Reliving 18 Years of Ultra Music Festival Nostalgia Through Event Flyers

One of the largest and longest running electronic dance music festivals in the world took place last month in Miami for the 18th time. In the recent years Ultra Music Festival has evolved to host more and more artists and has evolved from a humble beach festival to a massive global festival circuit spanning all corners of the globe.

Much has changed in 18 years of Ultra, relive all the magic through the flyers from each year since 1999.

Here’s how Ultra Music Festival has changed from 1999 to 2016

Ultra Beach Music Festival (1999)

UMF 1999 - Photo via UMF.com
UMF 1999 – Photo via UMF.com

UMF initially came up as a beach festival, already hosting big names like George Acosta and Armand Van Helden.

Ultra Global Beach Music Festival (2000)

UMF 2000 - Photo Via UMF.com
UMF 2000 – Photo Via UMF.com

New entries like Sasha and Paul Van Dyk began to take part from this year.

Ultra Music Festival (2001)

UMF 2001 - Photo via UMF.com
UMF 2001 – Photo via UMF.com

UMF in 2001 moved for the first time to Bayfront Park, until 2006.

Ultra Electronic Music Festival (2002)

UMF 2002 - Photo via UMF.com
UMF 2002 – Photo via UMF.com

Ultra hosts Tiesto and Carl Cox in the line up.

Ultra Music Festival (2003)

UMF 2003 - Photo Via UMF.com
UMF 2003 – Photo Via UMF.com

The festival becomes to make a difference between live performance and DJ sets.

Ultra Music Festival (2004)

UMF 2004 - Photo Via UMF.com
UMF 2004 – Photo via UMF.com

Artists such as Richie Hawtin and Chemical Brothers make their debut

Ultra Music Festival (2005)

UMF 2005 - Photo Via UMF.com
UMF 2005 – Photo via UMF.com

Infected Mushroom and Armin Van Buuren make their debut.

Ultra Music Festival (2006)

UMF 2006 - Photo Via UMF.com
UMF 2006 – Photo via UMF.com

Ultra moves to Bicentennial Park and non-electronic artists such The Killers joins the event.

Ultra Music Festival (2007)

UMF 2007 – Photo via UMF.com

Ultra continues to host band like The Cure, and expands its duration: Ultra for the first time ever lasts two days.

Ultra Music Festival (2008)

UMF 2008 - Photo Via UMF.com
UMF 2008 – Photo via UMF.com

Ultra creates an amazing lineup including deadmau5, Pryda and more.

Ultra Music Festival (2009)

UMF 2009 - Photo via UMF.com
UMF 2009 – Photo via UMF.com

Ultra hosts other big names: Black Eyed Peas, Pendulum, Above and Beyond.

Ultra Music Festival (2010)

UMF 2010 - Photo via UMF.com
UMF 2010 – Photo via UMF.com

Swedish House Mafia make their debut. Ultra wins the IDMA awards for the best festival.

Ultra Music Festival (2011)

UMF 2011 - Photo Via UMF.com
UMF 2011 – Photo via UMF.com

Avicii and Skrillex make their debut. Ultra also extend its duration to three days.

Ultra Music Festival (2012)

UMF 2012 - Photo via UMF.com
UMF 2012 – Photo via UMF.com

Ultra moves back to Bayfront Park, and Knife Party and Krafwerk make their debut.

Ultra Music Festival (2013)

UMF 2013 - Photo Via UMF.com
UMF 2013 – Photo via UMF.com

To celebrate the 15th anniversary, Ultra expands its duration to two weekends.

Ultra Music Festival (2014)

Miami-Flyer-2014
UMF 2014 – Photo via UMF.com

On 2014 Ultra returns to the original format. This year Ultra also become to stream the event on its website.

Ultra Music Festival (2015)

UMF 2015 - Photo Via UMF.com
UMF 2015 – Photo via UMF.com

Tropical house artist Kygo make his debut in 2015.

Ultra Music Festival (2016)

Ultra Music Festival Flyer 2016
Ultra Music Festival Flyer 2016

What a ride. See you next year in Miami.

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