Sónar 2026 moves its whole program into Fira Gran Via, with The Prodigy on top
Sónar 2026 runs June 18 to 20 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, and for the first time the festival's entire music program sits on one site. The bill is led by The Prodigy live, Charlotte de Witte, Amelie Lens, Skepta and Kelis, with the layout growing from four stages on Thursday to six across Friday and Saturday.
Sónar has always been the festival that tells you where electronic music is heading, and the 2026 edition makes a structural bet. From June 18 to 20, the whole program moves inside Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, the first time the day and night halves of the festival share a single site.
One site, six stages
The layout starts with four stages on Thursday, then opens to six across Friday and Saturday, three indoor and three outdoor. Doors run 5pm to 3am on the opening day and stretch to 7am on Friday and Saturday, so the old split between Sónar by Day and Sónar by Night now plays out under one roof.
The headline bill reads like a map of the current scene. The Prodigy bring a live show, Charlotte de Witte presents The Resistance, Amelie Lens presents AURA, and there are sets from Skepta, Kelis live, Cabaret Voltaire and WhoMadeWho. Reinier Zonneveld closes the loop on the festival's tech obsession with a live show built around AI.
Why it matters for the trade
For bookers and managers, the single site changes the math. One production footprint, one crowd flow, and a programming team that can move audiences between rooms without losing them to a cross town trek. Sara Landry, Dom Dolla, Boys Noize and Joy Orbison sit on a bill that runs from peak time techno to pop facing electronic, which is exactly the spread agents want their artists measured against.
More than one hundred acts play across the three days. If you want a read on which sounds the European summer will reward, this is the room to watch.