Sónar 2026 - Revealing the first wave for Sónar 2026: from Amelie Lens to Skepta, and from Charlotte de Witte to Cabaret Voltaire

20/11/2025Revealing the first wave for Sónar 2026: from Amelie Lens to Skepta, and from Charlotte de Witte to Cabaret Voltaire

The first wave of names for Sónar 2026 has landed, a carefully-curated taste of what to expect in June next year.

Original, unique, and diverse, this first selection of artists speaks to our DNA as a festival. Ahead of our most ambitious and interactive edition to date, we’re evolving while staying true to our founding principles.

Each year, we deliberately release the line-up in segments, allowing you to discover the programme in different stages of construction: 2026 will be no different. These 31 names account for just under a third of the final line-up - which will include over 100 acts and additional activities - yet already illustrate the enduring spirit of Sónar: a celebration of innovation and creativity in electronic music and beyond.

A reminder: this year we’re bringing together - not fusing, not merging - Sónar by Day and Sónar by Night for three days of non-stop, uninterrupted music. Questions? We’ve got answers for you here.

One single ticket is now your passport to entire worlds of sound. The man who took grime global, Skepta, returns for a triumphant headline show, alongside a pair of potent new AV shows from the reigning queens of techno, Amelie Lens and Charlotte de Witte. And only at Sónar would you find New York r&b icon Kelis - yes, the same Kelis who wrote Milkshake and Millionaire - alongside pioneering industrial and electronic act Cabaret Voltaire.

Elsewhere, one of UK dance music’s fastest rising new stars, Sammy Virji, makes his Sónar debut, as does Nia Archives: the jungle revivalist is bringing a full band live show to Barcelona. They’re joined by another multi-faceted UK artist, as Joy Orbison returns to Sónar for what will be another sublime set. They’re just some of the highlights from an already-stacked lineup of DJs that also includes future superstars KETTAMA, DJ Gigola and Funk Tribu, selector-par-excellence Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy, and ambassadors of mental techno - DJ MARIA. - and high-velocity club music - Clementaum b2b LAZA.

Finally, Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore bring a necessary touch of neoclassical wonder to Sónar 2026, ahead of the release of their collaborative record of harp, synthesiser and vocals, Tragic Magic. And we’ve also tapped two Sónar favourites - Modeselektor and WhoMadeWho - to play brand-new live sets.

Grab your SonarPass now and you’ll have access to all this and more. Looking for an incredible deal? Sign up to our Black Friday offer and you can get the brand-new Weekend Ticket (including all of Sónar on Friday and Saturday, from 5pm until 7am each day) for just €119.

And stay tuned for the rest of the line-up and more information on Sónar 2026 - including full details of the Sónar+D programme located in the city centre - coming early next year.

See you at Sónar 2026!