Wicked Forest

The story begins:
As Belgrade’s rafts and clubs were filling with people, becoming more than boring, during the summer of 2004. several longtime friends, that were ‘’in love’’ with alternative music and nature, decided to do something different by organizing two-day outings in nature. Those gatherings were accompanied by music manifestations, and location was kept secret because the “party”, although open-air, was closed-type…friends only!!!
At everybody’s satisfaction, everything went better than expected and by the end of the year several more gatherings were organized, on other locations, under the name of “Illegals”, so that the followers of these events could be surprised by the beauty of the nature and variety of alternative sound.
Only a year later, the “Illegals” were completely coming to life and began to gather even greater number of people. Seeing the possibility of further progression, a group of young people, now experienced in organization, decides to pull in few of other creative followers and accomplish something bigger. In the middle of 2007. they organized a manifestation, which lasted for 5 days, under the name of “Wicked Forest”, in vacation area called “Jabuka”, not far from Panchevo, for which could be freely said that it was domestic festival of alternative electronic sound. During “Wicked Forest”, aside of famous djs and producers, performed somewhat less known artists.
Festival was greatly accepted from audience and with that reaction the whole “Wicked Forest” team was encouraged to continue the same path in the future.
That year “Wicked Forest” was made official.
Beside mentioned events connected to the origins of “WF” organization, a part of the crew was involved in long lasting experiences in various aspects of cultural life of Belgrade. As most essential should be mentioned cooperation with city government, as well as “Belef” center and “Cultural Center of Belgrade”, which members were working together or cooperated on almost every larger projects, as well as whole series of internal projects of Belgrade’s youth underground, of which works from “Bigz” stands out.
“Wicked Forest” crew in the future has plans concerning few larger festivals of alternative music on which, in addition to domestic music, visual and painting artists, foreign ones will be present; as well as organizing different thematic exhibits, public stands, concerts and many other activities which will have, beside already mentioned goals, a goal to animate visitors and offer a good fun.
Next to audio-visual and paint arts on which the accent has been put, there are plans to include film art, as well as a series of events that could raise the level of knowledge in certain aspects of youth’s life.
Therefore, it could be said that “Wicked Forest” has a goal of presenting certain values from the world of art, promoting young artists and organizing events in order to expand people’s consciousness of protection and preservation of natural environment in whose atmosphere people are feeling healthy.
Stay Wicked!