Long-time devotees of Barcelona’s open-air dance circuit will need no telling that SOUNDIT has confirmed itself as the city’s go-to regular day rave for those with a more discerning taste for electronic music.
Having welcomed the likes of 2MANYDJS, Ben UFO, Avalon Emerson, Robert Hood, The Blessed Madonna, and Ron Trent to Barcelona, year after year, the event has tightened its focus with strong bookings, a coherent musical policy, and excellent crowds that understand the assignment. Twelve seasons in (seriously, where does time go?), it now feels like a firm part of the city’s cultural fabric; so much so that last year’s debut SOUNDIT Festival felt as though it was something that should already have been a fixture on the annual dance music calendar.
After a short winter break, the 2026 programme begins back on the sands of Plaza Monumental, 21 February. ‘Cooking with Palms Trax’ sees the British DJ and producer step into a curatorial role for a session shaped around the warmth of house, disco, and dancefloor hedonism. Inviting along Prosumer and Peach for a b2b that promises a deep-dive into club music, the day is completed by María Latina’s acid-tinged view of house and soulful sounds from Daniel Andrés.
On 7 March, the temperature rises with the arrival of one Honey Dijon. The Chicago icon’s authority within house culture is absolute; built on decades of immersion and an instinctive understanding of how to work a floor from first record to last. Her sessions balance classicism and velocity, precision and abandon, and in the Monumental’s circular arena that tension will undoubtedly land hard. Additional names are still to be announced, but the shape of the evening is already clear: high-level clubbing, no messing about.
The last of the season’s opening dates comes 21 March, when Dan Snaith aka Caribou aka Daphni brings the latter — his most club-forward moniker —to the atmospheric former bullfighting arena. Renowned for his flawless sets that weave through a multitude of genres, the former Essential Mix Of The Year-winner can be relied on to get bodies moving and minds expanded. Supporting acts remain unannounced.
Beyond the season’s inaugural dates at Monumental, eager ravers will already be casting their minds toward summer; SOUNDIT Festival returning to Parc Nou in El Prat de Llobregat on 17 and 18 July for its second edition; the first having been an amalgam of industrial darkness, intimate spaces, and forest raves, where club culture and nature came together in an inspired setting soundtracked by world-class sound-systems.
SOUNDIT Festival 2025.
Building on that stellar 2025 debut, that drew 14,000 attendees and made a persuasive case for shifting club culture beyond the city centre, the first lineup announcements sketch a wide spectrum: Honey Dijon and DVS1 at opposite poles of house and techno authority; Oscar Mulero and Helena Hauff bringing European precision and grit; John Talabot representing local depth; Laurel Halo navigating the experimental edge; Blawan presenting a modular live set; and dubstep icon Mala anchoring the low end.
Elsewhere, alliances and label identities take centre stage. Craig Richards b2b Christian AB, Kode9 alongside Tim Reaper, Om Unit with Martyn, and upsammy & Piezo signal a taste for friction and crossover. At the Laberint Stage, full-day takeovers from Ilian Tape and TraTraTrax hand programming control to two labels with distinct sonic languages, broadening the festival’s reach without losing its centre. Big names including 2MANYDJS, Nina Kraviz, and Marcellus Pittman confirm the sense that this fledgling festivals means serious business.
Tickets for the February and March Monumental dates, as well as two-day passes for SOUNDIT Festival, are available now via Resident Advisor.
