Ultra cancels a second Miami edition

Ultra has confirmed that its 2021 Miami festival will not go ahead because of the continuing pandemic. The decision follows the loss of the 2020 edition and extends the interruption of a major fixture in the city’s music calendar.

For fans, the announcement ends the immediate possibility of a spring reunion around the festival. For artists and production workers, it removes another large gathering from a live-music industry still trying to establish workable plans.

The cancellation is the confirmed news; a future return remains a separate matter. Miami’s relationship with electronic music continues through its artists and audiences, but the large outdoor event that usually concentrates that community into one weekend will again be absent this year.