Pela segunda vez, o Sonora abre espaço para as bandas contemporâneas que se auto-intitulam orquestras, trazendo músicas próprias e versões para clássicos do pop e do rock.

- Les Deux Love Orchestra - This Is Not America

- Animal Liberation Orchestra - Girl, I Wanna Lay You Down

- Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (Like A Shark)

- Black Mighty Orchestra - Light My Fire

- Orkestra Obsolete - Blue Monday

- Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Clint Eastwood

- Brian Setzer Orchestra - For Lisa

- Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata - Climb Ev'ry Mountain

- Lucien & The Kimono Orchestra (feat. FM Laeti) - Ship

- The Quantic Soul Orchestra (feat. Alice Russel) - Feeling Good

- L'Orchestra Cinematique - Behind Blue Eyes

- Manchester Orchestra - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

- Max Raabe Und Das Palast Orchester - Uptown Girl