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Sónar 2026 Lineup: The Prodigy, Dom Dolla, and More.
Sónar 2026 lineup has been officially finalized for its 33rd edition lineup for June 18–20, transforming Barcelona into a global capital of music and technology with a rebooted format and 65 new artist additions.
Barcelona festival Sónar finalises its 2026 lineup today, placing the finishing touches on an edition that builds on more than 30 years of innovation in electronic music culture in the Catalan capital. Coinciding with an ‘all in one format’ featuring three days of uninterrupted music on fully redesigned stages and a reimagined venue at Fira Gran Via, the lineup for 2026 spans genres, decades and continents, reflecting Sónar’s position at the heart of global dance music.
Sónar+D will be fully rebooted in 2026, relocating to a new venue in the heart of Barcelona, the historic Llotja de Mar, for a daytime programme on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th June. The new Sónar+D 2-Day Ticket, priced at just €25, is on sale now and grants access to both days. Beyond the dedicated programme, Sónar+D will have a stronger presence than ever at Fira Gran Via, with a major immersive installation, and extending across the venue to the new SonarHub, which will serve as the festival’s main meeting point. The Sónar+D Open Call for Exhibitors is now accepting submissions that explore the intersection of art, (digital) creativity and technology until Thursday 19th February.
Sónar Kids, Sónar’s family-focused programme celebrating music and creativity, returns on Saturday 20 June at Parc del Fòrum, with activities designed to spark and nurture the creativity of younger audiences. Sónar Kids forms part of Sónar District, which will also host the Solid Grooves parties on Friday 19 June, and Metamorfosi by Joseph Capriati alongside You&Me by Josh Baker on Saturday 20 June.
Together with the full programme curated by OFFSónar at Poble Espanyol from Thursday to Sunday, these events complete the musical offering of Sónar Week—which in 2026 will take over Barcelona from end to end, transforming the city into a global capital of music, innovation, creativity and technology.
Sónar 2026 Full Lineup (A-Z)
[New Additions in Bold]
⌭ IceMorph ⌬ | 30drop presents Insight Into Mind and Space | Addison Groove | Afri K | Akua | Alba Franch | Amaliah b2b Pangaea | Amanda Mussi | Amelie Lens presents AURA | Ani in the Hall present Intel·ligència Romàntica | ANNĒ & Sera J | Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers | Arthi | Ático Corp. & R.I.P. Bestia present UFC (U n F uturo C reíble) live | DJ AYA | Baby Pantera presents Desidia | Beatrix Weapons presents BO$$Y OF MUSIC live | Boys Noize | Cabaret Voltaire | CARBS: Ketiov & Fernanda Arrau | Carlita | Charlotte de Witte | Chris Stussy | Ciara Cuvé | Clementaum b2b LAZA | Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy presents Cosmodelica | Cormac | Cutemobb | Daniel Avery live | Danielle b2b Ryan Elliott | Daria Kolosova | Dom Dolla | DPR CREAM & DPR ARTIC | FJAAK x Kittin live | Fukcnormal | Funk Tribu | Gerd Janson b2b Marcel Dettmann | DJ Gigola | GlorySixVain | Goldie b2b Doc Scott ft Medic MC | GOTH-TRAD | The Hacker | ISA | JESUZ X b2b NE/RE/A | Joy Orbison | Kelis | KETTAMA | Kilopatrah Jones | Lady Shaka b2b Tash LC | Loli Zazou | LOVEFOXY | Main Costa presents Ugly Trap Better | MALUGI b2b Benwal | DJ MARIA. | Maz | MERCÈ presents SHOW SIMULATOR | Mercromina Club | Metrika | Migal | Mina & Bryte | Miss Bashful | MK (Marc Kinchen) b2b TSHA | Modeselektor live | Namasenda | Nia Archives | nimino DJ set | Nina GGG | Ogazón | Olivia Babe | Oriana | Perra Inmunda | PETERBLUE | The Prodigy | Reinier Zonneveld presents R2 (b2b AI, Holographic AV) | riria | ROLROLROL | RONI | SALOME | Sammy Virji | Sara Landry | SBTRKT live | Skepta | La Sofy | Sónia Trópicos | Takuya Nakamura | TAWA | TAYHANA & MissLupe | Tedesco | Two Shell | Undo live | Wata Igarashi live | WhoMadeWho live | YHWH Nailgun | Zuri
Speedy J presents STOOR Live – Three-Day Takeover at SonarCar
BULTO Takeover
Glitterbox Takeover
Setting the stage(s)
With uninterrupted music from 5pm to 3am on Thursday 18th June, and from 5pm to 7am on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th June, Sónar 2026 sees significant upgrades to its iconic stages, along with a refined curatorial approach allowing the programme to breathe like never before. From the best of the dance music underground at SonarLab, experimental sounds of yesterday and tomorrow at SonarHall, global bass and latin mutations at SonarPark or the biggest names in popular electronic music at SonarVillage by Estrella Damm and SonarClub, this year’s lineup places the past, present and future of dance music all in one venue.
Sónar has been completely reimagined, from its stages and technical infrastructure to the lighting design and the resources deployed across the entire site. The festival’s long-standing technical team, responsible for producing Sónar at Fira Gran Via, has been working for months alongside cultural architects TWOFIFTYK, a global agency that has transformed the landscape of live entertainment. Together, they are reshaping the festival’s spaces and stages from the ground up, renewing Sónar in full while staying true to its essence and upholding the brand’s highest quality standards.
With its 33rd edition, Sónar sets out to once again place Barcelona at the heart of global creativity – across music, technology and digital art. The most ambitious, diverse and forward-thinking Sónar to date, yet more faithful than ever to its transformative DNA, now reveals its curatorial vision, brought to life across six fully reimagined stages.
SonarVillage by Estrella Damm: Together under the sun
Combining the best of Sónar’s two biggest open-air stages, SonarVillage by Estrella Damm and the former SonarPub, the brand-new SonarVillage by Estrella Damm will be at the heart of the festival, the only stage open from start to finish on all three days.
The programming is both accessible and expansive, as exemplified by the live acts added today. Now unmasked, SBTRKT, one of the defining artists from the UK post-dubstep generation, returns to the stage to debut bold new material from his forthcoming album. Gospel meets ‘70s cosmic funk when Rush Hour-signed band Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers take to the stage, and local icon Undo has prepared a new full-band show, with musical input from Barcelona creative studio Playmodes.
They join a diverse list of live performers that already included boundary-pushing r&b artist and New York original Kelis and brand-new sets from Sónar favourites Modeselektor and WhoMadeWho.
In terms of DJs, there’s an embarrassment of riches. Club Heart Broken founder MALUGI will swap eurotrance and speed garage cuts with Benwal, for one of the most unashamedly fun sets of the weekend. nimino plays a bright, radio-friendly mix of UK garage and pop house, while Carlita prefers melodic house with a lysergic tint, and Cormac offers hi-NRG, multi-coloured nu-disco thrills. Those in search of more classic house music should look no further than Queens’ very own Kilopatrah Jones, rising Berlin icon LOVEFOXY, or a special session from Madrid queer institution CARBS, featuring residents Ketiov and Fernanda Arrau.
Arthi’s vibrant, cross-cultural mix of genres and styles could only come from London, just like high-energy sets from Lady Shaka b2b Tash LC, Ghanian-British afrobeats duo Mina & Bryte, and local DJ Loli Zazou. Plus there’s smooth, elegant afrohouse from Brazilian DJ MAZ and Barcelona’s own Afri K.
That’s on top of already announced big hitters including Sammy Virji, Chris Stussy and KETTAMA, a transatlantic, intergenerational back-to-back between Detroit legend MK (Mark Kinchen) and rising British artist TSHA, Balearic selector Collen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy, and German dance music odd-couple Gerd Janson b2b Marcel Dettmann.
SonarClub: The biggest dancefloor in the world
In 2026, SonarClub reaffirms its status as the biggest dancefloor in the world, with a lineup of huge acts and DJs designed to maximise an upgraded sound system and lighting rig and improved visual production.
Headlining today’s additions is the long‑awaited Sónar debut of legendary British rave crew The Prodigy, who finally bring their explosive live show to Spain’s biggest dancefloor. They’re joined by Dom Dolla and Sara Landry, two of the most in-demand DJs in contemporary club music, who’ve each prepared AV shows to accompany their high-impact, big room-ready sets.
That’s all in addition to previously announced headliner Skepta and massive AV shows from Charlotte de Witte and Amelie Lens.
Also added today are three DJs who represent different shades of modern techno: Greek hardgroove revivalists ANNĒ & Sera J and versatile Ukrainian artist Daria Kolosova. In recognition of The Prodigy’s influence on the Andalusian breakbeat scene, Sevillan producers R.I.P. Bestia and Ático Corp will perform together as UFC (Un Futuro Creíble) Live, while Manchester-based Basque selector Zuri explores more modern, bass-driven sounds.
Rounding out the lineup are four already- announced DJs: floor-filling specialists DJ Gigola and Funk Tribu, and expert selectors Ogazón and Joy Orbison.
SonarCar: Speedy J presents STOOR Live
SonarCar goes back to its roots in 2026, with a three-day takeover of the stage by STOOR Live. Starting as a pandemic-era studio project led by Dutch techno icon Speedy J, STOOR has now evolved into one of electronic music’s most impressive and unique live concepts. For each session, Speedy J is joined by four other artists, for a fully improvised, extended, hardware-driven live session. This year’s takeover of SonarCar is the most ambitious iteration of the project yet, and the first time STOOR has taken over an entire festival stage for three days.
This is both a return to, and an evolution of, the ‘classic’ SonarCar all-night long DJ sessions. This time round the performances are 100% live, presented in a 360º ‘in-the-round’ format with artists at the centre of the space, surrounded by the audience. Speedy J will be joined by four different performers for each session, which are completely unscripted and unrehearsed: each night will be an unrepeatable, unique experience. Amplifying the impact, each performance will be accompanied by live visuals projected onto a specially-designed central structure, part of a full redesign of SonarCar this year.
The full lineup of collaborating artists for each night will be announced very shortly, with confirmation of visual artists and more details on the stage setup to follow.
SonarHall: from concert venue to club and back again
Sónar’s flagship indoor stage SonarHall undergoes one of its most significant transformations in 2026, with an extended schedule that runs deep into the night, plus an entirely redesigned space that can switch fluidly between concert hall and club space, eliminating the need for pauses between performances.
Live acts remain at the heart of the SonarHall programme in 2026. Daniel Avery’s latest album expanded his sound beyond the club: his full band show brings to mind late 90s and early 2000s alt rock. Explosive dance punk slash noise rock group YHWH Nailgun and avant-garde club tricksters Two Shell – who are teasing a new album ‘Infinite Now’ – should be amongst the most uncompromising shows of Sónar 2026.
For his new show R2 , acid techno titan Reinier Zonneveld has trained an AI using his own music: at Sónar 2026 they’ll perform live together, with the AI appearing in holographic form on stage with him. This is the first activity announced for AI & Music powered by S+T+ARTS 2026: the rest of the programme will be revealed soon.
Catalan artists Ani in the Hall and Mercè will both debut new shows, inspired respectively by folklore and videogames. Swedish singer-songwriter Namasenda – recently signed to Yung Lean’s YEAR0001 – crafts pop that’s futuristic and deeply personal. And electronic jazz musicians Jameszoo – known for his releases on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder imprint – and Niels Bro appear together as ROLROLROL, fresh off a surprising release on cult label Ilian Tape.
They join a historic Sónar debut from cult industrial and electronic group Cabaret Voltaire, with founding members Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson reuniting to mark the 50th anniversary of their first‑ever performance. Also announced in November was a new AV show from Catalan IDM and experimental techno artist 30drop, based on his releases for Jeff Mill’s Axis Records and created in collaboration with visual artist Santiago.
Between these acts, there’ll be a series of sessions that place the performer in the centre of the room. French synthwave and post-punk connoisseur The Hacker will warm up for Cabaret Voltaire, one of his favourite ever bands, before one of Barcelona’s most understated and talented selectors, Oriana, handles the aftershow party. Japanese artist GOTH-TRAD welds dubstep to industrial and noise; his compatriot Takuya Nakamura augments his sets of broken beat and drum’n’bass with live trumpet and pads. Spanish producer Beatrix Weapons’ live set bridges rave nostalgia and deconstructed trance, and Sónia Trópicos brings the warm breeze of Lisbon label Enchufada to Sónar 2026.
On Friday and Saturday night from 1am, SonarHall transforms into a club, with a pair of special takeovers. On Friday, Bogotá’s BULTO, one of Latin America’s leading queer fetish nights, have curated a lineup featuring versatile Brazilian-Paraguyan artist – and graduate of São Paolo’s infamous Mamba Negra parties – Amanda Mussi, as well as residents Nina GGG and JESUZ X, who’ll go back-to-back with Brooklyn-based Spaniard NE/RE/A. On Saturday, Defected Records’ legendary Glitterbox party, who’ve brought hedonistic house and disco to Ibiza every summer since 2015, take command: the lineup will be released very soon.
SonarPark heads outdoors this year, with an extended all-night long schedule and a bigger dancefloor. The programming follows the same line as recent years, reflecting club culture’s ongoing waves of deconstruction and reconstruction: mutations of dance music driven by interconnected, hyperlocal scenes and trends.
The influence of Latin America continues to shape contemporary club culture, which is why today’s additions include Colombian artist PETERBLUE, whose mix of rapid techno and latin rhythms has made him one of the stars of post-pandemic dance music. There’s a European debut live set from ‘slut techno’ – her words – pioneer Miss Bashful, and Argentinian superproducer TAYHANA returns to Sónar with compatriot MissLupe for a set of contrasting styles. Live From Earth’s Perra Inmunda combines Berlin’s libertine aesthetic with Colombian heritage, while Venezuela’s Tedesco is leading a global wave of latincore – dark, fast techno mixed with hard-hitting bass and breaks. From Spain, Madrid’s Fukcnormal and Zaragoza’s Mecromina Club – residents Fresquito, Mango and Edu Lindo – explore club anarchy and reggaéton.
That’s on top of an already announced all-Brazilian pairing of Clementaum b2b LAZA, plus Barcelona-via-Buenos Aires partystarter La Sofy.
Spain’s trap and modern r&b artists can lay claim to being the most creative and innovative in the world right now. No-one epitomises this better than Metrika, who uses her provocative persona and direct lyrics to address modern sexuality, female empowerment and mental health. She’s at the head of a new wave of vocalists that include Barcelona’s own GlorySixVain and Alicante’s Main Costa. Barcelona collective Cutemobb have been at the centre of the city’s hip-hop culture in recent years, blending rap, trap, r&b and afrobeats. Their showcase will feature a host of MCs, including founding member LEÏTI. And Catalan artist TAWA explores her own identity over genre-defying production inspired by baile funk, rage rap, and witch house.
Former trap producer Baby Pantera’s forthcoming album Desidia, featuring collaborators Nick León and Mssingno, sees him break away from his roots and embrace contemporary trance: Sónar 2026 will be one of the first stops on his tour. South Korean duo DPR Cream & DPR ARCTIC, members of K-pop supergroup DPR, exist in a world of their own. Their collaborative project spans r&b and hip-hop, with clear influences from UK bass music. Ciara Cuvé – the psytrance alter ego of Ibiza based superstar Clara Cuvé – and Madrid artist Migal, fresh off providing the music for the Sónar 2026 campaign, round out the DJ lineup.
They all join previously announced DJ sets from eternally youthful German artist Boyz Noize, queer icon DJ AYA, French-Malaysian bass specialist RONI, and trance-techno DJ Alba Franch.
SonarLab: Bridging contemporary and classic club culture
SonarLab evolves again this year, with a redesigned dancefloor and lighting setup that reflects the stage’s artistic programming: dance music that takes cues from underground rave culture, the pioneers of house and techno and the UK hardcore continuum, but that remains unafraid to look to the future. More details are coming soon, but this will be the most intense and immersive version of SonarLab yet.
Friday is dedicated to UK inspired club music, from jungle to bass music. Representing legendary label Metalheadz, Goldie b2b Doc Scott ft Medic MC brings the pure energy of classic drum’n’bass to Sónar this year. They join the artist leading the next generation of jungle, Nia Archives, who was announced in November. The lineup is reinforced by new additions Amaliah b2b Pangaea and Addison Groove, DJs who explore the full spectrum of UK club music from soundsystem techno to post-dubstep mutations, jungle, UK hardcore and footwork; and a hybrid set by ⌭ IceMorph ⌬. Heading online collective CloudCore,this mysterious duo brings the internet’s most unconventional club music onto the dancefloor. Finally, Madrid DJ Olivia Babe’s esoteric mix of everything from amapiano and baile funk to dembow and Jersey club echoes already-announced London-via-Tokyo sensation – and SonarMix author – riria.
Saturday’s lineup showcases artists reshaping modern house and techno. Headlining the new additions is a hardware-driven live collaborative session between German ravers FJAAK and electroclash pioneer Kittin; plus DJ sets from Georgian acid and electro expert SALOME – resident at legendary Berlin party Herrensauna – and raw techno purist Akua. Japanese mastermind Wata Igarashi returns to Sónar for another mind-bending live session of deep, detailed techno. He joins Japan’s next great techno artist, DJ MARIA., who was announced in November along with SonarMix contributor ISA and two of dance music’s most elegant selectors, Daniela b2b Ryan Elliott.
A simplified, more accessible ticket offering
Sónar opens its doors to everyone and, this year more than ever, introduces a redesigned and simplified ticket structure with more competitive pricing – particularly for the opening Thursday, which features an expanded music programme – alongside special discounts for younger audiences through the Carné Joven and the Bono Cultural Joven schemes.
A range of VIP tickets are also available, offering access to exclusive benefits and dedicated VIP areas that are currently being fully redesigned and upgraded. The main VIP area, conceived as a central meeting point for VIP audiences, will feature exclusive food and drink options, as well as VIP-only bars and restrooms. In addition, each stage will offer its own bespoke VIP experience, tailored to the specific nature of the performances taking place there.
All ticket types for Sónar 2026 are now on sale at sonar.es.
Sónar Week: music, innovation, creativity, technology and family, throughout the city
Sónar’s ongoing commitment to Barcelona – transforming the city year after year into a global capital of music, innovation, creativity and technology – expands further in 2026 with the launch of Sónar District at Parc del Fòrum, extending the activities of Sónar Week across the city from end to end.
One of the standout announcements for 2026 is the return of Sónar Kids, Sónar’s parallel programme designed to experience music and creativity as a family. Sharing the festival’s exploratory and innovative spirit, Sónar Kids invites both artists and audiences to co-create an experience that reimagines and expands the possibilities of children’s and family leisure. Taking place throughout Saturday 20 June, the event will bring families together in a safe, child-friendly environment specifically adapted for younger audiences.
The programme will feature activities aimed at awakening and stimulating children’s creativity, offering their first encounters with creative practices and live music, and allowing them to learn through hands-on experimentation with sound while discovering art in entirely new ways. As with Sónar+D on Thursday and Friday, Sónar Kids is also designed so that adult audiences can combine the daytime programme with Sónar’s evening music offerings at Fira Gran Via.
Sónar District will further expand the musical programme of Sónar Week by hosting three of the most influential parties and labels in today’s electronic music scene: Solid Grooves on Friday 19 June, and Metamorfosi by Joseph Capriati alongside You&Me by Josh Baker on Saturday 20 June. Tickets for each of these events are available here.
As always, the musical offering of Sónar Week will be completed by OFFSónar, which will once again bring key parties and labels from the global electronic music landscape to the three venues of Poble Espanyol. The programme includes events from Rampa & Adam Port (two of the three members of the Keinemusik phenomenon) and X by Adriatique, through Baddest Behaviour by Mau P, Lone Romantic by Maceo Plex, Fuse London and Mochakk Calling, culminating with elrow on Sunday 21 June. All tickets are on sale at offsonar.co, with the exception of Rampa & Adam Port and Fuse London, which are already sold out.
In addition to this extensive music programme, Sónar+D will once again take place on Thursday and Friday, moving in 2026 to a new venue at Llotja de Mar, with full details to be announced soon. Located in the heart of Barcelona, Sónar+D will serve as a central hub and connective thread between Sónar’s programme at Fira Gran Via, OFFSónar at Poble Espanyol and Sónar District at Parc del Fòrum – extending Sónar Week across the city from one end to the other.
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Dennis Ferrer to Headline ¿PorQuéNo? Toronto’s Tulum Day Festival at Evergreen Brick Works
Dennis Ferrer headlines ¿PorQuéNo? Toronto, a two-stage daytime festival at Evergreen Brick Works on August 29, 2026, bringing Tulum’s beach party energy north.
¿PorQuéNo? is bringing its signature Tulum Day Festival concept to Toronto this summer, in partnership with Puzzles Presents with house music veteran Dennis Ferrer topping the bill at Evergreen Brick Works on Saturday, August 29, 2026. Doors open at 4 PM for the 19+ event, which runs seven hours across two stages and is expected to draw over 2,000 attendees for a full day-into-evening celebration of house music in the city’s historic industrial park setting.
Dennis Ferrer Headlines ¿PorQuéNo? Toronto
The Dennis Ferrer ¿PorQuéNo? Toronto booking brings one of soulful house’s most respected names to the daytime festival stage. The New York-based DJ and producer built his reputation through soulful, gospel, and Afro-house influenced production, co-founding Sfere Recordings with Kerri Chandler before launching his own label, Objektivity. He remains best known for his 2010 Defected Records single “Hey Hey,” a record that helped define the sound of soulful house for a new generation of dancefloors, and his catalog includes long-running collaborations with Masters at Work and Little Louie Vega.
Full Lineup at ¿PorQuéNo? Toronto 2026
Dennis Ferrer headlines a stacked bill that includes Ashkan Dian, Azul, Bardia, Different Human, Chism, Johnny Khan, Razaq El Toro, Ry, Saint X, Shayne Mags, Singhara, and Tristan VanGrant. The full roster leans into the same soulful, groove-driven house sound that defines the ¿PorQuéNo? brand, setting up a day of continuous music across the festival’s two stages.
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Venue & Event Details
¿PorQuéNo? Toronto takes place at Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, a former industrial brick factory turned community and event space known for hosting outdoor markets and festivals. Key details for attendees:
THE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE
Featuring:
• Afro, tribal and organic house & techno
• Immersive production and Tulum-inspired design
• Live performers and dancers
• Body art and curated pop-up vendors
• Food and drinks available for purchase
• Boho chic and elevated summer style encouraged
- Date: Saturday, August 29, 2026
- Doors: 4 PM, running through 11 PM (7 hours)
- Age restriction: 19+
- Capacity: ~2,000
- Parking: Paid parking available on site
- Refund policy: No refunds
Tickets for Dennis Ferrer PorQueNo Toronto are on sale now through Eventbrite.
The Team Behind the Party
Bringing this one to life is a lineup of Toronto promoters as strong as the one on stage. Puzzles Entertainment, known for their deep, progressive, and melodic house nights around the city, joins forces with AYRA Collective, a regular co-host of ¿PorQuéNo? Tulum Day parties across other cities, and FLOWSTATE, a local house music events crew built around giving DJs of every level a platform. Together, they’re the crew making sure Evergreen Brick Works feels every bit like Tulum for the day.
Don’t Forget to Follow ¿PorQuéNo?
Stay connected and be the first to hear about future dates, special offers, and behind-the-scenes moments. Follow ¿PorQuéNo? across all platforms:
Instagram: @porqueno.vancouver and @porqueno.tulum
Facebook: PorQuéNo? Tulum
Eventbrite: PorQueNo Organizer Page
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808 Festival Bangkok 2026 unveils stacked Phase 1 lineup featuring ILLENIUM, W&W, Adam Beyer and more for this October at BITEC Bangna, Bangkok
808 Festival Bangkok returns on October 2–3, 2026 at BITEC Bangna, bringing another major electronic music lineup to the Thai capital. Since launching in 2013, 808 Festival has become one of the country’s most established electronic music events, regularly welcoming leading international DJs and producers to Bangkok. The Phase 1 announcement is led by ILLENIUM, W&W, Argy and Ben Nicky, joined by two notable B2B performances from SLANDER and NGHTMRE, as well as Adam Beyer and Chris Avantgarde. Rivo, Ian Asher and Mary Droppinz also join the lineup, bringing house and electronic pop influences alongside the melodic bass, big room, techno and trance represented across the first announcement.
Breaking Down the Phase 1 Lineup
The first announcement brings together several returning 808 Festival artists, new additions and two B2B performances. SLANDER B2B NGHTMRE reunites two of bass music’s most recognised acts, while Adam Beyer B2B Chris Avantgarde pairs two major names in techno. ILLENIUM, W&W, Argy and Ben Nicky bring melodic bass, big room, melodic techno and trance to the lineup, with Rivo, Ian Asher and Mary Droppinz extending its house and electronic pop representation.
What Stands Out About the 808 Festival Bangkok 2026 Phase 1 Lineup
The Phase 1 announcement brings back several artists with an existing history with 808 Festival, while also introducing bookings that give the 2026 edition a broader musical range. W&W return after appearing at multiple previous editions, continuing a connection with the festival that has developed over several years. ILLENIUM also returns to 808 Festival, bringing the melodic bass sound and emotionally focused songwriting that have made him one of the genre’s most widely recognised artists. Argy and Ben Nicky take the lineup in different directions, with Argy’s recent releases strengthening his position in melodic techno and Ben Nicky bringing trance and harder electronic music to the lineup.
The two B2B sets are notable because both pairings come from existing creative relationships. SLANDER and NGHTMRE have worked together since the release of Gud Vibrations in 2016, which later developed into a label and event series under the same name. Their return as a B2B act brings that shared history back to the stage. Adam Beyer B2B Chris Avantgarde offers a different type of collaboration, connecting Beyer’s decades of work in techno and leadership of Drumcode with the darker melodic production heard across Chris Avantgarde’s recent releases. Rivo, Ian Asher and Mary Droppinz add house, electronic pop and club music to the announcement, giving the first phase a wider mix of established names and artists who have gained greater international attention in recent years.
How 808 Festival Has Developed Since Its Bangkok Debut
Since launching in 2013 as a single-day event, 808 Festival has grown into a recurring multi-day festival with a wider selection of electronic music across its lineups. Previous editions have featured artists including Hardwell, Armin van Buuren, Skrillex, Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Above & Beyond, Peggy Gou and Sara Landry. Over the years, the event has taken place at several locations, including Live Park Rama 9, SHOW DC, Nong Nooch Garden in Pattaya and BITEC Bangna, which has become its regular home in recent editions. This consistency has helped 808 Festival maintain a clear place in Bangkok’s annual electronic music calendar while continuing to attract visitors from Thailand and other parts of Asia. The festival’s international recognition has continued to grow, with 808 Festival ranking 27th in DJ Mag’s Top 100 Festivals 2026 poll, up two places from the previous year.
808 Festival Bangkok 2026 Dates, Venue and Tickets
808 Festival Bangkok 2026 will take place on October 2–3, 2026 at BITEC Bangna in Bangkok. The indoor exhibition venue has hosted several recent editions of the festival and allows its stages, lighting and large-scale production to operate within one connected site. This year’s October dates also place the festival earlier in the calendar following several editions held in December.
Tickets are available through Ticketmelon, with further lineup announcements expected ahead of the festival. With Phase 1 now confirmed, the next announcement will reveal more of the artists joining the two-day festival.
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Momentous 2026 returns to Bentonville, Arkansas on November 6-7 with SOFI TUKKER, Channel Tres and Hiroko Yamamura headlining its strongest lineup to date.
Arkansas probably isn’t the first place you’d look for an electronic music festival — but maybe it should be. As Momentous returns for its fourth edition this November, the boutique festival once again brings internationally recognized artists to Bentonville, and its newly revealed day-by-day lineup might be its strongest yet.
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The two-day festival returns to The Momentary on November 6-7, a venue that’s welcomed artists like deadmau5, Kaskade, and Kraftwerk and is set to host Chris Lake and Zedd later this year. Blending electronic music, contemporary art, food, and local culture, this year’s edition features a lineup spanning house, techno, indie electronic, and bass, including SOFI TUKKER, Channel Tres (DJ Set), Hiroko Yamamura, and more.
Instead of following the traditional festival formula, Momentous unfolds across two very different settings. Friday transforms the Momentary’s galleries and RØDE House into a series of indoor dance floors before Saturday spills onto the museum’s Green for an open-air finale. That museum setting is part of what makes Momentous stand out in a sea of camping festivals and speedways.
For anyone looking to add a fall festival to their calendar, don’t sleep on Bentonville. Festivals like Momentous are proving that some of the most interesting electronic music experiences are happening far outside the usual hotspots.
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