Dancing and discovery - Catalonia's 2025 summer festival guide
Durada: 26 min
07/06/2025
Every summer, Catalonia hosts a wide range of music festivals, from large international events in Barcelona to smaller coastal concerts. On this week's podcast, we offer a guide to what's on and discuss Sónar+D, a technology festival at the forefront of musical innovation. Head of Catalan News Gerard Escaich Folch visits Primavera Sound to meet fans from around the world and find out what's so special about Catalonia's biggest summer music event. Reporter and festival fiend Cillian Shields sits down with host Beth Cohen to talk through the headline acts at festivals such as Sónar, Cruïlla and Vida. Plus we take a deep dive into Sónar+D and meet the festival's director as well as some of the researchers, musicians and performers who are exhibiting their work. This week, our Catalan phrase is "Fer ballar el cap" - "To make someone's head dance", which means to get on someone's nerves or annoy them, rather like the English expression "To make someone's head spin".