''Ultra Brasil'' is an outdoor

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that is a part of

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's worldwide expansion, which has now spread to twenty countries. Ultra Brasil debuted in November 2008 in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

and

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, Brazil. In 2016, Ultra Brasil took place at the

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, Brasil during 14–15 October 2016. The 2017 edition of Ultra Brasil has been announced to take place at the Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro during 12–14 October 2017.

History

2008

The inaugural edition of Ultra Brasil took place in two locations—Belo Horizonte and São Paulo, Brasil during 1–2 November 2008. Approximately 17,500 fans attended Ultra's first worldwide event in Brasil. The event in Belo Horizonte took place at the Centro De Convençoes Risoleta Neves and lasted for over twelve hours, from day to night. The event in São Paulo took place at the Anzu Club, and lasted for about twenty-three hours, from night to day. Ultra Brasil 2008 featured the likes of

Carl Cox Carl Andrew Cox (born 29 July 1962) is a British house and techno club DJ, radio DJ, motorsport team owner and record producer. He is based in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. Cox has won and been nominated for numerous awards. He has perfor ...

Erick Morillo Erick Morillo (March 26, 1971 – September 1, 2020) was a Colombian-American disc jockey, music producer, and record label owner. Having produced under a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers de la Funk, the Dronez, RAW, Smooth Touch, RBM, ...

Booka Shade Booka Shade is a German house duo. It is made up of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, described as veterans of the Frankfurt electronic music scene. They have released 10 studio albums, including '' Memento'' (2004), ''Movements'' (2006), '' ...

Fedde Le Grand Fedde Le Grand (, ; born 7 September 1977) is a Dutch House music, house DJ, record producer and remixer. In 2006, his single "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" reached the top five on the Dutch Top 40, number one on the UK Singles Chart and staye ...

Benny Benassi Marco "Benny" Benassi (; born 13 July 1967) is an Italian DJ and music producer. He is widely seen as a pioneer of electro house, a genre brought into the mainstream by his 2002 summer club hit " Satisfaction". He started his career as DJ alon ...

Victor Calderone Victor Calderone (born March 20, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is an American electronic music producer, DJ and remixer. Biography Raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Calderone was introduced into New York City's nightli ...

Yves Larock Yves Cheminade (; born 18 July 1977 in Neuchâtel), better known by the stage name Yves Larock (), is a Swiss DJ and record producer. He is a member of Africanism All Stars. Biography His single " Rise Up", featuring vocals by Jaba, was a popu ...

Tocadisco Roman Böer (; born 9 June 1974), better known as DJ Tocadisco, formerly Tocadisco (, Spanish for "turntable"), is a German DJ and record producer. Biography Born in Berlin, the son of the photographer and media designer Gerry Böer. He grew up ...

, Crossover, and Brazilian artists like Ferris, Leo Janiero, Rodrigo Vieira, Marcos Carnaval, and Luca Di Napoli.

2010

Ultra Brasil returned to São Paulo, Brasil on 6 November 2010 and took place at the Chácara do Jockey, and approximately 20,000 people were in attendance for Ultra's second event in Brasil. The event consisted of four stages—Main Stage, Carl Cox & Friends, We Love Brasil Stage, and the Tenda the Week Stage. The event featured exclusive performances from

Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known as Fatboy Slim, is an English musician and DJ who helped popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. His music makes extensive use of Sampling (music), samples from eclectic ...

Moby Richard Melville Hall (September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "amo ...

, and Carl Cox. Other artists on the bill for the festival included Above & Beyond,

Groove Armada Groove Armada are an English electronic music duo, composed of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They achieved chart success with their singles " At the River", " I See You Baby" and " Superstylin'". The duo have released nine studio albums, four of ...

Kaskade Ryan Gary Raddon (born February 25, 1971), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, music producer and remixer. ''DJ Times'' voted Kaskade as "America's Best DJ" in 2011 and 2013. ''DJ Magazine, DJ Mag'' named Kaskade fifty-fi ...

Grum Graeme Shepherd (born 7 May 1986), better known by his stage name Grum, is a Scottish electronic musician and producer. Career Grum's debut album, ''Heartbeats'', was released on 17 May 2010. It has been compared to Daft Punk's ''Discovery'' ...

Gui Boratto Guilherme Boratto (born 1974) is a Brazilian electronic music producer. In the 1990s, he was a member of the Eurodance group Sect. His debut solo record, '' Chromophobia'', was named album of the month by ''Mixmag''. He has since released six m ...

, Afrobeta, Marky,

Lovefoxxx Luísa Hanae Matsushita (born February 25, 1984), known by her stage name Lovefoxxx, is the lead singer of the Brazilian indie band Cansei de Ser Sexy ( CSS). Early life and career Lovefoxxx was born in Campinas, Brazil. She is of Portuguese ...

, Kings of Swingers and Stop Play Moon, Renato Ratier, Fedde Le Grand,

Faithless Faithless are an English dance music Band (rock and pop), band that formed in 1995, with its core original members being Rollo Armstrong, Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. During the band's initial period of success, Sister Bliss and Maxi Ja ...

, Yousef, and Anderson Noise.

2011

The following edition of Ultra Brasil took place on 3 December 2011 at the Sambódromo Anhembi in São Paulo, Brasil. The event featured two stages—Main Stage and the Arena. About 30,000 people attended the third edition of Ultra Brasil. Artists on the lineup included

Swedish House Mafia Swedish House Mafia (SHM) are a Swedish house music, house Supergroup (music), supergroup consisting of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso. The group officially formed in late 2008, were placed at number ten on the ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 D ...

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Duck Sauce Duck Sauce is an electronic music superduo, formed in 2009 in New York City. The duo consists of American DJ Armand van Helden and Canadian DJ A-Trak. They are best known for their 2010 single "Barbra Streisand". The duo released a mixtape ...

2manyDJs Soulwax are a Belgian electronic band and DJ/production collective from Ghent, who formed in 1995. Centred around brothers David and Stephen Dewaele, other current members include Igor and Laima Cavalera, and Stefaan Van Leuven. The group first ...

Death From Above 1979 Death from Above 1979 (also known as Death from Above or DFA 1979) is a Canadian rock duo consisting of bassist Jesse F. Keeler and drummer and vocalist Sebastien Grainger from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 2001. The band released their debut album ...

Laidback Luke Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen (born 22 October 1976), better known under his stage name Laidback Luke, is a Filipino-born Dutch DJ and record producer. He notably remixed the Robin S. song, "Show Me Love (Robin S. song)#Steve Angello and Laidba ...

Alesso Alessandro Renato Rodolfo Lindblad (born 7 July 1991), better known by his stage name Alesso (), is a Swedish DJ and record producer. He has worked with numerous artists, including Tove Lo, Theo Hutchcraft, Ryan Tedder, Hailee Steinfeld, Ca ...

Shit Robot Marcus Lambkin (born 1971), better known by the pseudonym Shit Robot, is an Irish electronic musician and DJ. Career While working as a DJ in New York in 2000, he befriended James Murphy, later of LCD Soundsystem, and started a DJ partnership ...

, MSTRKRFT,

Major Lazer Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music and DJ trio, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums. They were founded in 2008 by Diplo and Switch, with Switch leaving after three years in 2011. He was the ...

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his ...

Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is a co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer; a member of the supergroup LSD (group), ...

, Renato Ratier,

the Twelves The Twelves is an electronic music production and DJing duo, made up of Brazilian musicians João Miguel and Luciano Oliveira. They are best known for their remixing of songs by artists ranging from M.I.A. and La Roux to Nirvana and The Beatles ...

DJ Marky Marco Antonio da Silva, known professionally as DJ Marky, is a Brazilian drum and bass DJ. Together with DJ Patife, XRS Land and Drumagick, Brazilians were forging a new sound in drum and bass that became popular around the world with release ...

, and more.

2016

After four years, Ultra Brasil returned, taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil during 14–15 October 2016 at the Sambodromo. Exclusive pre-sale tickets for Ultra Brasil went on sale in April, and the following tier of tickets went on sale in early May. The phase one lineup for Ultra Brasil was announced on 20 July 2016 and included the likes of

Dash Berlin Dash Berlin is a Dutch electronic music group started in 2007 in The Hague by Eelke Kalberg and Sebastiaan Molijn. Dash Berlin were voted the seventh most popular DJs in the world according to ''DJ Mag'' in 2012; Kalberg and Molijn were record ...

Hardwell Robbert van de Corput (; born 7 January 1988), known professionally as Hardwell, is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted the world's number one DJ by ''DJ Mag'' in 2013 and again in 2014. In 2022, he was ranked at number 43 in ...

Martin Garrix Martijn Gerard Garritsen (; born 14 May 1996), known professionally as Martin Garrix (or Ytram and GRX), is a Dutch Republic, Dutch DJ and record producer who was ranked number one on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years—20 ...

DJ Snake William Sami Étienne Grigahcine (born 13 June 1986), known by his stage name DJ Snake, is a French DJ and record producer. He was first credited with production work on several singles for other artists—including " Shut It Down" by Pitbull an ...

, ANNA,

Heatbeat Heatbeat are an Argentinian trance music, trance and electro house production project formed in 2006 by Agustin Servente and Matias Chavez a.k.a. Matias Faint, who scored a number of hits since their formation. Their most famous tracks to date ...

Hot Since 82 Daley Padley, also known as Hot Since 82, is a British house music DJ and producer from South Yorkshire, England. He has been releasing music under the Hot Since 82 moniker since 2011. Personal life Originally from South Yorkshire, Padley ente ...

Jauz Samuel Reed Vogel (born September 2, 1993) also known by his stage name Jauz ( ), is an American DJ and electronic music producer. He founded his own record label, Bite This, in 2017. Early life Vogel grew up in Mill Valley, California. He be ...

, and Matador. The phase one lineup announcement also that Ultra Brasil would have a Resistance/Carl Cox & Friends Stage. The phase two lineup for Ultra Brasil was announced on 23 August 2016 and included the likes of Above & Beyond,

Krewella Krewella is an American electronic dance music band from the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, Illinois, United States, that formed in 2007. Their musical style has been mainly described as EDM, dance-rock, and dance-pop. However, Krewella's style ...

(live), Nic Fanciulli,

Steve Aoki Steven Hiroyuki Aoki ( , ; born November 30, 1977) is an American DJ and record producer. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest-grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as ...

, Art Department, Carnage,

Cosmic Gate Cosmic Gate is a German DJ duo consisting of trance music producers Claus Terhoeven (born 1972) and Stefan Bossems (born 1967). Both hail from Krefeld, Germany. On October 28, 2009, ''DJ Magazine'' announced the results of their annual Top 100 ...

Infected Mushroom Infected Mushroom () is an Israeli musical duo formed in Haifa in 1996 by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani. They produce and perform psytrance, electronica, dream trance and psychedelic music. They are one of the best-selling groups in ...

Markus Schulz Markus Schulz ( , ; born 3 February 1969) is a German DJ and record producer based in Miami, Florida. Best known for his weekly radio show titled ''Global DJ Broadcast'' that airs on Digitally Imported radio, ah.fm and other online stations, Sc ...

, Steve Lawler,

Nicole Moudaber Nicole Moudaber is a Lebanese/British event promoter, record label founder, radio personality, and DJ/ producer. She is the head of her own imprint MOOD Records and runs an award-winning weekly radio show, In The MOOD. Biography Nicole Mouda ...

, and many more. The final lineup for Ultra Brasil was announced on 12 September 2016 and featured additional artists including

Felguk Felguk is the stage name of the Brazilian DJs and record producer duo Felipe Lozinsky (born February 12, 1986) and Gustavo Rozenthal (born February 26, 1982). The duo performed - and had their single "2nite" as the track for the official trailer ...

, Jon Rundell, Liquid Soul, Rodrigo Vieira, Vini Vici, and many other local and regional artists. It was also announced that Ultra Brasil and

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worked together to broadcast the festival to fans across

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. Ultra Brasil sold out its allotted number of tickets on 14 October 2016. Over 60,000 fans swarmed to the north of the city for what turned out to be one of the undisputed highlights of Ultra Worldwide’s 2016 calendar.

2017

On 19 January 2017, it was announced that Ultra Brasil would return to the Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro for an extended three days during 12–14 October 2017. Early bird tickets for this second edition went on sale 27 January 2017 and sold out a few days after. Tier 1 tickets for Ultra Brasil 2017 went on sale 21 February 2017. During Ultra Music Festival's 19th edition, it was revealed that Armin van Buuren would be one of the artists performing at Ultra Brasil. Egyptian trance duo,

Aly & Fila Aly & Fila are an Egyptian trance music duo made up of Aly El Sayed Amr Fathalah (Aly) and Fadi Wassef Naguib (Fila). They host an internet radio show called ''Future Sound of Egypt'', and are the founders of the label of the same name. The duo h ...

has also been announced to play the festival.{{Cite news, url=https://www.flybynight.com.br/site/redacao/2017/04/10/ultra-brasil-anuncia-aly-e-fila/, title=Ultra Brasil anuncia Aly & Fila - Fly by Night, date=2017-04-10, access-date=2017-04-11, language=pt-BR

2023

On April 22, 23, Ultra Brasil was held at

Vale do Anhangabaú Vale do Anhangabaú (Anhangabaú Valley) is a region in the city center of São Paulo, located between the viaducts do Chá and Santa Ifigênia.

, in central Sao Paulo.

References

External links

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