Schedules: everything you need to know about Sónar 2023

The festival celebrates its 30th anniversary with a transversal programme covering the present and future of digital culture and electronic music. In addition, Sónar+D reinforces its position as a space for the intersection of art, science and technology. We tell you all about the programme by days and nights.

The 30th anniversary of Sónar will take place in Barcelona on 15, 16 and 17 June 2023 and will feature more than 250 proposals, including concerts, DJ sets, masterclasses, talks and discussion forums, as well as creative-technological projects from more than 20 countries. Sónar+D 2023 will focus on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on music and the audiovisual and interactive arts through an extensive programme of activities.

PROGRAMMING BY DAY AND NIGHT

Thursday 15th June

Sónar by Day – Musical Performances | 15h to 00h

700 Bliss | B2BBS | Black Coffee | Bored Lord | Bradley Zero b2b Moxie | Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul | Erika de Casier | Grievous Bodily Harmonics | Grove | Jokkoo Collective | Kitty110 / LaBlackie / L’Beel | Kode9 presents ‘Escapology’ | KYNE | lanav | Manuka Honey | Marina Herlop | Nosaj Thing + Daito Manabe present ‘Continua’ | Oneohtrix Point Never | Sabrina Bellaouel | Sergi Botella | Soda Plains | Tohji

Masterclasses, lectures and discussion forums | 10am to 9pm

AI & Web3 Creatives Summit | Art, Science, and Technology Forum in collaboration with HacTe | DJing in VR presented by Pioneer DJ and Tribe XR | Domestic Data Streamers present ‘Artificial Ignorance and the Arts’ | Forensic Architecture with Stefanos Levidis | In conversation: Samantha Hudson & Parafeno | Institut Ramon Llull presents: ‘Artists-in-Residence’ with Jokkoo Collective, Monrea and Santuri East Africa | International Symposium on Soundscape, Advanced Music and AI | Jana Winderen | Music Tech Pitch session presented by Barcelona Music Tech Hub and Music Tech Europe | Plaça de Barcelona presented by Ajuntament de Barcelona | Playmodes & UPC-Telecos present ‘Astres’ | Polkadot: ‘Envisioning a collaborative future with the Sónar community’ | ‘Processing… 30 years of Sónar’ presented by ME by Meliá | Project Area | SonarMies: ‘Reprocessing… Piano + AI’ | Rhizomatiks with Daito Manabe & Yuya Hanai

Friday 16th June

Sónar de Día – Musical performances | 15h to 00h

Ahadadream | Albany | Amor Satyr | BADSISTA b2b Cashu | Bendik Giske | The Blessed Madonna | Crystal Murray | Daito Manabe live | DALILA | Desert | Eliza Rose | Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void + Pedro Maia | Lorenzo Senni | MANS O | Max Cooper live | Merca Bae presents ‘2048’ live | MikeQ | Musa Keys | Ralphie Choo | Ryoji Ikeda | Santiago Latorre & Colin Self | Selectya Glossy

Masterclasses, lectures and discussion forums | 10am to 9pm

Afrorack | AI & Web3 Creatives Summit | CJ Carr | Claire L. Evans presents ‘Wild Information: New Frontiers in Biocomputing’ | DJing in VR presented by Pioneer DJ and Tribe XR | Elijah presents ‘Yellow Squares’ | Kate Darling presents ‘The Future of Human-Robot Interaction’ presented by SEIDOR | Music Innovation Forum | Plaça de Barcelona presented by Ajuntament de Barcelona | ‘Processing… 30 years of Sónar’ presented by ME by Meliá | Project Area | PUZZLE X presents ‘MATTER EXPRESSIONISM’ | ‘Rave, breaks y folklore desde Andalucía’ presented by DICE | Roundtable: Technology and the cultural sector | SonarMies: ‘Reprocessing… Piano + AI’ | In conversation: Steve Goodman (Kode9) & Moor Mother | Universal Everything

Sónar by Night – Musical performances | 20:30h to 07h

Âme b2b Marcel Dettmann (5h set) | Aphex Twin | Aquarian | Baba Sy | BICEP live | Cakes Da Killa | Cardopusher | CC:DISCO! | DJ EZ | DJ Marky & MC GQ | Fever Ray | Honey Dijon | Ikonika presents ‘Bubble Up’ live | ISAbella b2b Roza Terenzi | JOVENDELAPERLA | Logic1000 | Peggy Gou | Russell Haswell DJ set | SHERELLE x Kode9 | Shygirl | Solomun

Saturday 17th June

Sónar by Day – Musical performances | 15h to 00h

AINES | Ana Quiroga & Estela Oliva present ‘Azabache AV’ | Carles Viarnès & Alba G. Corral | CLARAGUILAR | Deena Abdelwahed live | Dinamarca | Flaca | GAIKA + einaidea present ‘TURBULENCE AT BLACK BAY GRENADA’ | Héctor Oaks presents ‘Fuego Universal’ live | Horse Meat Disco x Prosumer | La Niña Jacarandá | LEÏTI | Lolo & Sosaku | Lucrecia Dalt | Nick León | nusar3000 | Omagoqa | Perera Elsewhere | Phran presents ‘Vimana Discplay’ | Sticky M.A. | Toccororo | Tupac Martir’s ‘Unique’

Masterclasses, lectures and discussion forums | 15h to 21h

DJing in VR presented by Pioneer DJ and Tribe XR | Plaça de Barcelona presented by Ajuntament de Barcelona | ‘Processing… 30 years of Sónar’ presented by ME by Meliá | Project Area | SonarMies: ‘Reprocessing… Piano + AI’ | Weirdcore

Sónar by Night – Musical performances | 20:30h to 07h

Alizzz ‘Club 2000’ DJ set | Amelie Lens | Angel Molina | Anz | Bad Gyal | Call Super b2b Sedef Adasi | Carista | Chloé Caillet | DJ Holographic b2b DJ Minx | Eric Prydz presents HOLO | Koreless | La Zowi presents ‘La Reina del Sur’ | Little Simz | Lowprofile | Mareo: Chico Blanco b2b 8kitoo | Mochakk | Nene H | Oro Jondo | Orslok | Parkineos | Richie Hawtin | Rusowsky DJ set | Samantha Hudson presents ‘AOVE Black Label’ | Tiga b2b Cora Novoa | Topanga Kiddo | Undo | Wata Igarashi live

Season Tickets, VIP Tickets, Sónar+D Accreditations, 3 Day Tickets, 2 Night Tickets and individual tickets for each day and night on sale at sonar.es.

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