Barcelona is the home of Sónar, an annual three-day music festival held in Barcelona, Spain. It is described officially as a festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. Music is by far the main aspect of the festival. The festival runs for three days and nights, usually starting on a Thursday in the third week of June. Annually there are around 80,000 visitors to the festival.
The official website describes the festival as Three days and three nights in touch with the most up-to-date developments and featuring the most relevant national and international artists. Sónar is the essential meeting point for an alert public, cutting-edge artists and the most influential professionals from the sectors of music and modern arts.' Sonar has a partnership relation with SonarSound Tokyo.
Sónar By Day takes place in the Center of Contemporary Culture (CCCB) and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) very near to La Rambla. It usually starts around Midday and continues until around 10pm for each of the three days of the festival. The 'By Day' festival features Live Concerts, DJs, Multimedia Art, Record / Clothes Fairs, Technology Demos, The Sónar Cinema and various other activities.
Sónar by Night takes place away from the centre of Barcelona, there are special coaches put in place to transport festival goers to the huge venue. Sónar by Night has 4 locations occupied by distinguished national and international names from the world of electronic music. Each night DJs, VDJs and concerts from the broadest spectrum of dance music appear simultaneously in the 4 areas. Sónar by Night occupies an area of more than 10,000 square meters, divided between covered and open-air spaces.
2012 Lineup includes:
The USA's Flying Lotus who will be performing 2 shows, Trust, the dark synthpop duo from Canada, the Russian techno DJ and producer Nina Kraviz
New Order
Die Antwoord
James Murphy
The 2 Bears
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Daniel Miller
The Roots
Deadmau5
Hot Chip
Modeselektor
James Blake dj
Fatboy Slim
Richie Hawtin
Amon Tobin's ISAM
Squarepusher
Nicolas Jaar
Luciano
Azari & III
Jacques Lus Cont
Friendly Fires
Metronomy
John Talabot
Mouse On Mars
Laurent Garnier
Julio Bashmore
Cooly G
The Suicide Of Western Culture
Peaking Lights
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Die Antwoord
James Murphy
The 2 Bears
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Daniel Miller
The Roots
Deadmau5
Hot Chip
Modeselektor
James Blake dj
Fatboy Slim
Richie Hawtin
Amon Tobin's ISAM
Squarepusher
Nicolas Jaar
Luciano
Azari & III
Jacques Lus Cont
Friendly Fires
Metronomy
John Talabot
Mouse On Mars
Laurent Garnier
Julio Bashmore
Cooly G
The Suicide Of Western Culture
Peaking Lights
Uner
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