Sonar had such a blast last year in New York and Washington, that they are returning to Chicago on September 9th for a three day “festival of advanced music and multimedia art”. The best part? It’s free. Two different venues will play host to the festivities:
“The objective is to take the philosophy of the Barcelona festival to the North American city, with all the features that have made Sonar an international touchstone: with an ambitious and high quality line-up featuring plenty of electronic experimentation and its derivations and unusual venues of the highest calibre, in this case the Jay Pritzker Pavilion — designed by Frank Ghery — in the popular Millennium Park (the 9th of September) and the famous Chicago Cultural Center (the 10th and 11th of September).”
There’s also a free mini-film festival: SonarCinema presents five films: “Synth Britannia” (the BBC documentary telling the story of the birth of synth pop in Great Britain), “Amplified Gesture” (a film produced by David Sylvian on the art of improvisation), “Sensuous Cornelius” (the excellent filming of the live show by the Japanese musician), “Finisterrae” (the full-length film providing the image for Sonar 2010) and “Spnar Around The World” .