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After record-breaking attendance of over 170,000 music fans over four days in 2023, Welcome To Rockville returns to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida to kick off the festival season bigger and better than ever May 9-12, 2024. Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents is excited to announce the addition of a 5th music stage and 50 additional bands, bringing the total music lineup to an impressive 150 bands for Welcome To Rockville 2024.
After record-breaking attendance of over 170,000 music fans over four days in 2023, Welcome To Rockville returns to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida to kick off the festival season bigger and better than ever May 9-12, 2024. Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents is excited to announce the addition of a 5th music stage and 50 additional bands, bringing the total music lineup to an impressive 150 bands for Welcome To Rockville 2024.
Welcome to Rockville returns to the area after taking a break last year. The return brings some new vibes, though. The new venue is the Daytona Speedway. There are now 4 days instead of 3. It will make for an epic experience as Metallica headlines two nights. Slipknot and Disturbed headline Thursday and Saturday respectively. Expect much of the same when it comes to food, fun and other experiences available this weekend. As an added bonus… River City Live is giving away 4 day passes courtesy of Danny Wimmer Presents. Head over to our RCL Facebook page for details.
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Pre-sale tickets for Welcome to Rockville are on sale. In an email, the concert promoters say general admission or VIP weekend passes are on sale for as low as $20. If you deferred your 2020 pass to 2021, you will have first dibs to purchase camping before the public on sale. All Early Bird pass purchasers will also have the opportunity to add camping to their passes before they are made available to the public. Pre-sale tickets can be purchased here.
Metallica, the legendary heavy metal band best known for "Enter Sandman", is coming to Daytona Beach next year. The band announced Thursday it is set to headline the lineup at Welcome to Rockville in May of 2020. The band, which has sold more than 125 million records worldwide, also plans to headline four more major rock festivals in 2020. The full Welcome to Rockville lineup will be released Dec. 10 and passes to the festival go on sale Oct. 14 at 12 p.m. Welcome to Rockville, the annual three-day rock festival, is being held at Daytona International Speedway in 2020 after being held at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville for the last nine years.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The show seems to be over for Welcome to Rockville in Jacksonville. "My understanding for the plans for Met Park is they are being developed, possibly into retail and or an entertainment district. So any plan to reduce the size of Met Park is going to prevent Rockville from being able to come back, CEO Danny Hayes said. While the promoter said it doesn't see Welcome to Rockville returning to Jacksonville, they do plan on bringing another event to town. "Yeah, I don't think Daily's is a good trade for Met Park at all," Chip Southworth said.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Welcome to Rockville, a three-day music festival, announced on its website and Twitter that the concert is moving to the Daytona International Speedway. Welcome to Rockville is relocating to Daytona Beach, FL! Rikki and Chip Southworth have gone in years past and said it's a hard loss. It was literally tens of thousands of people that roll into town," Chip Southworth said. "Yeah, I don't think Daily's is a good trade for Met Park at all," Chip Southworth said.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Welcome to Rockville, a three-day music festival, announced on its website and Twitter that the concert is moving to the Daytona International Speedway. Welcome to Rockville is relocating to Daytona Beach, FL! Rikki and Chip Southworth have gone in years past and said it's a hard loss. It was literally tens of thousands of people that roll into town," Chip Southworth said. "Yeah, I don't think Daily's is a good trade for Met Park at all," Chip Southworth said.
