At the Tallinn Music Week opening ceremony on Thursday 30th September 2021, Keychange awarded the latest Inspiration Award to the founder and owner of Tallinn’s Club HALL, Elena Natale.

Elena Natale has been selected as the Keychange Inspiration Award winner for her contribution to the Estonian club culture and the promotion of gender parity over the past 30 years. Techno club HALL, which was founded on her initiative, has not only put Estonia on Europe’s clubbing tourism map but has also helped to develop inclusion and empowerment of marginal social and gender groups within the clubbing scene. Elena has previously worked at the London mega-club Ministry of Sound, as the head of development at Tallinn Creative Hub, and the head of communication for Capital of Culture Tallinn.

Upon receiving the award, Elena said, “It is a great honour to receive this recognition. We at HALL believe in an environment where everyone is entitled to express themselves while being united by the music. I wish to thank everybody with a sense of purpose and work ethic who have inspired and helped me in this path. In essence, the seemingly escapist clubbing culture is a democratic struggle for the right to rule over your own body and identity. We don’t just get lost in music, we work hard and fight for our right to party. United we dance to make a world a better place.”

Awarded at: Tallinn Music Week 2021

Expertise: Venue Management and Development, Night-life, Activism, Communications

Link: Twitter