With Ultra Music Festival 15 being over, I feel it is only correct to make my first post dedicated to the festival. UMF was by far, the best music event I have ever experienced. An absolute stellar lineup, the best production at a festival I’ve ever seen, along with several new additions to the festival itself, took Ultra to a whole new level. With the addition of free wi-fi, water stations, an all new (and beautiful) merchandise store, I’m not sure how they are going to top this next year.
Evaluating all the performances I saw, which were quite a few, it would be impossible to pick a favorite. However, there were several I was extremely impressed with. I’d like to touch on Krewella first and foremost, who played a total of four sets between both weekends. Their first performance Weekend one at the Live Stage packed the stage out like no other performance did either weekends. When the artist after them failed to arrive on time, the girls jumped back on and took matters into their own hands. They also played second weekend on the Ultra WorldWide stage, as well as a set on the Live Stage B2B with Adventure Club.
As always, Kaskade proved to be extremely impressive, with a beautiful mainstage performance as well as two sets in the MegaStructure, picking up the slack when Calvin Harris could not make his flight. Each set was individual and unique, nothing less to be expected from this legend.
However, the final question comes down to who REALLY stole the show? Deadmau5 and Swedish House Mafia were by far the two biggest must-see artists on the lineup and both gave top notch performances. Joel brought back the cube for some of the best production ever branded by an artist. However, music wise his set did not change from weekend 1 to weekend 2. Regardless, he played both new and old Mau5 classics and the overall set was spectacular.
I hate to say it (not really), but the true show stealer of Ultra 15 was Swedish House Mafia. Playing on Saturday Weekend one and closing out with their final performance ever Weekend two, the crowd was a sea of people as far as anyone could see. Not only was their set crowd pleasing though, production went all out for these guys. Pyro, Fireworks, water coming out of the stage, you name it, Ultra provided. Although i’m not particularly a SHM fan, even I felt the love these guys were pouring into their set. Truly a milestone in dance music history.
Krewella at the WorldWide stage Weekend 1.
Calvin Harris Weekend 1 Mainstage.
Kaskade – MegaStructure Weekend 2.
Albert (EDMSnob) and I backstage with a Rukes official photo.
BackstageHope 
Krewella…. was amazing. I fell in love. Never listened to them and saw them Weekend two and was blown away by their amazing drops, originality, voices and stage dives!!! ❤ I have not stopped listening to the trio ever since I left Ultra.