Rockstar and PlayStation have booked Mana Wynwood for November 21: two stages, Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack crew, Cardi B, Metro Boomin and a Justice DJ set. There is no general sale, only a DICE lottery that closes November 10 at 4pm ET.
- Official, on Rockstar’s own site: Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival, Saturday November 21 at Mana Wynwood, 318 NW 23rd St, Miami, produced by the team behind III Points.
- Fourteen acts across two stages: Cactus Jack presents Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Kodak Black and Sofaygo; Cardi B; Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso; Justice (DJ set); Metro Boomin; Rauw & Friends; Tainy; Suero; three back-to-back DJ pairings.
- Tickets only through a DICE lottery. Entries close Tuesday November 10 at 4pm ET, winners drawn at 7pm ET, sale Wednesday November 11 at noon ET. Two tickets per person, non-transferable, 17+.
- Price unannounced, no livestream announced, no parking on site. It lands between the NINE1NINE launch party on the 20th and the Circoloco night at Club Space on the 22nd.
Two Days After Launch, a Festival
Rockstar put a festival page on its own site on Monday. “Experience the music of Vice City and Leonida at Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival, a special live event on November 21 at Mana Wynwood in Miami to celebrate the launch of GTAVI, featuring a star-studded lineup of artists from the game and the official soundtrack.” That is the whole pitch, and for once the company did not make anyone wait for a leak to explain it.
The event is presented with PlayStation and produced by the people behind III Points, the Wynwood festival that has run on the same ground for a decade. Two stages, “nonstop music”, one night. Mana Wynwood sits at 318 NW 23rd Street, a short walk from the Wynwood Walls murals Rockstar commissioned in October, and everyone enters from 5th Avenue. There is no parking on site and the page tells you so twice.
PlayStation’s name on the poster is not a surprise. Sony has held the console marketing rights to the game since well before the delays, a deal GTA Six Wiki covered when it first surfaced, and a co-presented launch concert is what that kind of agreement buys.
The Lineup, and What Each Act Has to Do With the Game
Rockstar calls them “artists from the game and the official soundtrack”, and for most of the bill you can draw the line yourself. Travis Scott brings his Cactus Jack label, and he is the man behind RHYNO on The Album, the Air Force 1 and the Heat jersey. Justice wrote the entire score. Metro Boomin produced That’s It with Yung Lean and Future. Rauw Alejandro has Macacoa 2000, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso have Sexy Magic. For the rest, Rockstar has not said which song is theirs, and we are not guessing.
// The bill, as Rockstar lists it
Fourteen names across two stages, Cactus Jack’s four billed as one set. The right-hand column only states connections Rockstar or the artists have made public.
| Act | Known link to GTA 6 |
|---|---|
| Travis Scott | Headlines the Cactus Jack set. RHYNO on The Album, the Nike Air Force 1, the Heat jersey. |
| Don Toliver | Cactus Jack set; no track named |
| Kodak Black | Cactus Jack set; appears to have an NPC cameo in the launch screenshots |
| Sofaygo | Cactus Jack set; no track named |
| Cardi B | Billed by Rockstar; no track named yet |
| Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso | Sexy Magic on The Album, with PinkPantheress, Fred again.. and Etienne de Crécy |
| Justice (DJ set) | Composed the whole original score; Pusher and Flower in a Hurricane |
| Metro Boomin | That’s It, with Yung Lean and Future, on The Album |
| Nick León b2b DJ Python | South Florida producer and a Queens DJ; no track named |
| Prospa b2b Skream | UK electronic pairing; no track named |
| Rauw & Friends | Rauw Alejandro: Macacoa 2000 on The Album |
| Suero | Billed by Rockstar; no track named |
| Tainy | Puerto Rican producer; no track named |
| The Dare b2b Fcukers (DJ set) | New York pairing; no track named |
The phrase to hold onto is “from the game”. The Album is 34 tracks and only seven have names so far. A festival bill is as good a hint as any about who is on the other 27.
How the Ticket Lottery Works
You cannot buy a ticket. You enter a drawing, and if your name comes up you get to buy one. Rockstar is running it through DICE, with codes sent out by Laylo, and the clock is short.
- Entries close Tuesday November 10 at 4:00pm ET, which is 9pm in London and 11pm in Vilnius.
- Winners drawn the same evening at 7:00pm ET. Codes arrive by text, so the phone number on your entry has to be real.
- Sale Wednesday November 11 at 12:00pm ET, first come first served among code holders. A code is not a ticket.
- Limits: two tickets per purchaser, non-transferable, no refunds or exchanges, no re-entry on the night.
- Age: 17 and over to attend, 21 and over for alcohol, physical ID only. No digital IDs, no school cards.
One line on the page deserves a flag. Rockstar asks entrants to create a DICE account straight after entering, using the exact same email address and phone number, or risk being removed as a suspected bot. Do that part first. The price has not been published anywhere, and neither Rockstar nor DICE has said what a pair will cost once the sale opens.
Launch Week in Miami Now Has Five Nights
Put it on the calendar with everything else the city has booked. Wednesday November 18, the Heat play as Vice City at Kaseya Center. Thursday the 19th, the game unlocks. Friday the 20th, the renamed NINE1NINE throws its launch party. Saturday the 21st is The Festival. Sunday the 22nd closes it out with the Circoloco Records Radio night at Club Space, running as The Vault. Five nights, five venues, one company picking up the tab for most of it.
For anyone who cannot be in Florida that week, the music arrives anyway. The Album lands on November 19 and the Justice score follows on December 11, and the soundtrack guide keeps both tracklists current as names are added.
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