MIAMI – Undercover police officers were preparing to work outdoors as part of a multi-agency security effort during the Ultra Music Festival in Downtown Miami.
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The law enforcement community and fire rescue personnel expect more than 150,000 electronic music fans to take over Bayfront Park and neighboring hotels hosting pool and rooftop parties.
Traffic will be hectic. A section of Biscayne Boulevard closes from 9 p.m., Thursday, to 7 a.m., Monday. Police officers will re-route northbound traffic at Southeast First Street and southbound traffic at Northeast Sixth Street.
The three-day festival’s chest-rattling bass coming from the park’s network of stages with DJs performing sets simultaneously starts from 4 p.m. to midnight on Friday and ends after midnight Monday morning.
Detectives asked the public to beware of fraudsters purporting to be reselling tickets in-person or online. This year’s general admission sold out and UMF was already accepting requests for the 2026 tickets waitlist on Wednesday.
UMF will be streaming some of the sets and interviews live. This year’s headliners include Skrillex, Solomun and Anyma, Hardwell, Oliver Heldens, Martin Garrix, Zeds Dead, deadmau5, Carl Cox, Dom Dolla, and Tiësto.
Aside from hotels, the afterparty venues also include yachts, bars, lounges, and nightclubs increasing traffic mostly on Biscayne Bay and Miami Beach and in the city’s Downtown, Brickell, Midtown, and Wynwood neighborhoods.
At the park, UMF bans fans from bringing in “illegal or illicit” substances or paraphernalia, weapons “of any kind” including self-defense sprays, and anything flammable including aerosols.
Organizers also prohibit stuffed animals; glow sticks; drones; markers, pens, or spray paint; and big backpacks, purses, or bags; outside food or beverages.
The event’s security staff also doesn’t allow fans to bring bottles, cans, canteens, flasks, or coolers; opened over-the-counter medication or eye drops; opened packs of cigarettes or tampons; balloons, balls, inflatable balls, frisbees or flying disks; or umbrellas, chairs, blankets, sleeping bags or tents.