See also: Ultra Music Festival
Ultra Australia
GenreElectronic dance music
DateApril
FrequencyAnnually
LocationsCurrent Melbourne Flemington Racecourse

Gold Coast Broadwater Parklands

Former Sydney Parramatta Park, Australia
Years active8 years
InauguratedFebruary 24, 2018
Most recent
April 11–12, 2025
Attendance46,000 (Melbourne 2026)
Websiteultraaustralia.com

Ultra Australia is an outdoor electronic music festival that is a part of Ultra Music Festival's worldwide expansion, which has now spread to twenty three countries.[1] Ultra Australia made its debut as a single day event under the Road to Ultra banner on 24 February 2018, and took place at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia.[2]

History

2018

The debut event as Road to Ultra Australia was a single day event held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on 24 February 2018 and consisted of one stage. International artists for the inaugural festival included Afrojack, Axwell, Carnage (DJ), Andrew Rayel and KSHMR. Local Australian artists who performed at the event included Will Sparks, Timmy Trumpet, Tigerlily (DJ) and Mashd N Kutcher.[3] Over 17,000 attended the event.

2019

Following the success of the Road to Ultra 2018 event, the organisers announced the festival would return in 2019 as Ultra Australia, a single day event in two cities, Melbourne and Sydney held at Parramatta Park and Flemington Racecourse. The festival consisted of three stages; The Ultra Mainstage, Resistance and a local artists stage the UMF Radio stage. International artists included Martin Garrix, Marshmello, The Chainsmokers, Illenium and Slushii.[4] More than 40,000 attended the festival in Melbourne and Sydney.[5] Australian headliner artists included Will Sparks, Tigerlily (DJ) and Sunset Brothers.[6]

The Resistance stage made its Australian debut at Ultra Australia.[citation needed] Resistance headliners included Adam Beyer, Dubfire, Nicole Moudaber and Joris Voorn.[citation needed]

2020

After another successful event, the second edition of Ultra Australia was confirmed with Melbourne and Sydney again as host cities.[7][8] Despite the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak beginning to cancel events globally, Ultra Australia 2020 was confirmed to still take place.[9]

The festival again hosted three stages — the Ultra Main Stage, Resistance, and a local artists stage.[11] Ultra Australia 2020 included artists Afrojack, Eric Prydz, Dash Berlin, DJ Snake, Zedd, Deborah De Luca, Eats Everything and Markus Schulz.[10] Local artists Tigerlily (DJ), Mashd N Kutcher, Joel Fletcher and Sunset Brothers performed.[11]

2022 - 2026

Ultra Australia returned on March 5, 2022, after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival returned to Melbourne only, held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.[12] The festival hosted three stages which saw international artists Alesso, Afrojack, Oliver Heldens and Steve Aoki perform. Will Sparks, Andrew Rayel and Deborah De Luca also returned to the Ultra Australia event.[13]

2024 saw the introduction of a festival on the Gold Coast and in 2026 expanded too a 2 stages, with Gold Coast exclusive headliner Alesso[14]

2026 also saw a separate Ultra New Zealand festival, on the same weekend and with a similar lineup[15]

Events by year

Date and Location Headliners Support Stages Crowd REF
24th February 2018, Melbourne: Sidney Myer Music Bowl Afrojack, Axwell & Ingrosso Carnage, Kshmr Mainstage [16]
23rd February 2019,Melbourne: Flemington Racecourse

24th February 2019, Sydney: Parramatta Park,

Adam Beyer, The Chainsmokers,

Dubfire b2b Nicole Moudaber, Illenium,

Marshmello, Martin Garrix

Jorisvoorn, Slushii Mainstage

Resistance

Radio

[16]
7th March 2020, Sydney: Parramatta Park

8th March 2020, Melbourne: Flemington Racecourse

Afrojack, Dash Berlin, DJ Snake,

Eric Prydz, Luciano, Zedd

Deborah De Luca,

Eats Everything Markus Schulz UMEK

Mainstage

Resistance

Radio

[16]
5th March 2022,Melbourne: Sidney Myer Music Bowl Afrojack, Alesso, Oliver Heldens, Steve Aoki

Deborah De Luca, Nicole Moudaber

Andrew Rayel, Coone, Frank Walker,

Sam Feldt, Will Sparks

Mainstage

Resistance

Radio

[16]
15th April 2023,Melbourne: Sidney Myer Music Bowl Darren Styles, Deborah De Luca, Hardwell,

Sub Zero Project, Timmy Trumpet

ACRAZE, Ben Gold,

Ferry Corsten, Jonas Blue, Joyhauser,

Juliet Fox, Sneujder, Solarstone,

Mainstage

Resistance

Radio

Park Stage

[16]
12th April 2024, Gold Coast: Broadwater Parklands Armin van Buuren, Brennan Heart, Darren Styles, Steve Aoki, Zedd Topic, Will Sparks Beach [16]
13th April 2024, Melbourne: Flemington Racecourse Armin van Buuren, Brennan Heart, Carl Cox, Darren Styles, Steve Aoki, Zedd Anna Tur, Christopher Coe,

Jeffrey Sutorius, Juliet Fox,Topic, Will Atkinson, Will Sparks

Mainstage

Resistance

Radio

[16]
11th April 2025, Gold Coast: Broadwater Parklands Axwell, Da Tweekaz, Knock2, Martin Garrix, Sub Zero Project Blasterjaxx, Joel Corry, Beach [16]
12th April 2025, Melbourne: Flemington Racecourse Axwell, Da Tweekaz, Deborah De Luca, Knock2, Martin Garrix, Sub Zero Project Blasterjaxx, Byorn, Joel Corry, Nora En Pure, Simon Patterson Mainstage

Resistance

Radio

[16]
11th April 2026, Melbourne: Flemington Racecourse The Chainsmokers, DJ Snake, Darren Styles, Marlo, Miss Monique, Nico Moreno, Oliver Heldens, Zedd Dimatik, Fatima Hajji, HILO, Kazze, Oscar L, Rebuke, RIVO Mainstage

Resistance

Resistance2

Radio

46,000 [17]
12th April 2026, Gold Coast: Broadwater Parklands Alesso (Canceled),The Chainsmokers, DJ Snake, Darren Styles, Marlo, Miss Monique, Nico Moreno, Oliver Heldens Kaaze Beach

Radio

See also

References

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  2. ^ "AFROJACK AND AXWELL Λ INGROSSO TO HEADLINE INAUGURAL ROAD TO ULTRA AUSTRALIA". Ultra Music Festival. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ TOM WILLIAMS (2 November 2017). "Ultra Music Festival Australia 2018 Lineup Announced". Music Feeds. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ EMMY MACK (17 February 2019). "Ultra Australia Unveils Final Acts & Set Times For 2019". Music Feeds. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ Staff Writer (28 February 2019). "Ultra Australia debut reaches over 40,000 fans & confirmed to return". The Music Network. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ Tom Williams (21 December 2018). "Ultra Australia Announces 'Phase Two' Lineup For 2019 Festival". Music Feeds. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  7. ^ "ULTRA AUSTRALIA TO RETURN IN MARCH 2020". Ultra Australia. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  8. ^ Lars Brandle (8 July 2019). "Ultra Australia Is Returning In 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  9. ^ Jackson Langford (6 March 2020). "Ultra Australia confirms it will still go ahead this weekend". NME. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. ^ "ULTRA AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES PHASE 2 LINEUP". Ultra Australia. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  11. ^ ROB MULLINEUX (6 March 2020). "ULTRA AUSTRALIA 2020 SET TIMES ANNOUNCED". OZEDM. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Electronic music festival ULTRA Australia returns to Melbourne in 2022". Beat. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  13. ^ Abisola Oseni (15 December 2021). "ULTRA AUSTRALIA DROPS PHASE 1 LINEUP FOR 2022 EDITION". EDM Identity. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Hooligan Hefs Teams Up With Savage on Explosive Single 'Whistle'". Rolling Stone Australia. 2026-03-05. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  15. ^ "ULTRA Worldwide announces inaugural ULTRA New Zealand event - Ultra Australia April 11 & 12, 2026". Ultra Australia. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Previous Lineups". Ultra Australia. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
  17. ^ Simon Beard (2026-04-12). We just sold 46,000 tickets for Ultra Australia in Melbourne. Retrieved 2026-05-09 – via YouTube.