{"id":147573,"date":"2021-10-26T15:11:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/?p=147573"},"modified":"2021-11-12T16:55:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:55:04","slug":"exit-through-the-years-2000-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/en\/exit-through-the-years-2000-2005","title":{"rendered":"EXIT Through the Years: 2000 \u2013 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Zero edition<\/strong> and the first years after the founding of Exit were vital in forming the festival\u2019s identity. Created primarily as a student movement, EXIT<\/strong> has gone beyond a music event from the very beginning, becoming the voice of young people and generations eager for change. From 2000 to 2005, visitors could hear some of the most influential artists of the period perform live for the first time, including Moloko, Massive Attack, Cypress Hill<\/strong>\u00a0and The White Stripes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

EXIT 00 \u2013 Zero Edition of the Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

There is enough in the first two years of the festival alone to write a book. Founded as a student movement in the fight for democracy and freedom in Serbia and the region, the Zero Edition of EXIT<\/strong>\u00a0was held in 2000 on several stages set up in the University Park in Novi Sad. The festival lasted for almost 100 days and was visited by more than 200,000 people<\/strong>. It ended a few days before the Yugoslav presidential elections on 24th September, which was the first step towards overthrowing the regime of Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107 on 5th October of the same year.<\/p>\n

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The name EXIT<\/strong> remained as a legacy of the slogan \u201cExit the Decade of Madness\u201d and a reminder of the power of young people wanting to change the world for the better after the wars in Yugoslavia and general isolation from the entire world.<\/p>\n

EXIT 01 \u2013 Noise Summer Fest<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Although it ran under the slogan Noise Summer Fest<\/strong>, EXIT was much more than a music festival from the beginning \u2014 it was what it remains to be \u2014 a movement, a symbol of progress, and a catalyst of change in society.<\/p>\n

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The great significance of EXIT 2001<\/strong> is that it was the first mass event that, after the war, gathered over 150,000 young people from the region in one place. Thus, it went down in history as a symbol of reconciliation in the area<\/strong>. The flag of Ex-Yugoslavia, a symbol of the former unity of the six regional states, was one of the most common sights on the Main Stage. The festival lasted for nine days and got its permanent home \u2014 the beautiful Petrovaradin Fortress<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n