Ultra Music Festival 2018 Main Stage, Backstage, & Lavo • TAO • Marquee VIP Lounge – DAY 1
Miami, FL – March 23, 2018 – The electronic world was orbiting around Downtown Miami this weekend for the 20 anniversary of Ultra Music Festival. Thousands of EDM fans descended to Bay Front Park, to kick off the first day of madness at the festival. Festival goers dashed from stage to stage to witness their favorite artists perform and yet again Lavo, TAO, and Marquee hosted the VIP Lounge. As always World Red Eye was there to capture it all. In honor of Ultra’s 20 year anniversary the lineup was bigger and better than ever before, featuring performances by Axwell, Ingrosso, DJ Snake, Daddy Yankee, Steve Aoki, and Lauren Jauregui. As Day one blurred into the night, and everyone was raving all about the insane performances by Armin van Buuren, Oliver Heldens, Hardwell, and Empire of the Sun. There was no doubt, Friday night was the most lively and memorable place to to experience and watch the worlds biggest DJs perform.
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Axwell, Ingrosso, & DJ Snake
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Daddy Yankee
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Steve Aoki & Lauren Jauregui
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Steve Aoki
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Lauren Jauregui
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Daddy Yankee
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Steve Aoki
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Steve Aoki
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Steve Aoki & Armin van Buuren
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Quintino & Laidback Luke
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Desiigner
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Oliver Heldens
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Oliver Heldens
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Pete Tong
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Pete Tong & Hardwell
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Hardwell
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Hardwell
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Hardwell
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Ingrosso & Axwell
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Axwell & Ingrosso
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Axwell & Ingrosso
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Ingrosso & Axwell
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DJ Snake
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DJ Snake
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DJ Snake
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DJ Snake
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Tchami & DJ Snake
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Tchami
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Axwell, Adam Russakoff, & Ingrosso
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Ingrosso & DJ Snake
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Ingrosso & Adam Russakoff
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Adam Russakoff & Axwell
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Armin van Buuren
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Armin van Buuren
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Charlie Faibisch, Armin van Buuren, & Damian Pinto
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Sunnery James, Afrojack, & Purple
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Sunnery James & Purple
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Alec Monopoly & David Einhorn
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Purple, Steve Aoki, David Grutman, David Einhorn, & Alec Monopoly
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Natalia Paris, Sarah Catanzano, Kelsey Soles, & Baylee Soles
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Alexis Vrba, Jini Pan, & Steph Anderson
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Baylee & Kelsey Soles
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Luisa Rangel & Isabella Rangel Grutman
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Liza & James Fowell
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Nicky Romero
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Empire of the Sun
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Empire of the Sun
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Conrad Sewell
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Conrad Sewell
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Empire of the Sun