Ultra Music Festival 2025: David Guetta and Sia join Afrojack, Skrillex returns, world debut of Anyma b2b Solomun & more
Posted by VMan on April 1, 2025
Ultra Music Festivalconcluded its sold-out 25th anniversary celebration at Bayfront Park – a legacy defining weekend from Friday, March 28 – Sunday, March 30 that paid homage to the festival’s iconic history while further cementing Ultra as the World’s Premier Electronic Music Festival.
Over three days, the festival welcomed 165,000 attendees from more than 100 countries. Ultra continued its celebrated tradition of broadcasting to millions of Ultranauts around the world with the #ULTRALIVE stream. #ULTRALIVE featured a stacked schedule of performances from multiple stages throughout the weekend, in addition to exclusive curated content like artist and fan interviews. The RESISTANCE Megastructure and The Cove also hosted their own dedicated streams across all three days, welcoming underground music stalwarts to bask in uninterrupted house and techno tuneage.
Other Friday highlights include Everything Always – the collaborative project between John Summit and Dom Dolla – closing down the Main Stage for the duo’s Ultra debut; Subtronics bringing his bass-heavy sound to the Ultra Main Stage for a daylight headlining set; and Ultra veterans Tiëstoand Alesso pulling devoted fans’ nostalgia strings with headlining Main Stage sets filled to the brim with their classic tracks. The two dance music legends also came with special surprises, with Tiësto premiering a new collaboration with Odd Moband Alesso bringing out iconic vocalist Nadia Ali for a guest appearance.
RESISTANCE – ULTRA Worldwide’s esteemed house and techno brand – featured a weekend full of electrifying underground performances, including Charlotte De Witte’s Friday closing set at the RESISTANCE Megastructure, which followed jaw-dropping sets from Boris Brejcha, ARTBAT, and Miss Monique. At the RESISTANCE Cove Stage, Eli Brown performed a widely heralded, two-hour house and techno bonanza for his Friday closing headlining set.
Meanwhile, over on the Worldwide Stage’s Friday programming (which featured A State Of Trance takeover),Armin van Buuren played two of his three Ultra 2025 headlining sets – one solo set before an epic b3b with Maddixand Oliver Heldens. At the Live Stage, Zeds Dead shut down Friday night with the Ultra debut of their ‘Return To The Spectrum Of Intergalactic Happiness’ set, which followed Pendlum’s first live set at Ultra since 2022 and performances from Chase & Status and Nero.
The UMF Radio Stage had a monumental opening day as well, with Australia’s freewheeling underground maverickPartiboi69bringing his extraterrestrial event series ‘Area 69’ to Ultra for the very first time. The Partiiboi69-curated takeover featuring debut festival performances from Ketboi69 (Partiboi69 x KETTAMA), Partiboi69 b2b Juicy Romance, and Skream b2b Interplanetary Criminal, Ahadaream, and more.
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