The best Miami Music Week events
Navigate Miami Music Week events like a glow-stickâwielding pro with our day-by-day guide to the revelry
Imagine a weeklong party that rages through sunrises and sunsets, is set to the tenacious beats of house, techno and trance and culminates in one epic outdoor concert in downtown Miami. Such a marathon of music and fun exists—but it’s not for amateurs. To help you find your way around the best Miami Music Week events, Winter Music Conference pool parties and other concerts—including the 18-year-old Ultra Music Festival—follow our guide to the hottest happenings, from South Beach and beyond.
The best Miami Music Week events
Ultra Music Festival 2017
The week’s big event is the longest-running dance-music festival in the U.S. and has been a legend around the world since launching in 1999. Expect three days of DJ sets, performances and all sorts of beats.
Who’s playing? (Who isn’t?) Major Lazer, The Prodigy, Justice, Ice Cube, Carl Cox, Steve Aoki and others.
Never Get Out of the Boat
Set sail with beats, drinks and giveaways courtesy of Magnetic Grooves, which is run by Melanie Daniel, a Miami Music Week vet who knows how to throw a party.
Who’s playing? DJs Hernán Cattáneo and Nick Warren.
SCI+TEC 10
Presented in part by D.C. techno guru Dubfire, this after-hours bash promises deep bass and synthetic textures that will lure you to the dance floor in a hypnotic daze.
Who’s playing? Carlo Lio, Fabio Florido and Kenny Glasgow—plus, Gaiser, Johnny Trika and SHADED performing live.
tINI and the Gang ON A BOAT
Drink your fill from a premium open bar while tINI, Berlin’s first lady of house, builds a groove from thin air.
Who’s playing? tINI, Molly, Deaf Pillow, plus more to be announced.
Knee Deep in Miami
British DJ Hot Since 82 (Daley Padley) presents a special MMW edition of his Knee Deep in Sound event series, which has traveled to Ibiza and other cities.
Who’s playing? Knee Deep collaborators include Eats Everything, Nick Curly and La Fleur.
Eric Prydz Presents Pryda
The man responsible for electronic dance music’s most recognizable drum pattern (that persistent bubbling up before the drop is called “the Pryda snare”) showcases his stuff in an intimate setting—by his standards.
Who’s playing? The one and only Eric Prydz.
Hard 2 Leave
One of the most talked-about events of the week features pole dancers and some of the biggest names in bass rock—a winning combination.
Who’s playing? Guatemalan-born DJ Carnage will headline again this year.
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