Libertad Fest is an annual punk music festival organised by the Bandung-based Pyrate Punx collective, coming to life every year through the assemblage of itinerant locations and various other collectives from around and outside the Indonesian archipelago. Reaching its 17^th year in 2025, Libertad is a celebration of friendship and solidarity, often held around May Day. Born to showcase different styles of punk music and subculture—mainly anarcho, crust, and grindcore—this year, the event also explicitly stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people. 

Distant from the global imagery of dark squats and dusty cellars, the festival is typically held on remote islands and mountain locations in West Java and is designed as a community-driven three-day experience of cooking and playing together. 

To give an idea of what being there feels like—somewhere between a song against global injustice, a banner reading Food Not Bombs, a dive into the pristine waters of the North Java Sea, and a bottle of arak Bali—words alone can’t quite capture it. That’s why we have to give thanks for the incredible shots by Iki Nekrolabs and the selection of flyers from the crew, guiding us through images and names to chart this subtropical punx utopia with global undertones.

Although devoid of audio, these shots seem to scream in unison: No authorities. No annoying people. No sponsors. No rockstars. No pollution. Overall, this is represented by the official festival motto, 17 Years of No Lord!