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Event Information:
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.
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
Uner
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