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Miami Music Week & Ultra 2027: Dates and Getting Around

by Wanderu

Concert stage in blue-white light beams above a dark crowd

Got your Ultra ticket yet? Miami Music Week runs March 22 to 28, 2027. Ultra closes it out at Bayfront Park from March 26 to 28. That’s a whole week of DJs and pool parties (and not very much sleep). Getting here by bus or train costs a lot less than the festival. General admission to Ultra 2027 started at about $359.

Music Week is spread out, though. More than 200 events pop up across Wynwood, downtown, Factory Town and Miami Beach. Buses and trains from other cities drop you off all over town too, and only Brightline’s station is a short walk from Ultra. So pick where you’re sleeping first (the fun part). Then find the bus or train that gets you there.

When and where are Miami Music Week and Ultra 2027?

Ultra 2027 is Friday to Sunday, March 26 to 28, at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. Miami Music Week starts a few days earlier and runs March 22 to 28, 2027.

Ultra’s hours: Friday 4 p.m. to midnight, Saturday noon to midnight and Sunday noon to 10 p.m. Sunday ends early, which matters when you plan the trip home.

Ages: 18 and up for general admission, 21 and up for VIP.

Where: Bayfront Park, 301 N Biscayne Blvd, right on the water at the east end of downtown.

Music Week tickets: every party sells its own, and Ultra is a separate ticket. The company behind Ultra runs Miami Music Week too.

About those dates: Ultra’s come from its own site. Music Week’s come from Greater Miami’s tourism bureau, because the organizers hadn’t posted theirs as of October 2026.

How to get to Miami from Orlando, Tampa and beyond

From Orlando, the bus is the cheap way down, and it takes about 4 hours 40 minutes. Brightline costs more and gets you there in 3 hours 25 minutes.

Between October 2025 and September 2026, Orlando travelers on Wanderu typically paid about $34 a person each way for the bus and about $77 for Brightline. Coming from Tampa? There’s no Brightline there, so it’s the bus or Amtrak. And if you’re riding down from New York, pack snacks (the bus and the train both take more than a day).

  • Orlando

    How long it takes
    From Orlando, Brightline takes 3 hours 25 minutes, the bus about 4 hours 40 minutes and Amtrak about 5 hours 40 minutes.
    Fares (one way)
    Busesfrom $24Trainsfrom $27
    Where you arrive
    Brightline pulls into MiamiCentral, downtown. Orlando buses stop at the airport bus hub, the airport’s Concourse H or Jet Set Express’s stop at 1501 Biscayne Blvd. Amtrak stops at the Miami Amtrak station.

  • Tampa

    How long it takes
    The bus from Tampa takes 5 to 7 hours, and Amtrak about 5 hours 25 minutes.
    Fares (one way)
    Busesfrom $30Trainsfrom $27
    Where you arrive
    Tampa buses stop at the airport bus hub or the airport’s Concourse H. Amtrak stops at the Miami Amtrak station.

  • West Palm Beach

    How long it takes
    Brightline from West Palm Beach takes about 1 hour 25 minutes.
    Fares (one way)
    Trainsfrom $15
    Where you arrive
    Brightline pulls into MiamiCentral, downtown.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    How long it takes
    Brightline from Fort Lauderdale takes about 40 minutes.
    Fares (one way)
    Trainsfrom $15
    Where you arrive
    Brightline pulls into MiamiCentral, downtown.

  • Jacksonville

    How long it takes
    Amtrak from Jacksonville takes about 9 hours 10 minutes, and the bus about 9 hours 25 minutes.
    Fares (one way)
    Busesfrom $39Trainsfrom $35
    Where you arrive
    Jacksonville buses stop at the airport bus hub. Amtrak stops at the Miami Amtrak station.

  • Atlanta

    How long it takes
    The bus from Atlanta takes about 15 hours.
    Fares (one way)
    Busesfrom $63
    Where you arrive
    Atlanta buses stop at the airport bus hub.

  • New York

    How long it takes
    Amtrak from New York takes about 28 hours 30 minutes, and the bus about 33 hours.
    Fares (one way)
    Busesfrom $103Trainsfrom $160
    Where you arrive
    Amtrak stops at the Miami Amtrak station. New York buses stop at the airport bus hub.

Where you get off matters more than how long the ride takes. Here’s where each one arrives.

Where do buses and trains arrive in Miami?

Only Brightline’s MiamiCentral station is a short walk from Bayfront Park. Every bus, and Amtrak too, stops farther out, so plan on one more ride.

  • MiamiCentral, 600 NW 1st Ave

    Who stops there
    Brightline trains stop at MiamiCentral.
    Getting to Bayfront Park
    From MiamiCentral, it’s a 10- to 15-minute walk to Bayfront Park, or a free Metromover ride from Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. station next door.

  • Downtown Miami Passport Agency stop, 1501 Biscayne Blvd

    Who stops there
    Jet Set Express buses stop at 1501 Biscayne Blvd.
    Getting to Bayfront Park
    The Jet Set stop is about a mile north of the park. Walk down Biscayne Boulevard, or ride Metromover south from Adrienne Arsht Center station.

  • The Miami airport bus hub, 3801 NW 21st St, or the airport’s Concourse H

    Who stops there
    Greyhound and FlixBus stop at the bus hub, and RedCoach stops at Concourse H.
    Getting to Bayfront Park
    From the airport bus hub, ride Metrorail ($2.25) from Miami Airport station to Government Center, then switch to Metromover. Coming from Concourse H, take the MIA Mover to the intermodal center first. On weekends, change trains at Earlington Heights.

  • The Miami Amtrak station, 8303 NW 37th Ave

    Who stops there
    Amtrak trains stop at the Miami Amtrak station.
    Getting to Bayfront Park
    From the Amtrak station, walk about 10 minutes to the Tri-Rail/Metrorail Transfer Station, take Metrorail to Government Center, then switch to Metromover.

  • Miami Beach, 4101 Collins Ave

    Who stops there
    Some FlixBus and Jet Set Express buses stop at 4101 Collins Ave on Miami Beach.
    Getting to Bayfront Park
    From Miami Beach, the Route 100 bus runs to downtown 24 hours a day.

Watch out for one name. The airport calls part of the intermodal center around its bus hub “Miami Central Station.” Brightline’s downtown station is MiamiCentral. Same name (give or take a space), miles apart. Check your ticket before you tell your rideshare driver.

How to get to Ultra at Bayfront Park

Take the free Metromover to Bayfront Park, First Street or College/Bayside station. During Ultra 2026, Metromover and Metrorail stayed open until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and until midnight on Sunday.

Miami-Dade posted those 2026 hours about a week before the festival, so look for 2027’s in mid-March. On a regular night, Metromover closes at 10 p.m. and Metrorail at midnight, which is right around when Miami gets going.

From Brightline: it’s a 10- to 15-minute walk from MiamiCentral, or hop on Metromover at Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. station.

By Metrorail: it’s $2.25 a ride. Switch to Metromover at Government Center.

Coming by car: leave it at a Metrorail station garage for $4.50 a day and take the train in.

Rideshare: Biscayne Boulevard gets restricted beside the park for the festival. In 2026 that ran from 9 p.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Monday, so expect a few detours on the way in.

How to get around Miami Music Week without a car

The free trolleys run until 11 p.m. (Wynwood’s skips Sundays) and Metromover until 10 p.m. After that, you’ve got the Route 100 bus, which runs all night between downtown and Miami Beach, and rideshares for everything else.

  • Wynwood

    What’s there
    Wynwood has a big cluster of Music Week parties, at spots like MANA Wynwood and Wynwood Marketplace.
    Getting there
    Take the free Wynwood trolley from Adrienne Arsht Center or School Board Metromover station. The trolley runs Monday to Saturday until 11 p.m., with no Sunday service.
    Late at night
    After 11 p.m., getting to Wynwood means a rideshare.

  • Downtown

    What’s there
    Downtown has Club Space at 34 NE 11th St, the Kimpton Epic hotel and Bayfront Park.
    Getting there
    Metromover runs downtown until 10 p.m., and Club Space is by Eleventh Street station.
    Late at night
    A lot of downtown is walkable late at night, and rideshares cover the rest.

  • Factory Town

    What’s there
    Factory Town is a warehouse venue at 4800 NW 37th Ave that ran five nights of parties in 2026.
    Getting there
    Factory Town is about 1.4 miles on foot from Brownsville Metrorail station, and the venue itself recommends rideshare.
    Late at night
    Factory Town is a rideshare, all night.

  • Miami Beach

    What’s there
    Miami Beach has the daytime pool parties at South Beach hotels.
    Getting there
    Take Route 100 from downtown. On the beach, the free Miami Beach trolley runs until 11 p.m.
    Late at night
    Route 100 runs hourly overnight and takes about 20 to 25 minutes from downtown to Lincoln Road.

Where you stay decides how much of the week you spend in the back of a rideshare. A downtown hotel keeps Ultra and Club Space within walking distance. A beach hotel puts the pool parties outside your door, and everything else is a Route 100 ride away. (During Ultra 2026, Route 100 was detoured around the festival from Thursday night to Monday morning, so its stops near the park moved.)

And a week is a lot of daytime to fill between parties. Our list of free things to do in Miami is good for the hours when nobody’s playing.

How to get home after Ultra on Sunday

Plan to stay Sunday night. Ultra ends at 10 p.m., and most trains home have already left by then.

Brightline to Orlando: the latest Sunday Brightline to Orlando that Wanderu sold between October 2025 and September 2026 left MiamiCentral at 8:45 p.m. That’s more than an hour before Ultra wraps up. Check the schedule for your date.

Brightline’s late festival trains: in 2026, Brightline ran late trains from MiamiCentral at 1 a.m. after Friday and Saturday and at 11 p.m. on Sunday. In 2025 those trains went only as far as West Palm Beach. They’re handy for Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, but don’t count on one for Orlando.

Late buses: in 2026, Wanderu sold seats on two Sunday-night buses to Orlando. Greyhound left at 11:25 p.m. from the airport bus hub, and RedCoach left around midnight from the airport’s Concourse H. Making one means leaving Ultra right at the close and riding Metrorail out to the airport. Check the schedule first.

Monday: this is the easy version. Buses and trains leave all day, so there’s no rush.

Frequently asked questions

When is Miami Music Week 2027?

Greater Miami's tourism bureau lists Miami Music Week for March 22 to 28, 2027, and Ultra wraps it up at Bayfront Park from March 26 to 28. The organizers hadn't posted their own dates as of October 2026, so check miamimusicweek.com before you book anything.

Do you need a ticket for Miami Music Week?

Yes, one for each party you go to. Music Week is more than 200 separate events, and each one sells its own tickets. Ultra is a separate ticket too.

How old do you have to be to go to Ultra?

You need to be 18 for general admission and 21 for VIP.

What’s the cheapest way to get to Ultra from Orlando?

The bus. Between October 2025 and September 2026, Orlando travelers on Wanderu typically paid about $34 a person each way for the bus and about $77 for Brightline. Jet Set Express buses stop downtown at 1501 Biscayne Blvd, about a mile north of Bayfront Park.

Can you take the Metromover to Ultra?

Yes, and it’s free. Bayfront Park, First Street and College/Bayside stations all serve the park. Metromover usually closes at 10 p.m., but during Ultra 2026 it stayed open until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and until midnight on Sunday.

The “from” prices on this page refresh from Wanderu’s route data. Each one is the cheapest fare recently available on that route, and it matches what the route page shows. Brightline’s Orlando and West Palm Beach ride times come from its schedule, and the other ride times are the typical booked time on Wanderu. “Typical” fares are the median paid per traveler on one leg, across Wanderu tickets booked between October 2025 and September 2026. Festival dates, hours and ticket prices are from Ultra, and Music Week’s dates are from Greater Miami’s tourism bureau. Late-service hours and road closures come from Miami-Dade’s and Miami police’s 2026 notices.

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