Registration for South Africa's biggest Dance Music Festival is open for 2020! Yes, Ultra South Africa returns for its 7th installment and promises to be bigger and better than before. Taking place in February 2020, on the 28th at Cape Town's Ostrich Farm and in Johannesburg on the 29th of February at the Expo Centre in Nasrec. Registration for ticket purchases closes on Monday 12th August at 11:59pm and tickets go on sale from the 14th of August. Prices are as follows.
For the loyal Ultra SA goers who attended from the very beginning, you would have been notified if you qualify for legacy tickets, these tickets will be priced at Tier 1 value and will be preloaded with R100 on your wristband to use at the event.
Since yesterday was a public holiday, most of the smart individuals have taken today off but for us stuck in the office and looking for time to kill, Ultra have released their 2015 year mix showcasing Ultra's from the various countries that hosted it last year, including South Africa. So here's the hour long video that's sure to get you in the mood for the weekend and with the less numbers hogging the bandwidth in the office today, you can stream the video in 4K!
The countdown to Ultra South Africa 2016 continues and this weeks featured artist is none other than SA's very own Goldfish! The Cape Town based duo of Dominic Peters and David Poole have been playing at all the previous Ultra SA's as well as representing SA at Ultra Miami. Their unique style of electronic music incorporates both mixing and the playing of instruments live. It's very rare to see and the music speaks for itself.
They've played the world over, including stints on the party island of Ibiza. For the summer period they have residency at Cape Town's popular hot spot Shimmy Beach, where they have their submerged Sunday Sessions. If you're in the Cape during the season, it is a must to attend as it's the ultimate party to end off the weekend but make sure you get your tickets in advanced as they sellout quickly! Today's featured track from them is their latest single featuring the vocals of Julia Church, it's a current favourite of mine and I'm sure you will love it too.
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Wilem and Ward, the Dutch Electro House DJ's are coming back to SA, when they first toured with the first Ultra South Africa, they were not that well known with most of the Ultranauts but they sure won over the crowd with their hard style, fast paced electro style music. They've always been a favourite of mine and particular enjoyed their sets in the ASOT festivals around the world.
They've been doing well with their podcasts, Mainstage and they have built up a large following all over the world. This weeks featured track has them featured with Dutch DJ legend Armin van Buuren. Keeping with their Dutch heritage, they song is appropriately named, "If it ain't Dutch" and has been quite popular of recent. The track has a lot of influence by the duo with the master, Armin adding his expert signature style to round it off.
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The memories of Ultra 2015 still linger on like it was just yesterday even though the event was 3 months ago, that is the magnitude of the festival that wowed crowds both in Cape Town and Johannesburg. This week organizers of Ultra South Africa released the much anticipated Aftermovie, produced by legends Final Kid and available in 4K! Watch as Martin Garrix takes you through his story behind ultra, all while reliving Ultra 2015 in quad HD, if you missed the video, we have it for you below and at the end don't miss the special message pertaining to next years event.
Every year Ultra aim to please crowds by bringing in the hottest and biggest names in electronic dance music to our shores and this year was no different but from the time the festival ended in the early hours of February 15th in Joburg, there were loads behind the scenes already beginning work on next years event. Its going to be bigger and better with the schedule changing a bit by Joburg getting to host the event before Cape Town and the big news is that the Joburg leg will be over 2 days! From the 26th of February 2016, 3 days of EDM madness will engulf the country with the final leg being in Cape Town at a new venue, the River Club on the 28th of February 2016.
From what we've witnessed over the past 2 years, there little doubt that next years is going to be yet another unforgettable experience. Pre-registration for early bird tickets has opened on the website, so make sure you get your details in now to stand a chance to get your hands on the first batch of tickets that go on sale on the 30th of June next week!
