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EXIT draws over 50,000 to Montenegro's Adriatic coast as first chapter closes in Ulcinj

EXIT announces 2026 Global Tour following Government pressure in Serbia - first destinations revealed

EXIT to Montenegro's festivals in Ulcinj and Budva drew 150,000 people from over 100 countries this summer, both considered one of the largest and most significant free-to-attend music festivals of its kind globally, and the centrepiece of EXIT's first international season since being forced out of Serbia over its support for student protests.

EXIT has confirmed its return to Serbia. Three days after the student-backed list won the 25th October election, the festival announced its homecoming to Petrovaradin Fortress in July 2027. The festival was founded back in 2000 in Novi Sad as a student movement to vote out Milošević, and EXIT left Serbia in 2026 after publicly backing the student-led protests that followed the Novi Sad station collapse. Its team has always said it would return when freedom did. Since moving to the Fortress in 2001, EXIT has grown into one of Europe’s largest festivals, drawing around 200,000 visitors across four days. Its stages have hosted The Prodigy, Kraftwerk, Wu-Tang Clan, Arctic Monkeys, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and the Sex Pistols, alongside electronic music’s biggest names including Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Eric Prydz, Nina Kraviz, Charlotte de Witte and Tiësto. It closes a story that has run across the globe over the past year with events in Malta, Montenegro and Egypt, and now finally returning back to the Fortress where it all began.