Ultra SA 2016 - Line Up Times

With just under 2 weeks to go till South Africa's premier dance festival, organisers have released the the final artist line ups and times. So you know exactly where and when to be during Ultra weekend to catch your favourite artist!

With over 16 headlining international artists spread over 3 days in 2 cities, this years Ultra South Africa is bound to be the biggest South Africa has seen so far. With the event spanning 2 day's in each city, it's easy for one to get lost in the euphoria of it all, hence the organisers have made things easy and released the timings now so that you and your mates can plan your Ultra Experience.

Starting off in Joburg, your two days kicks off at 2pm on Friday the 26th with all three stages, Main Stage, Live Loud and Soul Candi. On Saturday see's the Sould Candi stage change into the highly anticipated Resistance stage featuring acts such as Seth Troxler, Martinez Brothers and South Africa's very own Black Coffee. Tiesto brings the Joburg event to a close on the 27th with an extended set on Main Stage, you do not want to miss that!

Cape Town kicks off proceedings on Saturday the 27th at 2pm on all 3 stages, Ultra Main Stage, Bridges for Music at the Camp Site and Strange Loving. Skrillex brings the first night to a close with his set on Main Stage. Saturday see's Strange Loving stage converted to Resistance Stage. But thats not all for Cape Town folk...

Cape Town's very own COCO night club will be hosting an exclusive VVIP Lounge at Ultra Cape Town, which is dubbed "strictly for the upper echelon". So if you wan't to attend the countries biggest electronic dance music festival but also want to do it in style and luxury, this is for you! Be spoiled in your own private table section by the dedicated service team, exquisitely perched on the limited capacity VVIP deck. Access to private bathrooms, lounge area, area bars and bottle service is all included in this package, for more information, contact ultravvip@cococpt.co.za, alternatively call 072 673 6869. 

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Ultra South Africa 2016: Resistance

After proving to be a raving success at last years Miami Ultra Music Festival, organisers of the event have decided to take the Resistance stage world wide with Ultra Europe getting to experience it and now its the turn of South Africa! What is resistance all about though? As we all know there is a qide variety of Electronic music and whilsts the mainstream might be House, Trance and Dance music, there are loads of underground electronic music producers out there whom are making some damn good music which is far from the almost commercialised EDM we're used to hearing. 

What can one expect at Resistance? Unique deep house, techno underground beats by some of the best in the business. Some of the headliners to the Ultra SA 2016 Resistance stage are, Seth Troxler, The Martinez Brothers and South Africa's very own Black Coffee who just yesterday was announced as one of the performing artists at this years Coachella Festival. It's going to be different but as seen in Miami, it could be one of the better stages to be at, so don't keep yourself stuck at Mainstage.

Don't forget, those attending the Cape Town event can now purchase camping tickets for the venue, starting off at R100 for General Camping (requires you to bring your own tent) and R2595 for Premium Camping (tent, beds provided).

                  

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Ultra South Africa 2016: Phase 1 headliners

Today all day Ultra will be releasing their Phase 1 artist line up for next years 3 day show piece that hits South Africa. With Ultra having already announced that both Cape Town and Johannesburg were going to be two day festivals, excitement levels across the country sky rocketed and with the Phase 1 line due to be announced today, ticket purchasers waited in anticipation to see if their favourite DJ was announced to play next year. Since 7.15am on DJ Fresh's morning show, 5FM have been unveiling the international headliners that will play at next years event. So far, fans have not been disappointed with 3 big names in the industry being announced. 

Anton Igorevich Zaslavki, better known by his stage name Zedd is no stranger to the Ultra Music Festival scene as he's been lighting up the stage in Miami for a while now. Having also performed at Ultra Europe this year, this would be the multi award winning artist first trip to the African continent. Fans may know him by his previous hits, "Find You" featuring Matthew Korma, "Stay the night" featuring Hayley Williams, "Clarity" featuring Foxes and most recently "I want you to know" featuring his love interest, Selena Gomez. The Russian-German producer is sure to wow the crowds next year. 

Another German joins the fray for Ultra South Africa 2016, this time its DJ and producer Robin Schulz. He's been around for a few years now with many remixes of various songs along the years, but it's only recently that he's been getting his solo stuff noticed. His latest single "Sugar" featuring Frencesco Yates has been a firm favourite on the 5FM playlists.

It wasn't that big of a secret that Dash Berlin was coming to SA next year which the Dutch trance DJ letting it slip on his Facebook page that he will be coming to South Africa in February 2016. There was doubt on whether it would be a for a solo tour or with Ultra but now that that speculation has been put to bed, Ultra goers can look forward to him killing it at the festival next year. I'm a firm fan of Dash and his remix of Zedd's Find You is still one of my favourite tracks.

If you haven't heard of them before, you probably heard some of their music as they've been dominating 5FM of recent with their hit single Runaway, better known as U & I. The Swedish electronic duo Galantis made up of Christian Karlsson and Linus Eklow make their Ultra SA debut in 2016 and are bound to rock the crowds with songs from their 2015 album, Pharmacy.

Ultra's second stage has been announced as well today, dubbed "Resistance", fans can catch acts such as American duo the Martinez Brothers, Seth Troxler and SA's very own Black Coffee tearing it up on there.

The last of the International artist headliners has been announced for Phase 1, and its none other than Skrillex! The American producer is no stranger to SA with him having toured the country before to sell out crowds. His style is unique and while many associate it to dubstep, he tends to disagree and calls it a different style of hard electro. Whatever its's called, we like it and you can look forward to it next year Feb!

Don't forget, Advanced Ticket sales open tomorrow and are only available from www.ultrasouthafrica.com. Sign Up and get yours first thing tomorrow, because trust me you do not want to miss out on next years Ultra! You can follow all the updates on their official Twitter  (@UltraSA), Facebook (Ultra South Africa) or Instagram (ultrasouthafrica) accounts.