Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents has announced the music set times for the biggest year yet for Welcome To Rockville, Florida’s Largest Rock, Metal & Punk Festival, May 7-10, 2026 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Foo Fighters, My Chemical Romance, Guns N’ Roses, and Bring Me The Horizon headline four incredible days of music and experiences at the World Center of Rock.
The 15th anniversary of Welcome To Rockville will feature 160+ bands spanning all rock genres on 5 stages, topped by:
- Thursday, May 7: Guns N’ Roses, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, Staind
- Friday, May 8: Foo Fighters, Turnstile, The Offspring, Parkway Drive
- Saturday, May 9: Bring Me The Horizon, Breaking Benjamin, Motionless in White, Lamb of God
- Sunday, May 10: My Chemical Romance, A Day To Remember, Rise Against, Yellowcard
Welcome To Rockville has also added enhanced festival elements for 2026 to provide more shade and additional onsite experiences, as well as more food and drink offerings.
This year, Welcome To Rockville will feature a brand new zone near the Apex Stage called The Pit Stop, where fans can experience more of the world famous Daytona International Speedway never before seen at Welcome To Rockville. At The Pit Stop, festivalgoers can see artist interviews, special performances, and more hosted by fan favorite rock and metal personalities. The Pit Stop Shop will offer 2026 merch and vintage festival gear. Stay tuned for full details coming soon.
For the first time ever, the festival’s Garage Stage will be fully tented this year, offering up to 15,000 square feet of coverage. This new stage atmosphere will provide more shade, better production and bigger sound.
Fans can get the party started early on the festival grounds at the Welcome To Rockville Official Pre-Party on Wednesday, May 6 with performances from FUEL, Local H, Adelitas Way, Ashes Remain and Taken By Tides. Pre-Party passes are included with all Camping and Jampack Hotel Packages and are also available to others for $15 (all-in) HERE.
Rockville festivalgoers can also choose to kick off the festivities on Wednesday at the inaugural Blood4Blood bare knuckle fighting event at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. As previously announced, Slaughter to Prevail frontman Alex Terrible will fight in the main event against middleweight and PBR star, Cameron “The Bull” Delano. Also fighting at Blood4Blood will be Taylor “Killa Bee” Starling vs. Marisol Ruelas, “Brutal” Jake Bostwick vs. Roderick “Ice Water” Stewart, and Sergey “Kratos” Kalinin vs. Brock “Alpha Dawg” Walker. Blood4Blood will also feature performances from Slaughter To Prevail, Black Label Society, Crowbar and Malevolence at this one-of-a-kind event, merging the intensity of combat sports and hard rock into one immersive experience. Tickets for Blood4Blood can be purchased at Blood4Blood.com and BKFC.com.
The music schedule for Welcome To Rockville 2026 is as follows (subject to change) and can also be found online HERE. Attendees can create a personalized festival schedule with alerts, participate in exclusive in-app giveaways, and find all Welcome To Rockville details via the festival’s official mobile app, available on both iPhone and Android.
Some of the special appearances and reunions at Welcome To Rockville include:
- Bring Me The Horizon: Only 2026 Florida show
- A Day To Remember & Yellowcard: Two of the biggest bands on the bill are Florida’s own
- Staind: Celebrating 25 years of their Break The Cycle album (playing select songs from the landmark album)
- Five Finger Death Punch: 20th Anniversary World Tour
- Parkway Drive: Exclusive 2026 U.S. performance
- Sleeping With Sirens: 15 years of Let’s Cheers To This
- Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm: Celebrating 20th anniversary of platinum-certified self-titled album
- Sepultura: One of their final U.S. show
- Coal Chamber: Rare show
- DragonForce: Inhuman Rampage 20th Anniversary show
- Death Angel: Act III album play
- From First To Last: Reunion
- Magnolia Park: Hometown show
- The Ready Set: VERY rare show / First in Florida in 10 years
- Drowning Pool: Sinners 25th Anniversary Tour
- Saliva: Every Six Seconds 25th Anniversary Tour
- Spineshank: First show in Florida since reuniting in 2025
- Egypt Central: Reunion
- Primer 55: Reunion
- Not Enough Space: Hometown show
- Welcome To Rockville Battle For The Big Stage winner NVSN will perform on the festival’s Octane Stage
New for 2026, the Welcome To Rockville Camp To Coast Shuttle operated by Jampack offers campers and those with Jampack hotel packages the chance to ride straight from the Speedway to the beach. Find all the details and purchase 4-day passes HERE.
All Welcome To Rockville passes—including the new 2-Day GA Pass, as well as Single-Day and 4-Day GA, VIP, and Daytona Owners Club passes—are on sale now here. Flexible payment options, including Zip™ Buy Now, Pay Later are available here. Parking passes are also available for purchase here. Service fees on all pass purchases include a charity fee for the DWP Foundation, which gives back to local and national charities throughout the year.
DWP has partnered with GOVX to offer specially priced Welcome To Rockville passes—including 4-Day GA and Single Day GA—to military, nurses, firefighters, and police personnel who can verify their eligibility here. A Welcome To Rockville student offer is also available for those with a valid .edu address to purchase a $125 (all-in, fees included) Single Day GA Pass via FEVO. More details are here.
A limited number of Car + Tent camping passes are still available as an add-on to festival pass purchases and include festival re-entry access and free entry to the Wednesday night Welcome To Rockville Official Pre-Party at the festival site. Fans can also book an official Welcome To Rockville hotel package via Jampack starting as low as $10 down, offering access to nearby hotels, shuttle service and other exclusives. Jampack Hotel + Admission packages also allow festival re-entry each day. Additional perks vary depending on the hotel package.
Onsite attractions at Welcome To Rockville will include the ferris wheel and other amusement rides, the Salty Skeeters tiki bar, The Pit Stop, and more.
Danny Wimmer Presents is proud to partner with an incredible lineup of partners for Welcome To Rockville 2026, including Beatbox Beverages, Bud Light, Jack Daniel’s, KONA, Milagro, NÜTRL and Red Bull.
Originally launched in Jacksonville, Florida in 2011, Welcome To Rockville found its permanent home at Daytona International Speedway in 2021. Since then, the festival has established itself as The World Center of Rock, welcoming record-breaking crowds and cementing itself as a flagship event on the global festival calendar. The 2025 edition drew more than 230,000 fans from all 50 states and 30 countries, bringing a worldwide audience to Daytona Beach and Volusia County. Each year, Rockville generates over $80 million in economic impact through tourism, hospitality, and local business engagement—making it not only a cultural powerhouse but also a major driver of regional growth.
