GTA 6: The Festival confirmed as Rockstar Games reveals real-life launch event

Rockstar Games has announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival, a real-life music festival to be held in Miami, Florida, in celebration of the highly anticipated game's launch later this month.

The festival is a way for diehard fans to experience the music of Vice City and Leonida in real life, with GTA VI: The Festival taking place at Mana Wynwood on November 21, 2026.

Featuring two stages, the festival will be headlined by some incredible artists that, to state the obvious, feature on the game's soundtrack.

Attendees should expect to see the likes of Cardi B, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, Justice (DJ set), Metro Boomin, Nick León B2B DJ Python, Prospa B2B Skream, Rauw & Friends, Suero, Tainy, The Dare B2B Fcukers (DJ set), as well as Cactus Jack presents Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Kodak Black, and Sofaygo. That's quite the line-up.

The event is, interestingly, a joint venture between Rockstar Games and PlayStation with GTA VI: The Festival being produced by the creators of III Points, an annual music festival that takes place at the same location of Mana Wynwood in Miami, Florida.

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Desperate to get your hands on a ticket? You're going to need to enter a lottery.

Ticket sales for GTA VI: The Festival are being operated by DICE, but you'll need to win a lottery in order to actually have a shot at purchasing tickets, with winning lottery codes being distributed by Laylo.

The lottery website has officially gone live, although it won't open applications until Tuesday, November 10 at 4pm ET / 8pm GMT.

Entries will then close on Tuesday, November 10 at 7pm ET / 11pm GMT, so you have only three hours to enter and get your name in the draw. It's one entry into the draw per person, and you must be aged 17 or over.

Once the lottery has closed, winners will be drawn at random from eligible entries and contacted by SMS with a code, allowing them the chance to buy tickets. Key phrase here being 'the chance'.

Those who are successful in the lottery will gain access to ticket sales on Wednesday, November 11 at 12pm ET / 4pm GMT with codes being one-time use. They cannot be sold or traded.

Tickets are limited availability and winning a lottery code does not guarantee purchase of tickets, so you're going to need quite a bit of luck on your side if you want to end up at GTA VI: The Festival.

You can only purchase a maximum of two tickets, they're non-transferrable, and you must be aged 17-plus in order to attend this event as well as, again, enter the lottery.

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Launch events are nothing new, but this surely has to take the prize for being the most extravagant and indulgent, with very games able to get away with pulling off something on this scale.

It's a shame that the vast majority of fans won't actually be able to go, whether that be due to cost, distance, or simply having no luck in the lottery or ticket sale.

That being said, those that do attend are in for a once-in-a-lifetime experience - and hopefully, Rockstar Games will film at least some of the event so the rest of us don't get major FOMO.