Rockstar announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival for November 21 at Mana Wynwood, two days after the game launches. Tickets go through a lottery that closes Tuesday at 4 PM ET.
Rockstar isn’t just launching Grand Theft Auto VI. It’s throwing a party in the real Vice City. The studio announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival, a live concert on Saturday, November 21 at Mana Wynwood in Miami, built around “a star-studded lineup of artists from the game and the official soundtrack.” That’s two days after GTA 6 hits Xbox Series X|S on November 19, so the people in that crowd will already have a weekend of Leonida under their belts.
The lineup is stacked. According to Rockstar’s festival page, Cactus Jack presents Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Kodak Black and Sofaygo, with Cardi B, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, Justice (DJ set), Metro Boomin, Nick León b2b DJ Python, Prospa b2b Skream, Rauw & Friends, Suero, Tainy and The Dare b2b Fcukers (DJ set) across two stages of nonstop music. Rockstar says the artists are from the game and its official soundtrack, which tells you a lot about who you’ll be hearing on Vice City radio.
This is the kind of flex only GTA can pull off. Games get launch parties. GTA gets a festival with a headliner list that could sell out on its own. Between the UK workers booking tens of thousands of days off and a full concert in Miami, November 19 is shaping up as a pop-culture event, not just a release date.
How to get tickets
You can’t just buy them. Tickets are sold through DICE using exclusive codes handed out by Laylo in a lottery drawing, and the clock is already running:
- Lottery closes: Tuesday, November 10 at 4:00 PM ET
- Winners drawn: Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 PM ET
- Tickets on sale for winners: Wednesday, November 11 at 12:00 PM ET
There’s a two-ticket max per buyer and tickets are non-transferable. Rockstar’s page also warns entrants to create a DICE account right after entering, using the exact same email and phone number as the lottery entry, or risk being flagged as a bot and removed from the draw. That’s the step people will miss, so don’t skip it.
The event is 17+ with valid photo ID required (21+ to drink), there’s no on-site parking, rideshare is strongly encouraged, and every ticketholder enters through 5th Avenue. The venue is Mana Wynwood, 318 NW 23rd St, Miami. Expect a TSA-style security check, no re-entry, and a strict small-bag policy.
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The Xbox side of the party
The festival is presented by Rockstar in partnership with PlayStation and produced by the team behind Miami’s III Points festival. That’s a marketing deal on a concert poster, and that’s all it is. The game itself launches the same day on Xbox Series X|S, and the Vice City you’ll be driving through on your Xbox is the same one these artists are soundtracking. If you can’t make it to Wynwood, the real festival is the one on your couch on the 19th.
Our honest wish? A live online broadcast for everyone who can’t fly to Miami. Rockstar hasn’t said whether the show will be available that way, but with a lineup like this, the demand is obviously there.
Image: Rockstar Games (official GTA VI Artwork & Wallpapers; Jason and Lucia 02 landscape). Festival poster: Rockstar Games.
