Accessibility at Sónar 2024 Sónar wants every single member of our audience to enjoy the festival in the best possible conditions: year-on-year we’re working to make the festival more accessible
We’re committed to ensuring that every single member of our audience can enjoy the festival in the best possible conditions. Each and every year, we aim to make the festival an event that’s accessible to all and non-exclusionary. This work is ongoing, and we strive to improve with every edition. With the help of Fundación Music for All, we’ve developed a step-by-step plan to improve accessibility at Sónar, based on an accessibility diagnostic. So far, we’ve implemented the following measures:
- a form that can be completed to help us accommodate the needs of individual attendees;
- available on request: preferential seating for Sónar+D talks and forums, vibrating backpacks for the deaf and hard of hearing, NaviLens signage for the visually impaired medidas, lineup and programme in braille, etc;
- special fast-track access lanes;
- preferential access to check-in, SonarCashless top up desk, and SonarCashless customer service desk, with reduced height counters adapted to wheelchair users;
- preferential seating for attendees with disabilities or special needs in the food courts;
- accessible bathrooms;
- bars with reduced height counters adapted to wheelchair users (5 x in Sónar by Day and 7 x in Sónar by Night);
- SonarBus shuttles adapted for attendees with disabilities or reduced mobility;
- special trained staff at festival information points; personal formado en puntos de información;
- full-equipped and clearly marked raised platforms offering better visibility at all festival stages, for exclusive use by attendees with special needs attendees with a disability certificate of over 65% may attend the festival with a companion