--- title: Sweden to Host 'Man-Free' Rock Music Festival Next Year description: Plans for a "man-free" music festival are in the works following the cancellation of Bravalla after reported rapes and sexual assaults. canonical: https://time.com/4845472/man-free-festival/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-05T17:32:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:08.134Z og:title: Sweden Will Host a 'Man-Free' Rock Festival Next Year og:description: "Until ALL men have learned how to behave themselves." og:url: https://time.com/4845472/man-free-festival/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc42ccfcc180adb3d/6988d480e76ad2de6a62e35e/sweden-man-free-festival.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Bravalla Festival 2016 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sweden Will Host a 'Man-Free' Rock Festival Next Year twitter:description: "Until ALL men have learned how to behave themselves." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc42ccfcc180adb3d/6988d480e76ad2de6a62e35e/sweden-man-free-festival.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sweden Will Host a 'Man-Free' Rock Music Festival Next Year > Sponsored content. 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Bravalla is among Sweden's biggest and most popular music festivals and is hoseted by FKP Scorpio. (Photo by: PYMCA/Avalon/UIG via Getty Images) Bravalla Festival is a Swedish three-day music festival held annually at Bravalla flygfottilj outside of Norrkoping. Bravalla is among Sweden's biggest and most popular music festivals and is hoseted by FKP Scorpio. (Photo by: PYMCA/Avalon/UIG via Getty Images) PYMCA—UIG via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 5, 2017 5:32 PM UTC Plans for a “no-men” rock music festival in Sweden are in the works after the country’s largest and most popular music festival, Bråvalla, [was cancelled for the 2018 season after reports of dozens of sexual assaults at this year’s festival.](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/br-valla-swedish-festival-cancelled-2018-rape-sexual-assault-reports-lineup-organisers-police-a7822331.html) According to [_AFP_](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/03/swedens-bravalla-music-festival-cancelled-next-year-after-sex-attacks?CMP=twt%5Fgu), the 2018 festival cancellation was announced by organizers after the conclusion of this year’s event, offering the explanation, “Certain men… apparently cannot behave. It’s a shame. We have therefore decided to cancel Bråvalla 2018.” Swedish radio personality and comedian Emma Knyckare [took to her Twitter](https://twitter.com/Knyckare/status/881563265414955008?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Farts-entertainment%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Fsweden-music-festival-men-female-only-bravalla-rape-sexual-assault-emma-knyckare-a7824366.html), where she posed a hypothetical: a festival where women would be free to enjoy themselves without fear of men’s foul behavior. “What do you think about putting together a really cool festival where only non-men are welcome, that we’ll run until ALL men have learned how to behave themselves?” The idea, as might be expected, is a boon for many — and has garnered enough interest from supporters that Knyckare’s Twitter musing will may become a reality. The radio personality took [to her Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BWFJTakhJ%5F0/?taken-by=knyckare) on Monday to share that “Sweden’s first man-free rock festival will see the light next summer,” in a post that’s garnered more than 7,000 likes as of Wednesday. 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