Rolling Loud music festival comes to Orlando for the first time
Tens of 1000’s of individuals will congregate in Orlando this weekend for what’s billed as the world’s largest hip-hop festival, transferring to Central Florida from its former house in Miami.
Rolling Loud is coming to Camping World Stadium for three days this weekend with headliners Playboi Carti, Don Toliver and YoungBoy Never Broke Again. The lineup additionally options Soulja BoySnow Strippers, Chief KeefDestroy Lonely, Sexyy Red, EsDeeKid, FakeMink, Nettspend, NoCap, BossMan Dlow, OsamaSon, Homixide Gang, PlaqueBoyMax, SkaiWater, TiaCorine, Lazer Dim 700 and extra.
“This lineup is a statement,” he mentioned Tariq CherifRolling Loud’s co-founder, in a information launch. “Playboi Carti, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, and Don Toliver each represent different forces shaping hip-hop right now, and bringing them together for our only US festival of 2026 felt intentional.”
The sold-out festival expects to welcome round 50,000 followers per day at the website that additionally hosts EDC Orlando and Vans Warped Tour. While a few quarter of the viewers relies in Florida, the occasion attracts individuals from the Southeast, Midwest, California and worldwide locations.
The festival was based in Miami in 2015 by South Floridians Cherif and Matt Zingler, who have been childhood buddies. Since then, the festival has grown to embrace occasions in New York, California, Australia and India.
Facing rising prices of flights and lodging for festival attendees in Miami, the Rolling Loud crew determined to make the transfer to the City Beautiful.
“In Orlando, there’s a million hotels. Flights are cheap coming in from all around the world. It saves the fans a lot of money and still provides an amazing experience,” Zingler mentioned. “Being centralized in Florida, you can bring all the colleges together. You can drive from Atlanta and Tampa is right across from Orlando.”
Festival organizers additionally handed price financial savings onto followers, providing tickets for round $100 lower than earlier occasions. General admission passes began at $279 and at the moment are obtainable solely by becoming a member of the official waitlist.
“It’s always been about the fans for me. Ideally I make the same product at a cheaper price,” Zingler mentioned. “Things are so expensive nowadays, I just think it’s important to be fair.”
While earlier festivals have featured enormous names like Kendrick Lamar, Future, Lil Wayne, A$AP Rocky and Travis Scott, this 12 months focuses extra on up-and-coming artists which can be more and more related on social media and streaming platforms.
“We’ve really curated the lineup specifically to cultural relevance in today’s market. It’s up-and-coming, it’s hot and new,” Zingler mentioned. “You have 120-140 artists and you can see them all for around $300. There’s no way you could ever do that.”
In addition to listening to music on three phases at the occasion, followers can experience a Ferris wheel, discover activations from sponsors, browse merch, or take pleasure in bites from meals vans and distributors.
The Orlando Police Department is ramping up safety at Camping World Stadium, in the areas surrounding the venue and in downtown Orlando in anticipation of this weekend’s occasion. A particular occasion zone shall be in place on Orange Blossom Trail from State Road 408 to Colonial Drive with double fines and elevated penalties for drivers committing felony and even minor site visitors violations.
“It will be all hands-on deck. Our officers have extensive experience managing large-scale events, and we have a comprehensive plan in place,” mentioned Chief Eric Smith of Orlando Police Department in a information launch. “We will do everything necessary to ensure that everyone attending the festival, as well as the residents throughout our city, remains safe.”
Outside of the festival footprint, followers can discover a “citywide cultural takeover” with events, artists appearances and performances at downtown venues, Universal ticket add-on packages and a collaboration with Trophy Rooman Orlando retailer.
“All in all, it’s like the hip-hop Disney World,” Zingler mentioned. “We’re going to open your eyes and show you talent that has amazing fan bases. That is worth your money and worth seeing something new.”
For those that stay inside a number of miles of Camping World Stadium the place live performance noise can journey, the occasion will wrap at 11 pm on Friday and Saturday and at 10 pm on Sunday.
For extra info, go to 2026.rollingloud.com.
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