MIAMI, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- This past weekend, Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27, over 100,000 music enthusiasts descended on Miami's Bicentennial Park for the 12th annual ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL (UMF), drawing its largest attendance numbers ever for its first sold-out show as a two-day event.

By evelyn mcdonnell of The Associated Press MIAMI - When Tom Holkenborg, the artist and producer known as Junkie XL, decided to launch the tour for his new album, he picked the biggest, maddest place he knows for dance music to kick it off: the Winter Music Conference.

By Sean Piccoli, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Mar. 25--Wars drag on, economies stall, and the world's DJs keep coming to Miami Beach for the Winter Music Conference. Dance music's annual tango of business and pleasure seems to be taking the latest global turmoil in stride.

By Brett O'bourke and Michael Hamersly, The Miami Herald Mar. 19--Saturday's Global Gathering concert signaled the beginning of Miami's own brand of March Madness: For the next 11 days, the city will be swarmed by electronic music fans, industry insiders, and, of course, spring breakers.