Ultra 2025’s Phase 1 lineup is a masterpiece of genre-bending talent, boasting headline performances from some of electronic music's most in-demand artists.
Ultra Music Festival is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary in historic fashion, returning to its longtime home at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami from Friday, March 28, 2025 to Sunday, March 30, 2025.
Ahead of this milestone event, Ultra has announced its impressive Phase 1 lineup. This is a significant roster that further cements our legacy as the world’s premier electronic music festival.
As a preeminent curator of electronic music’s rare “had to be there” moments,
Ultra began announcing its Phase 1 lineup last week by revealing plans to host the first ever world-exclusive Anima b2b solomun performance as a headliner set on the festival’s main stage. An innovative collaboration between Anyma’s cutting-edge audiovisual artistry and Solomun’s renowned technical mastery, this groundbreaking global debut features mesmerizing visual installations, avant-garde sound engineering, and awe-inspiring The combination of evocative stage design creates a timeless, futuristic and immersive experience. .
Shortly after announcing the historic Anyma b2b Solomun set, Ultra has announced even more exciting Solomun news. The Croatian DJ brings his Diynamic record label to the festival for the first time, hosting an exclusive stage at RESISTANCE MegaStructure. Dynamik’s inaugural Ultra Music Festival takeover will feature a solo headliner set from Solomun himself, as well as performances by British electronic experimentalist pioneers Four Tet and Dutch tech house superstars Mau P. It will feature first-time festival performances by esteemed artists.
Ultra’s 25th anniversary celebration wouldn’t be complete without its most iconic figure, Carl Cox. Carl Cox will debut his brand new live show with a headline set at Resistance Megastructure. The legendary British DJ and producer has been a fixture at the festival since DJing the third edition in 2001, shaping Ultra’s legacy with every performance. In 2005, Ultra got off to a groundbreaking start by inviting Cox to curate its own stage, which started out as a modest tent called “Carl Cox & Friends.” Over the past 20 years, that humble tent has evolved into the world-famous RESISTANCE MegaStructure, the ultimate tastemaker for stadium-dominating main stage superstars as well as masters of underground house and techno. He contributed to establishing the Ultra Music Festival as a firm.
Cox has curated numerous stage takes at Ultra over the years, but the 2025 festival will mark the first time the beloved artist will bring his globetrotting Carl Cox Invites brand to the event. Following on from RESISTANCE MegaStructure, ‘Carl Cox Invites’ revolves around Cox’s reputation for bringing together artists who push the boundaries of electronic music, placing him alongside emerging house and techno stars as well as some of the underground’s most in-demand artists. Introducing your talent. Centered around the debut of Carl Cox’s brand new live show, the Carl Cox Invites stage takeover will feature a plethora of live performances from house and techno heavyweights.
Over the past two decades, Ultra has established itself as a pioneer in some of the most unprecedented performances in dance music history, and the festival’s 25th anniversary celebration raises the bar even higher. In addition to announcing the world’s first Anyma b2b Solomun set, Ultra 2025 will also feature the first-ever world-exclusive Deadmau5 B2B Pendulum DJ set. However, deadmau5 and Pendulum have shared the Ultra stage before – for their performance of “Ghosts ‘N’ Stuff” (with Pendulum’s Rob Swire) when Deadmau5 joined Pendulum during the 2016 main. Stage Set for – Their upcoming b2b DJ set marks the first true collaborative performance between these two electronic music giants.
In addition to the debut b2b DJ set, deadmau5 and Pendulum will also offer special headliner standalone performances as well. Multi-platinum electronic music producer Deadmau5 will perform his first “Retro 5-Pective Set” featuring a collection of his old catalog hits. No new material, just pure, symbolic throwbacks. Meanwhile, Pendulum is scheduled to perform live at Ultra for the first time since 2022.
First, at another festival, house music megastars Dom Dollar and John Summitt will appear on Ultra’s main stage with their joint project Everything Always, marking the superduo’s Miami debut performance. Since launching this collaborative project in 2023, Everything Always has quickly become one of electronic music’s most popular shows, seamlessly integrating their unique style and musical vision into an immersive, high-octane affair. It is fused.
Axwell, a five-time Grammy nominee, is a veteran presence on Ultra’s main stage, with his collaborative project Axwell Λ Ingrosso, as well as as part of the Swedish House Mafia supergroup. He has headlined many festivals. But for the first time in festival history, Ultra 2025 will see Axwell perform his own solo headliner set on the main stage.
Legendary trance group Above & Beyond made Ultra history with a surprise headline set at the 2018 festival, taking the ASOT stage with one of the weekend’s most mesmerizing and euphoric performances. Concluded. Returning for the first time since that momentous occasion, Above & Beyond will present a special performance to commemorate the festival’s 25th anniversary.
Trance legend Armin van Buuren has been a mainstay of Ultra since his first performance in 2005, and 18 years later, he continues to push the boundaries of his artistry. During his headline set on Ultra’s main stage earlier this year, the Grammy-nominated powerhouse made a surprise appearance by American rock star Jon Bon Jovi, who performed Bon Jovi’s 1992 classic・They performed an unreleased remix of their single “Keep the Face” for the first time, much to the delight of their fans. At Ultra 2025, Van Buren will be hosting another captivating main stage, headliner set, in addition to hosting the stage taken over from his global radio show “A State of Trance.” This marks the 13th ASOT handover in the festival’s history.
Following his stunning sunset performance at Ultra 2024, renowned Dutch producer and DJ Hardwell will head the main stage again in 2025, building on his momentum from his set last March and surprise closing performance in 2022. He will serve as a liner. With an updated big-room techno style, the Revealed Recordings label boss continues to play a key role in the Ultra Music Festival brand, both before and after a four-year hiatus from 2018 to 2022.
Ultra also welcomes back Martin Garrix, the world-famous superstar who made his Ultra debut in 2014 at just 17 years old and has headlined nearly every edition of the festival since then (except 2018). You are welcome.
Three-time Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum artist Zedd returns to Ultra’s main stage following an explosive 2023 performance that included a surprise appearance from superstar rapper Ice Spice. Zedd’s upcoming Main Stage headlining set will be his first Ultra performance since releasing his first album in nine years, Telos LP, earlier this summer.
With the announcement of this massive Phase 1 lineup, Ultra also welcomes Swedish superstar Alesso, who previously performed at Ultra 2023, Grammy Award-winning Dutch icon Tiesto, and Dutch international sensation Afrojack. We welcome back a number of veteran headliners, including;
A collaborative project featuring bassmasters CloZee and LSDREAM, LSZEE will make their monumental Ultra debut at the 2025 festival, fusing their unique sonic landscapes for an unforgettable performance. Following LSDREAM’s solo set in 2022 and CloZee’s solo performance in 2023, this long-awaited collaboration fuses CloZee’s dreamy soundscapes with LSDREAM’s thumping bass to create a transformative and exciting experience. I promise you that.
Ultra’s 25th anniversary production also heralds the long-awaited return of two pioneering electronic music acts: Gesaffelstein and Nero. Known for his dark, atmospheric soundscapes, Gesaffelstein will take to the Ultra stage for the first time since 2014, celebrating the festival’s milestone with his electrifying energy and cutting-edge production. Meanwhile, Nero, the Grammy-winning trio known for their fusion of dubstep and drum & bass, will perform at Ultra for the first time since 2016, giving fans an unforgettable experience by performing iconic hits and innovative new songs. I promise.
Similarly, Ultra’s Phase 1 lineup announcement also includes festival veterans like iconic British drum and bass duo Chase & Status, who will be playing a new live show following their explosive Ultra 2024 DJ set. We are planning to show off. Cyclops label head Subtronics is also set to return with his signature bass-heavy arsenal after a strong debut at the 2023 festival.
Ultra’s acclaimed underground brand, Resistance, will once again be presenting some of house and techno’s most popular acts across two stages: The Megastructure and The Cove.
Richie Hawtin is no stranger to RESISTANCE MegaStructure, but the 2025 festival will mark the techno pioneer’s first live performance at Ultra, presenting his revolutionary live show ‘DEX EFX X0X’. Building on the immersive fluidity of digital manipulation that has become synonymous with Hawtin’s DJ performances, DEX EFX and uses all currently available performance tools. DEX EFX X0X represents the early foundations and future of DJing alike, and represents an exciting evolutionary step in Hawtin’s lifelong commitment to developing the electronic music scene.
Touted as the most international house and techno festival brand, RESISTANCE features headline performances from major underground acts such as Drumcode label boss Adam Beyer and KNTXT mastermind Charlotte de Witte I will. Ultra 2023. Joining them will be German “high-tech minimal” specialist, who in 2022 hosted the first showcase of his record label FCKNG SERIOUS in the United States and created a buzz with his ultra debut. My name is Boris Brycha. Also appearing will be Miss Monique, who is now a staple on the ULTRA Worldwide Circuit, having captivated the RESISTANCE crowd at ULTRA Europe, ULTRA Korea, ULTRA Japan and ULTRA Hong Kong in 2024. British techno producer Eli Brown returns to Ultra with his first solo set, following his 2024 performance with Oliver Heldens’ techno aka HI-LO, while Ukrainian duo ARTBAT record chart-topping RESISTANCE will once again energize the dance floor.
RESISTANCE also collaborates with popular underground artists such as 999999999, an Italian duo renowned for their influential role in the modern hard techno scene, and I Hate Models, a French producer who embodies the essence of modern industrial techno. They are also planning to perform their debut festival performance.
In addition to hosting stage takes from Carl Cox Invites, Diynamic, and ASOT, Ultra 2025 will proudly welcome preeminent hardstyle label Dirty Workz to the UMF Radio stage for the fourth consecutive year. After making history by hosting Ultra’s first-ever hardstyle stage at the 2022 festival, Dirty Works is once again offering a little bit of hardstyle, jumpstyle, and happy hard beats. Continuing the festival’s constant commitment to impressing every inch of the dance floor, Ultra 2025 will feature the festival’s first psytrance stage, curated by powerhouse psytrance duo Vini Vici’s Alteza Records.
Featuring a wide range of world-class performers that reflect the past, present and future of electronic music, Ultra’s expertly curated Phase 1 lineup is a premier line-up of genre-bending talent. From pioneering global debuts to celebratory returns of festival favorites, the Phase 1 lineup sets the tone right for further high-profile artist announcements to come.
Tickets for Ultra Music Festival 2025 are now on sale.
