The organizers of Serbia’s EXIT Competition are planning the first-ever multi-day, multi-stage competition on the Pyramids of Giza.
In an interview with IQ Journal, EXIT founder and CEO Dušan Kovačević revealed that the historic present will possible happen in October 2026 as a brand new spin-off of the corporate’s long-running flagship competition. EXIT Competition celebrated its twenty fifth and last version in Novi Unhappy, Serbia, earlier this month, because of “threats geared toward silencing our proper to free expression” within the wake of its assist for student-led protests within the nation.
EXIT Competition, which launched in 2000 as a part of a peaceable pupil motion to take away oppressive former Serbian president Slobodan Milošević, backed college students throughout Serbia final 12 months who’ve been protesting political corruption within the nation and demanding an investigation right into a roof collapse at Novi Unhappy prepare station that killed 16 folks in November 2024. In retaliation, the Serbian authorities has since reduce all public funding for the competition.
Now, as EXIT appears for greener pastures, Kovačević instructed IQ that the model will launch the Egyptian competition underneath a brand new identify that displays its new location. Musical programming can be “eclectic however with an emphasis on digital music,” IQ studies.
“When the information broke out that EXIT was leaving Serbia, we acquired lots of invites from throughout, from Malta to India,” Kovačević instructed IQ. “After we do new festivals, we all the time do a brand new model that’s tailor-made for the vacation spot. EXIT isn’t Coca-Cola. It may possibly’t be replicated. It’s tied to the Petrovaradin Fortress, which is seen as probably the most spectacular competition venues on the earth.”
He continued: “We really feel that the pyramids are so symbolic that this occasion could have every thing that EXIT stands for. There’s lots of darkness on the earth, however many individuals see the pyramids as pillars of sunshine, so we can be making a powerful message with that.”
Official dates and particulars for EXIT’s new competition on the Nice Pyramids can be shared within the coming months. The corporate is reportedly partnering with Egyptian promoter Enterprise Life-style, which has beforehand hosted concert events from Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, and the Black Eyed Peas at a number of Egyptian venues, together with the pyramids.
Although the occasion will mark the primary full-scale competition on the Pyramids of Giza, the positioning has beforehand welcomed single-day digital performances from Carl Cox, Keinemusik, Kygo, and Above & Past. Anyma will play in entrance of the world-famous landmark this October as a part of a present helmed by Enterprise Life-style.
Learn extra about EXIT Competition’s upcoming occasion on the Pyramids of Giza right here through IQ Journal.
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