Just a year ago, Miami Music Week graced March in 2022. Now, one of the largest week-long music festivals is coming back to sunny Miami for 2023. Miami Music Week 2023 will be taking place from March 21 to March 26. The week-long festival will feature a jam-packed schedule of club events, pool parties, hotel parties and so much more. Here is a running list of the massive events and performances you can expect during Miami Music Week.
Location/Time: M2 in Miami Beach @ Varied Time
ULTRA Worldwide’s esteemed underground concept RESISTANCE is heralded as the most international house and techno festival brand, boasting active events on all six inhabited continents. Following three banner years in Ibiza, Ultra announces its launch of RESISTANCE’s inaugural US club residency in the festival’s beloved hometown of Miami Beach. RESISTANCE Miami will transport the fully-immersive Ibiza clubbing experience to America for the very first time at M2, the newly-minted nightclub in the heart of the Art Deco District.
Lineup Highlights: Adam Beyer, Sasha & John Digweed, Charlotte De Witte, Carl Cox, Drumcode.
Location/Time: Club Space Miami @ 11PM EST
A showcase of Rose Avenue Records talent curated by superstars RÜFÜS DU SOL. The electronic band is now one of the biggest live acts in the world, selling out some of the country’s biggest venues like The Gorge, Red Rocks, and LA’s Hollywood Bowl on their recently wrapped Surender tour, a Grammy win for last year and double nomination this year, and ARIA win in Australia. The band also announced two weekends of Sundream Baja in May, their four-day immersive destination event full of parties, wellness activities, art installations, intimate DJ sessions, and live performances from some of the Grammy-award-winning band’s closest kin and inspirations.
Cassian is a live electronic musician currently based in Los Angeles. An accomplished producer, DJ, and mixing engineer, he has cemented his name as one of the most versatile talents to emerge from Sydney’s flourishing electronic scene. In 2018, Cassian became the first artist on RÜFÜS DU SOL’s imprint Rose Avenue, where he released buzzing singles “Lafayette”, “Same Things”, and “Magical” with ZOLLY (Phil Slabber of Crooked Colours). A respected and seasoned performer, Cassian has played for tens of thousands alongside the likes of Hayden James, Dom Dolla, and RÜFÜS DU SOL, while also selling out headline shows at NY’s Elsewhere, debuting at London’s Printworks, and commanding festival sets at Coachella and Life Is Beautiful. Off the back of Cassian’s debut album LAPS, his catalog has grown with releases on Afterlife, Future Classic, Solotoko, Foreign Family, and more, with an upcoming collaboration with ANYMA (of Tale of Us) due out in March.
Lineup Highlights: RÜFÜS DU SOL (DJ Set), Cassian, Colyn, Yulia Niko, Jonas Rathsman, Joplyn, Arodes.
Location/Time: Floyd Miami @ 11PM EST
Heralded by The New York Times as an ‘Up Next’ talent, female house, and techno producer/DJ HoneyLuv is one of the hottest DJs breaking through on an international level. In just three short years, HoneyLuv has become an essential figure in a new generation of Black artists shaping the sound of dance music, from being named by Billboard as a ‘Dance Artist to Watch’ and by BBC Radio 1 Dance as a ‘Future Star’ to earning a spot in Beatport Next’s Class of 2023. A former Navy drone operator, HoneyLuv is now captivating live audiences on festival stages like Coachella and Outside Lands with her futuristic, deep-tech sound. In 2022, HoneyLuv released her breakout single ‘365’ on Chris Lake’s Black Book Records, which was named a BBC Hottest Record In The World, and ‘Sway’ with Dope Earth Alien via Insomniac Records. This year, HoneyLuv will continue to dominate clubs and festival stages around the globe, with performances at Tomorrowland, EDC Mexico, Hangout Music Festival, FVDED In The Park, and Fisher’s inaugural Triip Festival in Malta.
Lineup Highlights: Seth Troxler, HoneyLuv.
Location/Time: Sagamore Hotel @ 1PM EST
The Epic Pool Parties are an essential part of any Miami Music Week experience and they are back with a bang from March 22 – March 26, 2023. Playing the super five-day series at South Beach’s luxury hotel The Sagamore will be familiar friends and influential brands Defected DJ Mag and Nick Warren‘s The Soundgarden with more to come. Tickets for all parties are now on sale from www.theepicpoolparty.com where you can choose a five-day pass with re-entry permitted and come and go as you please, or a single-day ticket.
Lineup Highlights: Idris Elba, HoneyLuv, Sam Divine, Arielle Free, Ferreck Dawn, Hannah.
Location/Time: GITANO Miami at 3500 Collins AveWants, Low Steppa, LP Giobbi @ 5:45PM EST
Location/Time: Freehold Miami @ 8PM EST
FREEHOLD Miami is bringing 5 epic nights to Wynwood for Miami Music Week! Sounds by Francis Mercier, Moojo, Mason Collective, and secret guests.
Lineup Highlights: Francis Mercier, Mason Collective, Moojoo.
Location/Time: 2201 Collins Ave @ 3PM EST
Haitian-born and raised producer and DJ Francis Mercier is one of the most significant acts in the dance music scene, he is often referred to as “the next Black Coffee”. Garnering 15M+ streams across his catalog, Francis brings together African and Caribbean artists & sounds in a unique way that has never been done before in underground dance music. Francis’s music is consistently spun by luminaries such as Diplo, Black Coffee, RUFUS DU SOL, Tiesto, Pete Tong, and more. His highly coveted performance slots at EDC, Pacha Ibiza, Tulum’s Zamna, and even Formula 1 in Montreal, have captivated audiences across the globe. New York-based for over a decade, Francis’s sound has also reached such far-flung locales as Nairobi, Beirut, Morocco, Capetown, and Dubai, where he regularly performs to sold-out dancefloors. Francis is constantly on tour while at the same time running his own label Deep Root Records, one of the few 100% black-owned dance labels.
Lineup Highlights: Francis Mercier, HoneyLuv, Major League DJz, Nico De Andrea, Ninetoes, Sam Blacky.
Location/Time: Oasis Wynwood@ 9PM EST
BLNK CNVS and Chris Lake present Black Book Miami at Oasis Wynwood!
Lineup Highlights: Chris Lake, HoneyLuv B2B Harry Romero, Sosa, Maine, Hank K.
Location/Time: The National Hotel in Miami @ TBA Time
MK returns to The National Hotel Hotel with a massive MMW Pool Party for the ages! This year’s event features the King of Miami, MK himself, and a wild bunch including Skream, Franky Rizardo, DETLEF, HoneyLuv, Torren Foot, and more! You never what surprise guests are going to pop up. This year’s lineup is stacked and we’ve got some incredible special guests rolling through.
Lineup Highlights: MK, HoneyLuv, Skream, Torren Foot, Detlef, Franky Rizardo.
Location/Time: Bayfront Park @ 4PM EST
A purveyor of lucid sounds, French producer Chloé Herry is a worldly and rhythmic figure in the electronic music atmosphere. Now based in Denver, CloZee has made a name for herself transcending the usual curves of bass music and evoking a spiritual and evolutionary sound. In 2018, CloZee unveiled her debut offering Evasion, a 10-track genre-bending album that cemented her as one of electronic music’s modern visionaries. In 2020, CloZee started a new journey with the launch of her own artist-friendly label, Odyzey Music, where she’s devoted to highlighting the underground sounds and underappreciated artists of bass music and beyond. With the inception of Odyzey Music, CloZee released her highly anticipated album Neon Jungle, which later saw official remixes by Lane 8, Opiuo, and Emancipator and was followed by her Nouvelle Era EP in 2021. Her catalog is sprinkled with hypnotic collaborations alongside the likes of GRiZ, Liquid Stranger, Ganja White Night, Of The Trees, and Maddy O’Neal. This year, CloZee is set to perform at Ultra, Lollapalooza Paris, Envision Festival, and more.
Location/Time: Bayfront Park @ 4PM EST
From her 2015 debut on Skrillex’s label OWSLA to the 2022 launch of her own imprint, Isabelle Rezazadeh aka Rezz has amassed millions of streams, headlining slots at major festivals, and sold-out shows across the globe. Rezz released her first single through RCA Records, Someone Else, in 2020 followed by Hypnocurrency, her single with deadmau5. Most recently, Rezz released her third studio album, Spiral, in 2021, venturing into the realms of indie, pop, and rock, featuring collaborations from female vocalists Dove Cameron, Emily Haines of Metric, and more. Now with Nightmare on Rezz Street 2, she makes a return to the heavy, hypnotic sound that first established Rezz as a household name in the dance music space. Rezz will kick off 2023 in a big way headlining the LED Anniversary event at San Diego’s Petco Park on February 24 and playing the main stage at Ultra Music Festival Miami on March 24.
Location/Time: 2201 Collins Ave @ 3PM EST
This coming Miami Music Week, Francis Mercier and W Hotels present Deep Root Tribe at the W South Beach Miami! Join us for a lineup of special guests from around the world as they deliver an Afro House musical journey and an unforgettable experience!
Lineup Highlights: Francis Mercier, Birds of Mind, OOJOO.
Location/Time: Factory Town @ 12PM EST
A staple of the underground and champion of the avant-garde, Damian Lazarus’ Get Lost Miami is a 24-hour-long journey in sound, testing the limits of even the most hardcore party people and challenging the ever-commercialized Music Week programming. This year Get Lost will return to Factory Town in Hialeah to host 90+ artists spread across seven stages, creating a mad circus experience in celebration of twenty years of Lazarus’ seminal Crosstown Rebels label.
Lineup Highlights: Major Lazer Sound System, Carl Craig, DJ Tennis, Major League DJz, Pete Tong, Seth Troxler, Dennis Cruz, Bedouin, Art Department, A-Trak, Skream, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Danny Tenaglia, Pale Blue (Live), DJ Holographic, ANOTR, Carlita, Chloé Caillet, Layla Benitez, Mita Gami, Adam Ten, and more.
Location/Date: Oasis Wynwood @ 9PM EST
On Saturday, Oasis Wynwood is hosting an absolutely legendary pair of parties. On the main stage, A-Trak brings together a lineup like no other to celebrate Fool’s Gold’s 15th anniversary: Trizzy himself is going B2B with The Magician, Dombresky is playing a Disco Dom set, along with legends Junior Sanchez, Melé (UK), Falcons, and HoneyLuv B2B Hank K. And in the Huacachina room, Goldie (yes, Goldie) is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Metalheadz with Photek, Doc Scott and more. The fact that this party is FREE is just unbelievable.
Lineup Highlights: A-Trak B2B The Magician, HoneyLuv B2B Hank K, Dombresky, Falcons, Mele, Junior Sanchez, Goldie.
Location/Time: Toe Jam Backlot @ 6PM
The influential and boundary-breaking HE.SHE.THEY. collective is to make a much-anticipated debut at Miami Music Week at Toe Jam Backlot. On Sunday, March 26, the famously inclusive international party crew brings a fulsome lineup of key associates with Maya Jane Coles, Ellen Allien, DJ Tennis, Chloé Caillet, Danny Daze, Cassy, Honeyluv, Uniiqu3, and more all playing.
Lineup Highlights: Maya Jane Coles, HoneyLuv, Chloe Caillet, UNIIQU3, DJ Tennis, and more.
Location/Time: Bayfront Park @ 1PM EST
Brotherly Italian and melodic techno production duo Mathame are the fastest rising melodic techno act of the moment – selling over 170,000 tickets to headlining shows already this year, playing key gigs like Space Miami, Brunch in the Park Barcelona, EXIT Festival, Awakenings, EDC et al. Their cinematic style is born from their dramatic geographic upbringing at the base of Mt Etna in Sicily, a combined background in classical violin and award-winning filmmaking, and a shared obsession with science fiction, anime, and artificial intelligence. Known for their massive EP’s on Afterlife, including Nothing Around Us followed by Skywalking and For Every Forever, plus recent singles So What and Believe with CamelPhat, remixes of RÜFÜS DU SOL’s All I’ve Got and Moby’s Lift Me Up as well as their track “Never Give Up“, remixed by artists such as Diplo, Adriatique, and ZHU, which earned them a total of 25,000,000 streams across all platforms in 2022.
Location/Time: Bayfront Park @ 1PM EST
Over the last 18 years, house and techno tastemaker Claude VonStroke has curated the next generation of underground artists with his iconic independent label Dirtybird Records. Developing a loyal following since its creation in 2005, Dirtybird has become synonymous with the left-of-center sounds and off-kilter rhythms found amidst its catalog boasting hundreds of releases and on the stages of their beloved events, like Dirtybird Campout and Dirtybird BBQ. From their Birdhain club in the Birdyverse to the airwaves of Dirtybird Radio, their heavy heaters and deep cuts can be heard around the globe. This year, Dirtybird Records is set to take over Ultra Music Festival’s Resistance Cove stage on Sunday, March 26th. Label head Claude VonStroke will be joined by this year’s Dirtybird Players: flock favorites Shiba San and Walker & Royce, rising birdies Lubelski and VNSSA, and new hatchlings Kyle Kinch, and RaeCola.
Lineup Highlights: Claude VonStroke, Walker & Royce, Shiba San, VNSSA, Lubelski, Kyle Kinch, RaeCola.
Location/Time: The National Hotel in Miami @ 12PM EST
Toolroom touches down in Miami this March, bringing with them a world-class heavyweight line-up for their infamous Pool Party at The National. The Toolroom Miami Pool Parties are the stuff of legend. Regularly cited as one of the highlights of the Miami Music Week calendar, the atmosphere, setting — and of course the music — are unparalleled. If you’ve not yet had the pleasure, now’s the time. For the 2023 edition, Toolroom has assembled arguably its most impressive line-up to date, bringing together label regulars, rising stars, and established names. Expect the unmistakable Toolroom blend of house to disco and tech house to techno in a truly stunning location. The Miami Beach oceanfront hotel is a flashback to the glory days of South Beach: bringing you back to the era of substance and style, with the party taking place around Miami Beach’s longest infinity-edge pool. This show is a guaranteed sell-out: don’t sleep on tickets.
Lineup Highlights: Crusy, Darius, Syrossian, Dombresky, Gene Farris, Hugel, Jenn Getz, Alfie, Mark Knight, Martin Ikin, Rafa Barrios, special guest TBA.
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