Here Are the Ultra Music Festival 2018 Set Times

Ready for the Ultra Music Festival mayhem set to take over Bayfront Park this weekend? You have your festival-approved clear bag stocked up with essentials, you’ve carefully selected the crew you plan on PLUR’ing out with, and you’ve figured out how the hell you’ll get to Bayfront Park (Metrorail, please). Now…

The Ten Best Acts at Ultra 2018

This weekend, Ultra Music Festival will kick off a three-day exercise in all forms of dance music. House, techno, bass, EDM, dubstep, trance, and other styles will be well represented by acts from all over the world. It’s something Ultra has been able to do extraordinarily well for the past 20 years.

The Ten Best Miami Music Week 2018 Parties

Choosing where to go on a regular Miami weekend is hard enough. Miami Music Week turns that conundrum into a Sophie’s choice. Allow this writer, an MMW veteran, to impart some sage advice: Don’t try to make it to every party. Unless you can fast-track Elon Musk’s Hyperloop within the…

Winter Music Conference Returns as a Three-Day Event at Faena Forum

After much speculation, Winter Music Conference has announced it will indeed return this year. The storied industry gathering will be a three-day conference at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach. It’s smaller in scale than past editions. Last year’s conference spanned four days, and it ran six days in 2011.

Is Winter Music Conference Dead?

If you visit Winter Music Conference’s website, you’ll notice something is off. Miami Music Week is only a few weeks away, yet the site is still thanking last year’s attendees “for making WMC 2017 a big success.” Notably absent is any information about how to register this year, while its social channels don’t make any mention of whether or Miami’s groundbreaking EDM conference will return.

Miami Music Week 2018 Party Guide

Miami Music Week, AKA Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers come to life, is almost here. It’s the week when every superstar DJ/producer descends on the Magic City for seven days of nonstop partying. The parties, of course, are just the leadup to Ultra Music Festival, which is set to return to Bayfront Park March 23 through 25. But before that, there’s plenty to enjoy.

Ultra Music Festival 2018 Sells Out of General-Admission Tickets

If you were hoping to celebrate Ultra Music Festival’s 20th anniversary along with Eric Prydz, Carl Cox, Axwell & Ingrosso, and Jamie Jones, it just got a lot more expensive. That’s because general-admission tickets to the EDM bacchanal have sold out. Those hoping to attend can still purchase three-day VIP tickets for $1,499.95.

Rhondavous Brings an LA Nightlife Institution to Space

A decade ago, friends Loren Granich and Gregory Alexander were searching the Los Angeles nightclub scene for a party where they could feel comfortable. Even in the City of Angels, clubs were divided by sexual preference, and that was a problem for Granich, who is straight, and Alexander, who is gay. They…

Rolling Loud Moves to Hard Rock Stadium, Announces 2018 Lineup

After a controversial yet successful third edition at Bayfront Park, Rolling Loud announced today that this year’s festival will take place Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, far from the NIMBYs who’ve taken up residence in the über-expensive condos along the downtown Miami stretch of Biscayne Boulevard.

The 20 Best Miami Songs of 2017

Nobody is sad to see 2017 go. It was a chaotic year of political anxiety, social change, and warmongering. If there’s one bright spot, it’s that music seems to be rebuking the call for nationalism. In fact, music has never been more diverse, and it can thank Miami for that…

Miami New Year’s Eve 2018 Party Guide

With 2017 winding down, an important decision needs to be made: How will you ring in 2018? This being Miami, that choice won’t be hard. There’s a plethora of parties happening all around the city, and venues and nightclubs are quickly booking acts and offering the promise of a free…