Global superstars, visual masterpieces, and technological experiments - Sónar 2019
Barcelona’s Sónar returns to push boundaries and redefine music and technology festivals once again
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Walter Benjamin and Portuguese music at Vic’s 31st Mercat de Música Viva
Taking place from September 18 to 21, almost half of all acts will be new releases
Doctor Music Festival comeback edition canceled
Forced to change location from Pyrenees to Catalonia's racetrack, number of fans returning tickets forces organizers to pull the plug on event
Carla Bruni opens Barcelona's Jardins de Pedralbes festival
A countryside vibe has been recreated not far from the center of the capital
Your ultimate guide to Primavera Sound, delivering for every music taste
“The New Normal” highlights gender equality at the boundary-breaking festival
Sónar+D brings Artificial Intelligence and ‘The Next Internet’ to Barcelona
Running parallel to the electronic music festival, this technology festival takes place on the same weekend in July
Sónar Festival attracts record 126,000 visitors
The electronic music event offered 150 concerts in 10 different venues with attendees coming from 119 countries
Daydream Festival lands in Barcelona for the first time
More than 70 DJs play electronic music, house and techno underground
Cambrils International Music Festival reveals first acts on lineup
Big international names to be disclosed when world tours announced
Cap Roig festival announces strong line-up for 2018
Luis Miguel kicks off Costa Brava’s top musical event on July 13 with Juanes, Sting, Texas and James Blunt all to follow
The Black Music Festival kicks off in Barcelona
Soul and funk music concerts will be held throughout Catalonia until March 18
Summer is synonymous with music festivals in Catalonia
No less than 360 festivals per year take place in Catalonia, 250 of them in summer
Sónar beats record with 123,000 attendees
more than 123,000 people visited the festival during the three days
More than 200,000 people attended Primavera Sound 2017
55% of the ticket-holders were from outside of Spain and 125 nationalities were registered
Björk to open Barcelona’s ‘Sónar’ music festival
Björk, the famous Icelandic singer, will perform an exclusive four-hour DJ session for Sónar festival’s opening night on June 14. The same day, an ‘immersive’ exhibition dedicated to the artist (‘Digital Björk’) will open its doors at Barcelona’s Center of Contemporary Culture (CCCB) and the artist will give a talk at Sónar+D. The 24th edition of the Sónar festival will open Wednesday, June 14 with Björk’s DJ performance and close on Sunday, June 18 in Barcelona’s Auditori with a Nico Muhly concert accompanied by the German orchestral group Stargaze. As for the festival’s musical program, this year’s edition comprises of outstanding names such as Justice, Nicolas Jaar, Moderat, Masters at Work, Arca & Jesse Kanda, Soulwax, Dj Shado or De la Soul among others.