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                    Independence Festival  
                    sweet music and mysticism will always be on the eve of Independence Day of Ukraine.

August 22-23, 2026 | KYIV
at the O. Dovzhenko Film Studio

The day before the country's main holiday, the music, space, and people around are forming into the beginning of a special weekend — for some it's a familiar feeling, for some it's the first time. This is Brave! Factory. For the seventh year in a row.

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The return of a large-scale art program, this year curated by Alexey Say

+50
artists in the lineup
+16
artists from all over the world
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6
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We are all Brave! to change. Brave! to create. Brave! to live.
BORN BRAVE!

Line-Up

More live performances, a separate art program, and more points of intersection — between artistic disciplines, between the local scene and global names, between those who came to Brave! for the first time and those who have been coming back for years.

  • Andrey Sirotkin live
  • Alex Savage & Anna Haleta (IL)
  • AVC live
  • Bambu
  • Blooms Corda live
  • Bogdan Zaiets live
  • Borys
  • C.A.R. (UK) live
  • DJ Masda (JP)
  • DUST (LT) live
  • Ecce Lizard
  • Eric Cloutier (USA)
  • Gapon
  • Haathi
  • Heavenphetamine (JP) live
  • Hidden Element live
  • iO (Mulen) & Cheise
  • Igor Glushko & Roman K
  • J.Richards (USA)
  • Karine
  • Katia Stieber
  • K not K (RO) live
  • Kinnota live
  • Lisovskyi
  • Mezerg (FR) live
  • Monotronique pres. Mr.Procrastinator A/V Hybrid Set
  • Native Outsider live
  • Nizhna live
  • Nota Yanvarska
  • Onshaivan
  • Ready in LED live
  • Recid
  • Regal 86 (MX)
  • Roman Kosh live
  • Seba Korecky with NOTA CLÜB live
  • Serge Jazzmate & Bèllis
  • Sheetel live
  • Shults.Sashaa
  • SI Process live
  • Sigmund Friends live
  • Sweely (FR) live
  • T.Fain (Vinaya)
  • Thongvor live
  • Tik Tu live
  • Toma Kami (FR)
  • Unai Trotti (UK)
  • vesnavoseny live
  • Wallace (UK)
  • WiELOROMAN
  • Yan Shypula live
  • Brave! Factory Epilogue: Acid Pauli (DE) & Viken Arman (FR)

& more TBA

& more TBA
previous festival atmosphere
previous festival atmosphere
previous festival atmosphere

BRAVE! FACTORY 2026 Manifesto

Protecting the lives and freedoms of fellow citizens, creating the safest conditions for a family at home or abroad, opening or continuing one’s own business in times of war is a struggle with reality, in which courage, will and stubbornness are the best friends of inner freedom. What could be better than getting what you want and being sure that there are those you can rely on?

Military personnel, doctors, railway workers, teachers, musicians, builders, agrarians, financiers, IT professionals — everyone is brave in the work they have chosen and in which they strive to be the best. Creating an independent festival of brave music and art — the mission of Brave! Factory has been going on for 9 years in a row; doing the work you believe in and for which you were born — is dignified and noble.

Especially when you are already born brave.
Born Brave!

Partners

Ballantine's
Uklon
Aurora

Tickets

5500 UAH
current price, at the entrance
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Loyalty tickets
people under 25, and military personnel

For people under 25 years old, the entrance fee is 3500 UAH
For military personnel who did not manage to register under the quota, the entrance fee is 2500 UAH upon presentation of the relevant documents.

3500 UAH
1-day tickets (Sunday only). At the entrance
5500 UAHAt the entrance
Early birds 1999 UAH (sold)
2350 UAH (sold)
3500 UAH (sold)
4000 UAH (sold)
4500 UAH (sold)

Epilogue

August 29-30 and September 5-6 — spend the summer for another part of September!

2 free weekends at the Closer club – included in the ticket price.

The artists already announced are Acid Pauli (DE) and Viken Arman (FR). Your free pass is a saved festival bracelet on your wrist.

To our big international family

To Brave! Factory 2026

The number of seats at the festival is limited, so don't wait for the sign or the last day of sales. If you know for sure that you want to be with us, take care of your ticket now. Then there may simply be no free seats left.

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Support the gathering

When Independence is the shared DNA of both a country and a festival, it naturally inspires us to come together to support it – not only through bold art, but also with the resources essential to its defense. We invite everyone to join our Brave! fundraiser, with all proceeds going toward the most urgent needs of our partner brigades.

🇺🇦 35 years of Ukraine’s Independence
🇺🇦 35 two-day festival passes up for grabs
🇺🇦 for donations of UAH 350 or more
🇺🇦 share this post to your Stories and tag @bravefactoryfestival

Born to create. Born to be conscious. Born Brave!

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Contacts

+38 067 658 89 51

Entry without parental accompaniment is from 18 years of age.

Military personnel — free of charge with a document and prior registration. The number of places is limited.

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