A big surprise that conceals countless surprises inside it. This is how the stunning lineup for Primavera Sound Barcelona 2026 is presented, revealed earlier than ever before in the festival’s history. It comes earlier than usual… but also perfectly on time: after all, the unique personality of Primavera Sound always sets its own schedule. And now it does so again with an intergenerational lineup, a kaleidoscopic list in terms of music and gender parity, celebrating the unique nature of the festival. This and no other is the lineup for the 24th edition of Primavera Sound Barcelona: 150 artists who could only come together here.

A unique DNA that is impossible to separate from Barcelona, which is now much more than just the location of the festival. There is no doubt that Primavera Sound is what it is because of the city that has hosted it since 2001, although the influence is reciprocal after so many years of symbiosis: in a way, Barcelona is also what it is because of the festival, which helps to define it just like the characteristic panots on the pavements do and as the legacy of the 1992 Olympic Games still does. Because in the same way as the Olympics are a showcase of sporting diversity witnessed by the whole world, the festival will display its unmistakable mosaic of sound while the entire music world looks towards Barcelona for yet another year.

All of this comes together in the poster design and presentation video, created by Vampire Films with music by rusowsky and Ravyn Lenae, which reveals the artists who are already inviting us to start imagining what Primavera Sound Barcelona 2026 will be like.

ON YOUR MARKS… Leading the way is The Cure. The immortal band led by Robert Smith still holds the record for the longest concert in the history of Primavera Sound, among countless other musical milestones, although their relevance has been recalibrated in the present thanks to their most recent album, Songs of a Lost World (2024), celebrated as one of their best records. Every time this British band emerges from the darkness to reconnect with their audience live, it is an event, but it is not the only one that Primavera Sound Barcelona 2026 has in store for you.