2024 wasn’t the UK’s year for festivals: torrential rain left Brits sinking into a sea of mud at Download, while Glastonbury was slammed for its sound issues, but what if there was an alternative? Enter the aptly named Exit Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia….

After a month’s worth of rain fell in Britain in just one week at the start of July, I was ready to leave Britain’s excuse for a summer behind, and when I touched down in Serbia, I was greeted by the polar opposite – sweltering heat. It was…