With Glastonbury not happening this year, festivals across Europe are fighting for the glory of being the leading event of 2006.
Serbia's Exit Festival looks set to build on previous successes and stamp it's name firmly on the European calendar for future summers.
Due to take place on the 6th to 9th July, Exit has always attracted some of the finest international talent and is a festival experience that is hard to beat.
The full line-up has not been released yet, but requests for tickets are already flooding in.
Acts that have been confirmed so far include Franz Ferdinand, Pet Shop Boys, Kelis, Cardigans, HIM, The Cult, Dave Clarke, Nick Warren, James Zabeila, Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso.
The event takes place in the historic Petrovaradin Fortress, built high on the banks of the River Danube, offering stunning views over the city of Novi Sad. The Fortress site houses 18 performance arenas including the Main Stage and Dance Stage. There's an extreme sports arena, technology zone, open air Cinema, and hot air ballooning.
Approximately 600 performances will take place within the mutli venue castle complex, an area that covers about three square kilometers. Acts from a wide range of musical styles will be appearing such as hip-hop, house, drum & bass, indie, world music, Latin and rock.
This year Exit have teamed up with new e-ticketing service eTickets.to, offering an online paperless ticketing service for UK and international music lovers. E-ticket purchasers will get fast entry to the event through their own entrance at the festival.
Tickets are priced at ?66.75 for the 4 day event and 1000 tickets have already been snapped up by UK Festival Goers in just 2 weeks. To secure yours log onto
>www.exitfest.org
Follow the English link to ticket sales and select World Sales. Package options with Leger Travel will be released mid April.
This event has proved very popular with previous performers:
"Wow - exit - what a festival! Great energy, great understanding of the music and a great place. Very impressed," Giles Peterson / Radio 1.
"Exit was in an extraordinary setting with so much diversity in one place. The enthusiasm and energy with which we were greeted, was a humbling and emotional experience," Karl / Underworld.