Ultra Buenos Aires is an outdoor electronic music festival that is a part of Ultra Music Festival's worldwide expansion, which has now spread to twenty countries.[1] The inaugural edition of Ultra Buenos Aires took place at the Costanera Sur in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 5 May 2012.[2]
| Ultra Buenos Aires | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Electronic music festival |
| Location(s) | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Years active | 2012–2015, 2025– (Buenos Aires) |
| Organized by | Ultra Worldwide |
| Website | ultrabuenosaires |
The festival will return in April 2025, ten years after its last edition.[3]
History
edit2012
editThe debut of Ultra Buenos Aires was a one-day event held at the Costanera Sur in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 5 May 2012.[4] The one-day event consisted of three stages—Main Stage, Trance Stage, and the DJ Mag Stage.[5] The first edition of Ultra Buenos Aires featured the likes of Kyau & Albert, Justice, Kaskade, John Digweed, Heatbeat, Shogun, TyDi, Andy Moor, Sean Tyas, Christopher Lawrence, Modeselektor, Ida Engberg, Matthew Dekay, Len Faki, Stephan Bodzin, and Chris Liebing.[6] The festival was broadcast live on UMF TV via YouTube.[7]
2013
editThe second edition of Ultra Buenos Aires took place across the span of two days at the Costanera Sur in Puerto Madero once again, on 19 February and 23 February 2013.[8] The first day of the festival only had one stage, the Main Stage, which included the likes of Tomas Heredia, Festa Bros, Martin Solveig, Avicii, Hardwell, and Dash Berlin.[9] Day two of the festival, featured three stages—Main Stage, Carl Cox & Friends Arena, and the Armada Stage.[10] Featured artists for the second day of Ultra Buenos Aires were Mika, Knife Party, Sander van Doorn, Armin van Buuren, Afrojack, Nina Kraviz, Dasha Rush, UMEK, Jeff Mills, Marco Carola, Omnia, Tenishia, Aly & Fila, and many more.[11] Over 40,000 people were in attendance for the second year of Ultra Buenos Aires.[12]
2014
editThe third edition of Ultra Buenos Aires took place at the Ciudad del Rock in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The festival lasted two consecutive days, taking place from 21–22 February 2014.[13] The first day of the festival, 21 February, featured solely the Main Stage and included artists such as Hercules & Love Affair, Showtek, Steve Aoki, Nicky Romero, Paul van Dyk, and many more.[14] The following day included four stages—the Main Stage, the Be Techno Stage, the Full On Stage with Ferry Corsten, and the DJ Mag Latinoamerica Stage.[15] The second day of Ultra Buenos Aires, 22 February, included Adrian Lux, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, Pendulum, Tiesto, Pig & Dan, Nicole Moudaber, Green Velvet, Ben Klock, Super8 & Tab, John O'Callaghan, John Digweed, Guy J, Sebastian Mullaert, and many more.[16] The third year of Ultra Buenos Aires welcomed 70,000 people in attendance.[17]
2015
editThe following edition of Ultra Buenos Aires took place once again at the Ciudad del Rock in Buenos Aires, Argentina and lasted from 20–21 February 2015.[18] The festival consisted of four stages—Main Stage, Resistance/Drumcode Stage, UMF Radio/DJ Mag Latinoamerica Stage, and the Make the Beat Stage that was only accessible to attendees during the second day of the festival.[19] The third year of Ultra Buenos Aires included the likes of Knife Party, Afrojack, Porter Robinson, New World Punx, Alesso, Dash Berlin, Showtek, Firebeatz, Marco Carola, Modeselektor, Adam Beyer, Alan Fitzpatrick, Harvey McKay, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Blond:ish, Angerfist, Coone, and more.[20][21]
2025
editThe festival will return in 18-19 April 2025, and will be held at Parque de la Ciudad in Buenos Aires.[22]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "UMF Buenos Aires 2012 - Lineup completo y horarios" (in European Spanish). 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ El festival Ultra vuelve a Buenos Aires en el 2025
- ^ "Horarios y accesos para Ultra Music Festival Buenos Aires 2012 | Eventronica - Eventos, musica electronica y mas…". eventronica.com. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Music Festival UMF Buenos Aires Sabado 5 de Mayo 2012". 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Music Festival Buenos Aires 2012" (in European Spanish). 2012-04-11. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Music Festival Buenos Aires Being Live-Streamed Tonight On UMFTV YouTube". 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Buenos Aires Ultra Music Festival 2013 at Costanera Sur". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ Clarin.com. "Ultra Buenos Aires 2013". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Buenos Aires 2013" (in European Spanish). 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Buenos Aires 2013 (Electrónica) - Live". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Buenos Aires – February 19th & 23rd, 2013 « Spa Entertainment". www.spa-entertainment.com. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ Clarin.com. "Ultra Buenos Aires 2014". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Buenos Aires 2014, line up confirmado - Agenda de salidas VUENOZ, - Noticias recitales, fiestas, cine, teatro, arte, moda y más en Argentina". VUENOZ. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Ultra Buenos Aires lo vivís en Metro" (in European Spanish). 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Buenos Aires 2014 at Ciudad del Rock". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ Retrofuzz. "Ultra Buenos Aires Becomes Most Streamed Festival in Argentina's History". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Buenos Aires Announces 2015 Phase 1 Lineup; Tiësto, Alesso, Porter Robinson Included". 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Buenos Aires 2015, info, horarios y line up completo" (in European Spanish). 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Worldwide Announces Buenos Aires Phase One Lineup - naludamagazine.com". 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Ultra Buenos Aires 2015 at Ciudad del Rock". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ En abril vuelve Ultra Buenos Aires después de 10 años