Ultra Music Festival 2013 expands to two weekends

Miami's record-breaking Ultra Music Festival is expanding to cover two weekends in 2013. Previously, the festival has built a reputation as the most exciting event during the annual Miami Music Week. In 2013, the Ultra Music Festival will keep electronic dance music fans moving to the beat March 15-17 and March 22-24. You can attend either weekend, or purchase admittance to both weekends. Festival passes are selling at a lightning-fast pace, so early-bird buying makes sense. The city's beautiful Bayfront Park once again provides the downtown backdrop to the festival.

One of the main reasons for a second weekend being added to Ultra Music Festival is that the festival has tended to sell out early in previous years, leaving many disappointed fans unable to buy tickets or attend the festival. By stretching the festival out over two weekends, a larger number of fans should be able to attend. However, the intense popularity of the festival means that it's a good idea for fans to buy their tickets early -- these are available through the website Aniceticket.com well in advance of the March 2013 festival.

Ultra is the first event within its electronic dance music genre to stage a festival over two consecutive weekends. However, other music festivals outside the EDM genre have made the leap to a double weekend. The Coachella music festival in California expanded to two weekends in 2012.

Ultra has a strong history of booking popular acts to play to a crowd of up to 200,000 people. In 2012, fans were wowed by performances from Kaskade, Armin van Buuren and David Guetta, among many other acts.

The lineup for the 2013 festival, which will see Ultra celebrating its 15th anniversary, is still under wraps. Fans can expect a quality festival lineup with some of the biggest names in EDM gracing the stage. You can choose from general-admission or VIP options, with the VIP experience being more exclusive although, naturally, more pricey.

Tickets for the 2013 festival go on sale in mid-October for the following March. Check out Aniceticket.com to snag yours before the festival sells out.