The ÎleSoniq Music Festival () is the largest music festival in Canada for its genre, a 2-day major

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, that is held every summer at

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. The festival takes place on multiple stages with various audience capacities. The 2024 edition occurred from August 10–11, 2024. Growing from 105,000 attendees in its first year in 2014, ÎleSoniq's sixth edition (2019) marked a record of 270,000 over three days, a jump from 2018's 225,000 fans. The 2023 edition had an encouraging results : 65,000 people passed through the gates over two days, roughly half on Saturday and the other half on Sunday. This was the best edition of ÎleSoniq in terms of the number of tickets sold. The 2024 edition of the ÎleSoniq festival featured duo performances and captivating sets between Nghtmre and Jauz, Green Velvet and Patrick Topping, Odd Mob and Omnom's "Hyperbeam" project, Boogie T and Dirt Monkey and other well-known artists. This year ÎleSoniq promises an unforgettable week with a various lineup going from Hip Hop Pop music and EDM. The famous artists Ben Böhmer, DJ Snake and Loud Luxury will get the party started at Parc Jean-Drapeau on August 10 and 11 of 2024. On the main stage, DJ Snake and Tiesto will be performing to welcome over 50,000 concert-goers every-night. ÎleSoniq features 3 stages: The Bell Oasis Stage, the Coca-Cola Neon Stage, and the Mirage Stage. For the 2025 edition, the two headliners of the festival are Illenium and John Summit.

Lineup

The official lineup of the 2025 edition of Îlesoniq : AK SPORTS/ALESSO/ALLEYCVT/AUTOMHATE B2B BEASTBOI./BLACK TIGER SEX MACHINE/BUNT/CASSIAN/CHASE & STATUS/DAVE SUMMER/DEEP DISH/DION TIMMER B2B CALCIUM/D.O.D/DRINKURWATER/ELI BROWN/FRANK WALKER/GENESI/GORILLAT/ILLENIUM/JOHN SUMMIT/JORIS VOORN/KASKADE/LAYTON GIORDANI/LOVRA/LP GIOBBI/MADDIX/MAU P/MAX STYLER/OLIVER HELDENS/PAUZA/RAY VOLPE B2B KAI WACHI/SARA LANDRY/SIPPY/SNAILS/SOFI TUKKER/STEVE AOKI/SULLIVAN KING B2B CRANKDAT/TAPE B B2B LEVITY

History

Created in 2014, ÎleSoniq is located into the heart of Montreal, at Espace 67 of Parc Jean-Drapeau. For three days, the festival has welcomed some of the world's most successful EDM and urban music artists, including

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, Above & Beyond, and

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. ÎleSoniq is one of the biggest EDM festival in the Great White North. DJSNAKE

This festival has one of the most stunning visuals with one of the largest stages on the worldwide festival circuit. The first edition of this festival proved the power and passion of ÎleSoniq . It's interesting how fast fans adopted îleSoniq as Montréal’s newest celebration''.'' ÎleSoniq is the electronic-specific counterpart to Osheaga. It is designed for lovers of electronic music.

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External links

Festival's homepage
Music festivals in Montreal Electronic music festivals in Canada 2014 establishments in Quebec Music festivals established in 2014

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History

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