Annual rock music festival in Florida
Welcome to Rockville Tool performing at Welcome to Rockville 2023
[ 1] Genre Heavy metal ,hard rock ,punk [ 2] [ 3] Dates May 8, 2011 April 29, 2012 April 27–28, 2013 April 26–27, 2014 April 25–26, 2015 April 30–May 1, 2016 April 29–30, 2017 April 27–29, 2018 May 3–5, 2019 November 11–14, 2021 May 19–22, 2022 May 18–21, 2023 May 9–12, 2024 May 15–18, 2025 Locations Years active 2011–2019, 2021–present Website WelcomeToRockville.com
Welcome to Rockville is a four-day rock music festival.[ 4] Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.[ 5]
The inaugural Welcome to Rockville was held on Mother's Day, May 8, 2011, atMetropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida.[ 6] Godsmack and hosted byMistress Juliya , the festival ran from 11 AM to 10 PM due to local noise ordinances.[ 7] [ 8]
A second festival was held on Sunday, April 29, 2012, which featured Jacksonville nativesShinedown headlining the festival along withKorn .[ 9]
The Welcome to Rockville festival was expanded from a one-day event to a two-day event in 2013, and Jacksonville native bandLynyrd Skynyrd headlined withAlice in Chains .[ 10] [ 11]
The headlining bands of the 2014 festival wereAvenged Sevenfold and Korn.[ 12]
The headlining bands of the 2015 festival were Korn andSlipknot .[ 13]
Disturbed andRob Zombie headlined at Welcome to Rockville 2016.[ 14]
Soundgarden andDef Leppard headlined Welcome to Rockville 2017.[ 15]
In 2018, Welcome to Rockville expanded to a three-day event (Friday-Sunday).[ 16] Ozzy Osbourne , Avenged Sevenfold, and theFoo Fighters .[ 17]
Korn, Rob Zombie, and Tool headlined Welcome to Rockville in 2019.[ 18] Danny Wimmer Presents announced the festival's move to Daytona Beach, Florida.[ 19]
In March 2020, it was announced that the festival would be canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic but would return in 2021.[ 20]
Welcome to Rockville returned in 2021, relocating to Daytona Beach and drawing a record-breaking 161,000 attendees over four days (Nov 11–14). Headlined byMetallica for two nights, along with Slipknot and Disturbed, the festival was hailed as the largest rock event in the US that year. Online viewership also surged, with 1.2 million people tuning in to select performances onTwitch . The success fueled the announcement of a return in May 2022.[ 21]
Welcome to Rockville 2022 took place from May 19–22, featuring a lineup that includedKiss , Korn,Guns N' Roses , and the Foo Fighters.[ 22] [ 23] Taylor Hawkins led to the Foo Fighters' cancellation, butNine Inch Nails stepped in to perform on Sunday.[ 24]
The 2023 edition of Welcome to Rockville was held in May, featuring Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold,Pantera , and Tool as headliners.[ 25]
The 13th installment of Welcome to Rockville, held in 2024, featuredMötley Crüe ,Limp Bizkit , Foo Fighters, and Slipknot as its headliners.[ 26]
Headlining the 2025 Welcome To Rockville were the performances of Shinedown,Green Day ,Linkin Park , and Korn.[ 27]
Estimated yearly attendance [ edit ] 2011 – 10,000 sold-out event[ 28] 2012 – 11,000 sold-out event[ 29] 2013 – 25,000 (two-day total)[ 30] 2014 – 40,000 (two-day total) sold-out event[ 31] 2015 – 50,000 (two-day total) sold-out event[ 32] 2016 – 50,000 (two-day total) sold-out event[ 33] 2017 – 75,000 (two-day total)[ 34] 2018 – 90,000 (three-day total) sold-out event[ 35] 2019 – 99,000 (three-day total) sold-out event[ 36] 2021 – 161,000 (four-day total)[ 37] 2022 – 140,000 (four-day total)[ 38] 2023 – 170,000 (four-day total)[ 39] 2024 – 200,000 (four-day total)[ 40] 2025 – 230,000 (four-day total)[ 41] Main Stage:
Budweiser Stage:
Jägermeister Stage:
Main Stage 1:
Main Stage 2:
Day one (Saturday, April 27)
Monster Energy Stage East:
Monster Energy Stage West:
Emerging Artist Stage:
Jaxlive Stage:
Day two (Sunday, April 28)
Monster Energy Stage East:
Monster Energy Stage West:
Emerging Artist Stage:
Jaxlive Stage:
Day one (Saturday, April 26)
Monster Energy West Stage:
Monster Energy East Stage:
Jägermeister stage:
Ernie Ball Stage:
Day two (Sunday, April 27)
Monster Energy West Stage:
Monster Energy East Stage:
Jägermeister stage:
Ernie Ball Stage:
April 24 pre-party (Friday night)
Jacksonville Landing Stage:
Day one (Saturday, April 25)
Monster Energy Main Stage:
Jack Daniel's Met Park Main Stage:
ReverbNation Stage:
Jägermeister Stage:
Day two (Sunday, April 26)
Monster Energy Main Stage:
Jack Daniels Met Park Main Stage:
ReverbNation Stage:
Jägermeister Stage:
Day one (Saturday, April 30)
Monster Energy Righty Stage:
Monster Energy Lefty Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
Day two (Sunday, May 1)
Monster Energy Righty Stage:
Monster Energy Lefty Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
Day one (Saturday, April 29)
Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
Day two (Sunday, April 30)
Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
Day one (Friday, April 27)
Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
Day two (Saturday, April 28)
Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
Day three (Sunday, April 29)
Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
Day one (Friday, May 3)
Monster Energy Stage:
Korn Chevelle Flogging Molly Tom Morello Hyro the Hero Hands Like Houses Dirty Honey Metropolitan Stage:
Evanescence The Crystal Method Killswitch Engage Beartooth Light the Torch Amigo the Devil River Stage:
Circa Survive Mark Lanegan Band Black Pistol Fire Wilson Demob Happy Cleopatrick
Day two (Saturday, May 4)
Monster Energy Stage:
Rob Zombie Shinedown In This Moment Black Label Society The Damned Things Dead Girls Academy Metropolitan Stage:
Judas Priest The Cult Skillet Tremonti Badflower Crobot River Stage:
Yelawolf Zeal and Ardor Wage War Movements Boston Manor
Day three (Sunday, May 5)
Monster Energy Stage:
Tool Bring Me the Horizon The Interrupters Fever 333 Yungblud The Glorious Sons Hyde Metropolitan Stage:
Incubus Papa Roach The Struts Reignwolf Dorothy The Dirty Nil River Stage:
Meshuggah Architects grandson While She Sleeps SHVPES
Day one (Thursday, November 11)
Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
Twitch Stage:
Them Evils Revision, Revised The Alpha Complex A War Within Scarlett O'hara Dead Reckoning Shadow the Earth As You Were
Day two (Friday, November 12)
Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
Twitch Stage:
Zero 9:36 Whit3 Collr Divided Truth ReBirth Tragic VENTRUSS The Coursing As You Were
Day three (Saturday, November 13)
Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
Twitch Stage:
Magnolia Bayou Actus Reus Widow7 Timmy Taylor NoSelf Troy Higher Ground As You Were
Day four (Sunday, November 14)
Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
Twitch Stage:
Lone Wolf The Dev Imperial Tide Lines of Loyalty
Day one (Thursday, May 19)
Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
DWPresents Stage:
Day two (Friday, May 20)
Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
DWPresents Stage:
Day three (Saturday, May 21)
Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
DWPresents Stage:
Day four (Sunday, May 22)
Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
DWPresents Stage:
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Day one (Thursday, May 18)
Day two (Friday, May 19)
Day three (Saturday, May 20)
Day four (Sunday, May 21)
Day one (Thursday, May 9)
Apex Stage
Octane Drift Stage
Vortex Stage
Inferno Stage
Garage Stage
Day two (Friday, May 10)
Apex Stage
Octane Drift Stage
Vortex Stage
Inferno Stage
Garage Stage
Day three (Saturday, May 11)
Apex Stage
Octane Drift Stage
Vortex Stage
Inferno Stage
Garage Stage
Day four (Sunday, May 12)
Apex Stage
Octane Drift Stage
Vortex Stage
Inferno Stage
Garage Stage
Day one (Thursday, May 15)
Apex Stage
Octane Stage
Vortex Stage
Inferno Stage
Garage Stage
Day two (Friday, May 16)
Apex Stage
Octane Stage
Vortex Stage
Knocked Loose Kublai Khan tx Incendiary Erra Invent Animate Boundaries One Step Closer Left to Suffer Inferno Stage
Garage Stage
Day three (Saturday, May 17)
Apex Stage
Octane Stage
Vortex Stage
Inferno Stage
Garage Stage
Day four (Sunday, May 18)
Apex Stage
Octane Stage
Vortex Stage
Inferno Stage
Garage Stage
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