OPEN Fest Sarajevo

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OPEN Fest Sarajevo
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Genre liberalism
DatesJanuary
Location(s) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Years active2016 – present
Website www.openfest.net

OPEN Fest Sarajevo is the largest international libertarian festival in Europe. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is held annually in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. [5] It is dedicated to the promotion of ideas of liberty and human rights. The Festival promotes economic and political freedoms, together with the fundamental rights of the individual. [6] The festival was established by the Multi Group in cooperation with the Atlas Network, Students for Liberty and the Rising Tide Foundation. [7] The first edition of the festival hosted over 10,000 guests, 50 NGO's and 40 international speakers. [8]

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The festival is organized in January of each year and lasts for 5 days. It hosts a large conference and lecture program that focuses on the promotion of economic and political freedoms. Subjects that are treated include the free market, entrepreneurship, cryptocurrency, technology, legalisation of cannabis, Objectivism and others. [9] [10] [11] The festival also hosts numerous art exhibitions, film screenings, workshops and a rich entertainment program that includes concerts and VIP parties. [12] [13] Guests and speakers have included FreedomWorks president and Tea Party leader Matt Kibbe, Bitnation founder Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof, Iranian-Swedish author Nima Sanandaji, anarcho-capitalist economist and son of Milton Friedman, David D. Friedman, president of the University of the Philippines Alfredo Pascual, British journalist and research fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Christopher Snowden and others. [1] [14] [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Najava / Vraća se OPEN Fest: Sarajevo ponovo domaćin najvećeg festivala sloboda u Europi". Radio Sarajevo. 20 August 2017.
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  3. ↑ "Dođite na Open Fest u Sarajevo: Najveći slobodarski festival u Europi". liberal.hr. 16 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Individual members: OPEN festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina". aldeparty.eu.
  5. ↑ "Open Fest 2017". mediareform.rs. 2 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Otvoren najveći evropski festival sloboda 'Open fest'". visoko.co.ba. 27 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Second Open Fest spans five days and draws thousands in Sarajevo". atlasnetwork.org.
  8. ↑ "About us". official website.
  9. ↑ "Open Fest će otvoriti vaš um: Od Liberlanda, preko islama i slobode, do milionera i zarade". klix.ba.
  10. ↑ "OPEN Fest br. 2: Biće da su ipak nemiri u Švedskoj". oslobodjenje.ba. 26 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "U Sarajevu javna tribina o legalizaciji marihuane u medicinske svrhe". fbl.ba. 9 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "FENA Novost: Prvi evropski festival sloboda krajem oktobra u Sarajevu". fena.ba. 19 October 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Second Annual Open Fest". atlasnetwork.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13.
  14. ↑ "Speakers". official website. Archived from the original on 2019-10-20.
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