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BE PROG! MY FRIEND ANNOUNCES LINE-UP
Prog
|Issue 166
Soen and The Ocean will headline the 2026 edition of the Barcelona-based festival.
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Be Prog! My Friend has confirmed the first names for its 2026 edition, revealing a diverse bill for the festival's return to Barcelona. The event, which is hosted in association with Prog, will once again take place at La Carpa, the impressive covered performance space inside the city's open-air architectural museum Poble Espanyol, on September 25-26.
This story is from the Issue 166 edition of Prog.
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