The Early Bird Catches the Sonar Worm | Festival Preview

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 | Event Preview

We’re barely out of January but thoughts are already turning to summer festival activities. If you were militantly organised you would have booked your Glasto ticket back in October. Crazy, I know. But the early bird catches the worm and all that. Another early bird special on the go is EarPipe favourite Sonar festival. Situated in and around the city of Barcelona over 3 days and 2 nights, Sonar combines forward thinking music and the multimedia arts to create a diverse and fun filled festival to the backdrop of a beautiful city. Ok the night time events in an exhibition hall on an industrial estate do lack that modernist Gaudi finesse you might expect from Barcelona, but the climate and music definitely make up for that. Also, during the day you’re based in the city so you’re free to explore all over as opposed to being penned in some camp site for the whole weekend. That pretty much sums up the whole weekend for Sonar – you get all the delights of a music festival, yet you have the freedom to explore Barcelona itself, and none of this camping bollocks, just festivals, parties and when you need it, beds, showers and running water.

Last year was quite the year from Jeff Mills doing a rare old skool Wizard set on the Thursday daytime and Hawtin rip roaring through a two hour set on the Friday night, to the pummelling beats of Dettmann alongside the theatrics of Grace Jones or the acid of Orbital. Everything from Hip Hop to House was covered, pushing new artists and established acts; it’s what Sonar is so good at. This year already seems to be lining up to be just as diverse with initial acts Air and LCD Soundsystem announced to play live.

So the signs are there, the weather will be good and the food delicious. Flights are still going for under £70 return and you can get a hostel for pretty cheap. All you need is a ticket which thankfully is still at the early bird prices until 15th Feb. Click the links below!

UK residents should buy tickets from TICKETMASTER or TICKETWEB

Everyone else in the world buy your tickets from Tickaticket

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