ATLAS festival returns to Kyiv, renamed as ATLAS UNITED, for the first time since Russia's invasion. Ukraine’s biggest music festival ATLAS is back for the first time since Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian music lovers will attend the newly renamed ATLAS UNITED festival when it returns to its Kyiv location this July.
Since ATLAS was first founded in 2015, major international acts including The Prodigy, Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers, Liam Gallagher and the Black Eyed Peas have all performed at its Expocenter of Ukraine location in the capital. The last ATLAS Festival was in 2021 and due to the lasting impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers focused the line-up on local acts. Fatboy Slim was included in a line-up of Ukrainian stars including this year’s Eurovision entry .
Over 600,000 people attended the 2021 edition, making it still the largest festival in the country. Now, ATLAS UNITED is set to make a return, running from 12-14 July, now at the Blockbuster Mall in Kyiv. This year’s line-up is entirely made up of Ukrainian acts, with the headliners across the six stages including BoomBox (Бумбокс), Artem Pyvovarov (Артем Пивоваров), and Bez Obmezhen (Без обмежень).
There will also be an underground stand up programme of Ukrainian comedians. Fans with tickets from previous years’ events, cancelled due to the invasion, they are still valid for the 2024 edition. The festival has also teamed up with , the government-run fundraising plat.
