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EDITORIAL > ULTRA MIAMI 2023: THE ULTIMATE START TO THE FESTIVAL SEASON [EVENT REVIEW]

DAY ONE

Not ones to ramp up the energy at a slow pace, Ultra Miami
2023 had the tone set for the rest of the weekend from
the second that the gates opened to eager partygoers.
With the electrifying atmosphere already set from the
first glimpse of the stage build and the iconic view which
surrounds them of Downtown Miami, it’s hard not to get
giddy as soon as your feet touch the sacred grounds.

Friday had a lot for Ultra-goers to be excited about within all
corners of Bayfront Park, with one of the biggest highlights
being Eric Prydz. Although he’s given Ultra many show-stop-
ping sets over its 23-year history, it was at Ultra 2023
where he performed perhaps his biggest set at the festival
yet, bringing his famed HOLO concept to the RESISTANCE
Megastructure for the first time ever and also kicking off the
audiovisual’s 2023 season as the first performance of the
year. Speaking of techno, it also had a monumental moment
on the mainstage with Charlotte de Witte marking a massive
debut on the famed stage, a big moment not only for her
but for the genre as a whole. Not only this, the Revealed
Recordings stage saw the label boss himself Hardwell take
to the stage for a surprise performance, where over on the
mainstage Zedd brought out upcoming rapper Ice Spice for
a vocal performance of ‘No Clarity,’ which samples his iconic
hit ‘Clarity.’ Rounding it all off with an ID-filled closing set
from Martin Garrix, and it was safe to say that Ultra 2023 got
off to the most explosive start possible.

DAY 2
Although it might have been hard to top day one, Ultra
had no problem in doing this with ease, and on the lineup
for Saturday came some of the biggest acts one after
each other on the mainstage. Only at a place like Ultra
2023 would you find a lineup such as Armin van Buuren,
Tiësto, Hardwell and Alesso all following each other, with a
closing set by Marshmello who brought out Farruko, Roddy
Rich, and GloRilla. Over on the techno side, the RESISTANCE
Megastructure also kept the action going, with sets from
HI-LO b2b Testpilot (Oliver Heldens and deadmau5),
Camelphat, Adam Beyer & Cirez D and the first of two clos-
ing sets of the weekend from Carl Cox. It didn’t stop there
either, with Kayzo performing his first-ever UNLEASHED XL
live show on the Live Stage, and Subtronics making his Ultra
debut as the Saturday headliner of the Worldwide Stage.
Over on RESISTANCE’s second stage The Cove - a new
addition for this year - Joris Voorn presented his very own
stage takeover, and speaking of stage takeovers, Afrojack
presented Jacked radio which featured an extra special
Nick van de Wall throwback set.

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