valentino Kanzyani, Paul Woolford, Yousef, Japanese Popstars, Darkwood Dub, Sub Focus, Caspa, Rusko, Overdrive, Andy C, Fabio, Grooverider, Obojeni Program, Kenny Kenn, Skibadee, Chase & Status, MC Rage, Takura, Plan B, Dark Angel
2010 8–11 July 165,000 The Chemical Brothers, Faith No More, Mika, Missy Elliott, Placebo David Guetta, Pendulum, LCD Soundsystem, Röyksopp, Ricardo Villalobos, Behemoth, Crystal Castles, Suicidal Tendencies, The Exploited, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Moderat, Josh Wink, Cathedral, Crookers, Laidback Luke, A-Trak, Boys Noize, DJ Shadow, Bad Brains, Erol Alkan, Foreign Beggars, Busy P, DJ Mehdi, Dirty South, We Have Band, Lollobrigida, Midnight Juggernauts, Henrik Schwarz, The Twelves, Obojeni Program, Ritam Nereda, Juvelen, Hudson Mohawke, Rui da Silva, The Gaslamp Killer, Ost & Kjex, Solomun, Joker, Bonaparte, Kultur Shock, The Horrors
2011 7–10 July 170,000 Portishead, Jamiroquai, M.I.A., Arcade Fire, Grinderman, Santigold, Editors, Pulp, Kreator, Groove Armada Underworld, Deadmau5, Digitalism, Fedde Le Grand, Carl Craig, Bad Religion, Paul Kalkbrenner, DJ Sneak, Marco Carola, House of Pain, Partibrejkers, Anti-Nowhere League, Parkway Drive, Magnetic Man, Steve Aoki, Discharge, Go Back to the Zoo, Beirut, Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones, Jinx, Tiga, Laibach, Hadouken!, SARS, De Staat, Davide Squillace, Arkona, Joris Voorn, Union, Gramophonedzie, Darkwood Dub, DJ Muggs, Maya Jane Coles, Atheist Rap, Danny Byrd, Dynamite MC, The Hacker, Stamina MC, Joachim Garraud
2012 12–15 July 150,000 Guns N' Roses, Erykah Badu, New Order, Duran Duran, Wolfmother, Plan B, Luciano, Avicii, Skream, Richie Hawtin Hercules and Love Affair, Gossip, Laurent Garnier, Miss Kittin, Toy Dolls, Sub Focus, Knife Party, Azari & III, Sneaky Sound System, Skindred, Little Dragon, Claude VonStroke, Netsky, Dynamite MC, Felix da Housecat, Buraka Som Sistema, Suicidal Tendencies, MistaJam, Goldie, Hatebreed, Thieves Like Us, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Borgore, Kenny Larkin, Jacques Lu Cont, Maceo Plex, Benoit & Sergio, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Brodinski, Partibrejkers, When Saints Go Machine, Citizens!, Eats Everything, D.R.I, Seun Kuti, Egypt 80, Jimmy Edgar, Eyesburn, Sodom, Goblini, Obojeni Program, Sve Barabe, Električni Orgazam, George FitzGerald, Doc Daneeka, Lone, Street Dogs, Detachments, Teengirl Fantasy, Nikonn, Edo Maajka, Goribor, Mike Mago, Block Out, Pompeya, DAT Politics
2013 10–14 July 200,000 CeeLo Green, Nile Rodgers, Chic, Atoms for Peace, Bloc Party, David Guetta, Fatboy Slim, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Snoop Dogg, The Prodigy Chase & Status, MC Rage, Eric Prydz, Jeff Mills, Steve Angello, Diplo, DJ Fresh, Dubfire, Pan-Pot, Rudimental, SBTRKT, Seth Troxler, Ana Popović, Bad Copy, Bjesovi, Bombarder, Brookes Brothers, Camo & Krooked, Dynamite MC, Cockney Rejects, Čovek Bez Sluha, Delilah, Deniz Kurtel, Dixon, Dubioza kolektiv, E-Play, Eyesburn, Feed Me, Friction, Hornsman Coyote, DJ Hype, Jah Messenjah, Kate Boy, Lollobrigida, Mark Knight, Moonspell, MVP, Orthodox Celts, Pero Defformero, Piknik, Prong, Rambo Amadeus, Redlight, Repetitor, Smoke'n'Soul, The Prototypes, Tom Staar, Van Gogh, Who See, Wilkinson, ZAA, Žanamari
2014 10–13 July 185,000 Damon Albarn, Gloria Gaynor, Hurts, Pet Shop Boys, Rudimental, Skrillex, Stromae, Suede, Afrojack, Quintino, Carl Cox, Danny Tenaglia, Deep Dish, Disclosure, Pretty Lights 2Cellos, Adventure Club, Andy C, Asian Dub Foundation, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann, Beogradski Sindikat, Davide Quillace, Bombaj Štampa, Carl Craig, Green Velvet, Disciplin A Kitschme, Dub FX, Paul Woolford, Eats Everything, Gorgon City, Heidi, Kim Ann Foxman, Jaguar Skills, Maceo Plex, Rundek Cargo Trio, Sabaton, SARS, Sub Focus, The Afghan Whigs, Tiga, DJ Hell, Vlada Divljan
2015 9–12 July 190,000 Emeli Sandé, Faithless, Hardwell, Manu Chao, Martin Garrix, Motörhead Clean Bandit, Eagles of Death Metal, John Newman, Milky Chance, Tom Odell, Adam Beyer, Joseph Capriati, Breakage, Chris Liebing, Dirtyphonics, Dixon, Fear Factory, Francesca Lombardo, Goldie, Hannah Wants, Just Blaze, Klangkarussel, Kölsch, Napalm Death, Nicole Moudaber, Nuclear Assault, Octave One, Oliver Heldens, Simian Mobile Disco, Terror, Zomboy
2016 7–10 July 195,000 The Prodigy, Bastille, David Guetta, Ellie Goulding, George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic, The Vaccines, Wiz Khalifa Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Gramatik, Maceo Plex, Nicky Romero, Richie Hawtin, Robin Schulz (cancelled), Stormzy, Tinariwen, Dave Clarke, Hot Since 82 (cancelled), Jackmaster, Marco Carola, Nina Kraviz, Solomun, Sigma, Wilkinson, Anti-Flag, At The Gates, Bad Copy, Božo Vrećo, Rebel MC, Cock Sparrer, Disciples, Disciplin A Kitschme, DJ Hype, Dub Pistols, Feder, Hernán Cattáneo, Josipa Lisac, Kensington, Kultur Shock, Edo Maajka, Kris Kross Amsterdam, Modestep, Moritz von Oswald, Ms. Dynamite, My Baby, Paradise Lost, Raised Fist, René LaVice, Sam Feldt, Teddy Killerz, The Hacker, Bassivity Showcase (Oneya etc.)
2017 5–9 July 215,000 The Killers, Jeff Mills, Liam Gallagher, Alan Walker, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Paul Kalkbrenner, Years & Years, Solomun, Dixon, Black Coffee, Black Sun Empire, Jake Bugg, Jamie Jones, Jason Derulo, Duke Dumont, Robin Schulz, Hardwell, Rag'n'Bone Man, Róisín Murphy, Nina Kraviz, Nicole Moudaber Van Gogh, Ellen Allien, Arkona, Lost Frequencies, Princess Nokia, Recondite, Samael, Bad Company, First Blood, FuntCase, Ratos de Porão, The Damned, Angelic Upstarts, Discharge, Faithless, Foreign Beggars, Hot Since 82, Kungs, Noisia, RÜFÜS, Dominic Fernow, Zabranjeno Pušenje, Zvonko Bogdan, Destruction, Massimo Savić, Sve Barabe, The Black Dahlia Murder
2018 12–15 July 198,000 David Guetta, French Montana, Grace Jones, Martin Garrix, Migos, Alice Merton, Fever Ray, Jax Jones, LP, Ofenbach, Ziggy Marley, Adam Beyer, Ida Engberg, Carl Craig, Guy Gerber, Joseph Capriati, Maceo Plex, Nina Kraviz, Richie Hawtin, Solomun Amelie Lens, Asian Dub Foundation, Ben Klock, Boris Brejcha, Burak Yeter, Cockney Rejects, Delta Heavy, Disciples, Dog Eat Dog, Helena Hauff, Kölsch, Madball, Mahmut Orhan, Sevdaliza, Slaves, Adolescents (cancelled), Zhu, Asphyx, Bad Copy, Bajaga i Instruktori, Bassivity Showcase (Sara Jo etc.) (cancelled), Bojana Vunturišević, Brujeira, Craig Richards, DJ Red, Elderbrook, Goblini, Grave Digger, Idles, Kala, Knuckledust, Lego, Loadstar, Matrix & Futurebound, Midland, My Baby, Red Axes, Ritam Nereda, Skyforger, Slapshot, Sunshine, Vatra, Vertex, Atheist Rap, Đorđe Miljenović
2019 4–7 July

See also

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