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Sónar Report 2025

Blawan, Daito Manabe, Cora Novoa, Plaid, Flore b2b Peder Mannerfelt, Helena Hauff, Noia, MCR-T, and Alva Noto & Fennesz's 'Continuum' were the highlights of Sónar 2025. The Barcelona festival returned for its 32nd edition from Thursday, June 12th to Saturday, June 14th, and brought down the curtain on its time in Montjuïc ahead of a new single-venue space next year. Sónar attracted 119,000 visitors across Sónar by Day (52,500) and Sónar by Night (66,500), plus another 42,000 across OFFSónar and the rest of the Sónar Week activities. While this year’s programme brought together more than 1,400 artists, exhibitors, and speakers from the worlds of art, technology, and science, the core three days of by Day and by Night were impacted by previously-announced participants cancelling their invovlement owing to Sónar's parent company Superstruct being sold to a consotrium including global invetment firm KKR last year. The cancellations first emerged when KKR was highlighted...

European Festival Awards 2025 winners revealed
Sziget, Exit, and Lowlands were among the winners at the European Festival Awards 2025. The awards were handed out on the opening night of ESNS in Groningen, hosted by IQ journal…

Dana-Fiona Armour snake sculpture coming to Somerset House
Sculpture, technology, and science will combine for an installation at London's Somerset House raising awareness of issues affecting marine ecosystems and changing ocean condi…

Night time venues need support to survive in 2026, says NTIA
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) is calling on the UK government to offer business rates relief, conduct revaluation reviews, and protect the economic and cultural con…

Music On heads to Malta in 2026
Music On will host its debut event in Malta on Saturday, August 1st 2026. The event will take place at a previously unused location for large-scale electronic music events, to be …

Mint Festival 2026 confirms line-up
Shanti Celeste b2b Sally C, Max Dean b2b Luke Dean, Rossi., Enzo Siragusa b2b Dr Banana, Danny Bond, Ewan McVicar, Obskür, and Gaskin b2b Sidney Charles are among the acts confirm…

London's ICA reveals early 2026 programme highlights
Brazilian artist Laura Lima’s first solo exhibition in London and the first major UK retrospective of the cinema of Werner Schroeter will be part of the Institute of Contemporary …

First acts for Barcelona’s Brunch Electronik Festival 2026
Jen Cardini, Rødhåd, Shanti Celeste, 999999999, Marrøn, Mau P, and a live set by Acid Arab are among the first acts confirmed for Barcelona’s Brunch Electronik Festival next year.…