Sónar “stronger” after most difficult edition yet
“External factors” caused problems for Barcelona’s Sónar this year, with altered dates and a riggers’ strike leading to a drop in ticket sales
News By | 25 July 2019
Barcelona’s Sónar festival overcame multiple difficulties to bring its 26th edition to fruition this year, following a date change and a workers’ strike towards venue owner Fira Barcelona.
Sónar 2019, the second edition under Superstruct ownership, saw a 17% drop in attendance, with 105,000 festivalgoers attending the three-day festival compared to the previous year’s 126,000.
“The change in dates did not favour us,” said festival director Ricard Robles. Advanced Music-promoted Sónar, which usually takes place at the end of June,…
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