Sonica Glasgow 2026

Sonica Glasgow is Scotland’s leading 11-day biennial festival of music, audiovisual and immersive art, produced by Cryptic. For over a decade, Sonica has presented pioneering work at the intersection of sound and music, transforming venues across Glasgow into immersive environments that challenge and inspire audiences.

Sonica Festival 2026 brings another year of visionary performances, installations and immersive experiences across multiple Glasgow venues, including a groundbreaking take-over of the historic Pollok House and unique installations in Buchanan Galleries shopping centre.

From the opening event with Young British Artist wunderkind Dinos Chapman, to a history-making closing show featuring Buchla synthesiser legend Suzanne Ciani in her Scottish debut performance, the ninth edition of the biennial festival for curious minds and adventurous spirits reflects Sonica’s world class reputation as a leading agent in audiovisual art and experimental music.

Showcasing over 170 artists and musicians from 21 countries across the globe, this year’s 11-day festival will transform historic mansions, churches, galleries, and hidden spaces across the city with international premieres, UK premieres and landmark live performances from internationally acclaimed artists working at the intersection of music, technology and visual art.

At the heart of Sonica 2026 is The Listening House at Pollok House, a unique festival-within-a-festival taking over the grand 18th-century mansion, prior to its reopening following major restoration works since 2023.

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Sonica Passes

Get the most out of your Sonica experience with a Sonica Pass. These passes give you 25% off Tramway events and access to free tickets for all other performances, including unlimited access to BLIESBRO’s Ceci Est Mon Coeur (This is My Heart).

Book your Sonica Pass today to save upwards of £100.

A Sonica Pass for Weekend One gives you:

Free tickets for:

• Thalassa – SHHE | The Listening House – Pollok House

• 8Men: A Sonic Variation - Isa Gordon | The Listening House – Pollok House

• Scottish Ensemble at Sonica with Ava Rasti and Alex Smoke | Rutherglen Old Parish Church

• Svetlana Spajic | The Hunterian Art Gallery

• The Tcherepnin Series - Thomas Ankersmit | The Listening House – Pollok House

• Alliyah Enyo - When All is Dust | The Listening House – Pollok House

• Raivo Sloan // The Dark Mirror - Moira Salt, Tommy Perman & Andrew Wasylyk // sonic_{imprints}° - Jett Ilagan | The Glad Café

• Ceci Est Mon Coeur (This is My Heart) – BLIESBRO | Offline Glasgow (go as many times as you like from Thu 24 – Sun 27 Sep)

25% off tickets for:

• Dinos Chapman

• Double Shuffle - stravsky & pelè // I Want to Lose My Mind and Never Find It - JOON & Veronika Petukhov

• Folding Songs - Martin Green & Svetlana Spajić

• BLCK SUN - AMIANGELIKA & 1100 // Non Square

• XFRMR - Robbie Thomson

• Caïn و Muchi & Malo Lacroix // Grey Line - SPIME.IM // aya x MFO

• Falling Sweets / Afternoon Membranophone - ASUNA

• Hand To Mouth To - Keeley Forsyth

A Sonica Pass for Weekend Two gives you:

Free tickets for:

• Sonica Club - Loma Doom / Debonair | EXIT Glasgow

• Crescent - Sonia Killmann | The Listening House – Pollok House

• Lara Jones | The Listening House – Pollok House

• NYX Live | Govanhill Baths

• Luka Liluashvili | The Listening House – Pollok House

• The Past Imperfect - Mark Vernon | The Listening House – Pollok House

• Ceci Est Mon Coeur (This is My Heart) – BLIESBRO | Offline Glasgow (go as many times as you like from Wed 30 Sep – Sun 4 Oct)

25% off tickets for:

• The Bowie Symphony (No.4) by Philip Glass - RSNO & Tatsuru Arai

• Underwater - An-Ting & Ian Gallagher // PanOrama - Dali de Saint Paul, Lia Mazzari & Kathy Hinde

• AIR - Roberto Maqueda & Structurals

• LES EMPIRES - Guillaume Coutu Dumont & Line Katcho // Hymnal - Alif Hilal (fka Lyra Pramuk)

• Music for 18 Musicians - Paraorchestra with Charles Hazlewood

• FISHER PRICE PIPES – AV - Harry Górski-Brown // Broken Vinyl - Mieko Suzuki & Claudia Rohrmoser

• Improvisation on Four Sequences - Suzanne Ciani

• I Dreamt of Fire - Marie Delprat & Tom Lane

A Full Sonica Pass gives you all of the above.

Individual tickets are also available for all events. See the Sonica website for all details.

Terms

Sonica Pass holders must book their free tickets in advance. If an event has sold out, there are no free tickets available for Sonica Pass holders. A Sonica Pass gives you access to book one free ticket per person per eligible event.

You will receive one-time links to book your free tickets via email, along with discount codes for Tramway tickets. These are non-transferable. Tramway discounts apply for one ticket per Sonica pass.

Concessions

Concession rates apply for: Senior Citizen; Unemployed/Universal Credit; Student; Disabled Person; Under 21.