Welcome to Rockville

Welcome to Rockville is a four-day hard rock and heavy metal music festival.^[4][5][6] The festival is held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.^[7]

Welcome to Rockville
Tool performing at Welcome to Rockville 2023[1]
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, punk[2][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 November 11–14, 2021 May 19–22, 2022 May 18–21, 2023 May 9–12, 2024 May 15–18, 2025
Location(s)	Daytona Beach, Florida (2020–present) Jacksonville, Florida (2011–2019)
Years active	2011–2019, 2021–present
Website	WelcomeToRockville.com

History

The inaugural Welcome to Rockville was held on Mother's Day, May 8, 2011, at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida.^[8] Headlined by Godsmack and hosted by Mistress Juliya, the festival ran from 11 AM to 10 PM due to local noise ordinances.^[9][10]

A second festival was held on Sunday, April 29, 2012, which featured Jacksonville natives Shinedown headlining the festival along with Korn.^[11]

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.^[12] The 2013 festival started a minor controversy about the enforcement of a noise ordinance, which was waived for the festival.^[13]

The headlining bands of the 2014 festival were Avenged Sevenfold and Korn.^[14]

The headlining bands of the 2015 festival were Korn and Slipknot.^[15]

Disturbed and Rob Zombie headlined at Welcome to Rockville 2016.^[16]

Soundgarden and Def Leppard headlined Welcome to Rockville 2017.^[17]

In 2018, Welcome to Rockville expanded to a three-day event (Friday-Sunday).^[18] The festival featured headliners Ozzy Osbourne, Avenged Sevenfold, and the Foo Fighters.^[19]

Korn, Rob Zombie, and Tool headlined Welcome to Rockville in 2019.^[20] In July, Danny Wimmer Presents announced the festival's move to Daytona Beach, Florida.^[21]

In March 2020, it was announced that the festival would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but would return in 2021.^[22]

Welcome to Rockville returned in 2021, relocating to Daytona Beach and drawing a record-breaking 161,000 attendees over four days (Nov 11–14). Headlined by Metallica for two nights, along with Slipknot and Disturbed, the festival was hailed as the largest rock event in the US that year. Online viewership also surged, with 1.2 million people tuning in to select performances on Twitch. The success fueled the announcement of a return in May 2022.^[23]

Welcome to Rockville 2022 took place from May 19–22, featuring a lineup that included Kiss, Korn, Guns N' Roses, and the Foo Fighters.^[24] While Kiss headlined on Thursday, severe weather forced the cancellation of several acts, including Korn and Guns N' Roses, on Friday and Saturday.^[25] The death of drummer Taylor Hawkins led to the Foo Fighters' cancellation, but Nine Inch Nails stepped in to perform on Sunday.^[26]

The 2023 edition of Welcome to Rockville was held in May, featuring Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Pantera, and Tool as headliners.^[27]

The 13th installment of Welcome to Rockville, held in 2024, featured Mötley Crüe, Limp Bizkit, Foo Fighters, and Slipknot as its headliners.^[28]

Headlining the 2025 Welcome To Rockville were the performances of Shinedown, Green Day, Linkin Park, and Korn.^[29]

Estimated yearly attendance

• 2011 – 10,000 sold-out event^[30]
• 2012 – 11,000 sold-out event^[31]
• 2013 – 25,000 (two-day total)^[32]
• 2014 – 40,000 (two-day total) sold-out event^[33]
• 2015 – 50,000 (two-day total) sold-out event^[34]
• 2016 – 50,000 (two-day total) sold-out event^[35]
• 2017 – 75,000 (two-day total)^[36]
• 2018 – 90,000 (three-day total) sold-out event^[37]
• 2019 – 99,000 (three-day total) sold-out event^[38]
• 2021 – 161,000 (four-day total)^[39]
• 2022 – 140,000 (four-day total)^[40]
• 2023 – 170,000 (four-day total)^[41]
• 2024 – 200,000 (four-day total)^[42]
• 2025 – 230,000 (four-day total)^[43]

Lineup

2011

Main Stage:

• Godsmack
• Stone Sour
• Seether
• Theory of a Deadman
• Puddle of Mudd
• Skillet
• Halestorm
• Son of a Bad Man

Budweiser Stage:

• Cold
• My Darkest Days
• Cavo
• Rev Theory
• Art of Dying
• Down Theory
• Bleeding in Stereo

Jägermeister Stage:

• Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
• Revis
• Fit for Rivals
• Six Shot Revival
• Mindslip
• Viktr
• Broken Trust
• Manna Zen
• Efen
• In Whispers

2012

Main Stage 1:

• Korn
• Evanesence
• Halestorm
• Trivium
• Adelitas Way
• Otherwise
• Soulswitch

Main Stage 2:

• Shinedown
• Five Finger Death Punch
• P.O.D.
• Lacuna Coil
• Art of Dying
• Eye Empire

2013

Day one (Saturday, April 27) Monster Energy Stage East: Alice in Chains Stone Sour Papa Roach Halestorm All That Remains Pop Evil Monster Energy Stage West: Limp Bizkit Three Days Grace Bullet for My Valentine Asking Alexandria In This Moment Young Guns Emerging Artist Stage: Escape the Fate Otherwise Whitechapel Gemini Syndrome Hell or High Water Rockville Rumble Winner Jaxlive Stage: Rockville Rumble Winner Edens Fill Rockville Rumble Winner Rockville Rumble Winner Stars in Stereo MonstrO Rockville Rumble Winner

Day two (Sunday, April 28) Monster Energy Stage East: Lynyrd Skynyrd 3 Doors Down Skillet Filter Saving Abel Red Monster Energy Stage West: Shinedown Buckcherry Hollywood Undead Steel Panther Nonpoint Farewell 2 Fear Emerging Artist Stage: Nothing More Device Motionless in White Saliva Girl On Fire Soulswitch Nebraska Bricks Jaxlive Stage: Rockville Rumble Winner Rockville Rumble Winner Rockville Rumble Winner Rockville Rumble Winner The Apprehended (N)ception

2014

Day one (Saturday, April 26) Monster Energy West Stage: Avenged Sevenfold A Day to Remember Chevelle Hellyeah Adelitas Way Rev Theory Digital Summer Monster Energy East Stage: The Cult Volbeat Alter Bridge Chiodos Middle Class Rut Gemini Syndrome Jägermeister stage: We Came as Romans Memphis May Fire Smile Empty Soul Evergreen Terrace Silvertung World Gone Ernie Ball Stage: Fozzy Devour the Day We as Human Monster Truck Cathercist

Day two (Sunday, April 27) Monster Energy West Stage: Korn Five Finger Death Punch Seether Sick Puppies Within Reason Monster Energy East Stage: Rob Zombie Staind Theory of a Deadman Black Stone Cherry The Pretty Reckless Jägermeister stage: Motionless in White Emmure Lacuna Coil Kyng Ghost of War Ernie Ball Stage: Trivium Butcher Babies Nothing More Twelve Foot Ninja

2015

April 24 pre-party (Friday night)

Jacksonville Landing Stage:

• Hollywood Undead
• Nonpoint
• Avatar
• 36 Crazyfists
• World Gone
• Scare Don't Fear

Day one (Saturday, April 25) Monster Energy Main Stage: Korn Slayer Halestorm Of Mice & Men Hollywood Undead Stars in Stereo Jack Daniel's Met Park Main Stage: Marilyn Manson Ministry Queensrÿche Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts Nonpoint Like a Storm ReverbNation Stage: Suicidal Tendencies Testament Exodus Fozzy Sons of Texas Red Sun Rising Jägermeister Stage: The Devil Wears Prada Periphery Beartooth Upon a Burning Body Sangre World Gone

Day two (Sunday, April 26) Monster Energy Main Stage: Slipknot Papa Roach The Pretty Reckless In This Moment We Are Harlot Jack Daniels Met Park Main Stage: Godsmack Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators Breaking Benjamin Motionless in White Young Guns '68 ReverbNation Stage: All That Remains Hatebreed Butcher Babies Starset ReverbNation Band Shattered Sun Jägermeister Stage: In Flames Tremonti Vamps Islander From Ashes to New

2016

Day one (Saturday, April 30) Monster Energy Righty Stage: Shinedown Bring Me the Horizon Pennywise Bullet for My Valentine Trivium Wilson Monster Energy Lefty Stage: Disturbed Sixx:A.M. Hellyeah Asking Alexandria Red Sun Rising Monster Truck Metropolitan Stage: 3 Doors Down Collective Soul Pop Evil Candlebox Filter Lacey Sturm River Stage: Escape the Fate Crown the Empire Enter Shikari Miss May I Cane Hill Big Jesus

Day two (Sunday, May 1) Monster Energy Righty Stage: Rob Zombie A Day to Remember Cypress Hill P.O.D. Sick Puppies From Ashes to New Monster Energy Lefty Stage: ZZ Top (cancelled) Megadeth Sevendust Yelawolf Texas Hippie Coalition Glorious Sons Metropolitan Stage: Five Finger Death Punch Lamb of God Ghost We Came as Romans Memphis May Fire Avatar River Stage: Anthrax Clutch Parkway Drive Issues Beartooth

2017

Day one (Saturday, April 29) Monster Energy Stage: Soundgarden The Offspring Coheed and Cambria Eagles of Death Metal All That Remains I Prevail Goodbye June Metropolitan Stage: A Perfect Circle Mastodon The Pretty Reckless Highly Suspect Starset Dinosaur Pile-Up Badflower River Stage: Pierce the Veil In Flames Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Volumes Royal Republic As Lions The Charm The Fury

Day two (Sunday, April 30) Monster Energy Stage: Def Leppard Papa Roach Three Days Grace Of Mice & Men The Dillinger Escape Plan Nothing More Rival Sons Metropolitan Stage: Chevelle Seether Alter Bridge In This Moment Motionless in White Beartooth Kyng River Stage: Amon Amarth Gojira Every Time I Die Attila Sylar Fire from the Gods Cover Your Tracks

2018

Day one (Friday, April 27) Monster Energy Stage: Ozzy Osbourne (ft. Zakk Wylde) Five Finger Death Punch The Used Underoath Texas Hippie Coalition MDFK Metropolitan Stage: Godsmack Halestorm Parkway Drive Trivium '68 Palisades River Stage: Atreyu Power Trip Toothgrinder Bad Wolves Them Evils

Day two (Saturday, April 28) Monster Energy Stage: Avenged Sevenfold Breaking Benjamin Hollywood Undead Black Veil Brides Sevendust Avatar Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown Metropolitan Stage: Stone Sour Stone Temple Pilots Asking Alexandria Pop Evil Red Sun Rising Joyous Wolf River Stage: Andrew W.K. Butcher Babies Stick to Your Guns Palaye Royale He Is Legend The Wild! Yashira

Day three (Sunday, April 29) Monster Energy Stage: Foo Fighters Billy Idol Bullet for My Valentine Greta Van Fleet Red Fang The Bronx Metropolitan Stage: Queens of the Stone Age Clutch Thrice Quicksand The Sword Fireball Ministry River Stage: Baroness Wolf Alice Turnstile The Fever 333 Spirit Animal

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: Cypress Hill Grandson Dead Sara Spiritbox Dana Dentata Octane Stage: Slipknot A Day to Remember Gojira Dorothy Teenage Wrist Siiickbrain Rockvillian Stage: Brass Against Nascar Aloe Jeris Johnson Blame My Youth Contracult Collective 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: Metallica Social Distortion Pennywise Ice Nine Kills Ayron Jones Austin Meade Octane Stage: Rob Zombie Chevelle Beartooth Starset Zero 9:36 Whit3 Collr Rockvillian Stage: Wage War Butcher Babies Amigo the Devil Bad Omens Tallah Eva Under Fire 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: Staind The Offspring Badflower Fever 333 Dead Poet Society Brkn Love Octane Stage: Disturbed Lamb of God Asking Alexandria Atreyu Sick Puppies Fame on Fire Rockvillian Stage: Gwar Crown the Empire 3Teeth All Good Things Joyous Wolf Reach NYC Twitch Stage: Magnolia Bayou Actus Reus Widow7 Timmy Taylor NoSelf Troy Higher Ground As You Were

Day four (Sunday, November 14) Space Zebra Stage: Metallica Mudvayne Falling in Reverse Sleeping with Sirens Alien Weaponry Goodbye June Octane Stage: Lynyrd Skynyrd Mastodon Anthrax Dance Gavin Dance Fire from the Gods Survive the Sun Rockvillian Stage: Code Orange Jelly Roll The Warning Avoid Hero the Band As You Were Twitch Stage: Lone Wolf The Dev Imperial Tide Lines of Loyalty

2022

Day one (Thursday, May 19) Space Zebra Stage: Kiss Papa Roach Black Label Society Mammoth WVH Fuel Plush Octane Stage: Five Finger Death Punch In This Moment Clutch Bad Wolves Oxymorrons Tetrarch Widow7 Rockvillian Stage: Down Ill Niño Shaman's Harvest Gemini Syndrome Contracult Collective DWPresents Stage: The Sword Bad Omens Redlight King Devil's Cut Post Profit As You Were

Day two (Friday, May 20) Space Zebra Stage: Korn (cancelled) Megadeth (cancelled) Ministry (set cut short) Baroness Blacktop Mojo Diamante Octane Stage: Breaking Benjamin (cancelled) Seether Skillet (cancelled) Sevendust Ded Giovannie and the Hired Guns Rockvillian Stage: Underoath (cancelled) RED (set cut short) Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown Stick to Your Guns Archetypes Collide DWPresents Stage: We Came as Romans Whitechapel Mike's Dead Extinction A.D. Young Other As You Were

Day three (Saturday, May 21) Space Zebra Stage: Guns N' Roses (cancelled) Rise Against (cancelled) Jerry Cantrell (set cut short) Dirty Honey (cancelled) Saint Asonia (set cut short) Against the Current Octane Stage: Shinedown (set cut short) Bush (cancelled) Nothing More Alexisonfire The Violent John Harvie Rockvillian Stage: In Flames (set cut short) John 5 (set cut short) Agnostic Front S8nt Elektric Afterlife DWPresents Stage: Crown the Empire The Word Alive Stitched Up Heart A River Runs Thru It As You Were

Day four (Sunday, May 22) Space Zebra Stage: Nine Inch Nails (replaced the Foo Fighters) Porno for Pyros (replaced Jane's Addiction) The Pretty Reckless Poppy Lilith Czar Superbloom Octane Stage: The Smashing Pumpkins Halestorm The Struts Spiritbox Radkey Rockvillian Stage: The Hu Bones UK Motor Sister Aeir The Mysterines DWPresents Stage: Escape the Fate Lacey Sturm Crobot The Dead Deads NVRLESS As You Were

2023

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Day one (Thursday, May 18) Slipknot Rob Zombie The Cult (replaced Queens of the Stone Age) Puscifer Trivium (cancelled) Bullet for My Valentine (set cut short) Suicidal Tendencies Avatar (set cut short) Black Stone Cherry Converge Band-Maid Austin Meade Bloodywood Stray from the Path (cancelled) Brutus Rain City Drive Malevolence Vended Rivals Wargasm Nevertel Widow7 Conquer Divide Budderside

Day two (Friday, May 19) Avenged Sevenfold Evanescence Hardy I Prevail Motionless in White Sleeping with Sirens Badflower Ayron Jones Memphis May Fire From Ashes to New Born of Osiris The Warning Mothica Des Rocs Varials Tallah Tigercub Slay Squad Ryan Oakes Tuk Smith and The Restless Hearts Bastardane OTTTO Until I Die As You Were

Day three (Saturday, May 20) Pantera Godsmack Alice Cooper Chevelle Alter Bridge (cancelled) Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening Knocked Loose Rival Sons Yelawolf Presents: Sometimes Y Pop Evil Suicide Silence Sepultura The Bronx Poorstacy Ho99o9 Zero 9:36 Maylene and the Sons of Disaster Dayseeker Dead Poet Society (cancelled) Kreator The Violent Starcrawler Hammerhedd

Day four (Sunday, May 21) Tool Deftones Incubus The Mars Volta Coheed & Cambria Pennywise Ghostemane Grandson Sueco Filter Deafheaven Anti-Flag Senses Fail New Years Day Nothing,Nowhere Angel Dust Nova Twins Point North Bob Vylan Capital Theatre Uncured Reddstar

2024

Day one (Thursday, May 9) Apex Stage Mötley Crüe Judas Priest Anthrax Dirty Honey Amigo the Devil Cold Point North Octane Drift Stage Disturbed Mudvayne Skillet Flyleaf Saliva Orgy Imperial Tide Vortex Stage Kerry King Biohazard Lacuna Coil Shadows Fall Stabbing Westward Gideon Thrown Fuming Mouth Inferno Stage Machine Head August Burns Red Soulfly Bury Tomorrow New Years Day Spite Bodysnatcher Until I Wake Garage Stage Insane Clown Posse Bad Wolves Miss May I Fleshwater Moon Fever TX2

Day two (Friday, May 10) Apex Stage Limp Bizkit Falling In Reverse In This Moment Starset Nonpoint Flat Black Powerman 5000 Octane Drift Stage Jelly Roll The Offspring Koe Wetzel Living Colour Kim Dracula Sleep Theory Alien Ant Farm Vortex Stage Mr. Bungle Electric Callboy Nitzer Ebb Catch Your Breath Lø Spirit Mike's Dead Inferno Stage In Flames Slaughter to Prevail Kittie Mushroomhead I See Stars Imminence Dying Wish Garage Stage Tech N9ne The Amity Affliction Currents Kublai Khan TX Harms Way Rain City Drive Citizen Soldier

Day three (Saturday, May 11) Apex Stage Foo Fighters Greta Van Fleet Primus Mammoth WVH Reignwolf Nova Twins Destroy Boys Octane Drift Stage Queens of the Stone Age A Day to Remember Stone Temple Pilots Royal Blood The Struts Taipei Houston Vortex Stage Cypress Hill L7 Helmet Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes Fire From the Gods Hed PE Calva Louise Vukovi Inferno Stage Clutch Baroness All Them Witches Red Fang Austin Meade Crobot Tim Montana Hotbox Garage Stage Code Orange Drain Terror Stick to Your Guns The Chisel Bad Nerves Afterlife

Day four (Sunday, May 12) Apex Stage Slipknot Breaking Benjamin Architects Wage War P.O.D. Taproot Adema Octane Drift Stage Evanescence Bad Omens Theory of a Deadman Sebastian Bach Drowning Pool Nita Strauss TRUSTcompany Vortex Stage Sum 41 Atreyu The Chats Magnolia Park Bob Vylan Militarie Gun Gel Stratejacket Inferno Stage Black Veil Brides Movements Enter Shikari SiM Dead Poet Society Plush Return to Dust Kill the Robot Garage Stage Polyphia The Ghost Inside Of Mice & Men Fear Factory While She Sleeps Eva Under Fire Blind Channel Another Day Dawns

2025

Day one (Thursday, May 15) Apex Stage Shinedown Three Days Grace The Pretty Reckless Theory of a Deadman Blue October Evans Blue Royale Lynn Octane Stage Rob Zombie Halestorm Trivium Crossfade Finger Eleven Saving Abel Smile Empty Soul Vortex Stage Bullet For My Valentine Asking Alexandria We Came As Romans From Ashes To New Fit For A King Until I Wake Of Virtue The Pretty Wild Inferno Stage Body Count Arch Enemy Gwar Exodus The Acacia Strain Shadow of Intent Frozen Soul Gates to Hell Garage Stage The Dillinger Escape Plan Quicksand Health Converge Full of Hell Harms Way Candy Big Ass Truck

Day two (Friday, May 16) Apex Stage Green Day Social Distortion Jimmy Eat World New Found Glory Bowling For Soup Lit Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Octane Stage Good Charlotte Sublime Bush Candlebox Everclear Dorothy Dexter & the Moonrocks Vortex Stage Knocked Loose Kublai Khan tx Incendiary Erra Invent Animate Boundaries One Step Closer Left to Suffer Inferno Stage Killswitch Engage Jinjer August Burns Red Miss May I It Dies Today Butcher Babies Bleed From Within As You Were Garage Stage Underoath Saosin Silverstein The Devil Wears Prada Silent Planet Scary Kids Scaring Kids Alesana I Set My Friends On Fire

Day three (Saturday, May 17) Apex Stage Linkin Park Incubus Beartooth Taking Back Sunday P.O.D. Hoobastank Sleep Theory Octane Stage Pierce The Veil I Prevail Hollywood Undead Sleeping With Sirens Of Mice & Men Escape The Fate Liliac Vortex Stage Mastodon Acid Bath Obituary Municipal Waste Nails Havok Dead Heat Chained Saint Inferno Stage Dayseeker Bilmuri The Plot in You Set it Off Real Friends The Funeral Portrait Nerv Nevertel Garage Stage White Chapel All Shall Perish Attila After The Burial Emmure Brand of Sacrifice Upon A Burning Body Angelmaker

Day four (Sunday, May 18) Apex Stage Korn Marilyn Manson Chevelle Daughtry Filter Snot The Union Underground Octane Stage Bad Omens Mudvayne Motionless in White Sevendust Chimaira Dry Kill Logic Return to Dust Vortex Stage Insane Clown Posse Testament The Black Dahlia Murder Seven Hours After Violet Fit For An Autopsy Gatecreeper Sanguisugabogg Allt Inferno Stage Chiodos Hawthorne Heights Memphis May Fire Blessthefall ATTACK ATTACK! A Skylit Drive Caskets Windwalkers Garage Stage Power Trip Deafheaven Sunami Pain of Truth 200 Stab Wounds Peeling Flesh Bodybox Mugshot