{"id":21454,"date":"2017-07-09T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/?p=21454"},"modified":"2021-03-01T18:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T17:00:30","slug":"exit-marked-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-summer-of-love-with-a-spectacular-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/en\/exit-marked-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-summer-of-love-with-a-spectacular-opening-night","title":{"rendered":"EXIT marked the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love with a spectacular opening night!"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a powerful start at the Day 0 of EXIT festival that featured The Killers and Jeff Mills at the first No Sleep Festival, last night saw the opening of all 43 music stages and various festival zones that hosted over 42,000 visitors. This edition of EXIT will be remembered for its most spectacular opening night in the history of the festival, which officially marked the 50th anniversary of the 1967\u2019s Summer of Love, where the revolutionary hippie movement was born, with its basic values of peace, love, and community. Emotionally charged and socially engaged 45-minute program started with the Water Protectors from the native American tribe of Standing Rock<\/strong> who are opposing the construction of an oil line through their reservation. The oil line\u2019s construction will put almost a third of the North America\u2019s water supply in jeopardy. Isaac Weston and Aaron Turgeon travelled from North Dakota to appeal live on stage to world leaders from the Main Stage of Exit, with Sioux traditional prayers, to make the protection of the environment an absolute priority. They were joined by one of the best known motivational speakers, Nik Vuji\u010di\u0107<\/strong>, who managed in 10 minutes what some cannot do after an entire night of music, to have the audience listen and follow his words with baited breath! Australian of Serbian origin, whose speeches have been heard by over 1.3 billion people in 64 countries in the world, spoke of the importance of love as the universal force that the world needs today more than ever. After the ovations for Vuji\u010di\u0107, there came a theatre spectacle co-produced by EXIT and the renowned “\u00dajvid\u00e9ki Sz\u00ednh\u00e1z” theatre. Over 30 member of their troupe performed the famous songs from Hair, the musical, \u201cAge of Aquarius\u201d and \u201cLet the Sunshine In\u201d, with singing, acrobatics and dancing that brought the authentic spirit of the 60s to EXIT! As a ceremony finale, the traditional fireworks at the fortress was accompanied by Dragoljub \u0110uri\u010di\u0107 and his drummers. Apart from the Main Stage audience, the opening night was watched live by over 150,000 viewers at the official Facebook page of the EXIT festival, also broadcast by dozens of domestic and foreign media outlets.<\/p>\n