The ATLAS festival returns to kyiv, renamed ATLAS UNITED, for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Lovers of ukrainian music will attend the festival ATLAS UNITEDrecently renamed, when it returns to its headquarters in Kiev in julio. Since ATLAS was first founded in 2015, major international artists including The Prodigy, Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers, Liam Gallagher and Black Eyed Peas have performed at its location in the capital’s Expocenter. Ukraine.
He last ATLAS Festival it was in 2021 and, due to the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers focused the poster on local acts. Fatboy Slim was included in a list of Ukrainian stars, including this year’s Eurovision participant Alyona Alyona.
More of 600.000 personas They attended the 2021 edition, making it the largest festival in the country. Now, ATLAS UNITED is ready to return, from July 12 to 14at the Blockbuster Mall in kyiv.
The programming of this year is composed entirely of Ukrainian artists, with headliners on all six stages including BoomBox, Artem Pyvovarov and Bez Obmezhen. There will also be an underground show by Ukrainian comedians. The fans with Event tickets from previous yearscanceled due to the russian invasionthey still are valid for the 2024 edition.
The festival has also partnered with UNITED24, the government platform for fundraising for war. 15% of all ticket sales will go to a fund to provide drones to the armed forces to assist in the defense of the Kharkiv region. The objective of the festival is to raise about 2.3 million euros.
Safety, priority for attendees and organizers
ATLAS UNITED representa one of the first times in which the main Ukrainian artists have been able meet and act since the beginning of the invasion. While that is cause for celebration as the country continues to deal with the regime’s ongoing attack Vladimir Putinthe security is still a concern for attendees al festival.
“Safety is our priorityso in case of an aerial alarm, the coverage of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the most certified in the country, will be available, with capacity for all attendees of the event,” explains a post on Instagram.
Only two years after achieving victory at Eurovision, the Ukrainians Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil ended in third place in it 2024 pageant in Malmö, Sweden. Her song, ‘Teresa & Maria’, about the two saints, was created as a “song about two symbols of goodness, love and unity.” If you are united, you can win the war, you can change the world and leave something for your children and your children’s children,” Alyona Alyona told ‘Euronews Culture’ before the contest.
Like the festival, Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil also took advantage of their trip to the Eurovision Song Contest to work alongside UNITED24, creating a fundraiser for rebuild Velykokostromska school in Dnipro.
ATLAS UNITED will be celebrated from July 12 to 14 at the Blockbuster Mall Kiev. Las Appetizer they cost 75 euros.
