Welcome to Rockville is a four-day rock/heavy metal event held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
History
The inaugural Welcome to Rockville was held on Mother's Day, May 8, 2011, at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida. Headlined by Godsmack and hosted by Mistress Juliya, the festival ran from 11 AM to 10 PM due to local noise ordinances.
A second festival was held on Sunday, April 29, 2012, which featured Jacksonville natives Shinedown headlining the festival along with Korn.
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. The 2013 festival started a minor controversy about the enforcement of a noise ordinance, which was waived for the festival.
The headlining bands of the 2014 festival were Avenged Sevenfold and Korn.
The headlining bands of the 2015 festival were Korn and Slipknot.
Disturbed and Rob Zombie headlined at Welcome to Rockville 2016.
Soundgarden and Def Leppard headlined Welcome to Rockville 2017.
In 2018, Welcome to Rockville expanded to a three-day event (Friday-Sunday). The festival featured headliners Ozzy Osbourne, Avenged Sevenfold, and the Foo Fighters.
Korn, Rob Zombie, and Tool headlined Welcome to Rockville in 2019. In July, Danny Wimmer Presents announced the festival's move to Daytona Beach, Florida.
In March 2020, it was announced that the festival would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but would return in 2021.
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.
Welcome to Rockville 2022 took place from May 19–22, featuring a lineup that included Kiss, Korn, Guns N' Roses, and the Foo Fighters. While Kiss headlined on Thursday, severe weather on Friday and Saturday forced the cancellation of several acts, including Korn and Guns N' Roses. The death of drummer Taylor Hawkins led to the Foo Fighters' cancellation, but Nine Inch Nails stepped in to perform on Sunday.
The 2023 edition of Welcome to Rockville was held in May, featuring Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Pantera, and Tool as headliners.
The 13th installment of Welcome to Rockville, held in 2024, featured Mötley Crüe, Limp Bizkit, Foo Fighters, and Slipknot as its headliners.
Headlining the 2025 Welcome to Rockville were the performances of Shinedown, Green Day, Linkin Park, and Korn.
Welcome to Rockville took place in 2026 from May 7–10 and included headliners Guns N' Roses, Foo Fighters, Bring Me The Horizon, and My Chemical Romance.
Estimated yearly attendance 2011 – 10,000 sold-out event 2012 – 11,000 sold-out event 2013 – 25,000 (two-day total) 2014 – 40,000 (two-day total) sold-out event 2015 – 50,000 (two-day total) sold-out event 2016 – 50,000 (two-day total) sold-out event 2017 – 75,000 (two-day total) 2018 – 90,000 (three-day total) sold-out event 2019 – 99,000 (three-day total) sold-out event 2021 – 161,000 (four-day total) 2022 – 140,000 (four-day total) 2023 – 170,000 (four-day total) 2024 – 200,000 (four-day total) 2025 – 230,000 (four-day total) 2026 – 240,000 (four-day total)
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
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
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
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
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
Jacksonville Landing Stage: Hollywood Undead Nonpoint Avatar 36 Crazyfists World Gone Scare Don't Fear
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Space Zebra Stage: Kiss Papa Roach Black Label Society