After multiple reports surfaced about sexual assault incidents at Swedish music festivals, organizers have now announced a women only rave. Bravalla music festival, the nations biggest rave was even cancelled due to the outrageous numbers.
This new women only festival is called ‘Statement Festival‘ and will take place in the summer of 2018.
The idea first came from Swedish comedian Emma Knyckare and took to kickstarter. It had immediate success and on October 7 they hit their target of $61,457.
The kickstarter had this statement attached to it:
“At music festivals, everyone should feel safe. This sounds obvious, right? Still, year after year the music festivals around the world has shown us the opposite. However, to arrange a festival for 10 000 people is not a small defeat. We are already hard at work, but we need your help”.
The festival will host an all female lineup. Check back for more updates about Statement Festival.