We come from a tiny city in the deep south of Italy – 35,000 people, a place where, on paper, nothing ever really happens, apart from occasionally making the news for the wrong reasons. But something did happen: in 2014, in the garage of our founders, we started gathering to play music, dream big, and create with whatever we had. That garage was more than four walls – it was a shelter from boredom, a stage for our first experiments, and the birthplace of a collective spirit.
The "68" in our name is a tribute to the creative and cultural fire of 1968 – a year when people around the world challenged authority and imagined new futures. In France, students and workers took to the streets; in the U.S., protests against the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement shook the mainstream. Artists were active instigators, from the Atelier Populaire's silkscreen posters in Paris to Yoko Ono and John Lennon's peace performances in the U.S. Collectives like the Black Panther Party used graphic design and photography for liberation, while writers and theatre-makers fueled hope during Prague Spring. Across film, music, fashion, and street culture, creativity became a powerful form of rebellion and disruption.
We're not just nostalgic for that time, we carry its rebellious energy into everything we do. Like them, we believe art, ideas, and community can shape the future.
Eventually, the garage became too small for all of us, literally. So we took our energy outside: into industrial buildings, onto beaches and sands, wherever we could carve out space for something new to happen.
That's Garage 68: born in the margins, shaped by resistance, and fueled by the belief that creativity can spark change, even in the smallest towns with limited resources.
Today, we've grown. We're based across Europe, collaborating with international artists to host events that blur borders – between countries, music, futuristic visuals, and live performance – and spark connection.
What started in a garage now lives wherever people come together to create, question, and imagine.