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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. ...

Brighton Music Conference confirms new venues, return of ‘A&R Sessions’ and welcome party
Brighton Music Conference (BMC)'s welcome party will kick off three days of activities across new venues and includes the return of the 'A&R Sessions'. The party a…

NIBIRII 2025 completes line-up
Sub Focus, Maddix, Subtronics, Karla Blum, Per Pleks, Avaion complete the NIBIRII 2025 line-up. The event invites techno, drum & bass, and GOA fans to Düren from Friday, Augus…

Home Again Club Festival 2025 completes line-up
Obscure Shape, Head High, BADSISTA, Trancemaster Krause, AGY3NA, and The Muffin Man help complete the Home Again Club Festival 2025 line-up. Also confirmed are ALIS., Christa Bell…

Food experiences and music combine at Ulverston International Music Festival 2025
Ulverston International Music Festival is mixing gastronomy with music by offering food-themed experiences to go hand-in-hand many of its concerts. Sound Bites is a new foodie the…

ILM announces programme and label line-up for London Spring Market
4AD, Because, Bella Union, Big Dada, Brainfeeder, Dead Oceans, Dirty Hit, Domino, Fire, Ghostly, Jagjaguwar, Late Night Tales, Mute, Matador, Ninja Tune, Partisan, Secretly Canadi…

The Prodigy, DJ Snake and Solomun headline EXIT Festival 2025
The Prodigy, DJ Snake, and Solomun will headline EXIT Festival’s special 25th edition. They join a line-up that includes the Sex Pistols with Frank Carter, Tiësto, Eric Prydz, Ame…

The White Pube partner with gowithYamo for What I Saw Last Week
Art app and social platform gowithYamo has teamed up with culture critics The White Pube for the return of What I Saw Last Week video series. Every Monday this month, one half of…