Martin Garrix plays Ultra Music Festival 2025. ALIVE COVERAGE
The first major dance music gathering of the year went down in Miami this past weekend, with Ultra Music Festival returning to downtown’s Bayfront Park from March 28-30.
The annual event celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, with tens of thousands of fans descending upon the site to celebrate and hear music by artists both famous and up and coming.
While a strong wind was blowing through town on Friday (March 28), the weather held for the festival, with day one featuring sets from marquee acts including Charlotte de Witte, Alesso, Armin van Buuren and Dom Dolla and John Summit performing together as Everything Always. Saturday’s biggest stars included Axwell, Crankdat, Tokimonta, Gesaffelstein and KSHMR, while Sunday’s lineup included Martin Garrix, Zedd, Nico Moreno and Above & Beyond.
Beyond the fireworks and art installations, Ultra 2025 was made splashier by a series of mega-watt special guests. On Friday, David Guetta and Sia came out during Afrojack’s set to perform “Titanium,” with the three artists playing their 2011 smash together for the first time ever.
On Saturday, Skrillex brought out myriad stars during his headlining set — which marked his first appearance at Ultra in a Decade — with Flowdan appearing onstage to perform their 2023 collabs “Rumble” and “Badders.” Skrill then brought out Damian Marley, his collaborator on 2013’s “Make It Bun Dem” and then Young Miko, who performed what seemed to be an as-yet unreleased song. (To wit, the producer announced today, March 31, that he’ll release a new album tomorrow, April 1.) Then on Sunday, Steve Aoki also played the surprise guest game, bringing out Trippie Redd for their recently released track “Radio.”
Ultra 2025 also leaned hard into special b2bs. On Friday, Armin van Buuren played b2b with Maddix and Oliver Heldens for a Dutch triple-threat on the Worldwide Stage. Meanwhile over on the UMF Radio stage, Partiboi69 went b2b with both Juicy Romance and Kettama and Skream played played with Interplanetary Criminal.
On Saturday (March 29) under overcast skies, the festival again delivered a series of heavy-hitting b2bs that included Anyma and Solomun performing together for the first time and deadmau5 (sans his helmet) playing alongside Rob Swire of Pendulum.
While Ultra temporarily shut down on Sunday, March 30, due to rain, the festival eventually reopened and unleashed plenty of music, including b2bs by bass stars Alleycvt and Jessica Audifred (our Billboard Dance Rookie of the Month for March), bass titans Flux Pavilion and Doctor P going b2b and other pairings that included a major surprise b2b2b2b, with Solomun inviting Four Tet, Chloe Caillet and Mau P onstage during the last portion of his festival-closing show on Ultra’s massive Megastructure stage and the four artists taking turns on the decks.
See photos from Ultra Music Festival 2025 below.
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deadmau5
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival deadmau5 plays Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Carl Cox
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Carl Cox at Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Skrillex & Young Miko
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Skrillex and Young Mike at Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Skrillex plays the Ultra Music Festival Mainstage on March 29, 2025
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Skrillex at Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Gesaffelstein
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Gesaffelstein at Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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deamau5 & Pendulum
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival deamau5 and Pendulum at Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Hardwell
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Hardwell at Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Martin Garrix
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Martin Garrix plays Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Solomun
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Solomun plays Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Steve Aoki & Trippie Redd
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Steve Aoki & Trippie Redd play Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Armin van Buuren
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Armin van Buuren plays Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Boris Brejcha
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Boris Brejcha plays Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Afrojack, David Guetta & Sia
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Afrojack, David Guetta & Sia play Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Chase & Status
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Chase and Status play Ultra Music Festival 2025.
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Fans
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ultra Music Festival Fans at Ultra Music Festival 2025.
