ULTRA SA 2024 - Phase 1 Line up

 

ULTRA South Africa this morning released their phase one line-up for next years festival. The biggest dance music festival just got bigger with some major head lining acts confirmed for 2024. Dutch DJ Afrojack returns to the stages of Ultra SA, the last time present he had the crowds jumping with his classics and live set mashups and remixes. Steve Aoki also returns and be sure to be standing front line if you want to get caked by man himself. Ultra is bringing the big room sound back with the addition of W&W who are undoubtedly one of the hottest acts at the moment, the energy these two have on stage and the ability to get the crowd going is remarkable. A first time appearance at Ultra South Africa for Paraguayan DJ Vintage Culture and another return of see's Skrillex coming back to the country, he's a man who has re-inspired his sound and has been making major waves world over with his collaborations, mainly with Fred Again and Four Tet, definitely not going to be missing his high energy set next year. 

Support acts include Major League and Shimza, with more to be announced in the Phase 2 line-up which is due to drop soon. 

Ultra South Africa 2020 - Recap

This past weekend saw the largest dance music festival on the continent take place over two days in two cities. Over 50,000 Ultranauts descended upon both Cape Town's Ostrich Ranch and Nasrec  in Johannesburg. Having attended the Johannesburg leg of the event, I can say this years one superseeds the previous ones in terms of crowds, stages and line-ups. All four stages had packed out crowds with a range of International and local artists performing their hits. People were spoiled for choice, with a stage offering something for everyone. The Ultra App was a must this year, to help you keep tabs on who is playing where and at what time, making sure you didn't miss anything. Organisers have learnt well from the past and this years Ultra was one of the smoothest and seamless I've been to in the past years, massive props to the organizers and sponsors for pulling this off. 

The main stage as ever was spectacular and came alive during the dark, International acts such as Dash Berlin, Steve Aoki, Afrojack and DJ Snake were highlights from there but South Africa's very own Black Coffee stole the show for me. It was his first time playing on the main stage and he really showed us why he is world renowned and so in demand. Resistance stage set up was amazing, with the over heard LED grid as well as the large visuals on the stage, couple that with some of the best deep house music by both local and international acts. Da Capo, Camelphat, Luciano were just some of the many who had party goers on their feet. 

Ultra South Africa have already confirmed dates for next year, with Feb 26th and 27th being secured for the 2021 shows. If this years was anything to go by, you do not want to miss out on next years event!

Ultra South Africa 2019 - Final Line Up

Yesterday Ultra South Africa released their final artist line up for their 2019 festival, while there were not any more international headliners there was an international support act announced as well many, many local ones. In it's 6th year running Ultra SA have ensured that they remained the countries number one dance music festival, with major headliner announcement last year of The Chainsmokers who will be making their debut playing to SA crowds in March, bring with them a unique live experience as they will be bringing down the curtain on both the Cape Town and Johannesburg shows. 

Fan favourite Martin Garrix returns for his 4th Ultra South Africa, having played at the first three events. His no stranger to us and is bond to put on a spectacle as always. Another act that will be making their Ultra SA debut but are no strangers to South Africa are Above & Beyond. The English DJ are set to kick off the headliners at both shows, bringing the crowds to euphoric levels with their uplifting trance beats, and be sure to be ready and waiting in the crowd as you could be pushing that button! With Vini Vici being announced as one of the support acts for the headliners, yesterday another international support act was announced, Infected Mushrooms will be bringing their unique music and style to Ultra SA. With a big fan base locally, there are many who have been waiting to see them perform live in the country. 

The Resistance stage is headlined by our very own Black Coffee and features a number of top local support acts. Ultra South Africa have also launched a VVIP Table Experience booking which can do so via the website. For more information you can follow Ultra South Africa on the various social media channels or the website.