Sónar Week 2026 begins today. From June 18th to 21st, Barcelona becomes what it becomes every June. The undisputed centre of the global electronic music conversation. This year, the stakes are much higher though. The three founding directors of Sónar: Ricard Robles, Enric Palau and Sergio Caballero, stepped down in October 2025 after 32 years. With that François Jozic, founder of Brunch Electronik, took over as CEO. The 2026 edition is the first under new leadership, and it comes with the bringing structural changes to the festival since its founding.
For the first time in Sónar’s history, all three days of music take place at a single venue: Fira Barcelona Gran Via in L’Hospitalet. Hereby removing the historic day/night split that was the festival format since 1994. Uninterrupted music runs from 17:00 to 03:00 on Thursday and 17:00 to 07:00 on Friday and Saturday. Beyond Fira Gran Via, Sónar+D moves to Llotja de Mar in the city centre, Sónar District expands to Parc del Fòrum for the first time, and OFFSónar returns to Poble Espanyol. Four different venues. Four days. More than 150 artists.
Sónar 2026: The Main Festival
Founded in 1994, Sónar began with 6,000 attendees as a festival dedicated to advanced music and multimedia art. It started with a mission to combine the very best in music, technology and art. By 2025 it drew a record 161,000 fans across three days. The 33rd edition at Fira Gran Via brings more than 100 artists across six stages.
The Prodigy headline — one of the noteworthy bookings for Sónar 2026. Charlotte de Witte and Amelie Lens anchor the techno contingent. Dom Dolla brings his crossover dance floor energy. Kelis performs two decades of R&B live. Skepta, Nia Archives, Boys Noize, Modeselektor, WhoMadeWho, Chris Stussy, Two Shell, Sammy Virji, FJAAK x Kittin, and Wata Igarashi (live) round out a main festival programme.
One of 2026’s ‘technically’ ambitious bookings arrives in the form of Reinier Zonneveld with R2. R2 is an AI trained on Zonneveld’s own music performing alongside him in real time with holographic visuals, described as the most advanced live AI integration at a major music event anywhere in Europe. Goldie b2b Doc Scott ft. Medic MC brings their drum and bass performance on the continent this year. Cabaret Voltaire — one of the founding bands of electronic music, active since the 1970s, complete the line-up.
Sónar+D moves from Fira de Barcelona to the neoclassical Llotja de Mar building in the historic centre, near El Born. It will run from Thursday 18th to Friday 19th June. The 2026 congress focuses on AI and music, the post-generative AI landscape in music creation. It also features an AI Performance Playground, a three-day hacklab for musicians and researchers with final live performances.
Sónar District: The City as the Venue
For the first time, Sónar District expands the festival’s footprint to Parc del Fòrum on Barcelona’s waterfront. This brings three of the most compelling event concepts in contemporary electronic music to the city across two days.
On Friday 19th, Solid Grooves takes over with Michael Bibi, PAWSA, Mau P, Dennis Cruz, DJ Tennis, Franky Rizardo, CARISTA, PARAMIDA, Rossi., Salomé Le Chat, Jamback, Liam Palmer, Elliot Schooling and PAULA GM. This is quite a heavyweight programme of rolling house, tech-house and open-air club energy that runs from 14:00 to 23:00.
Saturday 20th brings two artist-led concepts sharing Parc del Fòrum. Joseph Capriati presents Metamorfosi. Metamorfosi is a long-form journey through hypnotic grooves, emotional tension and peak-time techno. Artists include Joseph Capriati, Jamie Jones, Max Dean, Luke Dean, Sidney Charles and Vanee. Running alongside it, Josh Baker brings You&Me to Barcelona with Seth Troxler, Prospa, Marsolo, Silva Bumpa and Marlie.
OFFSónar: Poble Espanyol at Its Best
OFFSónar runs across four days at Poble Espanyol, and the 2026 programme is the strongest the satellite event has assembled in years.
Thursday opens with Rampa and Adam Port. For those who don’t know, they are the two key members of Keinemusik at Plaza Mayor in an event that is sold out already. That speaks much, doesn’t it? Alongside them, Maceo Plex presents Lone Romantic at Carpa and Picnic. A genre-spanning programme featuring Âme, Anthony Rother, Mack Loenz, Radio Slave and Maceo Plex himself. Mau P takes Monasterio open-to-close with Baddest Behaviour, bouncing bass, techy rollers and the Barcelona cityscape below.
Friday brings Adriatique presents X. The Swiss duo’s immersive audiovisual concept featuring Adriatique, Anna Unusyan, Arodes, Ben Sterling, BiiiA, Colyn, Estella Boersma, Indira Paganotto, Julya Karma, Kevin de Vries, Marian Ariss, Mind Against, Onyvaa, Patrick Mason and Vomee. Saturday sees FUSE, the East London institution founded by Enzo Siragusa in 2008 that has grown from a weekly Sunday party into a respected event brand and label in global club culture. They take over with Ben UFO, Dyed Soundorom, Fumiya Tanaka, Mella Dee, Saoirse, Shanti Celeste and more. The FUSE OFFSónar show is also sold out.
elrow closes OFFSónar on Sunday 21st June with five stages, full scenography and the kind of organised chaos that only elrow can deliver. They will return to the city for a final day that will carry Sónar Week out in full colour.
Full Schedule
Thursday 18th June
Sónar+D — 10:00–20:00 — Llotja de Mar
Sónar — 17:00–03:00 — Fira Gran Via
OFFSónar: Rampa & Adam Port — 17:00–02:00 — Poble Espanyol Plaza Mayor (Sold Out)
OFFSónar: Baddest Behaviour x Mau P — 17:00–02:00 — Poble Espanyol Monasterio
OFFSónar: Lone Romantic by Maceo Plex — 17:00–02:00 — Poble Espanyol Carpa & Picnic
Friday 19th June
Sónar+D — 10:00–20:00 — Llotja de Mar
Sónar — 17:00–07:00 — Fira Gran Via
Sónar District: Solid Grooves — 14:00–23:00 — Parc del Fòrum
OFFSónar: X by Adriatique — 17:00–02:00 — Poble Espanyol
Saturday 20th June
Sónar — 17:00–07:00 — Fira Gran Via
Sónar District: Joseph Capriati presents Metamorfosi — 14:00–23:00 — Parc del Fòrum
Sónar District: You&Me by Josh Baker — 14:00–23:00 — Parc del Fòrum
OFFSónar: Mochakk Calling — 17:00–02:00 — Poble Espanyol Plaza Mayor
OFFSónar: FUSE London — 17:00–02:00 — Poble Espanyol Monasterio & Carpa (Sold Out)
Sunday 21st June
OFFSónar: elrow — 17:00–02:00 — Poble Espanyol
There is a version of Sónar Week of 2026 that you plan meticulously. Every stage x artist time cross-referenced, every clash resolved in advance. And there is a version where you arrive in Barcelona, let the city absorb you, and follow whatever pulls your attention from one end of it to the other. Both are valid. Both have always been valid. That openness, to genre, to format, to the kind of spontaneous discovery that no festival app can fully anticipate, is what thirty-two years of Sónar has built into the bones of the week. The 2026 edition, under new leadership and with a new structural ambition, extends that invitation further across the city than any previous edition has. What you find when you accept it is, as always, entirely up to you.
Full programme and tickets for Sónar 2026 are available at sonar.es.
