Sónar — festival guide
Barcelona, Spain18–20 Jun 2027 · 3 days242 days to go
This edition has already taken place. The guide stays online as a record of what Sónar programmed and where it was held — dates for the next edition appear here as soon as the organiser confirms them.
At a glance
- Dates
- 18–20 Jun 2027 (3 days)
- Location
- Barcelona, Spain
- Sound
- Electronica · Techno · Experimental
- Crowd
- around 120,000 people
- Nearest airport
- BCN
- Nearest station
- Barcelona Sants
- Line-up announced
- 4 artists so far
The story
Sónar by Day is a festival of ideas; Sónar by Night is a festival of enormous rooms and enormous sound. Barcelona in June makes both feel effortless.
Sónar is a 3-day electronica, techno, experimental festival at Barcelona, Spain. The June 2027 edition runs 18–20 Jun 2027. It draws around 120,000 people.
Announced so far: Amelie Lens, Floating Points, Jamie xx and Peggy Gou. Expect stages split between Electronica, Techno and Experimental. The line-up is spread across the 3 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.
With room for about 120,000 people, Sónar is one of the largest events in our index: expect long entry queues, several main-stage sets running at once and a site you cannot cross in five minutes. Barcelona is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.
Sónar keeps the same calendar slot each year: June 2027 for this edition, opening on a Friday and closing on a Sunday. It is a high-summer date, which is peak season for both travel and accommodation across the region. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Barcelona are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.
- Day + Night formats
- Audiovisual installations
- Beach city base camp
What the trip costs from Paris
Ticket from
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Return transport
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Place to stay
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Total door to door
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No ticket price is published for this edition yet, so the total below covers travel and a bed only. It updates automatically as soon as the organiser opens sales.
See every ticket tier and travel option →Planning the trip, step by step
- 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Sónar are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
- 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
- 3Reserve 4 nights rather than 3: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
- 4If you fly into BCN, check the transfer time to Barcelona before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
- 5Follow Sónar on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.
Line-up, day by day
Day 1 — Friday 18 June
Amelie Lens, Peggy Gou
Day 2 — Saturday 19 June
Floating Points
Day 3 — Sunday 20 June
Jamie xx
Full line-up
Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.
The organiser hasn't published the line-up for Sónar yet. It appears here — with a page for every artist — as soon as names are confirmed.
Past editions
Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.
2026
18–20 Jun 2026 (approx.)
Regulars: Amelie Lens, Floating Points, Jamie xx
2025
18–20 Jun 2025 (approx.)
Regulars: Floating Points, Jamie xx, Peggy Gou
2024
18–20 Jun 2024 (approx.)
Regulars: Jamie xx, Peggy Gou
Travel tips from Paris
- Fly into BCN, the closest airport to the site.
- Rail arrivals come through Barcelona Sants; shuttles usually run from there.
- Book a bed in Barcelona early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.