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[[File:Ultra Music Festival 20110326.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Ultra Music Festival in [[Downtown Miami]]'s [[Bicentennial Park (Miami)|Bicentennial Park]], as seen from [[the Grand Doubletree]], 26 March 2011.]]
[[File:Ultra Music Festival 20110326.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Ultra Music Festival in [[Downtown Miami]]'s [[Bicentennial Park (Miami)|Bicentennial Park]], as seen from [[the Grand Doubletree]], 26 March 2011.]]
[[File:Ultra Music Fest 2010.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Ultra Music Festival on 27 March 2010. This picture shows the event simultaneously occurring during [[Earth Hour]].]]
[[File:Ultra Music Fest 2010.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Ultra Music Festival on 27 March 2010. This picture shows the event simultaneously occurring during [[Earth Hour]].]]
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'''Ultra Music Festival''' is an annual outdoor [[electronic music]] festival that occurs in March in the city of [[Miami]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]. The festival coincides with the annual [[Winter Music Conference]], also held in Miami. Since expansion to 2 weekends in 2013, however, the two Ultra weekends are held on the weekends that begin and end WMC.
'''Ultra Music Festival''' is an annual outdoor [[electronic music]] festival that occurs in March in the city of [[Miami]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]. The festival coincides with the annual [[Winter Music Conference]], also held in Miami. Since expansion to 2 weekends in 2013, however, the two Ultra weekends are held on the weekends that begin and end WMC.


Revision as of 15:56, 15 March 2013

The Ultra Music Festival in Downtown Miami's Bicentennial Park, as seen from the Grand Doubletree, 26 March 2011.
The Ultra Music Festival on 27 March 2010. This picture shows the event simultaneously occurring during Earth Hour.

CALL 3053357515 THROWING AWAY TICKETS Ultra Music Festival is an annual outdoor electronic music festival that occurs in March in the city of Miami, Florida, United States. The festival coincides with the annual Winter Music Conference, also held in Miami. Since expansion to 2 weekends in 2013, however, the two Ultra weekends are held on the weekends that begin and end WMC.

Ultra is held in Downtown Miami in Bayfront Park. It was a one-day festival from 1999 to 2006, a two-day festival from 2007 to 2010, and was a three-day festival in 2011 to 2012. In 2012, a record 55,000 people per day attended the festival. .[1]

Other Ultra festivals are held in Ibiza, Spain; Buenos Aires, Argentina; São Paulo, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Seoul, South Korea; Split, Croatia and Hvar, Croatia.[2]

History

The Beach

Ultra Music Festival was founded in 1999 by business partners Russell Faibisch and Alex Omes. The first ever Ultra Music Festival was held as a one day event at the end of the Winter Music Conference in 1999 with performances by Rabbit in the Moon and DJ Baby Anne. The event was held on South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida, and was a major success. In March 2000, the festival returned to South Beach as a one-day event; the festival was met with even more success and was renewed immediately for a third year. The 15th anniversary of Ultra Music Festival held in 2013 will be held over two weekends for the first time ever.

Growth to Downtown Miami

Because of the massive rise in attendance between 1999 and 2000, festival coordinators decided to relocate to Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami for the third annual event. UMF continued to bring the biggest names in electronic dance music to Miami with performances by Tiësto, EC Twins, Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Sander Kleinenberg, Photek, Josh Wink, DJ Craze, and Rabbit in the Moon from 2001 to 2005. With the record-breaking attendance of the seventh annual UMF in 2005, the festival was again relocated to a smaller (by area) venue, Bicentennial Park, for 2006. In 2007, with Winter Music Conference in full swing, Ultra Music Festival held its first two-day event at Bicentennial Park with a record breaking 50,000+ concert goers in attendance. Ultra Music Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary March 28–29, 2008 with performances by Tiësto, Underworld, Justice, Paul van Dyk, Carl Cox, Armin van Buuren, MSTRKRFT, deadmau5, Annie Mac, Eric Prydz, Ferry Corsten, Calvin Harris, Moby, The Crystal Method, Boys Noize, Benny Benassi, Armand van Helden, Duck Sauce, David Guetta, Jes, Enur, Pete Tong, Jackal & Hyde, and Rabbit in the Moon.

With estimated attendance over 70,000, the festival set a new City of Miami record for number of tickets sold at a single event. The 11th annual UMF occurred March 27–28, 2009; the lineup including more crossover acts and live bands like The Black Eyed Peas, The Prodigy, The Ting Tings, Santigold, Crystal Castles, The Whip, and Perry Farrell. The 12th annual UMF took place March 26–27, 2010, with headlining performances again by Tiësto]] and deadmau5, as well as performances by David Guetta, Orbital, Little Boots, Sasha & Digweed, Above & Beyond, and The Bloody Beetroots. Each stage was accompanied with visual arts provided by VJs Vello Virkhaus, Psyberpixie, and Cozer. The festival sold out for the first time with over 100,000 attendees, where it was announced that the 13th annual event would take place over the course of three days in March 2011.

2012

  • Ultra Music Festival 2012 was held on March 23, 24, 25 at Bayfront Park.

Early bird pre-sale tickets for Ultra Music Festival 2012 sold out within 20 minutes (seconds according to the Ultra Music Festival Facebook Page). Shortly thereafter, pre-sale tickets increased from $149 to $229. This is also the second year that tickets for individual days did not become available for sale. Tickets for the 14th anniversary of the Festival quickly rose from $229 to $299 just one week after going on sale.

In January, tickets for three day general admission sold out.[3]

December 23, 2011, Phase 1 of the lineup came out it is as follows:

  • Friday, March 23[3]

2013

The 15th Ultra Music Festival will see the festival expand into two weekends, held from March 15 to 17, and March 22 to 24. Both of these weekends will coincide with the beginning and end of Miami Music Week. Phase one of the festival lineup was officially revealed in January 2013: David Guetta, deadmau5, and Tiësto have been confirmed to perform on both weekends, while Swedish House Mafia will use the festival to end their tour before One Last Tour, before their hiatus.[4] Pretty Lights will also be performing at the festival accompanied by bass-beat DJ Futtize for the latter's Birthday (b. March 26).[5]

On January 7, 2013, after organizers requested additional road closures for the event, Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff introduced a resolution calling for disapproval of the second weekend, believing that allowing the event to be held across two weekends would be "disruptive to the local business community and area residents due to noise, nuisance behavior of festival goers, and grid lock traffic," also alleging that "about 70 to 80 percent of these kids are on some sort of mind-altering drug."[6][7]

The city council voted in favor of continuing with the second weekend on January 10, 2013. Festival organizers, however, were ordered to pay the City of Miami $500,000 for police and fire services.[8]

During preparations for the festival on March 14, 2013, two out of four crew members were seriously injured when a large LED screen fell on them as it was being lifted. As a result, a large portion of the concert area has been closed but the festival will go on as scheduled.[9][10]

Attendance

Year Attendance Location
2005 45,000 Bayfront Park, Miami[11]
2006 30,385 Bicentennial Park, Miami[12]
2007 50,000[citation needed] Bicentennial Park, Miami
2008 70,000 Bicentennial Park, Miami*
2009 100,000[citation needed] Bicentennial Park, Miami
2010 100,000[13] Bicentennial Park, Miami[14]
2011 150,000 Bicentennial Park, Miami[15]
2012 165,000[16] Bayfront Park, Miami[17]

*Broke City of Miami records for tickets sold at a single event.

Location

Years Location
1999–2000 South Beach, Miami Beach
2001–2005 Bayfront Park, Downtown Miami
2006–2011 Bicentennial Park, Downtown Miami
2012-Current Bayfront Park, Downtown Miami*

*Ultra was moved back to Bayfront Park in 2012 due to the construction of the Miami Art Museum and Miami Science Museum at Bicentennial Park.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Ultra Music Festival". Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Ultra Music Festival: Worldwide". Ultra Music Festival Official Website. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  3. ^ a b c d Duran, Jose D. (2012-01-10). "Ultra Music Festival 2012 Sold Out With 73 Days Until Start". miaminewtimes.com. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  4. ^ "Ultra Music Festival Lineup: David Guetta, Tiesto, Avicii to Rock Miami". Billboard.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. ^ http://www.songkick.com/artists/645604-pretty-lights
  6. ^ "Ultra Music Festival 2013: City of Miami to Vote on Resolution "Disapproving" of Second Festival Weekend". Crossfade. Miami New Times. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Ultra Music Festival 2013: Commissioner Wants To Kill Second Weekend Because Attendees Are On "Mind-Altering Drugs"". Crossfade. Miami New Times. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Ultra Music Festival wins approval to hold second weekend in 2013". inthemix.com.au. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Lighting and video fixture falls at site of Miami's Ultra Music Festival; workers injured". miamiherald.com. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  10. ^ Johnson, M. Alex (2013-03-15). "Four injured after giant screen collapses on Miami music festival stage". nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  11. ^ Carey, Jean (2005-03-17). "Behind the Curtain - Page 1 - Music - Miami". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  12. ^ "The Cure, Tiesto Set For Miami's Ultra Festival". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  13. ^ Sisario, Ben (2010-04-10). "At Coachella, Strong Start to Season of Festivals". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  14. ^ "ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 12 Sells Out Two Days With Record Breaking Numbers With Over 100,000 in Attendance". prnewswire.com. 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  15. ^ Weiner, Farryn (2011-04-01). "Miami's Ultra Music Festivalreveals 'Phase 1' of itsbiggest line-up yet". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  16. ^ . ultramusicfestival http://www.ultramusicfestival.com/ultra-music-fesitval-makes-history-as-the-first-global-major-edm-festival-to-expand-to-two-weekends-march-15-16-17-and-march-22-23-24-2013/. Retrieved 2012-11-16. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "titleLTRA MUSIC FESITVAL MAKES HISTORY AS THE FIRST GLOBAL MAJOR EDM FESTIVAL TO EXPAND TO TWO WEEKENDS MARCH 15, 16 & 17 AND MARCH 22, 23 & 24, 2013" ignored (help)
  17. ^ "Ultra Music Festival 2012: Photos From Bayfront Park (PHOTOS)". huffingtonpost.com. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  18. ^ Candido, Sergio N. (2011-12-05). "Ultra Music Festival back to Bayfront Park in downtown Miami". miamiherald.com. Retrieved 2012-10-13.

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