ATO participants, who write and perform original songs, are invited to take part in the festival. Applications can be submitted from a solo performing musician or a musical band.

Each applicant is asked to fill out an electronic application form that is published on the festival’s official site: www.atofest.com.ua. Application can be submitted from February 22nd, 2017 till April 23rd, 2017.

The festival’s gala concert will be held on May 20th, 2017, at Summer Park Theater named after Taras Shevchenko in Dnipro city, where the best 20 performing musicians will appear.

There are plans to record and to release the second music album “Songs born in ATO” as an aftermath of the festival.