Shaggfest is an annual outdoor music festival held in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. It is presented by the Virginia-based radio station Z104 in partnership with Live Nation Entertainment. The event features many genres of music, including pop, hip hop indie and electronic dance music. Shaggfest has two stages where national and established musical artists, as well as local artists perform for fans.
Background Shaggfest was founded by Brandon Stokes, also known as the radio personality and Virginia Beach local Shaggy, in 2011. It takes place in Virginia Beach, within Tidewater, the southeast area of Virginia. The festival is hosted at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater, which seats approximately 20,000 people.
Line-ups by year 2011
Skillz Audra The Rapper Petey Pablo MIMS Nickelus F
2012 Shaggfest took place at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex on June 9, 2012. The official line-up was announced on May 14, 2012.
Timbaland Skillz Teddy Riley Blackstreet Chiddy Bang Kirko Bangz Fam-Lay Bison T. Mills Missy Elliott Slim 112 Bei Maejor Dev
2013
J. Cole Kid Ink Juicy J Travis Mills B. Smyth Pusha T We Never Sleep
2014
Pharrell Williams August Alsina Rico Love Mack Wilds No Malice Sean Paul Chris Richardson
2015
Trey Songz Ma$e Timbaland DMX (cancelled) Jidenna Sage the Gemini (cancelled) Tink Young Money Yawn Nay Nay & Bryan Mahon
2016
Diplo Travis Scott G Unit Lil Dicky Pusha T Eric Stanley Daya Lex Rotimi Andrew Hypes Bia Evan Barlow J.R.Clark Nay Nay & Bryan Mahon
Tha Wave
2017
Fetty Wap ASAP Ferg Ashanti Amine (rapper) Kyle (musician) Aaron Carter
2018
NERD French Montana MGK Madison Beer Rae Sremmurd
2023 Method Man and Redman
Toosii
BIA
See also
List of festivals in the United States
References
External links
Shaggfest at Live Nation