

Sonar Festival
15 Jun 2023 - 17 Jun 2023
Sonar Festival is a three-day electronic and advanced music festival in Barcelona. Created in 1994, Sonar Festival is a pioneering cultural event with a unique format and content. It’s first class reputation as a leading reference for international festivals is thanks to it’s attention in curation, combining a playful nature, the avant-garde, and experimentation with newest trends in dance and electronic music.
Positioned at the cutting edge of the electronic music landscape and it’s interactions with digital culture, Sonar Festival is able to unite established artists with emerging talent, in all areas of musical and audiovisual production.
Sonar Barcelona’s activities are divided into two main locations: Sónar by Day, located in Fira Montjuïc, concerts and dj’s, showcases and Sónar+D; the international congress focused on the digital creative industries and dedicated to creating professional, business and networking opportunities.
Sonar Festival by Night is located at the Fira Gran Via de L’Hospitalet, and hosts live shows and dj sets from the biggest names in international music.
Sónar+D presents a series of activities designed to be of use to the various creative communities, providing development sessions, opportunities to exchange ideas and tools, as well as opportunities to secure financing. Sónar+D follows all of the stages of the creative process with one goal: To facilitate and improve relationship between creativity, technology, innovation and business in an organic setting geared towards new creative and professional profiles.
Sónar Festival 2023 Lineup
Lineup to be announced soon:
Sónar by Day
Thu 16 June 2022
awwz / b1n0 live a/v / chico blanco / coucou chloe / depresión sonora / gela / jayda g / lady shaka / lafawndah / lechuga zafiro / manara / ms nina / oneohtrix point never / paranoid london live / partiboi69 / pongo / rojuu / sega bodega / simona / tarta relena / uniiqu3 live / and many more
Fri 17 June 2022
albal b2b rocio / el bobe / dj marcelle – another nice mess / eris drew b2b octo octa / ihhh & desilence live a/v / ivy barkakati / jamz supernova / juicy bae / louisahhh live / lsdxoxo live / lyra pramuk – echoluminescence / miret live / niño de elche + ylia + banda “la valenciana”: ‘concert de músika festera’ / polo & pan / princess nokia / quayola/seta: ‘transient’ performance presented by me by meliá / samantha hudson: ‘liquidación total’ / scotch rolex ft mc yallah & lord spikeheart / yugen kala / vvv [trippin’you] / yung singh b2b suchi / and many more
Sat 18 June 2022
airaboi / la chica, dj python / eli keszler / for those i love / jyoty / kiddy smile / locoplaya / maria arnal i marcel bagés presenten hiperutopia / morad / mori+rusowsky / nu genea live band / overmono live / pedro vian & mana / recycled j / serpentwithfeet / tomm¥ €a$h / umami b2b crks290 / ‘uncompressed’ (hainbach, look mum no computer / cuckoo) / vegyn / virginie / and many more
Sónar by Night
Fri 17 June 2022
agoria / anna / avalon emerson / bonobo / brava / c.tangana / conducta / critical soundsystem / djohnston / gazzi / headie one / herrensauna xxl 6h set (salome b2b cadency b2b MCMLXXXV b2b CEM) / jennifer cardini b2b perel / moderat / nathy peluso / or:la / poté dj set / richie hawtin / santos bacana / skee mask / the blaze / tiga and hudson mohawke present love minus zero / venus x / and many more
Sat 18 June 2022
aj tracey / anfisa letyago / arca / batu / the blessed madonna / the chemical brothers / charlotte de witte / ehua / eric prydz / etm / folamour power to the ppl a/v / giant swan / helena hauff / joy orbison / kabza de small x dj maphorisa (scorpion kings) 6h set / la fleur / lucient / mbodj / midland b2b shanti celeste / nihiloxica / reinier zonneveld live / and many more
Sónar Festival 2023 Tickets
Accommodation
The city of Barcelona offers a wide range of accommodation options. Book your stay for Sónar Festival using the map below or visit booking.com
Travel Info
BY CAR
BY BUS
Many Bus routes serve both events and Sonar Festival has also its own dedicated shuttle bus for transfers between the Day and Night events for €2.50.
BY TRAIN
For Sonar Festival by day, the nearest Metro stop is Espanya, which is served by Metro lines 1 & 3. For Sonar Festival by night the nearest station is Europa-Fira, which is also accessible by various FGC trains.
BY PLANE
The closest airport to Barcelona is El-Prat, with various options to get to the centre.