Are you ready for a music experience like no other? From December to February, you’ll get a taste of SA’s biggest electronic music festival with a series of Ultra-branded nights happening at the hottest clubs around the country. Expect terrific music, the best vibes and people, and so much more, as we get ready to go big at Ultra SA 2023. 

The pre-party tour will happen at some of the best clubs in Durban, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Potchefstroom. Along with local artists, there will be bars stocked with Smirnoff Storm, prizes, and exclusive ticket giveaways for Ultra SA 2023.  

• 10 Dec – Origin, Durban
• 7 Jan – Love Thy Neighbour, Cape Town
• 7 Jan – Conchilla, Ballito
• 20 Jan – Babylon The Joburg Bar, Johannesburg
• 28 Jan – The Greenhouse, Johannesburg
• 4 Feb – Summit Grill & Skybar, Pretoria
• 8 Feb – Fools Gold Social Bar, Stellenbosch
• 10 Feb – Madison Avenue, Johannesburg
• 17 Feb – Square 2.0, Pretoria
• 24 Feb – Club MVG, Potchefstroom 

To purchase your Ultra South Africa 2023 ticket please visit UltraSouthAfrica.com/tickets

For those unfamiliar with it, ULTRA South Africa is Africa’s largest electronic music festival and is part of Ultra Music Festival’s worldwide expansion which is now present in twenty countries.

It is a single-day event taking place in two cities (Johannesburg and Cape Town). Having debuted in 2014, Ultra South Africa is one of the longest-standing world editions of the festival.  

The eighth edition of Ultra SA is taking place on 10 & 11 March 2023, with the Cape Town event heading to a new venue, Hollywood Bets Kenilworth Racecourse while the Johannesburg leg will return to its home at the Nasrec Expo Center. 

ULTRA South Africa 2023 ( #UltraSA2023) is proudly presented by Smirnoff Storm (#SmirnoffStorm) #UltraSAxStorm

But not anymore… ULTRA South Africa is back and ready to remind us why no other festival brand can compare. Globally, ULTRA has come back after lockdown bigger than ever before, with Ultra Music Festival selling out in record time and ULTRA Europe crowds breaking attendance records
numbers. ULTRA Japan and ULTRA Korea have also announced their returns, and the international hype is at a higher level than ever before.

The last ULTRA South Africa in 2020 brought 50,000 ecstatic partygoers together for a day and night of gold-standard performances, pyrotechnics and party moments, the memories of which have lasted until today. It’s now finally time to make some new ones… Friday, 10th March 2023 will host ULTRA South Africa’s first show at its brand-new Cape Town home. The well-known, well-situated and beautifully designed Kenilworth Racecourse (Hollywoodbets, Kenilworth).

Home to some of Cape Town’s most iconic events, the ULTRA South Africa organisers will transform this space into a fantastic festival fantasy-land. From the iconic and jaw-dropping main stage set-up, to the RESISTANCE experience, this venue is the perfect setting for an expansive outdoor festival like ULTRA South Africa.

Saturday, 11th March will bring Johannesburg, for the 8th time, to the historic home of ULTRA South Africa JHB, The Expo Centre at Nasrec, and will maximise every inch of that venue’s space and accessibility to showcase the world’s best international DJs, local talent and unparalleled production.

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, 23 September, and you better believe that they will sell out FAST. Don’t wait! For more information, check here.

ULTRA South Africa, Africa’s largest electronic music festival, have recently announced some big news, for the first time in South Africa – The Chainsmokers will perform their full LIVE show on the Ultra SA main stages in March 2019.

The Chainsmokers are the only Electronic/Dance Artist with more than a billion plays on Spotify per song with their massive hits “Closer (ft. Halsey)” and “Don’t Let Me Down (ft. Daya)”.

Their debut album “Memories…Do Not Open” remains the Third-Longest-Running No. 1 on The Billboard Dance Chart, and their list of awards goes on for miles including this year’s Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Artist; Top Dance/Electronic Song & Top Dance/Electronic Album as well as a Grammy for last year’s Best Dance Recording.

“Bringing The Chainsmokers LIVE here is massive news for Ultra SA,” said Shaun Duvet, Showtime Management (Pty) Ltd, official Licensee of Ultra Worldwide..  “We have always prided ourselves on bringing only the biggest names in dance music, but the Chains have been on our wish-list for a while and we’re unbelievably excited to show local fans how incredible this duo truly is.”

The Chainsmokers not only have over a billion Spotify plays and numerous other accolades, but put on a live show that is incomparable. More International acts are set to be announced in due time but what a massive way to officially kick things off!