{"id":34512,"date":"2026-05-27T17:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=34512"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:25:10","slug":"sonar-2026-one-venue-six-redesigned-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/sonar-2026-one-venue-six-redesigned-stages\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f3nar 2026: One Venue, Six Redesigned Stages, a Festival Rebuilt From Scratch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The avant-garde festival returns completely reimagined, with every stage redesigned, the whole event under one roof, and more than 100 acts spread across three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we talk about electronic music in Barcelona, it is impossible not to think of S\u00f3nar. The Catalan festival is an unmissable date for lovers of experimental rhythms and a reference point for DJs across the planet, and this year it arrives with its biggest transformation in recent memory. The 33rd edition lands on 18, 19 and 20 June,<\/strong> and rather than simply refreshing the program, S\u00f3nar has rebuilt the entire experience from the ground up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headline change is the home itself. In 2026 the whole festival lives under one roof at Fira Gran Via<\/strong>, three days of non-stop music in a single venue, with four stages on Thursday and six on Friday and Saturday, three of them outdoor and three indoor.<\/p>\n

Working with cultural architects TWOFIFTYK, the team has reimagined every stage and space<\/strong>, from the sound systems and lighting rigs to the way the crowd moves through the site, all while keeping the quality that has always defined the festival. The best way to understand the new S\u00f3nar is to walk through it, stage by stage.<\/p>\n

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SonarVillage by Estrella Damm: from day to night and back again<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rising on the footprint of the old SonarPub, the new SonarVillage becomes the beating heart of the festival, the biggest open-air stage and the only one running from doors to close on all three days, carrying you from afternoon sun through to the magic of a Barcelona sunrise. The bill is built for that arc: now-unmasked post-dubstep pioneer SBTRKT<\/a> debuts bold new material, Rush Hour-signed band Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers bring gospel laced with ’70s cosmic funk, and local icon Undo<\/a> returns with a new full-band live show, alongside live sets from r&b original Kelis<\/a> and S\u00f3nar favourites Modeselektor<\/a> and WhoMadeWho<\/a>. On the decks there is every shade of house, from the melodic, lysergic style of Carlita<\/a> to the nu-disco of Cormac<\/a>, the classic New York sound of Kilopatrah Jones and a special CARBS session from Ketiov and Fernanda Arrau, plus the cross-cultural London energy of Arthi and Lady Shaka b2b Tash LC. They join an already stacked roster of Sammy Virji<\/a>, Chris Stussy<\/a>, KETTAMA<\/a>, MK (Marc Kinchen) b2b TSHA and Gerd Janson b2b Marcel Dettmann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n