As the 2024 festival season closes, the 2025 season is already showing signs of life, with Ultra Music Festival announcing the phase one lineup for its March event in Miami.
The bill includes a flurry of Ultra regulars including Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox, Afrojck, Tiësto, Martin Garrix and Hardwell, along with pairings like the previously announced Anyma b2b Solomun set and Pendulum playing both solo and back to back with Deadmau5, with the latter artist also performing his first ever career-spanning “retro5pective” set. This performance will see the producer playing only his classic hits.
Meanwhile, Swedish House Mafia third Axwell will perform his first ever solo headlining set on the mainstage, Dom Dolla and John Summit will play for the first time in Miami with a mainstage set under their Everything Always name and Above & Beyond will play the fest for the first time in six years. Richie Hawtin will also debut his DEX EFX X0X show at the event. Gesaffelstein will play Ultra for the first time in a decade.
Additionally, the festival will debut its first ever psytrance stage curated by Alteza Records, the label from genre duo Vini Vici.
Ultra 2025 will also feature Zedd, Nero, Charlotte de Witte, Four Tet, Lsdream, Miss Monique, Subtronics, Mau P, Eli Brown, Artbat and many more. See the complete phase on lineup below.
2025 will mark the 25th edition of the festival, which returns to downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park on March 28-30. 2025. Tickets are on sale now.
The post “Ultra 2025 Phase 1 Lineup: A Retrospective Deadmau5 Set, A New Psytrance Stage & More” by Katie Bain was published on 10/01/2024 by www.billboard.com