I have covered festivals all over the US. Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Rothbury, the big rooms and the muddy fields. I have seen a lot of legendary DJs do their thing up close.
Ultra is the one I have not covered yet. March 26 to 28, 2027 at Bayfront Park in Miami will be my first Ultra, and I'm walking in with fresh eyes on purpose.
So this Top 10 is a game plan. The ten sets I'm not missing at Ultra 2027, in order.
1. MARSHMELLO B2B SUBTRONICS
A world debut. Marshmello writes melodies the whole park can sing, and Subtronics hits like a truck. Nobody on Earth has seen this set yet. That's reason enough for number one.
2. BORIS BREJCHA B2B ERIC PRYDZ AS CIREZ D
A US debut, and a meeting of two control freaks in the best way. Brejcha runs his high tech minimal sound like a machine. Prydz as Cirez D goes dark. Put them together and the RESISTANCE crowd is in trouble.
3. CALVIN HARRIS
His first Ultra Miami since 2024. When Calvin Harris plays a main stage, every song is a song the whole crowd knows by heart. The return set is always the loudest singalong of the weekend.
“Ultra is the one I have not covered yet.”
Moe Train
4. MARTIN GARRIX
Garrix and Ultra grew up together. His STMPD RCRDS crew celebrates ten years at this festival, and his own set is the big room standard everybody else gets measured against.
5. ARMIN VAN BUUREN
A State of Trance turns 15 at this Ultra, and Armin is the reason trance still fills stadiums. He builds a set like a story, and two hours go by like twenty minutes.
6. STEVE AOKI
Aoki at number six, and yes, the cakes are part of it. But watch the work rate. Nobody on this poster plays to the back of the park like Steve Aoki. First timers should see it once, up close.
7. AFROJACK LIVE
His first live set at Ultra. AFROJACK the DJ is a known thing. AFROJACK live is a new thing, and new things at Ultra tend to become the set everybody talks about on Monday.
8. ADAM BEYER AND THE DRUMCODE TAKEOVER
Drumcode takes over RESISTANCE for the first time, and Beyer is the man who built that label. Dark rooms, hard drums, no let up. My techno pick of the weekend.
9. DOM DOLLA
House music with hooks big enough for a main stage. Dom Dolla is the present and the future on one poster line, and his sets have turned into full park singalongs in about two years flat.
10. ALISON WONDERLAND B2B TIFFANY DAY
A festival debut to close the list. Alison Wonderland plays with her whole heart out, and Tiffany Day is the name a lot of fans will be looking up before March. Those are the sets that surprise people.
That's the plan. Phase 2 will move some of this around, it always does. Read the full Phase 1 lineup breakdown and our B2B debuts feature, then tell us who we left off.
Source: Ultra Music Festival
