Record attendance for Ukraine’s Atlas Weekend

Over 500k fans attended Kiev-based Atlas Weekend for the festival’s biggest year yet, despite the cancellation of headline act Asap Rocky

Atlas Weekend, Ukraine
Atlas Weekend main stage © Ilya Kolotiy

The fifth edition of Kiev-based Atlas Weekend festival saw more visitors than ever before, with 538,000 festivalgoers from 75 different countries attending the six-day festival.

The festival, which took place from 9 to 14 July, featured performances from the Chainsmokers, Black Eyed Peas, the Vaccines, Liam Gallagher and Russian rock group Splean.

“We are really happy with how the 2019 edition went,” Atlas Weekend owner and chief executive Dmytro Sydorenko tells IQ. “It was our best festival yet.”

159,710 people attended the free-to-enter opening day…

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