GTA VI brings Travis Scott and Cardi B to Miami for launch week

Travis Scott, Cardi B and a Justice DJ set are heading to Miami for Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival, Rockstar’s November 21 launch celebration at Mana Wynwood. Rockstar announced the show Monday morning, ten days out from the game.

Presented with PlayStation and produced by the creators of III Points, the event will put artists from the game and its official soundtrack across two stages. GTA VI is scheduled to arrive November 19 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, putting the festival two days into launch week. III Points takes over the same Wynwood grounds every year, so the producers are staging Rockstar’s night on home turf.

Read past the biggest names on the poster. Cactus Jack’s section brings Travis Scott together with Don Toliver, Kodak Black and SoFaygo. The bill also includes Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, Metro Boomin, Tainy, Suero and Rauw & Friends. Nick León goes back to back with DJ Python, Prospa pairs with Skream, and The Dare joins Fcukers for a DJ set.

The music is the draw here. In GTA, a station change can give the same drive a different mood. This lineup suggests Rockstar is giving that part of the game a stage of its own, with enough range to pull in people who came for the artists. A launch party would have booked two or three of these names. This is the whole dial.

There is a bigger music release behind it, too. Rockstar’s official music page lists GTA VI: The Album for November 19 with 34 original tracks. Justice composed the game’s original score; the duo’s November 21 booking is a DJ set. Four album songs are already out as singles: Travis Scott’s “RHYNO,” Cardi B’s “Don’t Chart,” Yung Lean’s “That’s It” with Future and Metro Boomin, and Keith Richards’ “Bright Lights, Big City.” “Sexy Magic” from Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso is out too, and its makers are on the festival bill. Justice’s score is a separate release, a 30-track album due December 11, and two of its singles are already streaming: “Flower in a Hurricane,” with Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and “Pusher,” with Gesaffelstein.

The radio preview puts that range in context. Rockstar lists Dirty South Classics with Trick and Trina, while Afro Bank FM features amapiano and African classics. The festival’s bill fits that wider musical identity. Rockstar previewed six stations in October: Flash FM is back for pop, The Chamber 106.6 plays metal, Cocoteo FM covers Latin, and Back Country Radio rounds out the dial. The hosts are artists too. Bad Bunny and Lana Del Rey are among the voices behind the microphones.

The night itself is a concert, not a demo. Rockstar’s pages promise two stages of music and say nothing about playing the game early, and no livestream has been announced. Set times are not out yet, and neither is a ticket price. Until the codes go out, the lottery is the whole ballgame.

How to get tickets

Start at the official lottery page. Entry is free and limited to one per person. Laylo handles the draw, while DICE handles ticket sales. A selected entry receives a code for the chance to buy; neither entering nor receiving a code guarantees tickets. Winning entries get their codes by text on draw night.

Rockstar also tells entrants to create a DICE account using the exact same email address and phone number as the lottery entry. Tickets are limited to two per purchaser, are non-transferable, and the event is for ages 17 and up. The warning has teeth: a mismatched account can get an entry flagged and pulled from the draw, so the account comes before the deadline, not after it.

Mana Wynwood sits at 318 NW 23rd Street, and ticketholders come in through 5th Avenue. There is no parking on site, so rideshare is the plan. Bags have to be clear and no bigger than 6 by 9 inches, and every bag gets searched at the gate.

November 10 is a double deadline for PlayStation players: GTA VI preloads open the same day the lottery closes.

The festival is one date in a stacked month. The game and The Album arrive together on November 19. The Festival follows two days later, and Justice’s score album lands December 11. Rockstar is not just launching a game. It is programming a season around one.

The November 10 deadline is the date to catch first. Anyone hoping to make this their GTA VI launch weekend needs to enter the draw before planning around the show.

Enter the official ticket lottery.

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