Where better to kick off festival season 2025 than in Lisboa?With thefull lineup for Sónar Lisboa 2025 now revealed there’s only one answer: nowhere.On 11th, 12th and 13th April next year, we’re bringing the best of the world to Lisbon and showing the best of Lisbon to the world, with a lineup headlined by veteran innovators and ground-breaking artists, plus three exclusive stage takeovers that connect Lisbon’s vibrant local underground with scenes from around the world.In total, 43 acts from Portugal and around the world - a diverse selection of DJs, emerging artists and radical performances - all pushing club culture forward in 2025. Full Lineup - Sónar Lisboa 2025 - 11.12.13 April - Pavilhão Carlos LopesNew additions inboldAmor Satyr & Siu Mata (FR) | Anetha presents ‘EXHIBIT’ (FR) | BASHKKA b2b Ogazón (TR/ES) |DJ Caring b2b Dexter (UK/PT)| Clementaum (BR) |Dee Diggs (US)| Gabber Eleganza presents ‘The Hakke Show’ (IT) | Héctor Oaks (ES) | ISAbella (CO/ES) | JASSS (ES) | Jennifer Cardini (FR) | Josh Caffé live (UK) | Juliana Huxtable (US) | KI/KI (NL) | King Kami & João Parente AV (BR) | Maki (PT) | Marcel Dettmann presents ‘My Own Shadow’ live (DE) | Max Cooper presents ‘Lattice 3D/AV’ (UK) | Modeselektor DJ set (DE) | Molero (VZ)| Nina Kraviz (RU) | NOIA (PT) |Or:la (UK) | Richie Hawtin ‘DEX EFX X0X’ (CA)| Sheri Vari b2b Kemetic (PT)|Telma (PT)|Underworld (UK)|Valesuchi b2b RHR (CL/BR) |Zeynep (DE)Dengo Club present: BANU (PT) | Lua de Santana (ES) |Saint Caboclo (PT) | San Farafina (CA)Enchufada present: Hagan (UK) | Mu540 (BR) | Pedro da Linha (PT) | Quant (PT/BR) | Rita Vian (PT)Príncipe x TraTraTrax present: Bitter Babe (CO) | DJ Firmeza b2b Nick León (PT/US-CO) |DJ Lomalinda (CO) |DJ Lycox (PT) |DJ Narciso (PT) We've also released the lineups for each session of Sónar by Day and Sónar by Night. Check who's playing when here. Bringing the best of the world to Lisbon…Headlining are a pair of acts who’ve shaped the history of dance music, but have never stopped looking forward: Underworld and Richie Hawtin.UK duo Underworld brought rave culture to the masses via Born Slippy and Trainspotting in the ‘90s. As their sound remains timeless (check this year’s Strawberry Hotel), their live shows have evolved into high-tech blasts of audiovisual euphoria. With ‘DEX EFX X0X’, minimal techno pioneer Richie Hawtin looks back to move forward. Premiered at Sónar 2024 in Barcelona this year, it uses immersive sound design and custom lighting to recreate the vibe of an underground club on the festival stage.Sónar Lisboa 2025 offers a rare opportunity to catch some of the world’s biggest electronic acts in intimate settings. Returning to Pavilhão Carlos Lopes for a fourth year, the festival’s idyllic location Parque Eduardo VII, is both right in the heart of the city and surrounded by greenery. Sónar by Night - on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th April - offers two nights of uninterrupted, forward-thinking dance music on one single stage. For Sónar by Day - on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th April - the music also heads outdoors with two additional open-air stages.You’ll find three different shades of techno at the top of the bill: Siberian trailblazer Nina Kraviz plays one of her most intimate festival sets of the year; French DJ Anetha pushes the limits of the genre with her first-ever AV show ‘EXHIBIT’; and Berlin mainstay Marcel Dettman premieres a brand-new live show, ‘My Own Shadow’.
Looking for something a bit different? Catch Gabber Eleganza’s high-energy tribute to Dutch gabber culture, ‘The Hakke Show’, featuring hakke dancers live on stage; or electronic composer Max Cooper’s brand new live show ‘Lattice 3D/AV’ (before it appears in Barcelona next June). Modeselektor have kept electronic fresh, fun and free-spirited over the past two decades, don’t miss a rare DJ set from the Berlin duo. Don’t sleep on Jennifer Cardini, one of modern club culture’s quiet pioneers, who plays a seductive, diverse set of house, techno and everything in between.
…and showing the best of Lisbon to the world…Three stage takeovers featuring local labels and collectives at Sónar Lisboa 2025 explore the city’s status as a global crossroads, where the local and international underground collide. Lisbon’s Príncipe and Colombia’s TraTraTraxare arguably the two most important underground labels of the past decade, having reshaped the sound of global dance music. They’re teaming up for the first time, linking batida, the sound of the Lisbon suburbs, with the new wave of Latin club music. Príncipe offers up two of their most talented artists, DJ Narciso and DJ Lycox, whileTraTraTrax co-founder DJ Lomalinda is joined by hyped Colombian artist Bitter Babe. And don’t miss a never-seen-before back-to-back between DJ Firmeza and Nick León.
Local lynchpin Branko’s labelEnchufada returns to Sónar Lisboa for the second year running, exploring styles from around the world. If you’re tuned into Brazilian baile funk, you already know that Mu540 is the genre’s next big thing: he headlines the takeover. Also featured are DJ sets by Ghanian-British afro house artist Hagan, rising local producer Pedro da Linha and youthful Brazilian-Portuguese tech house talent Quant. Also don’t miss Rita Vian, who updates traditional Portuguese fado with r&b, rap and electronic music.We’ve also invited one of Lisbon’s leading LGBTQIA+ collectives,Dengo Club, to curate part of next year’s lineup. Resident DJsBanu and Saint Caboclo have invited Toronto’s San Farafina to join them for a celebration of queer, black, and Latin club culture: from baile funk to afro house and everything in between. They’re joined by a spicy live set from rising Galician-Brazilian artist (and Nathy Peluso collaborator) Lua de Santana. …with a lineup that links the local and global underground… You’ll find links between the local and the global throughout the lineup. Founder of Barcelona queer FLINTA* collective MARICXS, ISAbella, plays throwback house and techno with a touch of trance, the same sonic territory as respected Lisbon DJ Telma. A ferocious, fast-paced set from Brazilian phenomenon Clementaum is right at home next to NOIA’s 160bpm+ mix of jungle and hardcore; Maki’s UK-friendly blend of bass and breaks with a hint of baile funk should appeal to fans of one of the UK’s best club selectors, Or:la. Syrian-born DJ Zeynep is one of Berlin’s fastest rising artists; her understated, elegant sound is the perfect complement to a hi-NRG back-to-back between local heroes Sheri Vari and Kemetic. Elsewhere, King Kami returns to Sónar Lisboa together with visual artist João Parente for a special AV show, while Venezuelan synthesiser wizard Molero performs a dreamy, hallucinatory live set.
…packed with acts who are pushing club culture forward in 2025 The shape of trance to come? KI/KI is bringing the classic, euphoric sound of the late 90s and early 2000s into the future: don’t miss her DJ set. Héctor Oaks has helped bring rave culture from the underground to the mainstream: his vinyl-only sets move from raw techno and electro to ghetto house.
Looking for intense, relentless, but forward-thinking dance music? Juliana Huxtable and JASSS are both pushing the sound of the rave into the future. Open-minded? Catch a wild back-to-back from Latin club pioneer Valesuchi and Brazilian bass fiend RHR, as well as Amor Satyr & Siu Mata’s combination of tribal techno and ‘speed dembow’. London’s Josh Caffé (who’ll perform live) and Brooklyn’s Dee Diggs are dedicated to reminding modern audiences of the black, queer roots of house, while two of underground house music’s most in-demand selectors, BASHKKA and Ogazón, go back-to-back for the very first time. And two artists with deep roots in the local scene, DJ Caring and Dexter, also go back-to-back for a set that moves through the past, present and future of dance music.
Full Festival Passes and Individual tickets now available Full Festival Passes and Individual tickets - including a combined Saturday Day and Night ticket - are now available at our tickets page. You can check the lineups for each sessionhere. Remember that prices will increase as we approach the festival, so make sure to get your tickets now!Plus more news on Sónar+D Lisboa 2025 coming soonWith the musical lineup now complete, the only thing left to say is that Sónar+D also returns to Lisbon next April. Looking beyond music and exploring the shared spaces between the creative industries, innovation and technology, more information on the full programme, supported by ME by Meliá, will be announced very soon.Welcome to Sónar Lisboa 2025. Welcome to the frequency of now.
SonarMix 053 goes out to the 160bpm crew. Hailing from Porto, NOIA is Portugal’s resident ‘160’ champion, part of a wave of artists who are bringing uptempo, bass-heavy music back to dancefloors across Europe and beyond. Opening with DevNull’s shattered amen breaks and closing with *that* Rashad and Spin remix of Addison Groove’s ‘Footcrab’, the XXIII co-founder has sent us maybe the most relentless SonarMix to date. Serving as an introduction to the geographically and stylistically diverse universe of 160, it’s proof that there’s more than one way to play fast as we career towards 2025. Of course, there’s plenty of jungle and footwork, but she also veers into ravey UK hardcore and breakbeat (Sweatpea, ODF), hyperspeed bass hybrids (Jurango, Jensen Interceptor), and even takes a detour into mutant ghetto house (Big Dope P, Feadz & TT The Artist).Even through your headphones, you can feel the infectious energy that’s NOIA’s calling card: it’s a challenge staying seated for the duration. She’ll bring that same intensity when she plays at Sónar Lisboa 2025: we’re expecting her to set the pace on the festival’s final day. We can’t wait.Tracklist: DevNull - Beats TrackSlim Sinna - Ragga GalPete Cannon - Hear DisJunction 17 - So HighAerbreak - Sucka PunchBone Box - FFBBig Dope P, Feadz & TT The Artist - Ride ItArkyn - Dance Still U WetMinor Science, Seppa - Reckless DaddyAmen Holmes - KickingWE ROB RAVE - RIOJensen Interceptor - Selective EmpathyCesco - Fake [Unreleased]DJ B - Let It GoJurango - SinkSoeneido - No Turning BackKomai - Sweetie DubODF - Alien BassSelector Spinach - The TenthJanaway - Till DawnFez the kid - Drop the merchandiseSweetpea - 10 B&H Gold ft. Origin8a & Propa, Hypershé)Arkyn & DJ B - Be Free [Unreleased]Drinkwater - Bring u HcoreKrunx & DJ Fantastic - Propaganda RemixArkyn - Openness [Unreleased] Sweetpea - The AftersFluid Haunts - Keep It HardcoreSknit - Yo FreeAddison Groove, DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, Denham Audio - Footcrab (Rashad & Spinn Mix)
