Ultra’s 2023 program brings major collaborations to Bayfront Park

Ultra has completed its March 24–26 edition at Bayfront Park, with a program that gave collaborations and paired sets a prominent role. The announced lineup included Kx5, the project of Kaskade and Deadmau5, alongside combinations such as Armin van Buuren and Ferry Corsten.

These bookings offer something different from simply placing familiar names next to one another on a poster. A shared set asks artists to negotiate one performance, creating a reason for listeners to pay attention to the exchange as well as the individual identities.

The wider bill ranged across electronic styles and performance formats, keeping the festival’s scale visible. For Miami audiences, the weekend provided another concentrated encounter with that range, while the collaborative bookings supplied a useful thread through an otherwise very crowded program.