


Ultra Music Festival to Host Debut Edition in New Zealand
The global dance music festival has been held in Australia multiple times
Ultra Worldwide, the international arm of the Miami-based dance music festival, Ultra Music Festival, is hosting the first-ever Ultra New Zealand in 2026. The event will take place on April 10 in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city.
The details:
No venue has been confirmed for the event, but organizers are preparing to build three stages for a capacity of 20,000 over one day.
Ultra has yet to put out any official information. The festival expansion was first shared by New Zealand-based news outlets.
One such outlet, RNZ, said this festival was part of a “multi-year agreement.”
The lineup is expected on Wednesday, December 10.
Ticket sales are expected on the following Wednesday, December 17.
Ultra Worldwide, WellingtonNZ, and New Zealand promoter Audiology Touring will collaborate to organize the event.
Ultra Worldwide has hosted events in other global hubs such as South Africa, Croatia, India, Thailand, and Brazil, among many others.
What they said:
Wellington Mayor Andrew Little: "Having an event on the scale and renown as the Ultra Festival in Wellington will be a huge boost for the local economy, injecting new energy into the CBD and drawing thousands of people from around New Zealand and abroad. It’s time to remind people of Wellington’s place as the live entertainment capital of Aotearoa, so it’s exciting to see an event of this size here in Wellington for the next few years.”
Ultra Worldwide, the international arm of the Miami-based dance music festival, Ultra Music Festival, is hosting the first-ever Ultra New Zealand in 2026. The event will take place on April 10 in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city.
The details:
No venue has been confirmed for the event, but organizers are preparing to build three stages for a capacity of 20,000 over one day.
Ultra has yet to put out any official information. The festival expansion was first shared by New Zealand-based news outlets.
One such outlet, RNZ, said this festival was part of a “multi-year agreement.”
The lineup is expected on Wednesday, December 10.
Ticket sales are expected on the following Wednesday, December 17.
Ultra Worldwide, WellingtonNZ, and New Zealand promoter Audiology Touring will collaborate to organize the event.
Ultra Worldwide has hosted events in other global hubs such as South Africa, Croatia, India, Thailand, and Brazil, among many others.
What they said:
Wellington Mayor Andrew Little: "Having an event on the scale and renown as the Ultra Festival in Wellington will be a huge boost for the local economy, injecting new energy into the CBD and drawing thousands of people from around New Zealand and abroad. It’s time to remind people of Wellington’s place as the live entertainment capital of Aotearoa, so it’s exciting to see an event of this size here in Wellington for the next few years.”
Ultra Worldwide, the international arm of the Miami-based dance music festival, Ultra Music Festival, is hosting the first-ever Ultra New Zealand in 2026. The event will take place on April 10 in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city.
The details:
No venue has been confirmed for the event, but organizers are preparing to build three stages for a capacity of 20,000 over one day.
Ultra has yet to put out any official information. The festival expansion was first shared by New Zealand-based news outlets.
One such outlet, RNZ, said this festival was part of a “multi-year agreement.”
The lineup is expected on Wednesday, December 10.
Ticket sales are expected on the following Wednesday, December 17.
Ultra Worldwide, WellingtonNZ, and New Zealand promoter Audiology Touring will collaborate to organize the event.
Ultra Worldwide has hosted events in other global hubs such as South Africa, Croatia, India, Thailand, and Brazil, among many others.
What they said:
Wellington Mayor Andrew Little: "Having an event on the scale and renown as the Ultra Festival in Wellington will be a huge boost for the local economy, injecting new energy into the CBD and drawing thousands of people from around New Zealand and abroad. It’s time to remind people of Wellington’s place as the live entertainment capital of Aotearoa, so it’s exciting to see an event of this size here in Wellington for the next few years.”
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This article was written with information sourced from RNZ and DJ Mag.
We covered it because Ultra is a major festival brand.
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