Swedish comedian Emma Knyckare came up with the idea back in July. The country's biggest festival – Bråvalla – had just been cancelled for 2018, in the wake of multiple reports of sexual assault at its 2017 edition.

"At music festivals, everyone should feel safe. This sounds obvious, right? Still, year after year the music festivals around the world have shown us the opposite," said Knyckare.

"Together, we now make a clear statement against sexual abuse by creating a free zone for us women, non-binary and transgender who want to go to a festival and at the same time feel secure.

"In the summer of 2018, we will arrange the world’s most awesome music festival – completely free from cis men, in both the audience and the artist list."

In the last few days, the Statement Festival kickstarter campaign reached its goal. 3303 people backed the venture, with half a million Swedish Krona (€55,000) raised.

United News International covered the story in July:

Details of venue, dates and lineup will be released further down the line.

More: