Atlas Weekend

Atlas Weekend
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Genre Rock, indie, hip hop, EDM
Dates Last days of June till first days of July (currently)
Location(s) Expocenter of Ukraine
1 Akademika Glushkova Avenue
Kiev, Ukraine, 04210
Years active 2015–present
Founded by Dmytro Sydorenko
Website atlasweekend.com

The Atlas Weekend is an annual music and arts festival held at the Expocenter of Ukraine in Kiev, Ukraine. It was founded by Dmytro Sydorenko and is organized by PMK Event Agency and concert hall Atlas.[1] The event features many genres of music, including rock, indie, hip hop, and electronic dance music.

History

2015

First Atlas Weekend was held at Art-factory Platforma. Total of 30 artists played at the festival and the event itself gathered more than 20,000 people.[2]

Lineup: BoomBox, The Hardkiss, ONUKA, Jamala, Bahroma, O.Torvald, SunSay, The Maneken and other.

2016

In 2016 it was the first time Atlas Weekend was held at Expocenter of Ukraine. It gathered 130 artists on 6 stages.[1]

Lineup: The Subways, Kwabs, Apocalyptica, Mashina Vremeni, GusGus, Splean, Jamala, BoomBox, 5'nizza, Monatik, ONUKA, Noize MC, Druha Rika, SunSay and other.

2017

2017 dates were June 28 - July 2.

Headliners: The Prodigy, Kasabian, John Newman, Three Days Grace, Röyksopp, Monatik, Verka Serduchka, Rudimental, Yellow Claw.

Other artists: Nothing but Thieves, The Hardkiss, BoomBox, Noize MC, O.Torvald, Royal Canoe, Therr Maitz, Dakh Daughters, ONUKA, Vivienne Mort, DETACH, Bondage Fairies, Stoned Jesus and other.

There were more than 250 artists in total on 8 stages during 5 days. More than 350,000 people visited the 2017 edition.

2018

Dates for 2018 edition will be July 3-8. Tickets are on sale now on official web site of the festival. On December 29 first headliner was announced — The Chemical Brothers. The 2018 Atlas Weekend saw over 527,000 people attend.

References

  1. 1 2 "Дмитрий Сидоренко: «Музыка в Украине развивается не на уровне стадионов»". 4 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Atlas Weekend: состоялись самые музыкальные выходные лета". 14 July 2015.
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