SonarKids closes its second edition with successful attendance and participation numbers.

6565 people came to the weekend events at the music and creative experiences festival for children and parents created by Sonar.

Concerts, dj sets, beat boxing and hip hop classes, skate and finger skate workshops, drawing, architecture and sewing, brought children of all ages together to fill the spaces at the MACBA  and CCC Barcelona.

The beat boxer MarKooz, artist Jimi Tenor, dance groups Brodas Bros and Unity Common, Joan Miquel Oliver, the Electrotoylets, Guillamino, Undo, Señorlobo Ferroz, el Chavo and Dj Xarly Brown, all took part on the main stage, along with The Pinker Selectors and Rainer Truby who played the vibrant closing sets.

As well as the concerts and dj sets, the children took part in various creative workshops: dressmaking with designer Josep Abril, wall painting with illustrator Jordi Labanda, building and construction in the architecture workshop with Apartmento Magazine, bag making with the group SirenaConJersey, urban art practise with the popular artist Lolo and understanding contemporary art with Jordi Ferreiro and Fito Conesa. The older children got the chance to have their first spin on the turntables courtesy of the dj workshops by Microfusa, took part in beat boeing classes with Marcooz, and also demonstrated their skate and finger skate skills.

One of the most visted and successful workshops of the festival was 0 >100 that of the musician Guillamino in the MACBA Auditorio. The artist showed the little ones how to compose their own pieces with their own beats and instruments, and was linked up simultaneously to three other workshops in Olot, Granollers and Lleida by ‘L’Anella Cultural de la Generalitat de Catalunya.’