In March, the festival season (QRO Festival Guide) comes in like a lion, at least in the warmer climes of the United States.  The warmest clime (in the lower 48, anyway) is Miami, which plays host to the Winter Music Conference (chronologically true, weather-wise, not so much…).  And since 1999, WMC has played host to The Ultra Music Festival, a two-day gathering of electronic musicians from around the world.

March 26th & 27th, 2010, Miami’s Bicentennial Park hosts a festival more in line with the massive European outdoor raves than any Woodstock-aping jam-band campout American music festivals usually end up being.  Sixteen stages feature over two hundred artists, from solo DJ/producers to full-fledged electronic ensembles – far too many to possibly list all, but here are just some of the highlights: