Ultra South Africa 2020 - Set Times

Just 2 more sleeps till Ultra South Africa 2020 kicks off in Cape Town at the Ostrich Farm followed by the Johannesburg leg at Ultra. Many Ultranauts cannot wait for this weekends events and probably itching to see their favourite artists, the best way to make sure you don't miss any is to take note of the official set times and plan your time at Ultra SA with the official App! It's been the saving grace for many over the years and if you are attending, it's the best thing to have! You can schedule the DJ's sets you want to see so you can plan in advance to make sure you make the most out of your Ultra experience.

Download the app: ultrasouthafrica.com/app

Cape Town

Johannesburg

Ultra South Africa 2020 - Final Line-Up

With under a month left to the first show, Ultra South Africa have dropped their final artist announcement. The line-up includes a host of SA's best that will make up the supporting acts for the event. With the main head liners already been announced in phases one and two, festival goers can now see which one of their favourite South African acts they can catch at Ultra South Africa 2020. In this announcement, stages were announced to, In Cape Town you can look forward to the Main Stage and Resistance while in Johannesburg you have the choice of four stages! 

Yes, that's right, four stages for the event taking place at Nasrec Expo Center on the 29th of February. Johannesburg audiences can choose from the main stage, Resistance, BUDX and the 5fm Stage. Catch international artists DJ Snake, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, The Return of Dash Berling and Black Coffee on the Main Stage, over at Resistance, international headliners include Jamie Jones, Luciano and Camelphat. Tickets are still available from the website, www.ultrasouthafrica.com with Tier 2 General access going for R650 in Cape Town and R800 for Johannesburg. There's not many Tier 2 tickets left with Tier 3 coming into effect soon, so purchase yours now! VIP and VVIP tickets are available as well, starting from R1250 a ticket for CT and R1000 for JHB. 

Ultra South Africa 2020 - Phase 1 Line Up Announced!

In case you missed it yesterday, Ultra South Africa dropped their phase one artist line-up announcing some big name headliners to grace the 2020 event!  Ultra SA 2020 see's the return of some greats and the first time appearances of some new international acts, returning to our shores are DJ Snake, Afrojack and Dash Berlin. Making his first Ultra SA appearance none other than the time-traveling DJ global superstar Steve Aoki! Steve is no stranger to South Africa having toured the country before, his performances were high energy and full of entertainment with some lucky fans getting their face smashed with some cake. Aoki is ranked as one of the DJ Mag's top 10 DJ's in the world and local Ultranauts are in for a treat with his thunderous performance.

Confirmed for 2020 is Ultra's award winning underground music stage, Resistance, it returns with local and global superstar Black Coffee headlining along with Jamie Jones who will be making his debut in SA, the hot creations label-head and respected taste-maker will undoubtedly mesmerize audiences with his melodic brand of house and techno.  Them along with others who will be joining the line-up will be providing the crowd with groovy house and techno vibes to take them into the night. 

Dash Berlin

Tickets for Ultra South Africa 2020 are on sale with most of the Tier 1 tickets sold out, Tier 2 tickets go on sale too. More announcements regarding ticket sales, artists, the brand-new BudX stage and many other expansion plans for 2020 coming soon! Visit www.ultrasouthafrica.com for more

Jamie Jones

Ultra SA - Final Line Up!

It's less that 16 days till SA's largest electronic dance festival kicks off at the Cape Town stadium and the masses cannot wait! In it's 4th year now, organizers say this years event is going to be bigger and better than previous ones and with Cape Town getting a new iconic venue, it will make it more memorable. Ultra SA lands in Cape Town on the 24th of February at the Cape Town Stadium, there after making it's way to the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on the 25th of February. 

The final line up was released yesterday along with the stage set lists so those who are going can see exactly who is playing and where. The perfect way to keep track of your favourite artist schedule and not miss a thing. Just a reminder of those international headliners, Dash Berlin, David Guetta, KSHMR, Martin Garrix, DJ Snake with support acts consisting of Black Coffee, Felix Jaehn, Head Hunterz and Nic Fanciulli. 

Making up the rest of the support acts are some quality local artists, consisting off , Crazy White Boy, DJ Dimplez, Dea Fuel, Euphonik, DJ Fresh, Household Funk, Kryoman, Kyle Watson, Lady Lea, Mark Stant, Pascal and Pearch, PH, Strange Loving, Timo ODV, Twins on Decks, Royal K, Chrizz Beatz, Deep Aztex, D'Ritmo, DJ Eugenics, Ivan Tiranjanin, and many many more. 

Cape Town will see a total of 3 stages, Ultra Main Stage, Resistance Stand and Bridges for Music, whilst Johannesburg will have a total of 4 stages, Ultra Main Stage, Resistance Stage, Until Until, and the Samsung Galaxy Experience Stage. Whether you've been to previous Ultra events, or if this is your first one, it's bound to be a great experience. The lighting, stage and pyrotechnics are second to none. 

For those that haven't yet purchased your tickets as yet, make sure you get them as soon as possible seeing that Tier 1 tickets have just sold out and Tier 2 tickets have been selling fast. So visit www.ultrasouthafrica.com now to secure your tickets now!

Details for Tier 2 ticketing can be found below.

JHB Tier 2 General Access: R900* Tier 2 VIP: R1700*

CPT Tier 2 General Access: R900* Tier 2 VIP: R1500*

*Booking fees apply to all tickets.

Prices for tables and table bookings to be done via ultravvip@cococpt.co.za

The UMF SA2017 compilation disc has been released by Sony Music and is already #1 on the iTunes Dance Music Charts! Download or stream the #1 iTunes Dance Album: https://lnk.to/UltraSA2017

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Ultra SA 2017 - Phase 2 Line up

If you missed it earlier this week, Ultra South Africa released their phase 2 line up for the much anticipated event next year. Following on the announcement from a couple months ago of the two major headliners of Martin Garrix and David Guetta, this week organisers lifted the lid on the full line up that will grace the main stage of Ultra South Africa 2017. International superstars Dash Berlin, KSHMR and DJ Snake will join David Guetta and Martin Garrix on the main stage with support from the likes of Black Coffee, Felix Jaehn, Headhunterz and Nic Fanciulli round out the highly anticipated Phase Two lineup for UltraSA 2017. 

Dash Berlin returns for a second year running, being one of my favourite DJ's from this years Ultra, I'm glad to see his name on the lineup again. This Dutch trance veteran has been contributing to the international scene for over a decade. He's worked with icons such as Justin Timberlake, Usher, N.E.R.D and Lenny Kravitz to name just a few. His performance at Ultra SA 2016 blew the crowd away, so expect Dash to bring the Energy levels to a peak at Ultra in February next year!

Niles Hollowell-Dhar, better known as KSHMR (pronounced Kashmir)was awarded "The Highest New Entry" on DJ Mag's Top 100 list and has since moved up 11 places this year to the No. 12 spot. His music is a mixture of high energy electro and classical Indian which he fuses to make a unique and high tempo beat. KSHMR has played at almost every major festival so it's great to see the American producer make his way to South Africa and get the crowds going to his live act, which will take them to a whole new level. 

DJ Snake needs no introduction to the South African crowds, while this will be his first visit to the country, the French DJ and record producer's music has been quite popular around the country for a few years now. His last major chart climber "In the middle" is still played on some local radio stations and his recent collaborations with megastars such as Justin Bieber and Major Lazer just escalated his cult status. Crowds can look forward to him play a range of his unreleased future hits at Ultra South Africa as well. 

The support line is also one that is worth a mention and also one which I am quite looking forward to. Headhunterz have been on the scene for a while now and have featured on many podcasts of leading trance and dance shows. His his name is William Rebergen and hails from the Netherlands, his hard hitting energetic sets is what makes him so special and crowds can expect a lot from him. Next up, Felix Jaehn, the prodigal German tropical house DJ and producer that went number 1 in 20 countries with his remix of OMI's cheerleader will bring a summer sound to SA that will surely get the girls dancing and the boys smiling. 

Lovers of a deeper sound will be glad to know that the Resistance stage is back! After the success of this years Ultra, it was a no brainer for the organiser and the line up is going to be equally hot has Main Stage. First up we have Nic Fanciulli, he needs little introduction after completing a truly successful Resistance world tour in 2016 with Ultra Worldwide. Anyone who watching him on the Resistance stages around the world or was at the legendary Space Ibiza closing party will know exactly how good this British DJ and producer is at getting a dance floor going long into the night.  Join him on the Resistance stage is none other that South Africa's own Black Coffee, undoubtedly one of the biggest exports to the world from the SA dance scene, you can catch him again as he lights up the night with his beats next year. 

The local support act line up is pretty insane as well with some big name DJ's on the list. 

Timo ODV - Pascal & Pearce - DJ Fresh - Euphonik - Crazy White Boy - P.H - DJ Milkshake - DJ Shimza - Vigilante - DJ Dimplez - Kyle Watson - Strange Loving - Mark Stent - Ryan Murgatroyd - Vimo - Chunda Munki - Kyle Cassim - Yeti - Dean Fuel - Household Funk - Saubomb - Ricardo Da Costa with more to be announced closer to February 2017. 

Tickets are still available for the Ultra South Africa website : ultrasouthafrica.com with pricing below:

	JHB	CPT
General Access – Tier 1	R800	R750
General Access – Tier 2	R950	R850
VIP – Tier 1	R1400	R1300
VIP – Tier 2	R1800	R1600
VVIP – Tier 1	R3000
VVIP – Tier 2	R4000

*Exclusive to Cape Town: Tables and bottle service will be available on enquiry and available exlusively to VIP ticketholders. For more information, please email ultravvip@cococpt.co.za

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Monday Choon: Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ - Lean On (Tiësto & MOTi Remix)

DJ Snake, more famous for his tracks such as Get Low which is featured on the Fast & Furious 7 sound track teamed up with American DJ and Producer Major Lazer to make the chart climbing track "Lean On" which features vocals from Mo. The song is quite a catchy number and the music video even more interesting as it was shot in India. But as most songs do, this one went under reworks by Moti and Tiesto and the outcome has been phenomenal, Tiesto has played it on almost every set of his in the last month to raptures from the crowd. It's an epic track but made to sound even better by a great produced remix.