Festival founded by Dua Lipa’s father returns to Kosovo

Dua Lipa (Ian West/PA)
Dua Lipa (Ian West/PA)

Kosovo’s central government and authorities in the capital Pristina have joined forces to bring back home an international music festival founded by the father of singer-songwriter Dua Lipa which had been moved following a dispute with its organisers.

A week ago the Sunny Hill Festival announced it was moving to neighbouring Albania after a political dispute between Kosovo’s ruling party and the party in power in Pristina prevented organisers from getting permission to put on the festival, which has a daily capacity of 15,000.

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