Sónar unveils the first 32 artists of the festival program taking place on 16.17.18. June 2022 in its usual venues of Fira Montjuic and Fira Gran Via, Barcelona.

Highlights of the eagerly anticipated 2022 edition include living legends of electronica The Chemical Brothers presenting new music and a new AV show, as well as new live shows from The Blaze, Arca, Oneohtrix Point Never, Princess Nokia, Channel Tres, Serpentwithfeet, Joy Orbison, Louisahhh and many more.

Also standing out among the first artists to be revealed are new shows from AJ Tracey, Polo & Pan, Tomm¥ €a$h, Sega Bodega, Morad, Lafawndah, Ms Nina, Locoplaya and Recycled J.

Announcement also reveals DJ sets from stars of the scene including The Blessed Madonna Charlotte de Witte, Richie Hawtin, Dj Marcelle/Another Nice Mess, Eris Drew B2B Octo Octa, DJ Python, Skee Mask, Jayda G, Lechuga Zafiro, Jamz Supernova, La Fleur, Chico Blanco and Jyoty.

In the coming days Sónar will announce the dates when tickets for Sónar Barcelona 2022 will go on sale. Starting today, spectators who wish to secure their tickets before the general sale can sign up here.

In the coming weeks Sónar will also reveal the line-ups for 2 new festivals presented by Sónar in 2021: The S+T+ARTS AI and Music Festival on the 27th and 28th and SónarCCCB on the 29th and 30th of October. Both festivals – which will be in-person with a strong digital component – will reflect all the spirit and energy of Sónar, with more than 60 activities including concerts and dj sets, talks, workshops, debates and presentations from Sónar+D. Sónar is encouraged by the progress in vaccination and downward evolution of the pandemic, and will present both these events in a much expanded version of last year’s format.

Sónar also expands its activity throughout 2021, starting tomorrow Thursday 13th May from 17:00 – 19:00 CEST, with the first activity of the AI and Music Festival organized by Advanced Music, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) and betevé as part of the S+T+ARTS program of the European Commission. The livestreamed collaborative workshop ‘Exploring connections between AI and Music’ will feature a panel of pioneering artists working with AI and Music – Claire L. Evans from YACHT, Jan St Lerner from Mouse on Mars and Ivan Paz – joined by experts in machine learning – Michela Milano (Università di Bologna), Jordi Pons (Dolby) and Javier Ruiz (UPC) – to explore and debate the impact of Artificial Inteligence on music, and the creative possibilities of this application. For more information, and to join the workshop, click here.

All the news and information about this activity, and Sónar’s forthcoming festivals can be followed as always at sonar.es, sonarplusd.com and using the hashtag #ThisIsSonar on our social media channels.

This Autumn, from 27th to 30th October 2021, Sónar will celebrate two new festivals in Barcelona, with in-person activities at the CCCB and other spaces, and a program of online content produced in collaboration with local and international partners in cities around the world.

For the first time in Barcelona, Sónar in association with the Universitat Politecnica de Barcelona (UPC) and betevé, will organize the AI and Music Festival, focused on the application of artificial intelligence to musical creation, and part of the S+T+ARTS program of the European Commission.

The AI and Music festival will live alongside a much-expanded, and more music focused edition of SónarCCCB at Barcelona’s Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), which will feature a number of stages dedicated to live music, as well as the talks, workshops, debates and presentations of Sónar+D.

Both festivals will be predominantly in-person events, with a significant digital component. In total, more than 60 activities will take place, the majority with a physical audience, as well as online exclusives, with the goal of designing content specifically with online audiences in mind.

Taking place this Thursday 13th May, from 17:00 – 19:00 CET, Sónar, UPC and betevé present the collaborative workshop ‘Exploring connections between AI and Music’. Bringing together a panel of groundbreaking artists – Claire L. Evans of YACHT, Jan St. Lerner of Mouse on Mars and Ivan Paz – and experts in machine learning – Michela Milano (Università di Bologna), Jordi Pons (Dolby) and Javier Ruiz (UPC) – the workshop will explore the potential and explain the challenges of using AI in musical creation.

The workshop will be in English, and will be live-streamed for free, in what will be both the presentation of the AI and Music Festival, and its first event. For more information and to watch the livestream, click here.

The AI and Music Festival will take place at Barcelona’s CCCB on 27th and 28th of October 2021, is an initiative of S+T+ARTS, Advanced Music, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and betevé, in association with Factory Berlin, c/o pop Festival, TodaysArt and BOZAR. The consortium of Sónar, UPC and betvé was selected by the European Commission to organize the AI and Music Festival, part of its S+T+ARTS (Science, Technology and the Arts) program.

First Artist Announcement Sónar 2022. Barcelona, 16th, 17th And 18th Of June, 2022.

The Chemical Brothers (Uk)
The Blaze (Fr)
Arca (Ve)
The Blessed Madonna (Us)
Oneohtrix Point Never (Us)
Aj Tracey (Uk)
Princess Nokia (Us)
Serpentwithfeet (Us)
Channel Tres (Us)
Richie Hawtin (Ca)
Charlotte De Witte (Be)
Polo & Pan (Fr)
Eris Drew B2b Octo Octa (Us)
Skee Mask (De)
Joy Orbison (Uk)
Dj Python (Us)
Tomm¥ €a$h (Ee)
Sega Bodega (Uk)
Morad (Es)
Lafawndah (Fr)
Jayda G (Ca)
Ms Nina (Es)
Louisahhh Live (Fr)
Locoplaya (Es)
La Fleur (Se)
Chico Blanco (Es)
Dj Marcelle / Another Nice Mess (Nl)
Lechuga Zafiro (Uy)
Jyoty (Uk)
Recycled J (Es)
Jamz Supernova (Uk)
and many more.

Institutions, Partners and Sponsors.
Sónar 2022 is an initiative of Advanced Music with the collaboration of the Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya through the Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC), the Ajuntament de Barcelona, Creative Europe, We Are Europe, Impost Turístic and the Ajuntament de l’Hospitalet.
Sónar 2022’s main sponsor is Estrella Damm and is sponsored by Thunder Bitch, MEDIAPRO, Red Bull y Coca-Cola. With support from TMB.

SónarCCCB 2021 is an initiative of Advanced Music and CCCB with the collaboration of betevé, the support of the Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya through the Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC), the Ajuntament de Barcelona and the program Creative Europe of the European Union, We Are Europe, Impost Turístic and the Ajuntament de l’Hospitalet.

SónarCCCB 2021’s main sponsor is Estrella Damm and is sponsored by Thunder Bitch, ME by Meliá, Eagle Snacks and Takis. with the support of TMB.

H/T Sónar festival.