Winter Music Conference is the annual pow-wow of the electronic music industry, attracting cutting-edge artists, DJs, producers, video directors, retailers and audio manufacturers. It might be winter, but this is Miami, the setting is a beach, and you’re a world away from the fog and cold of Europe, New York and LA.
The conference last five days and includes seminars, demo workshops, DJ spin-offs and countless other events, culminating in a delirious final party, the Ultra Music Festival, at which 40,000 fans watch 200 of the best DJs in the world perform on 10 stages. Registration starts at US$395 – and if you’re worried this makes it seem that the music industry has gone too corporate, don’t: you can always put it on expenses.