Rockstar's GTA VI Festival in Miami Puts Travis Scott's Cactus Jack Atop a Nov 21 Lineup

Rockstar Games is throwing Grand Theft Auto VI a release party in Miami, the city behind the game's Vice City. Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival is a one-night show at Mana Wynwood in Miami on Saturday, November 21, two days after the game comes out on November 19. Rockstar announced it on Monday, November 9, as a live event to celebrate the launch, with a lineup of artists from the game and its official soundtrack. The poster says Rockstar Games and PlayStation present it.

The top line belongs to Travis Scott's label: "Cactus Jack presents" Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Kodak Black and SoFaygo. Cardi B and the Argentine duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso share the top of the bill. Below them are Justice (a DJ set), Metro Boomin, Nick León back to back with DJ Python, Prospa back to back with Skream, Rauw & Friends, SUERO, Tainy, and a DJ set from The Dare back to back with Fcukers. The ticket page lists Rauw Alejandro among the performers.

Getting in is the hard part. Tickets were offered through a lottery on DICE, which closed at 4pm ET on Tuesday, November 10. Winners can buy from noon ET on Wednesday, November 11, first come, first served, and the ticket page says a code doesn't guarantee a ticket. Tickets are $60, the show is 17+, and doors open at 4pm, with the night running until 2am. Anyone who missed the lottery can join DICE's waitlist.

Neither Rockstar nor the ticket page says whether the show will be streamed, or whether there's festival merch.

Our read

It's the second time in a week that Cactus Jack has tied itself to GTA VI's Miami. On November 6 it announced the Cactus Jack x Nike Vice City uniform the Miami Heat wear against the Bucks on November 18, the night before the game's release; the festival lands three days later, with four acts under the label's name at the top of the poster. Scott's camp is the music Rockstar is putting in front of the launch.

The bill itself reads like the game's map. Miami's own Nick León, Latin stars in Tainy, Rauw Alejandro and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, the Florida rap of Kodak Black, and club sets from Justice, Prospa and Skream: The series has long leaned on licensed music to sell its places, and a $60 ticket in Wynwood is that soundtrack turned into a real night out.