Where every track you hear is pulled from a live performance at Ultra Music Festival — past and present — no studio edits, no re-mix compilations, just raw festival magic.
Welcome back to your weekly edition of Ultra Music Festival Live, the station dedicated to live sets straight from the heart of Ultra’s legacy and future. If you love the crackle of the crowd, the bass dropping under open skies, and artists in their element, you’re in the right place. This week we’ve got major updates for the 2026 Ultra edition, a rundown of what went down at the 2025 25th-anniversary celebration, and a peek at other festival-footprints around the globe you should keep on your radar.
🎧 Ultra 2026: Phase 1 Is Here — Live Set Time Incoming
The next chapter of Ultra is officially locked in. Ultra 2026 will return to its iconic stage at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami from March 27–29, 2026. DJ Mag+2Secret Miami+2
The Phase 1 lineup boasts some serious heavy-hitters, exclusive collabs, and first-timers that immediately catch the eye of any live-set devotee.
🔥 Lineup Highlights
- Exclusive back-to-back (B2B) sets:
- Amelie Lens b2b Sara Landry
- Adam Beyer b2b Joseph Capriati
- Sebastian Ingrosso b2b Steve Angello
- A brand new pairing: Wooli + Crankdat performing together under the name Wankdat — first time ever at Ultra.
- Live debuts: Brutalismus 3000, Snow Strippers, and a fresh live super-group called TIMELESS.
- Veterans returning: DJ Snake, ZHU, and The Martinez Brothers all set to reclaim stages.
- Legendary names locked in: Carl Cox confirmed for a comeback performance. Also joining are Illenium, Major Lazer, and Eric Prydz.
- Stage & label takeovers: Expect imprint-focused stages from Sara Landry’s Hekate label, Germany’s Live From Earth collective, plus heavy hitters Dim Mak, Dirty Workz, and the A State of Trance stage curated by Armin van Buuren.
What this means for you, Ultra Music Festival Live listener: we’ll be getting early access to some of these sets as they are performed live. Tune in for premieres, stand-outs, and the moments that’ll define Ultra 2026.
📊 A Look Back at Ultra 2025
The 25th-anniversary edition of Ultra sold out and made history. Over 165,000 attendees from more than 100 countries flocked to Bayfront Park in late March 2025. HolaSim+1 The final day saw Martin Garrix close things out, even after a weather-delay due to rain.
Why that matters for Ultra Music Festival Live: that event produced countless high-energy live sets, surprise guest appearances, and collaboration moments you’ll be hearing on this station for weeks.
🌍 Ultra Beyond Miami
While Miami remains home, Ultra’s reach spans the globe – and that means our live-set archive keeps expanding.
- Ultra debuted in Hong Kong in September 2024.
- Ultra returns to Seoul in September 2025 at the Sangam Oil Reserve Base.
- Ultra’s RESISTANCE brand launched a nine-week club residency in Ibiza over summer 2025.
- Ultra was scheduled in Buenos Aires (April 2025), and phase-2 announcements for Australia dropped earlier in 2025.
These global footprints matter because every live set we play has roots in this worldwide network — stages lit up from Miami to Seoul to Ibiza.
🎙 What to Expect This Week on Ultra Music Festival Live
- Track spotlight: We’ll play exclusive live recordings from previous Ultra editions featuring artists like Carl Cox, Amelie Lens, ZHU, Major Lazer and more — every live version, no studio overlays.
- Lineup watch: Keep an ear out for the ultra-rare debut sets of TIMELESS, Wankdat and more — when they hit Live, we’ll be the first to play.
- Teaser segment: A countdown to March 27, 2026 — where we’ll revisit iconic Ultra moments (videos, audio) in the lead-up.
- Global flashback: Live clips from Ultra’s international expansions — hear the stage energy from Hong Kong, Seoul, Ibiza and beyond.