Ultra Day Two highlights
Ultra Music Festival packed Bayfront Park on March 28 with thousands across seven stages and standout sets from Illenium, Steve Aoki, BZRP and Sara Landry — streaming #ULTRALIVE picks run through March 29 for at-home viewers (miamiherald.com) (miaminewtimes.com). Reviewers noted adventurous programming and production values kept the energy high despite some mixed set reactions. (miamiherald.com)
Organizers expected roughly 165,000 attendees over the March 27–29 weekend, with festival planners saying fans came from more than 100 countries. (miamiwire.com) Saturday’s Main Stage running order put Sebastian Ingrosso b2b Steve Angello as the late-night closer at 10:45 p.m., with Armin van Buuren at 9:35 p.m., Hardwell at 8:30 p.m., and Excision at 7:25 p.m. (miaminewtimes.com) The RESISTANCE Megastructure stacked prime techno slots on Saturday, featuring Sasha & John Digweed at 4:00 p.m., Eli Brown at 5:30 p.m., an Adam Beyer b2b Joseph Capriati set at 7:00 p.m., and Carl Cox closing at 9:00 p.m. (miaminewtimes.com) Ultra’s Phase 2 rollout added more than 70 artists to the bill, expanding the weekend’s programming across seven stages. (ultramusicfestival.com) Organizers and local reporting framed this edition as heavy on debuts: the festival advertised dozens of first-time Ultra performances across the weekend, with press outlets noting dozens of scheduled “debut” slots. (miamiwire.com) A police-involved shooting several blocks from Bayfront Park on Saturday morning left an officer and a suspect hospitalized; Miami Police described the incident as isolated amid the festival weekend. (local10.com) (wsvn.com) The official #ULTRALIVE stream carried multiple Saturday headliners and published a live schedule on the festival site, listing Main Stage and RESISTANCE sets for remote viewers. (ultramusicfestival.com)
