WMC

WMC is back with Ultra but still needs a makeover

Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week pool party guide, March 17 to 23

WMC 2012 parties at the Shelborne Beach Resort and Shine March 16 to 25

Last Resort at Villa 221 March 25

Does Winter Music Conference Need Another Makeover?

​In October 2011, good news came early for beat freaks when Winter Music Conference announced the 27-year-old event would be growing -- not only with new events but also with an expanded ten-day itinerary. Even better, organizers also eliminated the Sophie's Choice they'd created last year by squa ... More >>

Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week Pool Party Guide

​Ostensibly, Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week provide thousands of very serious electronic dance music fans with an annual opportunity to meet, mingle, and discuss the current state of EDM.But c'mon, that's bullshit. The truth: Both WMC and MMW are just excuses for totally out-of-contr ... More >>

Boys Noize Announces Winter Music Conference Party at Mamushka's Miami

​Damn you, leap year! This extra day nonsense is really starting to piss us off. With so much to look forward to in March, the thought of February 29 holding us back is killing us. Especially ever since we found out that Boys Noize is throwing a WMC party at Mamushka's Miami. The Hamburg-born, B ... More >>

Winter Music Conference 2012 Location Announced: Tent on the Beach at 21st and Collins

​When last year's edition of Winter Music Conference took place at the Miami Beach Convention Center, it added to an already confusing year due to the "misunderstanding" with Ultra Music Festival. Before that, it was held at mid-Beach resorts like Eden Roc in 2010 or the Miami Beach Resort & S ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival's Russell Faibisch on WMC: There Was Never a Rift With Conference

Via Ultra Music Festival's Flickr​Almost exactly one year ago, Ultra Music Festival and Winter Music Conference suffered a "deeply complicated and very public breakup" after 13 years of peaceful, symbiotic coexistence. A few months later, just before Ultra 2011, we asked the fest's cofounder and ... More >>

WMC 2012 Expands to 10 Days; Realigns With Ultra Music Festival ... Sort Of

​Did Winter Music Conference organizers concede defeat? Not exactly.The largest US conference devoted to electronic music is expanding to 10 days in 2012. From March 16 to 25, WMC 2012 will take over Miami in what promises to be an endless array of events that combine music, fashion, and, yes, con ... More >>

Louis Puig, Carmel Ophir, and More Weigh in on WMC 2011

Louis Puig says Space's events had no problem selling out during WMC 2011.​With Ultra Music Festival and the "new" Miami Music Week starting March 22, let's not forget that Winter Music Conference just came and went. We'll admit, we stayed home for the most part. There was still plenty of events ... More >>

Ten Crossfade-Approved Parties for the Second Week of Winter Music Conference 2011

What do you call Snoop Dogg on ecstasy? DJ Snoopadelic, apparently.​The human body is an amazing biological machine. You can try your best to irreversibly damage its every last cell by subjecting it to a sleepless six-day WMC spree of ass-pounding party music, 36-hour dancing blackouts, and a diet ... More >>

WMC hits the Miami Beach Convention Center March 8 to 12

What do you call Snoop Dogg on ecstasy? DJ Snoopadelic, apparently.​The human body is an amazing biological machine. You can try your best to irreversibly damage its every last cell by subjecting it to a sleepless six-day WMC spree of ass-pounding party music, 36-hour dancing blackouts, and a diet ... More >>

WMC 2011's eight best parties

What do you call Snoop Dogg on ecstasy? DJ Snoopadelic, apparently.​The human body is an amazing biological machine. You can try your best to irreversibly damage its every last cell by subjecting it to a sleepless six-day WMC spree of ass-pounding party music, 36-hour dancing blackouts, and a diet ... More >>

WMC and Ultra's complicated breakup

What do you call Snoop Dogg on ecstasy? DJ Snoopadelic, apparently.​The human body is an amazing biological machine. You can try your best to irreversibly damage its every last cell by subjecting it to a sleepless six-day WMC spree of ass-pounding party music, 36-hour dancing blackouts, and a diet ... More >>

Go Get Your PhD in Party Science! See Winter Music Conference 2011 Schedule of Events

Join party professor Paul Van Dyk at WMC 2011.​Believe it or not, there is indeed such a thing as party science. But you're not going to learn it by running the club circuit like a lab rat on double doses of Ritalin. If you really want to develop yourself into a certified master of the electronic ... More >>

Winter Music Conference 2011 Lineup and Party Listings Event Guide

Photo by Jipsy​This year WMC makes history as the kickoff to an electronic music party marathon that will see over 300 events in the course of three weeks. Starting March 8, there will be more pool parties, hotel throwdowns, megaclub orgies, underground raves, laidback lounge-offs, and hardcore ma ... More >>

The Vagabond's WMC 2011 Parties Have a Little Something For Everyone

The father of electroclash, Larry Tee.​Ultra Week may have the bigger names and parties, but Winter Music Conference is still going to give us plenty of reasons to become 24-hour party people.Case in point: The Vagabond's WMC lineup is so well thought out and diverse. Whether it's classic hou ... More >>

David Guetta at Mansion for Art Basel December 4

The father of electroclash, Larry Tee.​Ultra Week may have the bigger names and parties, but Winter Music Conference is still going to give us plenty of reasons to become 24-hour party people.Case in point: The Vagabond's WMC lineup is so well thought out and diverse. Whether it's classic hou ... More >>

David Guetta Talks Art Basel, Pop Success, and the Rift Between WMC and Ultra

Photo by Ellen Von Unwerth​You can hate him all you want, but David Guetta is a superstar. He stays away from the kind of high-brow EDM that music lovers fawn over, instead delivering house music for the mainstream music consumer. He's also won a Grammy and found massive success as the producer f ... More >>

Windish Agency's Steve Goodgold: WMC Lacked Open Communication

​It feels like we are beating a dead horse when it comes to Winter Music Conference vs. Ultra Music Festival news -- even Louis Puig got in on the action by accusing Ultra of forcing booked acts to sign exclusivity contracts (something the festival's been doing for years) and greed.On the other en ... More >>

Poll: Will You Be Attending Winter Music Conference or Ultra Music Festival?

​Now that the lines have been drawn between Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival, we are interested in finding out what you, our readers, think about this whole debacle. Will you be attending WMC or Ultra? We've set up a nifty poll to gauge your response.

Ultra: WMC Organizers Were Notified About Date Change in Advance

Photo by Jacob KatelCrowd at Ultra 2010.​This is quickly turning into a he-said, she-said. In a statement released by Ultra Music Festival organizers, they claimed to have given Winter Music Conference notice that the dates of March 8 to 12 would not work for them. The problem? Calle Ocho would fa ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia, A-Trak, Tiësto, and Other Artists React to WMC 2011 Date Change

​The news that Winter Music Conference would be moving to mid-March seems to have shocked the electronic music scene. Most are questioning whether or not the conference can survive without the help of Ultra Music Festival. Local nightclubs and promoters are torn as to whether to hold their eve ... More >>

Club Space Owner Louis Puig Defends WMC, Slams Ultra Music Festival

Louis Puig isn't happy with Ultra Music Festival.​Uh-oh. The whole Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival separation has suddenly taken a ugly turn. While there have been whispers and rumors as to why next year's conference is occurring separate from Ultra, nobody has really come out and ... More >>

Todd James, Reas International, Gives Bar a Makeover

Photo by Jose D. DuranAin't she pretty?​Last night, Crossfade stopped by Bar (28 NE 14th Street, Miami) to check out its new look it debuted in time for Winter Music Conference. Gone is the black-and-white decor by local artist Alvaro Ilizarbe, AKA Freegums, replaced by the work of Todd James. The ... More >>

Around Town This Weekend: More Bike Love, Naked Golden Gals, and Other Heifers

As Bike Month winds down, join a few theme rides this weekend. Otherwise, Winter Music Conference begins this Wednesday, so Miami is pretty quiet on the music front as we all await the arrival of ten million DJs. Spend the weekend reading our WMC rundown here.​FridayThrow a touch of fancy into you ... More >>

The Vinyl Collective

As Bike Month winds down, join a few theme rides this weekend. Otherwise, Winter Music Conference begins this Wednesday, so Miami is pretty quiet on the music front as we all await the arrival of ten million DJs. Spend the weekend reading our WMC rundown here.​FridayThrow a touch of fancy into you ... More >>

Crobar Worldwide does the official WMC pool parties at the Eden Roc

As Bike Month winds down, join a few theme rides this weekend. Otherwise, Winter Music Conference begins this Wednesday, so Miami is pretty quiet on the music front as we all await the arrival of ten million DJs. Spend the weekend reading our WMC rundown here.​FridayThrow a touch of fancy into you ... More >>

What quarter-century crisis? WMC celebrates its 25th birthday bigger and better than ever

As Bike Month winds down, join a few theme rides this weekend. Otherwise, Winter Music Conference begins this Wednesday, so Miami is pretty quiet on the music front as we all await the arrival of ten million DJs. Spend the weekend reading our WMC rundown here.​FridayThrow a touch of fancy into you ... More >>

WMC 2010: Nightlyfe.com Launches WMC App

​With every imaginable type of iPhone app out there these days, from drunk texting apps, to X-rated vibrator apps (no joke) it's hardly surprising that even our beloved annual Winter Music Conference would get its own app. The folks at Nightlyfe.com have announced the launch of their WMC Mobile ... More >>

Ultra 2010 Early-Bird Tickets on Sale Today at Noon -- Seriously

​I have a personal pledge not to think about Winter Music Conference until, shit, at least Art Basel Miami Beach, and, ideally New Year's are both over. Still, if you are absolutely, totally positive you will be attending both days of the Ultra Music Festival in 2010, this early-bird ticket specia ... More >>

WMC 2009: Is SXSW Cannabilizing WMC?

Kyle MunzenriederKid Sister at Don't Mess with Texas during SXSW.Before heading off to see Wavves (for the third time in 36 hours, as it turned out) an No Age (for the second time in 24), one of the last shows I saw at last week's SXSW was Kid Sister at the Don't Mess with Texas fest. Flanked by DJ ... More >>

Recession Partying

Tightening your belt? These topnotch parties are cheap!

WMC Preview: Q&A with Carles of HipsterRunoff.com

Carles, is that you?When we heard that the "blog worth blogging about" Hipster Runoff was hosting a party during Winter Music Conference, we admittedly thought WTF. Not because it's a bad thing, but because this means we might be able to meet the man (or woman, we aren't sure) behind the site. He go ... More >>

Former Circa 28, Electric Pickle, Opens Tonight

The Adventures of the Electric Pickle start tonight. When Circa 28 suddenly shut down last year, it came as a shock to many. Well its back, er, sort of. We reported about the Electric Pickle taking over the space back February, and just in time for Winter Music Conference, the place is ready for the ... More >>

Mad Decent, Turntable Lab and IHEARTCOMIX to Take Over O.H.W.O.W. For WMC

Diplo returns to Miami for WMC.Just got word that Our House West of Wynwood will be hosting a party during Winter Music Conference. The Allapattah gallery hasn't been open for long, but it's quickly becoming a favorite. It's already hosted numerous parties, include a string of them during Art Basel ... More >>

WMC's The List is Up

If there is one guide to Winter Music Conference (other than our own, of course), it's definitely The List. It's the official guide to everything WMC, and while it's obviously still incomplete, there are a lot of interesting events already listed.Most of the list so far compromises the downtown club ... More >>

M.A.N.D.Y. at Circa 28 on Saturday

If there is one guide to Winter Music Conference (other than our own, of course), it's definitely The List. It's the official guide to everything WMC, and while it's obviously still incomplete, there are a lot of interesting events already listed.Most of the list so far compromises the downtown club ... More >>

Ain’t No Party Like a Miami Party

Get down with the locals at Noises from the Underground!

Energy Flash

In with the old, in with the new

Turning the Tables

Remix Hotel offers techno junkies the fix of a lifetime

Pookied Out

WMC induces insomnia, shirtless ravers, and good music

Salad Days

WMC hits town and South Beach reels from the impact

Bonanza!

Everyone wants to carve up the WMC cash cow

Mash Bash

Rock stars, big-time DJs, and hip-hoppers are all welcome at UrbanGroove

Hit Parade

A nonscientific tip sheet of WMC's breakout tracks

Continent Divide

Dance music may never hit as big in the United States as in Europe, but maybe for these DJs it doesn't matter

Kulchur

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Boogie Nights, Business Days

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