Ultra Music Festival 2024 Day 1 closes due to severe weather

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The first day of the Ultra Music festival 2024 was suspended due to bad weather.

As thunderstorms, thunderstorms and high winds moved through the Miami area, where the festival takes place in downtown Bayfront Park, organizers posted an announcement saying that “for your safety, Ultra Friday will be closed.” temporarily. Please leave the park calmly now.”

This announcement came at approximately 9:00 pm local time on Friday (March 22), just before Dutch producer Hardwell performed on the festival’s main stage. The shutdown ended the festival three hours early, with sets from Fisher and Chris Lake playing Under Construction, Armin van Buuren, Amelie Lens and Joris Voorn and Kolsch also canceled due to the weather. On Instagram, Lake wrote that he was “gutted that we couldn’t perform for you at Ultra tonight. Come home safely and see you soon.”

The festival is scheduled to reopen on Saturday (March 23) and run through Sunday (March 24). Saturday’s forecast in Miami calls for thunderstorms until 3 pm local time and partly sunny skies on Sunday.

Ultra Music Festival draws approximately 55,000 fans per day to Bayfront Park, where Ultra has been held since 2001. The festival reports that it attracted 165,000 attendees from more than 100 countries to its 2023 edition, with 42 million people watching the broadcast live from the festival.

Ultra 2024’s lineup for the rest of the weekend includes David Guetta, Peggy Gou, Eric Prydz, Nora en Pure, Steve Aoki, Seven Lions, Madeon and San Holo, Calvin Harris, Orbital and many more.