Welcome to Rockville
Welcome to Rockville is a four-day hard rock and heavy metal music festival. The festival was held annually at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida. In November 2021, Welcome to Rockville moved to Daytona Beach, Florida. It was founded and is produced by Danny Wimmer through his festival production company, Danny Wimmer Presents, which produces rock festivals in the United States. History. The first Welcome to Rockville was a one-day event held on Mother's Day, May 8, 2011, at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida. The festival ran all day Sunday, beginning around 11:00 am and  ending after 10:00 pm due to city noise ordinances. A second festival the following year was planned for 2012. The second festival was another one day event that was held on Sunday April 29, 2012. This show saw the return of Jacksonville, Florida natives Shinedown to headline 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 marked the start of a minor controversy about the enforcement of the city noise ordinances  with respect to the festival. The festival was expanded to 3 days (Friday-Sunday) in 2018. In July 2019, Danny Wimmer Presents submitted a press release that stated Welcome to Rockville was moving to Daytona Beach, Florida. In March 2020, it was announced that the festival would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but would return in 2021. In November 2021, Welcome to Rockville returned on a new week, November 11–14, at its new home at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Welcome to Rockville's 10th year brought in a record attendance of 161,000 people, making  the 2021 edition the biggest rock festival in America. In addition, 1.2 million viewers live streamed select performances on Twitch. Danny Wimmer Presents announced that Welcome to Rockville would be returning in May 2022. Lineup. 2011. Main Stage: Budweiser Stage: Jägermeister Stage: 2012. Main Stage 1: Main Stage 2: 2013. Monster Energy Stage East: Monster Energy Stage West: Emerging Artist Stage: Jaxlive Stage: Monster Energy Stage East: Monster Energy Stage West: Emerging Artist Stage: Jaxlive Stage: 2014. Monster Energy West Stage: Monster Energy East Stage: Jägermeister stage: Ernie Ball Stage: Monster Energy West Stage: Monster Energy East Stage: Jägermeister stage : Ernie Ball Stage: 2015. Jacksonville Landing Stage: Monster Energy Main Stage: Jack Daniel's Met Park Main Stage: ReverbNation Stage: Jägermeister Stage: Monster Energy Main Stage: Jack Daniels Met Park Main Stage: ReverbNation Stage: Jägermeister Stage: 2016. Monster Energy Righty Stage: Monster Energy Lefty Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage: Monster Energy Righty Stage: Monster Energy Lefty Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage: 2017. Monster Energy Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage: Monster Energy Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage: 2018. Monster Energy Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage: Monster Energy Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage: Monster Energy Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage: 2019. Monster  Energy Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage: Monster Energy Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage: Monster Energy Stage: Metropolitan Stage: River Stage: 2021. Space Zebra Stage: SiriusXM Octane Stage: Rockvillain Stage: Twitch Stage: Space Zebra Stage: SiriusXM Octane Stage: Rockvillain Stage: Twitch Stage: Space Zebra Stage: SiriusXM Octanr Stage: Rockvillain Stage: Twitch Stage: Space Zebra Stage: SiriusXM Octanr Stage: Rockvillain Stage: Twitch Stage: 2022. Foo Fighters were scheduled to headline the lineup on Sunday, May 22, but soon cancelled their performance due to the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March.