9.8.2022
Rolling Loud Reveals Set Times and New Merch for Inaugural Rolling Loud Toronto Fest, Happening This Weekend (9/9-9/11) at Ontario Place in Downtown Toronto
Headlined by Future, WizKid, and Dave, Rolling Loud’s First-Ever Canadian Festival Promises an International Array of A-Listers
The Announcement:
Wherever Rolling Loud goes, whether Portugal, New York, L.A., or its hometown of Miami, fireworks follow. The world’s biggest hip-hop festival continues its world tour this weekend with Rolling Loud Toronto, the first Rolling Loud on Canadian soil. Today, the festival announces set times for the extravaganza, its eclectic and uniformly excellent lineup presenting fans with difficult choices throughout the event’s three days. With headliners Future, WizKid, and Dave closing out each night in spectacular fashion, Rolling Loud Toronto makes its debut September 9th-11th, 2022 at Ontario Place, a gorgeous space on the shores of Lake Ontario that overlooks the famous Toronto skyline.
Along with the set times, Rolling Loud Toronto reveals new merch for the festival, inspired by Toronto’s cultural diversity, bustling rap scene, and by the festival’s location near the CN Tower and Rogers Centre baseball stadium. Rolling Loud revealed a composite image of the merch, along with styles modeled by Pressa, on Instagram. Rolling Loud Toronto Merch is available on site at the festival and at Rolling Loud’s online merch store.
For its first Canadian festival, Rolling Loud curated its most diverse and wide-ranging North American bill to date. Beyond the headliners, Rolling Loud Toronto brings American rap stars and Rolling Loud regulars like Lil Uzi Vert, Migos, Roddy Ricch, Trippie Redd, Lil Yachty, and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, alongside Canadian rap titans like NAV, Belly, and Pressa, and UK top men including Skepta, Central Cee, and AJ Tracey. Like all Rolling Loud festivals, the upcoming event prominently features some of the hottest rising names in rap, like Lil Tecca, BIA, Ski Mask The Slump God, and many more.
Rolling Loud Toronto continues a massive year for Rolling Loud. Rolling Loud hosted its flagship Rolling Loud Miami festival in July, gathering the culture for one of the most exciting events of the year, featuring headlining performances from Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi, and Future, plus special appearances from Ye and Travis Scott. Two weeks after hitting Toronto for the first time, Rolling Loud returns to hip-hop’s hometown with the third Rolling Loud New York, headlined by Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky, and Future. Earlier this summer, Rolling Loud hosted its first European festivals: Rolling Loud Portugal (July 6-8th, 2022) and WOO HAH! Fest in the Netherlands (July 1st-3rd).
Led by its founders Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, Rolling Loud is on a mission to lead the vanguard of live music experiences in hip-hop and beyond. Stay tuned for many more announcements about the brand’s various ventures.
Keep an eye on Rolling Loud’s Instagram for all the latest updates.
Check this Dropbox for photos from Rolling Loud Toronto, updated throughout the weekend (please credit photographers as “Rolling Loud/@photographer”)
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Critical Praise:
“Rolling Loud has become the biggest hip-hop festival in the country” – Variety
“Built from scratch by lifelong music fans Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, Rolling Loud’s early strengths were its daring curation and booking, elevating a new generation of artists with exciting live shows and captivating energy. Today, the biggest performers headline the raucous Miami festival, coming from all over the world, often driven solely by their love and trust of Zingler and Cherif.” – Billboard
“From niche hip-hop festival to must-play event for some of the biggest stars in music.” – Pollstar
“Until Elon Musk involuntarily envelops society into a physical cloud universe, Rolling Loud will be the closest experience to actually living inside your streaming app.” – Complex
“Rolling Loud’s annual New York edition is always something special, but this year’s Halloween-weekend extravaganza (not to mention the first post-pandemic) brought seriously spectacular energy to Queens’ Citi Field.” – Highsnobiety
“Rolling Loud is a lifestyle brand. They are more than just the shows. They have built a community with their consumers and are building new channels to maintain continuity” – Forbes
“In four and a half years — beginning small in Miami, and now promoting Coachella-sized events around the country — Rolling Loud has established itself as a playground for the young…This time last year, many of the rappers now drawing crowds of several thousand were barely known.” – The New York Times
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The Background:
Founded by 5-time Billboard Hip-Hop Power Players Matt Zingler & Tariq Cherif as a one-day Miami show, Rolling Loud has grown into a global festival phenomenon, putting on shows on both coasts and in multiple countries. Rolling Loud is the premier festival brand in hip-hop, known for its expert curation of wide-ranging lineups that reflect the state of the genre.
The festival returned from a 18-month hiatus with the sold out Rolling Loud Miami 2021, its biggest event yet, bringing in over 85,000 fans per day to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL. With headliners like Post Malone and A$AP Rocky, Rolling Loud Miami 2021 was a triumphant return for live rap music, and a coming out party for risers and new superstars eager to play in front of a festival crowd. Rolling Loud Miami kicked off a massive year for the festival brand, arriving ahead of Rolling Loud New York 2021, and Rolling Loud California, headlined by J. Cole, Kid Cudi, and Future.
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