Atlas: ‘The time is now and Ukraine is the place’
Programming director Vlad Yaremchuk talks the Kyiv festival's defiant return – and delivers a message to international artists and agents
News By IQ | 18 August 2025
Atlas Festival’s Vlad Yaremchuk has made a heartfelt plea for more international acts to come to Ukraine after successfully delivering the event’s second edition since the Russian invasion.
The 25,000-cap fundraising festival’s latest iteration took place at Kyiv’s Blockbuster Hall in July, having returned in 2024 after three years away.
Finnish rock band The Rasmus were one of the star turns at last month’s event, and programming director Yaremchuk is pitching for other overseas artists to follow…
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