Annual rock music festival in Florida
Welcome to Rockville
Tool performing at Welcome to Rockville 2023
[1] Genre
Heavy metal ,
hard rock ,
[2]
punk
[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
May 8–10, 2020 (cancelled)
November 11–14, 2021
May 19–22, 2022
May 18–21, 2023
Location(s) 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]
History
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]
Estimated yearly attendance
2011 – 10,000 sold-out event
[27]
2012 – 11,000 sold-out event
[28]
2013 – 25,000 (two-day total)
[29]
2014 – 40,000 (two-day total) sold-out event
[30]
2015 – 50,000 (two-day total) sold-out event
[31]
2016 – 50,000 (two-day total) sold-out event
[32]
2017 – 75,000 (two-day total)
[33]
2018 – 90,000 (three-day total) sold-out event
[34]
2019 – 99,000 (three-day total) sold-out event
[35]
2021 – 161,000 (four-day total)
[36]
2022 – 140,000 (four-day total)
[37]
2023 – 170,000 (four-day total)
[38]
Lineup
2011
Main Stage:
Budweiser Stage:
Jägermeister Stage:
2012
Main Stage 1:
Main Stage 2:
2013
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:
2014
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:
2015
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:
2016
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:
2017
Day one (Saturday, April 29)
Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
Day two (Sunday, April 30)
Monster Energy Stage:
Metropolitan Stage:
River Stage:
2018
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:
2019
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
2021
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
2022
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 (Saturday, May 22)
Space Zebra Stage:
Octane Stage:
Rockvillian Stage:
DWPresents Stage:
2023
[39]
Day one (Thursday, May 18)
Day two (Friday, May 19)
Day three (Saturday, May 20)
Day four (Sunday, May 21)
References
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"TOOL play first show of 2023" . revolvermag.com . Retrieved May 22, 2023 .
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"Daytona Beach Ready to Rumble with Welcome to Rockville" . antimusic.com . Retrieved April 8, 2024 .
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"Welcome To Rockville 2024 in Daytona Beach, FL" . openairguide.net . Retrieved December 7, 2023 .
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"Welcome to Rockville gives first look at 2022 lineup" . clickorlando.com . Retrieved December 18, 2021 .
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"Welcome to Rockville announce all-star lineup for 2022" . melodicmag.com . Retrieved May 6, 2022 .
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"Welcome to Rockville 2011 at Metropolitan Park" . last.fm . Retrieved November 25, 2021 .
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"Special Noise Standards for Special Events at Metropolitan Park" . jacksonville.elaws.us . City of Jacksonville, FL. Retrieved October 24, 2017 .
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"JACKSONVILLE WELCOMES YOU TO ROCKVILLE ON MAY 8 WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE FESTIVAL" . mvremix.com . Retrieved November 24, 2021 .
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"KoRn 2012-04-29 Welcome to Rockville" . kornweb.ru . Retrieved September 25, 2022 .
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"MONSTER WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE FESTIVAL 2013" . rockrevoltmagazine.com . Retrieved November 25, 2021 .
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" 'Welcome to Rockville' this weekend: Noise ordinance waived by City for festival" . jaxdailyrecord.com . Retrieved November 25, 2021 .
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"Welcome To Rockville 2014" . concerts-metal.com . Retrieved October 6, 2022 .
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"Welcome To Rockville 2015" . allmetalfest.com . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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"MONSTER ENERGY WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE 2016 LINEUP ANNOUNCED" . dannywimmerpresents.com . Retrieved May 6, 2023 .
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"Welcome to Rockville 2017 Lineup" . jambase.com . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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"Welcome to Rockville" . outdoorsy.com . Retrieved September 24, 2020 .
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"Welcome to Rockville 2018 Mobile App, Performance Times, Map, Lineup Preview" . floridamusicblog.com . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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"PHOTOS + REVIEW: Welcome To Rockville 2019" . showsigoto.com . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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"WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE ANNOUNCES NEW HOME AT DAYTONA INT. SPEEDWAY" . dannywimmerpresents.com . Retrieved November 23, 2021 .
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"Coronavirus: Welcome to Rockville canceled in Daytona Beach" . news-journalonline.com . Retrieved November 21, 2021 .
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"Welcome To Rockville 2021" . splice-mediagroup.com . Retrieved October 2, 2022 .
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"WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE 10th Edition Welcomed 161,000 People" . sonicperspectives.com . Retrieved October 11, 2022 .
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"Sites and Sounds:" . antimusic.com . Retrieved September 2, 2022 .
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"WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE 2022" . tattoo.com . Retrieved September 2, 2022 .
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"Welcome To Rockville" . metaltalk.net . Retrieved September 2, 2022 .
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"Tool, Pantera, Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold rock Welcome to Rockville" . consequence.net . Retrieved May 24, 2023 .
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"April 30 & May 1 in Jacksonville" . am-media.net . Retrieved November 24, 2021 .
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"Organizers oversell Rockville show" . new4jax.com . Retrieved November 24, 2021 .
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"Monster Energy's Welcome To Rockville Draws Record Attendance and Garners Media Acclaim" .
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"Monster Energy's Welcome To Rockville Sells Out Year Four with 40,000 in Total Attendance at the April 26 & 27 Destination Festival in Jacksonville, FL" .
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"Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville Sells Out with Record Crowd of 50,000 for Florida's Biggest Rock Festival April 25 & 26 at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida" .
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"Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville Sells Out with Record Breaking Weekend: More than 50,000 in Attendance for Florida's Biggest Rock Experience Ever Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, MAY 1 at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville" .
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"Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville and Monster Energy Fort Rock Kick off World's Loudest Month with Record Breaking Weekend for Florida's Biggest Rock Experience April 29 & 30" .
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"ASHTON-MAGNUSON MEDIA" . am-media.net . Retrieved September 3, 2020 .
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"Danny Wimmer Presents Reports Record-Breaking Attendance at May Festival Portfolio" . celebrityaccess.com . June 3, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2020 .
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"161,000 ATTEND 2021 EDITION, MAKING IT AMERICA'S LARGEST ROCK FESTIVAL" . bravewords.com . Retrieved November 21, 2021 .
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"140,000 people flock to Daytona Beach" . wesh.com . Retrieved October 9, 2022 .
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"Welcome to Rockville 2023 a big hit with fans" . news-journalonline.com . Retrieved May 30, 2023 .
^ Trapp, Philip (December 14, 2022).
"Tool, Slipknot, A7X + Pantera Will Headline Welcome To Rockville 2023" .
Loudwire . Retrieved December 14, 2022 .
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