The clock is the story. Rockstar Games and PlayStation have announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival, a live music event on Saturday, November 21, at Mana Wynwood in Miami, and the only way to buy a ticket is through a lottery that closes today, Tuesday, November 10, at 4 PM ET.
Enter on the official festival site. There is no purchase necessary, and the limit is one entry per person. Entrants and attendees must be 17 or older.
The night is billed as a celebration of the game's launch. Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled for Thursday, November 19, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, two days before the Wynwood date.
How the lottery works
The official site says winners will be drawn at random from eligible entries and contacted by SMS with a code by 7 PM ET tonight. Odds depend on the number of eligible entries received. The lottery is operated by Laylo, Inc.
A code is not a ticket. It unlocks the chance to buy on Wednesday, November 11, at 12 PM ET, on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability. The official rules are explicit: receiving a code does not guarantee tickets, and entering the lottery does not guarantee a code. Codes are one-time use, cannot be sold or traded, and have no cash value.
Coverage of the sale terms, including Pollstar's report on the announcement, says purchases are limited to two tickets per lottery code.
The bill
Rockstar and PlayStation present the night as a chance to hear "the music of Vice City and Leonida in person," with what the companies call "a star-studded lineup of artists from the game and the official soundtrack." The official festival site lists:
- Cactus Jack presents Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Kodak Black and SoFaygo
- 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)
Justice, the French duo Rockstar has credited as the game's original score composers, are booked for a DJ set rather than a live band performance.
A Wynwood night, produced like III Points
This is not a convention-center showcase. According to Rockstar's announcement, the festival is produced by the team behind III Points and will run across two stages of non-stop music, at the same Wynwood compound that has hosted that festival for years.
That is the Miami read. Mana Wynwood is already a place where the city's electronic and hip-hop bills share a warehouse grid for a night. Putting a Grand Theft Auto VI launch event on that footprint, with Nick León back-to-back with DJ Python on a bill that also includes Metro Boomin, Tainy and Justice, is a local production choice as much as a global marketing one. The game is set in Vice City and the fictional state of Leonida, a version of Miami. This time, the soundtrack comes back to the neighborhood.
The useful deadline is still this afternoon. Anyone who wants a shot at a ticket has until 4 PM ET today to enter at gtavi-thefestival.miami.
