Over the weekend, the Village of Key Biscayne released a video concerning Ultra Music Festival’s possible move to Virginia Key. In it, Mayor-elect Mike Davey resorted to scaremongering to warn that Ultra was “evicted” from Bayfront Park because of “environmental destruction, noise, and increase in alcohol- and drug-related violence.”
Two weeks ago, local promoter Blnk Cnvs announced its foray into Miami Art Week madness with a series of concerts. The lineup includes South African duo Die Antwoord Wednesday, December 5; lovable rapper Action Bronson Thursday, December 6; and Chicago SoundCloud rapper Juice Wrld Friday, December 7. However, Blnk Cnvs promised another…
After the City of Miami effectively denied Ultra Music Festival a permit to return to its longtime home at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami, the question has been where will the festival go? Well, it seems since the September 27 refusal, festival organizers have been devising a plan to move Ultra to Virginia Key Beach Park and Miami Marine Stadium.
Sure, Miami Art Week is about art. But it has also turned into one of the best weeks for music. As with Miami Music Week, acts from across the globe flock to the 305 to enjoy the mild December weather and take advantage of the buzz surrounding Art Basel.
In the past few years, New Times has been critical of the direction the once-revered Winter Music Conference was headed. The issues went beyond the squabble organizers had with Ultra Music Festival in 2010. The problems with WMC stemmed from its failure to evolve and stay ahead of dance-music trends…
Since New Year’s Eve 2016, Charly’s Vegan Tacos has been slinging meatless versions of Mexican classics to the hungry vacationers in Tulum, Mexico. Chef Charly Garcia’s plant-based ethos is a perfect fit for the typical Tulum visitor: the stylish boho traveler that wouldn’t be caught dead among the unwashed spring-break masses in nearby Cancun.
What began as Dayglow, a club party that debuted at Mekka nightclub in downtown Miami, has morphed into the EDM equivalent of the Color Run. Life in Color events take place all over the world, but LIC’s Miami festival remains the gold-standard orgy of neon paint and fat beats.
Juliet Budet is enjoying the warm weather in her hometown in Brittany, located on the northwest coast of France, which is usually cool even throughout the summer thanks to its maritime climate. “We are having an Indian summer. It’s really nice,” Budet says over the phone. But soon she’ll leave…
You’re probably familiar with Record Store Day. However, did you know there’s also a day celebrating every ’80s and ’90s child’s favorite musical medium: Cassette Store Day? Technique Records, the only South Florida outlet known to be participating in Cassette Store Day, will have some fun with the other analog medium this Saturday, October 13.
Sorry, Miami. Unfortunately, it’s one of those years when Halloween falls right in the middle of the week. That means if you plan on partying hard October 31, the chances of you rolling into work hung-over Thursday are high. The good news: In an effort not to let Halloween completely go to waste…
Perhaps everyone should look on the positive side of Ultra’s potential move: It could open a new era for the festival.
After 18 years of EDM in downtown Miami, Ultra Music Festival will have to find a new home next year. The City of Miami Commission voted this afternoon to deny a new five-year agreement for the festival to remain at Bayfront Park.
Ultra Music Festival has just announced that tickets for its 2019 edition are on sale. The festival had limited sales earlier this year that gave fans an opportunity to buy tickets at the lowest price possible. However, beginning today, tickets will sell until they are gone or the date of the festival arrives — whichever comes first.
III Points, the festival that for the past half-decade has kicked off the season when music gets interesting in Miami, won’t take place next month. This past in May, promoters announced they would forgo the fall event for new dates in February. The change came after a multitude of obstacles hampered III Points in its first five years.
In a few short years, Wynwood Fear Factory has become Miami’s premier Halloween-weekend event thanks in large part to its heavyweight EDM talent. This year won’t be any different. Galantis, RL Grime, and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are set to headline the two-day event. Also schedule to perform are Deorro, Duke Dumont, Getter, Keys N Krates, and others.
It’s absurdly difficult to break through as a musician. For every success story, there are hundreds of tales of defeat and broken dreams. Add a language barrier, and the obstacle only seems to increase.
The last time Maya Arulpragasam performed in Miami, it was fresh off the heels of her comeback album of sorts, Matangi, at Ultra Music Festival 2014. She released her fifth studio album, AIM, in 2016, and is about to release her long-delayed documentary, MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A, September 28. The British rapper…
America has been showing its flaws lately. Though the nation has never been perfect, it seems like more people are waking up to the fact that “liberty and justice for all” doesn’t really mean for all.
Call it Miami’s little festival that can and will: House of Creatives (HOC) has announced it will return for a third edition at Virginia Key Beach Park November 10 and 11.
Russian restaurateur Arkady Novikov’s arrival on Miami’s dining scene almost seemed destined. Because of the city’s sizable population of Russian immigrants — many of them wealthy enough to afford the kind of luxury dining Novikov is known for providing — the only surprising thing about Novikov’s namesake arriving in Miami is that it didn’t land in Sunny Isles Beach.
It’s been five years since III Points made its debut, offering Miami a boutique music festival experience if there ever was one. Instead of concentrating on big names or mainstream trends, III Points has kept its focus squarely on the underground. At the same time, it has become one of the few local music festivals that allowed homegrown acts to share the stage with national ones.
The Swedish DJ/producer Tim Bergling, AKA Avicii, is dead at the age of 28. His publicist, Diana Baron, said in the statement that the EDM superstar was found dead Friday, April 20, in Muscat, Oman.
