Ultra Music Festival 2026 just wrapped, and it’s the first edition since the 25th Anniversary in 2025. I’ve always thought of festivals like Ultra and Tomorrowland as operating in distinct eras between anniversary editions, which makes sense because sometimes the festivals enter into 5-year contracts with vendors and tend to change things up when the contracts expire. In 2026, Ultra Music Festival broke with the past in some ways, and in other ways, it continues some changes that first appeared in 2025. Either way, the defining characteristic of Ultra 2026 was that everything just worked. The festival was a fine-tuned…
