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The Winners and Losers of Ultra Miami 2016

By Ryan Pfeffer

Mar 22, 2016

With Ultra 2016 in the history books, it's time to look back at just who exactly came out on top, and who walked away from Bayfront Park with nothing but regret and a T-shirt soaked in other people's bodily fluids. This year, like every year, we end the weekend with...

A Celebration of Male Friendship, AKA the Bromance, at Ultra Miami

By Ryan Pfeffer

Mar 21, 2016

When was the last time you told your bro you loved him? Seriously. When was the last time you looked into his eyes, placed a hand gently on his quadricep, and said, "Hey man, I really care about you." Male friendship is a complicated phenomenon. Taught from birth to internalize our...

Ultra Miami 2016, Day Three: Pendulum and Rabbit in the Moon Reunite, and It Feels So Good

By Ryan Pfeffer, Angel Melendez and Jose D. Duran

Mar 21, 2016

Well, it's over. In the end, Ultra 2016 saw little rain, great performances, and — save for the Prodigy's last-minute cancellation — minimal hiccups. At 18 years of age, Ultra has matured into a well-oiled festival, running smoothly from the Porta Potty to the Main Stage. Yesterday, the third and...

50 Things People Say at Ultra Music Festival

By S. Pajot

Apr 1, 2015

Ultra Music Festival is 36 solid hours of EDM-themed overstimulation. Superfamous DJs! Pop-star cameos! Half-naked ladies! Oiled-up beefcakes! Dancing robots! Human tacos! Toothpaste Man! Pyrotechnics! Cryo cannons! Fireworks! Everything at Ultra deserves an exclamation point. Or maybe ten. And there's never less than 120 decibels rumbling through your already stimuli-flooded...

Pacifiers and Other Banned Raver Gear We Saw at Ultra 2015

By Kat Bein

Mar 31, 2015

Any veteran of Ultra Music Festival who attended this year’s three-day event was pleasantly surprised by the increased organization and overall maturity of the audience. Certain seemingly simple measures, like an 18-and-over age policy and significantly improved perimeter security, taken following 2014’s trampling of security guard Erica Mack and the...

The United Nations of Ultra

By Ryan Pfeffer

Mar 30, 2015

The United Nations could learn a thing or two from Ultra. Imagine how much more effective Ban Ki-moon would be in bright pink booty shorts that said Slut across the butt. Hold up, Iran, before we drop these sanctions on your ass, allow me to drop the beat. The people...

Ultra 2015's Ten Best and Worst Fashion Trends

By Kat Bein

Mar 30, 2015

There have been a lot of changes at Ultra Music Festival. The audience is over 18 now. And many of rave culture’s familiar accoutrements — finger gloves, glow sticks, rage totems, etc. — have been banned under the fest’s new Prohibited Items policy. There are those of adult age who...

The Seven Stages of Losing My Ultra Virginity

By Ryan Pfeffer

Mar 29, 2015

Downtown Miami’s 32-acre Bayfront Park is swarming with some 60,000 glistening, glittered bodies. The lights on Ultra Music Festival's Main Stage make the Vegas strip look like the ass of a dying lightning bug. The minimally dressed millennials are dancing like they're mad at the ground, and Snapchating every second...

Glitch Mob on DIY Electronic Music, Actually Playing Instruments: A Video Interview

By Kat Bein

Apr 3, 2014

Photo by Neil Krug The Glitch Mob isn't your average DJ group. In fact, these guys don't usually DJ. They're one of those rare, talented acts who play electronic instruments. And they even help design those instruments, as well as the stage production behind their performances. We've caught them in...

Adventure Club on Who's a Screamer and Saying "Fuck Cancer": A Video Interview

By Liz Tracy

Apr 3, 2014

Photo by Cedric Sequerra Plenty of people were superpsyched to see Adventure Club's Christian Srigley and Leighton James perform at Ultra Music Festival 2014. These two Canadian guys are veterans of the EDM festival; they're so involved, they even did Ultra Korea. Srigley and James were ready to rage on...

Ultra 2014's Ten Worst Moments

By New Times Staff

Apr 2, 2014

Photo by George Martinez Ultra Music Festival is epic. Until it's not. There is much about the EDM fest that's awe-inspiringly, eye-bulgingly, brain-meltingly awesome. It's among one of the best raver parades on the planet. It's got 200-foot LED stages that look like arcades from outer space, complete with lasers,...

Ultra 2014's Ten Best Moments

By New Times Staff

Apr 2, 2014

Another year, another Ultra Music Festival. We here at Crossfade always make the annual pilgrimage to Ultra land. And from one UMF to the next, there is a lot of stuff that's not-so-shockingly new. Or as Deadmau5 might screech: "It's the same fucking thing every year!" Inevitably, though, there's also...

50 Things You See at Ultra Music Festival

By S. Pajot

Apr 2, 2014

Photo by George Martinez50. Girlfriendly PDA. (That's for the "L" in PLUR.) If you've got ears, Ultra Music Festival is a pretty fun time. But if you've also got eyes, it's amaaaaaaaaazing. Basically, this sprawling EDM fest is a phantasmagoric fun parade starring famous people, nearly naked ladies, the beefiest...

Ultra 2014's 20 Hottest Raver Chicks

By Liz Tracy

Apr 1, 2014

Photo by Marta Xochilt Perez At every single musical gathering, there is an enclave of pretty ladies ready to party. Now, unlike the country gals at a Willie Nelson concert or even the MILFs squabbling for a seat at a taping of the X Factor, Ultra Music Festival features fine-ass...

The Go-Go Dancers of Ultra Music Festival

By Kat Bein

Apr 1, 2014

Photo by: George MartinezFrom left to right: Jessie Wedell, C.J. Jones, and Kelli Rika We've all seen them. They're gorgeous, perfectly unattainable beauties with grace, poise, and loads of talent. They're the go-go dancers of Ultra Music Festival, and they're dressed in fantastic costumes, floating from the rafters, and charming...

The Virgins and Veterans of Ultra Music Festival: A Video Interview

By Kat Bein

Apr 1, 2014

Photo by Marta Xochilt Perez What is it about Ultra Music Festival that makes the young kids go crazy? Can this year's UMF top the twin weekends of 2013? Does it live up to the hype? What's better: PLUR or molly? These are the hard-hitting questions that we asked the...

Ultra 2014: Chance the Rapper, Riff Raff, Pusha T, Dizzee Rascal

By Kat Bein

Mar 31, 2014

Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival have always been the place where new dance-music records, artists, and genres are broken and made. If your track catches fire at Ultra, you're guaranteed to have the best year of your career so far. Play your cards right and you'll definitely get...

Get in Trouble at Ultra? Call Chad Piotrowski for Free Legal Help

By S. Pajot

Mar 31, 2014

Via CPLaw-Miami.comCriminal defender and former state prosecutor Chad Piotrowski. Hey, ravers... Arrested? Apprehended? Busted? Collared? Pinched? Just call the law offices of Chad Piotrowski. He's a former state prosecutor, and he's giving legal help to party people in need. "Did you get in trouble at Ultra? Do you need a...

Ultra 2014 Superlatives: Grumpiest Cat, Most Revealing Raver, and More!

By Liz Tracy

Mar 31, 2014

Photo by Marta Xochilt Perez Grumpiest Cat For a festival plump with PLUR, it was certainly odd to see a Grumpy Cat prowling amid the bubblegum-colored tutus. He was testing the saccharine smiles of kandi ravers. But nothing, not even this guy, could bring the party down with a frown...

Ultra 2014's Top 20 Raver Looks

By Kat Bein

Mar 31, 2014

Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezCheck out Crossfade's 57-photo slideshow of "The Fashion at Ultra Music Festival 2014." Beats, beauties, bass, booties, brawn, bras, and some valuable life experience. That's what it takes to make an Ultra Music Festival, as far as a fashionista is concerned. You've never seen anything like...

Ultra Music Festival

Video: What Partying at Ultra Music Festival in 1999 Looked Like

Brightline and Lyft's "Electric Jungle"

Ultra Music Festival

Video: What Partying at Ultra Music Festival in 1999 Looked Like

Brightline and Lyft's "Electric Jungle"

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