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Stihia Festival attracts thousands to Muynak, Uzbekistan, spotlighting the Aral Sea’s environmental crisis while blending electronic music, art, and local culture on the site of a vanished sea.
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The Stihia Festival, launched in 2018, is held each summer in Muynak, Uzbekistan, on the former shore of the Aral Sea—a body of water that has shrunk by 90% since the 1960s due to Soviet irrigation projects.
The festival draws over 2,500 attendees from Central Asia, Europe, and beyond, featuring electronic music, art installations, and science talks. Stihia aims to raise awareness of the Aral’s ecological disaster, while supporting the local economy.
Nearby, the Stavisky museum preserves soviet-era art, highlighting the region’s complex cultural legacy.
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