Approaching the 25th anniversary of Ultra Music Festival scheduled at Bayfront Park from March 28 to 30th, we propose our highlights selection year-per-year that defined the iconic dance/electronic music festival.
1999: unofficial 1-day satellite event of WMC with 7k people, 11h rave, 50 performers and 3 dj tents
2000: Beachfront with new lighting with 60 performers, circus sized tents and Sasha, John Digweed, Paul Van Dyk Josh Wink among headliners

 

2001: 1st Bayfront with Paul Oakenfold and Carl Cox debuts as headliners and zero-tolerance for drugs
2002: Tiësto debut
2003: At least half of attendees (15 of 30k) consumed drugs and a big part was under 18 so major tried to cancel festival
2004: Ultra is official WMC event with 100 performers and The Chemical Brothers as headliners

 

2005: “Carry on” afterparty Sasha & John Digweed
2006: Bicentennial park new location with The Killers + The Prodigy debuts
2007: First Two days edition – Debut: David Guetta
2008: 200 acts for 10th anniversary including Deadmau5, Justice, Calvin Harris
2009: The Black Eyed Peas iconic performance
2010: Debuts: Swedish House Mafia, Orbital, Groove Armada, Afrojack, Diplo, A-Trak
2011: Three days not anymore during WMC  – Debuts: Avicii – Skrillex – Duran Duran – Empire Of The Sun
2012: Return to Bayfront with “Can You Feel It” movie in 500 cinemas (+ DVD) and iconic Avicii + Madonna performance for “Girl Gone Wild”

 

2013: Two weekends with 10M viewers livestream and 330k attendees – Avicii presented “True” live set with musicians and singers
2014: 18+ festival with Deadmau5 trolling Martin Garrix and Armin Van Buuren GAIA set
2015: Jack Ü (Skrillex + Diplo) closing and cameos from Usher, Ariana Grande, Diddy

 

2016: Pendulum / Knife Party headline set

 

2017: Axwell /\ Ingrosso mainstage

 

2018: Swedish House Mafia mainstage return
2019: Dog Blood performance (Skrillex + Boys Noize)

2022: Hardwell return
2023: Vice City 16min aftermovie
2024: Calvin Harris closing set

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GREAT NEWS!!!
Skrillex just announced that he’ll return to Ultra Miami after a decade! Dubstep legend revealed the news replying to Ultra’s birthday wishes on X with “See you in March.”

Skrillex - Ultra Music Festival Miami 2025
Source: X

Check out the 25th anniversary dedicated episodes on social media about Anthems – “United As One” – Mainstage development – Aftermovies and more!

Tickets are available for purchase directly on Ultra’s official website!

Grab yours soon to be part of this milestone celebration!