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| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock,[2] punk[3] |
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| Years active | 2011–2019, 2021–present |
| Website | WelcomeToRockville.com |
Welcome to Rockville is a four-day hard rock and heavy metal music festival.[4] The festival is held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.[5]
On Sunday, May 8, 2011, Mother's Day, the first Welcome to Rockville took place at Jacksonville, Florida's Metropolitan Park.[6] Due to city noise regulations, the festival was held from around 11:00 a.m. up until 10:00 p.m.[7] Godsmack headlined, and Juliya Chernetsky hosted the event.[8]
A second festival was held on Sunday, April 29, 2012, which featured Jacksonville, Florida, natives Shinedown to headline the festival along with Korn.[9]
The Welcome to Rockville festival was expanded from a one-day event to a two-day event in 2013, and Jacksonville native band Lynyrd Skynyrd headlined with Alice in Chains.[10] The 2013 festival started a minor controversy about the enforcement of a noise ordinance, which was waived for the festival.[11]
The headline bands of the 2014 festival were Avenged Sevenfold and Korn.[12]
Slipknot and Korn headlined the 2015 festival.[13]
Disturbed and Rob Zombie headlined the festival in 2016.[14]
In 2017, Soundgarden and Def Leppard headlined Welcome to Rockville.[15]
The festival was expanded to three days (Friday–Sunday) in 2018.[16] Ozzy Osbourne, Avenged Sevenfold, and the Foo Fighters were the headline performers.[17]
Welcome to Rockville 2019 was headlined in May by Korn, Rob Zombie, and Tool.[18] In July 2019, Danny Wimmer Presents submitted a press release that stated Welcome to Rockville was moving to Daytona Beach, Florida.[19]
In March 2020, it was announced that the festival would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but would return in 2021.[20]
In 2021, Welcome to Rockville returned for a new week, November 11–14, at its new home in Daytona Beach, Florida. Providing the headline Metallica for two nights, Slipknot and Disturbed.[21] The 10th edition of Welcome to Rockville, which drew a record attendance of 161,000 people, was listed as the biggest rock festival in America in 2021. Additionally, 1.2 million viewers live-streamed select performances on Twitch. Danny Wimmer Presents announced that Welcome to Rockville would be returning in May 2022.[22]
Welcome to Rockville 2022 was held on May 19–22. Set to headline were Kiss, Korn, Guns N' Roses, and the Foo Fighters.[23] Kiss took the stage on Thursday, while severe weather forced Korn and Guns N' Roses, among other acts, to cancel their shows on Friday and Saturday.[24] Due to the passing of drummer Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters had to cancel their performance; Nine Inch Nails took their place and played on Sunday.[25]
The 2023 edition of Welcome to Rockville took place over four days in May 2023, headlined by Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Pantera, and Tool.[26]
Main Stage:
Budweiser Stage:
Jägermeister Stage:
Main Stage 1:
Main Stage 2:
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Day one (Saturday, April 27) Monster Energy Stage East: Monster Energy Stage West: Emerging Artist Stage:
Jaxlive Stage:
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Day two (Sunday, April 28) Monster Energy Stage East: Monster Energy Stage West:
Emerging Artist Stage:
Jaxlive Stage:
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Day one (Saturday, April 26) Monster Energy West Stage: Monster Energy East Stage: Jägermeister stage:
Ernie Ball Stage:
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Day two (Sunday, April 27) Monster Energy West Stage: Monster Energy East Stage: Jägermeister stage:
Ernie Ball Stage:
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April 24 pre-party (Friday night)
Jacksonville Landing Stage:
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Day one (Saturday, April 25) Monster Energy Main Stage: Jack Daniel's Met Park Main Stage: ReverbNation Stage: Jägermeister Stage:
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Day two (Sunday, April 26) Monster Energy Main Stage: Jack Daniels Met Park Main Stage:
ReverbNation Stage:
Jägermeister Stage:
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Day one (Saturday, April 30) Monster Energy Righty Stage: Monster Energy Lefty Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage:
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Day two (Sunday, May 1) Monster Energy Righty Stage: Monster Energy Lefty Stage:
Metropolitan Stage: River Stage:
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Day one (Saturday, April 29) Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage: River Stage:
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Day two (Sunday, April 30) Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage: River Stage:
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Day one (Friday, April 27) Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
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Day two (Saturday, April 28) Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage: River Stage:
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Day three (Sunday, April 29) Monster Energy Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage:
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Day one (Friday, May 3) Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
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Day two (Saturday, May 4) Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
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Day three (Sunday, May 5) Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
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Day one (Thursday, November 11) Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
Twitch Stage:
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Day two (Friday, November 12) Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
Twitch Stage:
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Day three (Saturday, November 13) Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
Twitch Stage:
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Day four (Sunday, November 14) Space Zebra Stage: Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
Twitch Stage:
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Day one (Thursday, May 19) Space Zebra Stage: Octane Stage: Rockvillian Stage: DWPresents Stage:
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Day two (Friday, May 20) Space Zebra Stage: Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
DWPresents Stage:
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Day three (Saturday, May 21) Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
DWPresents Stage:
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Day four (Saturday, May 22) Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage: Rockvillian Stage: DWPresents Stage:
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