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Sónar 2024 Report

More than 150,000 revellers from countries across the globe experienced Sónar in Barcelona from Thursday, June 13th to Saturday, June 15th. Under the slogan of 'the frequency of now', this year's event had some familiar names returning with new shows such as Air, Chartlotte De Witte, Folamour, Laurent Garnier, Paul Kalkbrenner, and Reinier Zonneveld, but it was the acts breaking onto the big stages for the first time or making their debuts that impressed us the most.   Mike Barnard was there for Sónar by Day and Sónar by Night to see acts as diverse as Jessie Ware, Surgeon & Speedy J, Stacey Hotwaxx Hale b2b DJ Paulette, Olof Dreijer & Diva Cruz, Salute, emptyset, Ela Minus, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, and Marie Montexier b2b Mor Elian. This year's mantra for Sónar was 'the frequency of now'. Thursday After a huge storm hit Barcelona the evening before Sónar started, we were relieved to see the weather forecast return to warm and sunny for the rest of the week. ...

Sonus Festival 2025 reveals line-up
Anetha, Ben Klock, DJ Heartstring, Fleur Shore, Ricardo Villalobos, Seth Troxler, Sven Väth, and Vintage Culture will play Sonus Festival 2025. The event returns to Pag Island in …

London Short Film Festival reveals 2025 programme
More than 400 short films will be screened across the city as part of the London Short Film Festival 2025. From Friday, January 17th to Saturday, January 25th, there will be curat…

First acts for Campo Sancho Festival 2025
Luke Una, Crazy P, Aroop Roy, Grace Sands, and Tigerbalm are among the first acts confirmed for Campo Sancho Festival 2025. The independent event organised by Sancho Panza returns…

Olivia Rodrigo, Deftones, Jamie xx, A. G. Cook, and more added to Roskilde Festival 2025
Olivia Rodrigo, Deftones, Jamie xx, A. G. Cook, Anoushka Shankar, Lambrini Girls, and Saint Levant are among the latest acts to be confirmed for Roskilde Festival 2025. The Danish…

Wide Awake Festival 2025 adds Cobrah, Marie Davidson, Fcukers, Nadine Shah and more
COBRAH, Fcukers, Marie Davidson, Nadine Shah, Warmduscher, Chanel Beads, and Gurriers will play Wide Awake Festival 2025. Returning to London's Brockwell Park on Friday, May 2…

Somerset House Studios reveals early 2025 programme
London's Somerset House Studios will host a return of its Hyper Functional, Ultra Healthy series in January focusing on health and well-being in the face of technological and …

Roza Terenzi, VTSS, James Blake, Mala, and more for Field Day 2025
James Blake will go back-to-back with Mala at Field Day 2025. Their b2b set is one of four revealed for the Brockwell Park event when it returns on Saturday, May 24th. Demi Riquís…