r/UMF

Went to edc lv last year and after going to ultra, ultra is my favorite, the sets I feel like go harder and are better production quality and the line up was stacked, the bathrooms were so much nicer then edc lv you don’t need ga+ to use trailer bathrooms like edc and they actually try to clean them all day unlike EDC lv, I like how they gave away free narcan at ultra, the bottlenecks and crowd surge at edc lv are crazy, I like how it’s easy to go from stage to stage at ultra ,and I like how I can have great service at ultra unlike edc lv where I don’t have any service until I leave ,and the b2bs go crazy at ultra ,also like how it’s in downtown close to the city, this year was the most fun I have ever had at a festival, came all the way from the Pacific Northwest for ultra and it did not disappoint

Been to dozens of festivals, some globally recognized ones, and wow… Ultra Miami (THE Ultra) is certainly a top tier event. My first time and it turned out to be one of the best weekends of my life!

The lineup was spectacular, transport in and out was the easiest of any event I’ve seen thanks to metro mover, multiple water stations, clean bathrooms, amazing merch without long lines or waiting in the sun, the production at main stage, the pockets in the crowd where people had PLUR, free narcan!!…. Amazing. I feel that Ultra worked really hard to earn my money (aka provide a fun, comfortable, accessible, and memorable weekend)

That being said here’s my very minor critiques;

a lot more can be done with worldwide stage as far as production goes… put lights across the entire thing… why only go halfway up? Megastructure could use some change too, it needs to be bigger, this was the biggest choke point for me all weekend and it led to the least PLUR crowds in my group’s experience (ppl pushing, not saying excuse me)

use something other than wood chips to mitigate flooding/mud… the dust from wood chips clogged my sinuses each night and am still dealing with bad allergies a whole week later.

Place speaker stands throughout the crowd at main stage. We need to be able to feel the bass near the back. The sound quality/feel was not up to par relative to EDC or even Coachella. If there’s ONE change i would make it’s this one. Better sound at the back would reduce congestion at the front and improve overall experience for all.

I’m a pretty good navigator and can usually guide my group and others very well despite being drunk. The map infographic was honestly very difficult to read, make it vertical with the entrances at the bottom of the map and label pathways more clearly.

Loved the bathrooms but there could easily have been another 4-5 trailers in the area near water station by MainStage. Like on the street side.

Besides that.. world class event! so grateful to have been able to attend. Thank you to the attendees who brought the PLUR and danced the weekend away with me.

PS: the SHM set was a disaster and hard to dance to pls don’t do that again.

Just wanted to shout out all the hard working volunteers that were relentlessly cleaning up all the trash on the floor. It’s unfortunate that so much trash gets produced.

On a side note, if any volunteers are reading this, how did you go about getting the position?

Which song should be in the aftermovie?

I have seen a lot of posts and comments of people asking about certain sets or wishing certain sets were posted. The pinned post on this subreddit contains all current official and unofficial sets on youtube and otherwise.

Did anyone catch Brutalismus 3000’s set at Ultra and how was it? Still waiting on the live set to post and haven’t heard much about how it went. They’ve been on my radar for a while and was so bummed to have to miss them for SHM 😭

That jersey was sick, and I want one hopefully it gets to the website!

Please this would mean a lot

This set is terrible.