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Sónar 2027 names first acts and returns its daytime programme to Barcelona’s waterfront
Barcelona’s Sónar Festival has announced the first 30 acts for its 2027 edition, scheduled for June 17–19.
The lineup includes Carl Cox, Bonobo, Jessie Ware, Peggy Gou and Tokischa, with more than 80 performances and activities planned.
The festival will separate its daytime and nighttime programmes again, after combining them at one venue in 2026.
Sónar by Day will move to a waterfront location in central Barcelona and reunite with Sónar+D, which focuses on music, technology and creativity.
Sónar by Night will return to Fira Gran Via for two nights, on June 18 and 19.
The daytime site has not yet been announced, and tickets are already on sale in standard and VIP packages.
Sónar has announced the first 30 acts for its 2027 festival, which will run from June 17 to 19 in Barcelona.
The festival’s daytime programme will return to a yet-to-be-announced waterfront location in central Barcelona and reunite with Sónar+D.
Sónar by Night will return to Fira Gran Via for two nights.
The lineup includes Carl Cox, Bonobo, Jessie Ware, Peggy Gou and Tokischa.
The announcement followed a promotional campaign that presented the festival as dead before revealing its 2027 plans.
- Who
- Sónar festival organizers and the artists announced for the 2027 lineup.
- What
- Sónar announced its first 30 acts and said it would separate its daytime and nighttime programmes again.
- When
- June 17–19, 2027. The announcement was made on November 3, 2026.
- Where
- Barcelona. The daytime venue will be a waterfront location that has not yet been announced; the nighttime programme will be at Fira Gran Via.
- Why
- The organizers said the daytime programme would return to central Barcelona and reconnect with the city and its waterfront.
Sónar organizers
Georgia Taglietti
Marketing campaign
Sónar organizers
The organizers presented the campaign as a way to establish a new narrative for the festival.
Georgia Taglietti
Taglietti called the advertising strategy “cheap and absurd.
Sónar began in Barcelona, according to the festival’s account of its return to the city where it was born.
About 50 artists and collectives chose not to take part in a boycott action linked to the BDS movement.
Sónar combined its daytime and nighttime programmes at Fira Gran Via.
Sónar announced the first 30 acts and its plans to return to separate daytime and nighttime venues.
Sónar’s 2027 edition is scheduled to take place in Barcelona.
- First acts announced
- 30
- Festival dates
- June 17–19, 2027
- Daytime programme
- Waterfront location in central Barcelona, venue not yet announced
- Nighttime programme
- Fira Gran Via
- Day and night
- Sónar by Day will reunite with Sónar+D
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What people are saying
a new Sónar reborn
cheap and absurd
To everyone who does not want their past hurt turned into a marketing campaign, I understand and appreciate you.