Ultra Music Festival
- Dates
- Mar 26 to 28, 2027
- Status
- Confirmed
- Venue
- Bayfront Park
- Price
- Not announced
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Aug 23, 2026
Ultra Music Festival returns to Bayfront Park, Miami, FL, Mar 26 to 28, 2027. Froligo tracks ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
Ultra Music Festival is the marquee event of the global electronic-music calendar, held each spring in downtown Miami's waterfront Bayfront Park against a backdrop of the Biscayne Bay skyline. Across three days it draws well over 150,000 fans from around the world for a bill built on the biggest names in house, techno and trance, spread over heavily produced main and specialty stages including the immersive RESISTANCE arena. Its downtown location walkable to hotels, restaurants and Metromover transit and its reputation for spectacle-scale production define the experience
What people love
Production and sound are the standout praise points, with veteran attendees describing flawless staging, light shows and an energy they call unmatched, and one noting the sound engineering as among the best they had experienced across dozens of festivals, with almost no bleed between neighbouring stages. Attendees also report well-managed crowd flow, clean and accessible restrooms, and plentiful food and drink without long waits. Entry is thorough rather than fast a full screening of ID, two bag checks and wristband scanning but visible security in the heart of downtown Miami is credited with keeping the environment feeling safe
Last time around (2026)
The most recent completed edition ran March 27-29, 2026, at Bayfront Park and welcomed roughly 165,000 attendees from more than 100 countries, with headline turns from Carl Cox, Armin van Buuren, Hardwell and Eric Prydz. Attendee accounts described a return to form: massive production, a debut zero-emission battery-powered RESISTANCE Cove stage, well-managed crowd flow and standout sound design across the grounds. Downtown Metromover and Metrorail ran extended hours to move the crowds
Listen
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No official playlist linked yet. Find Ultra Music Festival on Spotify.
Lineup
2027 lineup not yet announced. Here's who played in 2026:
Getting there
How do I get to Ultra Music Festival?
By car
Most people drive to Ultra Music Festival. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
Tri-Rail (19 South Florida stations) connects to the same MiamiCentral station with weekend fares of $5 roundtrip and special late trains after each festival day
Book / info →By bus & public transit
Ultra-specific last mile: the official transportation page names Metromover's Government Center Station as the connection that will 'drop you off right outside of the festival venue' at Bayfront Park, and confirms extended Metrorail/Metromover service until 2 AM on Friday and Saturday during the festival
Book / info →Taxi & rideshare
budget extra walk time. The one specific, official pickup point is an Accessible Passenger Loading Zone 'located on the corner of Biscayne Blvd & Chopin Plaza (in front of the Intercontinental Hotel, just south of Bayfront Park)', restricted to riders with valid disabled-persons placards/handicap documentation. Surge pricing during peak departure (single South Beach-bound rides reported at $150-200) and 45-60 min waits at general pickup zones are a known pattern per independent Miami travel-guide coverage; pre-scheduling via Uber Reserve/Lyft Scheduled Rides is commonly recommended to avoid it
Book / info →Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
No on site parking. Use nearby lots or transit. Cost No parking at the festival site; the official page instead points attendees to Metrorail park-and-ride at nearby stations (Coconut Grove, Earlington Heights, Dadeland South) to avoid peak-crowd downtown lots. Independent Miami coverage describes surrounding private/City of Miami lots and garages near Bayfront Park as limited, often $100+/day, and filling early, with Ultra explicitly stating it has no control over their availability, pricing, or accessible accommodation.
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire
Not the recommended option for this festival: the official page actively steers attendees to Metrorail/Metromover/Brightline/Tri-Rail specifically because there is no on-site parking and surrounding downtown lots are scarce and expensive during Ultra weekend. Still useful for attendees basing themselves outside downtown (e.g. Miami Beach) or combining the trip with wider South Florida travel
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Venue
Bayfront Park
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Ultra Music Festival?
No on site camping. Here is where to stay nearby.
Hotels nearby 5
~0.14 mi / a few minutes' walk from Bayfront Park the closest hotel option per third-party hotel-distance aggregation
Link coming soon~0.32 mi, immediately adjacent to Bayfront Park this is the same InterContinental named as the landmark for Ultra's own official Accessible Passenger Loading Zone ('in front of the Intercontinental Hotel, just south of Bayfront Park')
Link coming soonDirectly across the street from Bayfront Park per independent Miami hotel-guide coverage
Link coming soon~0.39 mi from Bayfront Park
Link coming soon~0.48 mi from Bayfront Park
Link coming soonAirbnb & private camping
Documented, significant surge pricing: one independent analysis put Ultra weekend's Airbnb average at a 19.1% jump ($456 to $543/night), and separately, Ultra weekend rates were reported running 30-50% above already-elevated late-March rates (March is also Miami Spring Break, compounding demand). Booking 3-6 months ahead is commonly recommended by Miami travel guides as downtown/Brickell inventory sells out early
Search Airbnb →Genuine campground/glamping alternative is a poor fit for this festival specifically: Bayfront Park is a dense downtown urban site with no camping of its own, and Hipcamp's own Miami-area directory (240+ listed camping options) skews to Everglades-adjacent farms/ranches well outside downtown (e.g. Taste of Old Florida, Meadow River Ranch) not a realistic lodging substitute for a festival attendee without a car who needs to be back downtown each night
Search Hipcamp →Pricing
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