Ultra Music Festival returns to Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami from March 27 to 29 for its 26th edition, and while the mainstage will deliver its usual spectacle, RESISTANCE is where the weekend earns its underground credibility. Now marking its 10th anniversary as a brand, Ultra's house and techno arm arrives this year loaded with world exclusives, rare pairings, and debuts that have been a long time coming. Here are five sets worth planting your feet for.
Amelie Lens b2b Sara Landry
This is the first ever, world exclusive Amelie Lens b2b Sara Landry set that's sitting at the top of the RESISTANCE wishlist for good reason. Lens has built her EXHALE movement into one of techno's most devoted communities, while Landry brings a dark, driving industrial edge that hits with uncommon force. Sara Landry also makes her global Ultra debut here, leading the festival's inaugural HEKATE stage takeover separately across the weekend, so you'll have multiple chances to hear what she's about. But this b2b is the one that won't come around twice.
Adam Beyer b2b Joseph Capriati
Beyer's Drumcode empire has shaped the modern techno sound, while Capriati's marathon DJ sets and Metamorfosi label have made him one of the genre's most respected selectors and event organizers. The two have been doing damage together at European festivals for years, including extended sets at Awakenings, but this marks the exclusive U.S. debut of the pairing. American techno crowds have heard both separately. Inside the MegaStructure together is a different proposition entirely. Beyer brings precision and drive. Capriati brings feeling and unpredictability.
Dennis Cruz b2b Seth Troxler
Dennis Cruz arrives as one of Spain's most iconic underground selectors, linking up with Detroit legend Seth Troxler for what marks a debut festival performance for both. Where much of RESISTANCE leans hard into high-tempo techno, Cruz and Troxler represent a different, arguably harder argument: that the most compelling dancefloor is also the most effortlessly grooved. Cruz's rolling tech house productions meet Troxler's playful, unpredictable DJ style, creating the kind of extended groove session that feels closer to a club night than a massive festival stage.That contrast is exactly what makes this worth the walk to the Cove.
Carl Cox
Carl Cox returns as one of the festival's most established exclusives, following last year's world debut of his "Evolution" live show at Ultra's 25th anniversary, where he spent years building toward a fully hardware-driven format that mapped his sound to the room in real time alongside collaborator Christopher Coe. How far he pushes the show in its second iteration, and what he builds on from that debut, is the question worth arriving early to answer. Cox's relationship with Ultra spans the entire history of the festival, and RESISTANCE has become his stage.
Sasha & John Digweed
Few things in electronic music carry the weight of a Sasha and John Digweed exclusive at Ultra 2026. The duo essentially wrote the vocabulary that a generation of progressive and melodic techno producers still borrows from today, and their appearance in the RESISTANCE lineup sits alongside a roster spanning multiple generations of the underground. Their sets still move. Their chemistry has only deepened over three decades. This is one for anyone who wants to understand what this music was built on, and equally for anyone who simply wants to dance to two of the best in history doing what they do best.
Ultra Music Festival 2026 takes place March 27 to 29 at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami.
