It’s back! America’s most important electronic music gathering is returning to South Beach in Miami. The Winter Music Conference 2013 (and its wider nomenclature Miami Music Week) will be host to the industry’s hot shots — the DJs, producers, promoters and label owners pulling the strings of this international emporium we call dance music — their arms (and minds) wide open to another onslaught of Miami madness. 2013 sees Ultra Music Festival grow even bigger, spreading itself over the two consecutive weekends either side of WMC week, with headline sets from Swedish House Mafi a, Deadmau5, Armin Van Buuren and Tiësto.
BOAT PARTY BLING IT UP
Of course, the fun doesn’t stop and start at Ultra. Parties on South Beach and Downtown will span house, techno, bass, electro and trance at all our favourite stomping grounds — with some fresh new faces to book. We’ve separated the wheat from the chaff to collate your tip-top, one-stop-shop WMC party calendar. So
Friday 15th March
LOVING YOU IS EASY MIAMI VENUE: Mansion VIBE: Massive big room electro fl avours to help open the week. DJS: Porter Robinson, Mat Zo, more TBA TAX: TBC TIME: TBC
THOMAS GOLD & FRIENDS VENUE: Wall VIBE: Berlin’s trouse demi-god takes to South Beach. DJS: Thomas Gold, more TBA TAX: TBC TIME: TBC wallmiami.com
Saturday 16th March
AXWELL @ STORY VENUE: Story VIBE: One third of Swedish House Mafi a comes out axe swinging at new South Beach venue, Story. DJS: Axwell, NO_ID, Sick Individuals, Hook