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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...

Maribou Statue, De La Soul, Orbital, Hybrid Minds, Sub Focus for Snowbombing 2026
Maribou Statue, De La Soul, and Orbital will be the live headliners for Snowbombing 2026. The ski festival in Mayrhofen returns from Monday, April 6th to Saturday, April 11th with…

Somerset House Studios launches new space for interdisciplinary experimentation
A new initiative to bring together artists, technologists, academics, and industry professionals has launched at Somerset House Studios. This month the London insitution launched …

Final acts confirmed for Amsterdam Dance Event 2025
DJ Bone, Floorplan, KI/KI, MARRØN, Pan-Pot, Skee Mask, Skepta, and TxC are among the final acts added to Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). The program includes more than 3.300 artists …

New London club 77 to welcome Agoria, Omar-S, David Morales, Deep Dish, and more
Kasango, Sparrow & Barbossa, Patrice Bäumel, Fiona Kraft, Brina Knauss, Olive F, Olympe, Julia Sandstorm, MOOJO, Agoria, Omar-S, Adana Twins, David Morales, Deep Dish, and Man…

Panic Shack, Breakin' Science, Glitterbox, Girls Don't Sync, Doreen Doreen coming up at Electric Bristol
Electric Bristol (formerly SWX), has unveiled its autumn/winter highlights including punk energy, indie anthems, rock icons, and dancefloor takeovers. Coming up in October are Pan…

Pet Shop Boys for Lytham Festival 2026
The Pet Shop Boys will take their ‘Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live’ show to Lytham Festival 2026. On Saturday, July 4th, the duo will headline one night of the Lancashire event…

London's Institute of Contemporary Arts reveals October to December Programme 2025
Tanoa Sasraku, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Holden & Zimpel, Liz Johnson Artur will all see their work showcased at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in its autumn prog…