Shum Rave

Shum Rave is based in Slovyansk, Donetsk region (Ukraine), and grew from a cultural initiative and a series of parties in the Donbas that arose as a protest against the lack of night and cultural life. The organization holds events for youth in the war-affected East of Ukraine, promotes local artists, and raises awareness regarding objects of cultural and architectural heritage that need to be cared for and preserved. Its mission is changing the perception of the region as depressive and uninteresting and writing the post-war Donbas into Ukraine's global cultural context.