Ultra 2026 Lineup Drops

- Ultra Music Festival has had a significant economic impact on its host city, generating an estimated $995 million for Miami since 2012, with a single year's event contributing as much as $168 million. - The festival, which now attracts approximately 165,000 attendees over three days, began in 1999 as a one-day event on Miami Beach with about 10,000 concertgoers. - Ultra serves as the grand finale for the broader Miami Music Week, a week-long series of over 200 electronic music parties and events that also includes the Winter Music Conference, an industry gathering that has been active since 1985. - The festival is named after the 1997 album "Ultra" by the influential English electronic band Depeche Mode. - While Kanye West's interest in a house album is recent news, he has previously incorporated electronic influences in his work, citing house music as an inspiration for his 2007 album *Graduation* and drawing on acid house for his 2013 album *Yeezus*. - Headliner Alesso is a veteran of the Ultra stage, having performed multiple times in the past, and recently brought out singer Nadia Ali for her first live performance in over a decade during his 2025 Ultra set.