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Events, festivals, and venues: Electronic dance music (EDM) and rave culture

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Sonar (festival)

Sónar, also known as Sónar Barcelona, is an annual electronic music and new media art festival held each June in Barcelona, Spain, since 1994, pairing a daytime program of digital experimentation with a night-time club-music program.

Sonar 2016

Sónar 2016 was the 23rd edition of Barcelona's electronic music and new media art festival, held 16–18 June 2016 and headlined by New Order, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Fatboy Slim.

Sonar Istanbul 2017

Sónar Istanbul 2017 was the first Turkish edition of Sónar, the Barcelona-based electronic music and technology festival, held on 24–25 March 2017 at Istanbul's Zorlu Performing Arts Center.

Sónar Lisboa

Sónar Lisboa, also known as Sonar Lisbon, is an annual electronic music festival in Lisbon, Portugal, held since 2022 as a Lisbon edition of Barcelona's Sónar festival.

Sonus

Sonus Festival is an annual five-day house and techno festival held since 2013 at Zrće Beach near Novalja on Pag island, Croatia, organized by Cosmopop.

Soundstorm

Soundstorm, also known as MDLBEAST Soundstorm, is a large annual music festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, held since 2019 and drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors.

Splash House 2026

Splash House 2026 was the 13th edition of Splash House, a 21-and-over poolside electronic music festival at Palm Springs, California hotel resorts, held across two August weekends.

Spring Awakenings Music Festival

Spring Awakenings Music Festival, better known as Spring Awakening Music Festival, was an all-electronic dance music festival in Chicago organized by React Presents, held annually from 2012 to 2021.

Station–Gare des Mines

La Station – Gare des Mines is a nonprofit club and arts space in Paris's 18th arrondissement, opened in 2016 in a former coal station and run by Collectif MU.

Stereo (music)

Stereo, also known as Stereo Montreal or Stereo Nightclub, is an afterhours nightclub in Montreal opened in 1998 by DJ Angel Moraes, famed for its sound system.

Stern Grove Festival

Stern Grove Festival is an admission-free summer concert series held Sundays at Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove in San Francisco, founded by Rosalie M. Stern in 1938.

STRAND Festival

STRAND Festival, also known as Strand Fesztivál, is a major Hungarian music festival held each August in Zamárdi on Lake Balaton, launched in 2013 and drawing record crowds of more than 94,000 in 2026.

Strawberry Fields (festival)

Strawberry Fields is an Australian independent electronic and live music camping festival founded in 2009, held each summer on the Murray River near Tocumwal, New South Wales.

Studio 338

Studio 338 is a large nightclub on London's Greenwich Peninsula, opened in 2014 and known for house and techno on one of Europe's largest covered terraces.

Summer Camp Music Festival 2016 (festival)

The Summer Camp Music Festival 2016 was the 16th annual edition, held May 27–29 at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois, headlined by Umphrey's McGee and moe.

Summer Set Music and Camping Festival

The Summer Set Music and Camping Festival, also known as Summer Set Festival, was an EDM and camping festival held from 2012 to 2017 in Somerset, Wisconsin.

Sunburn (festival)

Sunburn Festival is an Indian electronic dance music festival founded in 2007 on Candolim Beach in Goa, now owned by BookMyShow and ranked among DJ Mag's top festivals.

Suncébeat

Suncébeat is a soulful house, disco, soul, and funk festival founded in 2010 at The Garden Petrcane on Croatia's coast, relocated to Costa da Caparica, Portugal, in 2024.

SunIce Festival

SunIce Festival is a winter electronic dance music and techno festival held above St. Moritz, Switzerland, first held in 2022 and combining skiing with DJ line-ups.

Surrender/Encore

Surrender/Encore is a pair of connected nightlife venues, the Encore Beach Club dayclub and Surrender Nightclub, at the Encore resort in Las Vegas, opened in 2010.

SW4

SW4, also known as South West Four, is an inner-city electronic music festival held on Clapham Common in London. It was last held in 2019 and is currently taking a break.

TAG (Chengdu club)

TAG, also known as TAG club, was an underground electronic music club on the 21st floor of Chengdu's Poly Centre, open from 2013 until its closure in 2025.

Tecate Emblema

Tecate Emblema is a two-day pop and electronic-music festival held each May at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, produced by OCESA and first staged in 2022.

Tenax Club

Tenax Club is a nightclub in Florence, Italy, opened in 1981. Once a temple of Italian new wave, it became a reference venue for house and techno.

The Belasco

The Belasco, also known as the Belasco Theater, is a 1920s theater in downtown Los Angeles that reopened in 2011 as a multi-room nightclub and concert venue operated by Live Nation.

The BPM Festival

The BPM Festival is an annual electronic music festival founded in 2008 by Craig Pettigrew and Philip Pulitano, originally staged each January in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

The Caverns

The Caverns is a subterranean cave concert venue and campground in Pelham, Tennessee, opened in 2018 as home of the PBS series The Caverns Sessions, formerly Bluegrass Underground.

The Church Nightclub

The Church Nightclub, also known as The Church Denver, is a Denver nightclub housed in a former Episcopal church and operating as an electronic music venue since 1996.

The Concourse Project

The Concourse Project is a warehouse electronic dance music venue on Burleson Road in Southeast Austin, Texas, opened in 2021 and ranked among DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs worldwide.

The Flying Dutch

The Flying Dutch is a one-day electronic dance music festival in the Netherlands, created by John Ewbank, whose DJs flew by helicopter between three cities.