EXIT vows Serbia return as country’s live scene celebrates election result
Serbian live industry leaders welcomed the unseating of a government accused of cracking down on artistic freedom and blacklisting artists supportive of student protests
News By Ciaran Donnelly | 26 October 2026
EXIT Festival has vowed a return to its home country of Serbia, as the nation’s live sector welcomes the result of an election that ends the rule of an administration that many said had placed the creative industry under threat.
A student-led movement has unseated longstanding president Aleksandar Vučić following a parliamentary election this weekend (25 October), bringing to an end a government that many in the Serbian live sector had accused of attacking free speech on Serbia’s live…
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