Rockstar sets a GTA 6 festival in Miami on November 21

The festival will take place at Mana Wynwood, Miami's convention center, as a single night with two stages, according to TweakTown. The outlet adds that Rockstar is hosting it together with PlayStation and that it is produced by the team behind the III Points festival, which is held at the same venue.

Per Yahoo News Canada, the game launches on Thursday, November 19 at midnight local time, so the festival lands two days after release.

Resell Calendar spells out ticket conditions the article did not cover. Only 11,000 tickets will be sold through the lottery, and they are non-transferable with no refunds or exchanges: the send-to-a-friend option is disabled in the DICE app, so each ticket stays tied to the account that bought it. Entry is 17+ and requires a valid physical photo ID; the outlet says digital, school and expired IDs will be turned away.

The DICE account must use the same email and phone number as the lottery entry. According to Rockstar, as cited by the outlet, mismatched details can get you flagged as a bot and removed from the draw. Prices have still not been announced.

HIGHXTAR lists more of the lineup. Cactus Jack presents Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Kodak Black and SoFaygo, joined by Cardi B, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso and a DJ set from Justice. Metro Boomin, Rauw & Friends, Suero and Tainy are also on the bill, along with three back-to-back sets: Nick León with DJ Python, Prospa with Skream, and The Dare with Fcukers.

3DJuegos México says there is no confirmation that Rockstar will stream the festival live online.

Lottery winners will get their code by SMS by 7 p.m. ET on November 10 at the latest, according to Comics Gaming Magazine. The outlet adds that you need to link a DICE account when you register, and that the venue has no on-site parking, so it recommends taking a rideshare. The article did not include the time codes go out or the parking detail. Ticket prices have not been released by the organizers.

Paste Magazine adds some details about the game's music that the article did not cover. According to the outlet, both Justice's original score and the album Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album will be available on vinyl, CD and streaming. It also reports that the single featuring Justice, Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard gave King Gizzard their first Billboard Hot 100 entry last month. It is the third song from the album to reach that chart, after Travis Scott's "Rhyno" and Morgan Wallen's "What You Need". Paste says nothing new about the festival or its tickets. Paste Magazine

Yahoo clarifies that Justice's original score is a separate release from the game's album: 30 tracks and roughly three hours of adaptive music that reacts to the player's movement through Vice City and Leonida, due on December 11. It includes "Flower in a Hurricane" and "Pusher", a new collaboration with Gesaffelstein. The outlet does not say whether any of it will be played at the festival. Yahoo

Hoodline, citing the official festival site, adds that the lottery allows one entry per person. The two-ticket cap applies to the purchase, not to the registration.

GTA BOOM places the festival alongside Rockstar's earlier live music events, which were score concerts rather than festivals. According to the outlet, in 2013 the company staged "Live From Los Santos" for GTA V, as part of the New York Film Festival's Convergence program, with Tangerine Dream, Woody Jackson, The Alchemist and Oh No. In 2019 it teamed up with Red Bull for "The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2", an audiovisual concert led by Woody Jackson.

GTA BOOM also notes that Miami has been the backdrop for weeks of game promotion: a giant logo on the Kaseya Center, a Miami Heat night played as Vice City, and a club rebranded as NINE1NINE, the in-game venue.

GameIt spells out how the lottery works, which qualifies what the article said about tickets not going on a first-come basis. A code received by SMS only unlocks the purchase: tickets are then handed out first come, first served while stock lasts, so holding a code does not guarantee a ticket. Entry is free, according to GameIt, and registration closes on 10 November at 22:00 mainland Spain time. Sales for winners open on the 11th at 18:00, also mainland Spain time.

Separately, Secret Miami notes that Justice, besides playing a DJ set, composed the game's original score.

Milenio adds two details the article did not include: lottery registration is done on the event's official site, gtavi-thefestival.miami, and Rockstar has not announced any general ticket sale, only the presale through the lottery. Milenio also notes that November 21 is a Saturday and that the limit is two tickets per code. It gives no prices either, just like the original announcement. GamerFocus says the lottery starts on November 11, but that is the day winners can buy, and entries close on November 10, so that date does not match what Rockstar published.

Until now, the GTA 6 launch celebration has been about music: Rockstar announced GTA VI: The Album, with 34 tracks, for November 19, and in October it showed the game's six radio stations. What was missing was an event with a crowd. Miami now has the stage.

Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival is a live music event on November 21 at Mana Wynwood, a venue in Miami, to celebrate the launch of the game. Rockstar Games says so on its website, and @RockstarGames repeats it on X.

Rockstar pitches it as the music of Vice City and Leonida. It's presented with PlayStation, produced by the creators of III Points, and it has two stages of nonstop music.

The lineup mixes artists from the game with the official soundtrack. Performers include Cactus Jack presents Travis Scott, with Don Toliver, Kodak Black and Sofaygo; Cardi B; Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso; Metro Boomin; Rauw & Friends; Suero and Tainy.

Justice plays a DJ set, as does The Dare with Fcukers. Nick León with DJ Python and Prospa with Skream round out the list.

Justice is already part of GTA 6: the duo made the single Flower in a Hurricane, with Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, which plays over the October 15 launch trailer.

Tickets are handed out by lottery, not first come, first served. DICE sells them using exclusive codes that Laylo sends to the winning entrants.

The limit is two tickets per buyer, tickets can't be transferred, and you must be 17 or older. Rockstar says to create a DICE account right after entering, using the same email and phone number as the lottery entry, or you may be flagged as a bot and removed.

For players, the festival doesn't touch the game: it's an in-person event in Miami with lottery entry. If you don't live nearby, the practical impact for now is zero, since Rockstar hasn't announced a broadcast.

The window is short. Rockstar presents the event on November 9 and the lottery closes on November 10, so anyone who hesitates misses out.

Rockstar hasn't published a schedule, a set order or ticket prices in the announcement. It hasn't said how many people Mana Wynwood holds, either.

The next clue arrives soon: winners are drawn on November 10 at 7:00 p.m. ET and buy on November 11 at 12:00 p.m. ET. If you enter, set up your DICE account before then.

When is the GTA 6 festival in Miami?

November 21 at Mana Wynwood, according to Rockstar Games.

How do you get tickets for The Festival?

You enter the lottery, which closes November 10 at 4:00 p.m. ET. Winners buy through DICE on November 11 at 12:00 p.m. ET.

Who can attend the festival?

Anyone 17 or older, with a maximum of two tickets per buyer. Tickets can't be transferred, per Rockstar.