Posted on Friday, November 26th, 2010 by mraman
So the dates have been released for next year's WMC and, shock horror, it's not happening when everyone expected it to happen.
What with being a newbie, my friends and I held out for the dates. And we're so glad we did. Not that I have anything against the Ultra Music Fest, but it is just another dance music fest in a field. Yes, the lineups are awesome, but why should I fly all the way out to Miami to get messy in a field when I can do that just as easily in the UK? I never paid all that much attention to the tie-up between the 2 Events, but the split between them doesn't surprise me. When there's a lot of money, influence, and column inches involved, at some point egos will take over. It appears that the two parties responsible for WMC and Ultra have had a bit of a set-to and decided to go their separate ways.
It's only a big deal to those folks who hedged their bets and booked their flights and accommodation expecting it to be in the last week of March as is usually the case. A lot of other people don't really care. WMC is a fairly unique set of events that you don't necessarily see repeated anywhere else. Ultra, as I said above, is just another big ole' EDM festival. I have no doubt that the WMC organizers and all those who stand to make a lot of cash off the back of it, will find all sorts of fun things to fill up the time with. Gaps are constantly filled and new needs identified and trends established - so I see this as an opportunity for all sorts of new, random parties and events to spring up in place of Ultra.
Bring it on, I say!
Meena Raman
Independent Blogger
The views and opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Hudson Valley Nightlife, Inc., MiamiWMC.com, Winter Music Conference, or Ultra Music Festival.
User comments
Posted on Friday, November 26th, 2010 by Maurizio22
Why do u guys go to the wmc???? the actual real conference??? all the big party still on schedule for the end of the month....airlondon the 22, crosstown the 26.....
who will go early in march will be so disappointend.....
almost forgot...Ultra MF yes.....nice if i was 14 years old....
Posted on Saturday, December 11th, 2010 by bachisgod
Yes, you will be sorely disappointed if you go to Miami for the WMC dates. A lot of the major promoters have already secured their dates and DJs for the last week in March. That's when all the parties are going to be. Made Events parties will all be March 23-27. Above & Beyond have announced their party on March 24. If you want to attend workshops and lectures, sure go along to WMC. If you want to party with your favorite DJs, then the last week in March is when it's all happening.
Posted on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 by soundslikecolors
WMC hurry up and post up a few pool, yacht, club parties to freeze all this talk about the last week of March.
Posted on Friday, January 14th, 2011 by soundslikecolors
WMC hope you have more parties to post on the list, without pool parties & yacht parties, good luck!
Posted on Friday, January 14th, 2011 by soundslikecolors
Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roe ( by Cancun) will probably be better than Miami this year. It is upsetting to know WMC is being so unorganizaed and to see them fall apart in shame. People are mad and cancelling the party of the year, R.I.P. WMC Miami!