Sónar smashed its attendance record again in 2018, brilliantly orchestrated by planning a better Thursday night event this year. To coincide with its silver jubilee event, the Thursday edition of Sónar by Day was closed by French superstar spinner, Laurent Garnier, who played a special Sónar 25th birthday performance of all of his own tracks, his remixes and remixes of his tracks – Laurent Plays Garnier.
It was a breathtaking performance and a glorious journey packed with re-mastered and reworked material blended into an outstanding set including tracks like Crispy Bacon, The Man with the Red Face and Flashback. The wall of sound rolled out across the Sónar Village paddock and totally rocked the crowds, as it appeared the whole of the city had come to pay respect. The clip below doesn’t really do it justice at all, but rest assured, the festival organisers picked the right man for the job!
Sonar Attendance Stats:
64,000 Sónar by Day
62,00 Sónar by Night
54% national, 46% international (119 different countries)
5,900 delegates (61 different countries)
3,300 entities and companies
150 musical performances
230 Sónar+D activities
500 speakers and exhibitors
in addition, 10,000 attendees to Maker Faire
Sonar Around the World 2018-2019:
Buenos Aires (November 16th, 2018)
Bogotá (November 17th, 2018)
Istanbul (March 8th-9th, 2019)
Hong Kong (April 13th, 2019)
Reykjavík (April 25th-27th, 2019)
