2.5.2020
Rolling Loud Continues Its Global Takeover With Rolling Loud Portugal, Its First-Ever European Festival
The World’s Biggest Rap Festival Brand Brings a Star-Studded Lineup to the Beaches of The Algarve on July 8th-10th; Pre-sale Starts Tomorrow, General Sale Starts Friday
Critical Praise:
“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
“Rolling Loud is the be-all of hip-hop festivals.” – Billboard
“The Rolling Loud New York experiment was a success—one which will likely earn it a return trip to the city in future years. Far from a traditional NYC rap experience, it was a two-day event that catered to the genre’s youngest fans, with an eye squarely focused on the future.” – Complex
“In only its fifth year with four major destinations and more in the pipeline overseas, athletes, celebrities and others are forking over as much as $20,000 for VIP packages. Of course, imitators are cropping up.” – Pollstar
The Announcement:
They’ve hosted sold out bashes on both U.S. coasts and in Australia, but Rolling Loud is always on the hunt for new worlds to conquer. Today, Rolling Loud unveils Rolling Loud Portugal, a brand new edition of the world’s premier rap festival. Occuring at Praia da Rocha Beach in Portimao, The Algarve, Portugal on 8th – 10th July 2020, Rolling Loud’s much anticipated European debut comes along with an all-star line-up typical of the festival’s reputation, boasting headliners like A$AP Rocky, Future, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Uzi Vert, Gucci Mane, Young Thug, Meek Mill, and Rae Sremmurd.
In addition to the headliners, Rolling Loud Portugal boasts a formidable undercard, featuring hitmakers like DaBaby, Roddy Ricch, Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion, and Young Dolph; and rising stars like Lil Tecca, Lil Tjay, Polo G, NLE Choppa, Rico Nasty, and Key Glock. The lineup adds some European flavor with appearances from UK stalwarts like AJ Tracey, Giggs, D Block Europe, and M Huncho, continental rappers like Haiyti (Germany) and Kelvyn Colt (Germany), plus homegrown Portuguese rappers like Piruka, Yuzi, sippinpurpp, Minguito, and Lon3r Johny.
Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler, Co-Founders of Rolling Loud, had this to say about the European expansion. “After 5 years of building our audience in the US brick-by-brick, it was time to bring the party to our friends in Europe. The location on the beach in Portugal is the perfect spot to kick off our European invasion.”
Since 2015, Rolling Loud Festival has been a staple in Hip-Hop culture, selling out event after event. With editions in Miami, Sydney, Los Angeles, Oakland, and New York City, Rolling Loud has become an integral part of festival culture and set the bar high for those to follow. Widely known for attracting crowds in the tens of thousands, the 2019 L.A and New York editions held 50,000 – 60,000 fans per day. Growing bigger each year, their upcoming Miami edition is set to have an incredible 85,000 per-day capacity, proving that the festival’s ambitions has no limits.
Last week, Rolling Loud announced the lineup for Rolling Loud Miami 2020, their sixth Miami festival. Headlined by Post Malone, Travis Scott, and A$AP Rocky, this year’s Miami lineup is one of Rolling Loud’s most impressive yet, providing an all-encompassing snapshot of hip-hop as it enters a new decade of dominance. Occurring on May 8th-10th at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, #RL6 promises to be the most extravagant Rolling Loud event to date. The festival’s Black Friday pre-sale event sold out in a matter of hours. GA and VIP tickets are available for sale at the Rolling Loud website.
Truly an unstoppable force to be reckoned with, the upcoming Portugal edition will immediately place Rolling Loud in the upper echelon of hip-hop festivals in Europe.
Pre-sale tickets are available starting 8am GMT on this Thursday, February 6th.
General admission and VIP tickets go on sale at 8am GMT on Friday February 7th.
Check out even more info at https://www.rollingloud.com/europe
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Rolling Loud co-founders Matt Zingler & Tariq Cherif (credit: Rolling Loud/@snap_ll)
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The Background:
Founded in 2015 by Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif as a one-day festival in Miami, Rolling Loud evolved into a global behemoth, with massive festivals on both American coasts and international events in Europe and Australia. In October, Rolling Loud hosted the first annual Rolling Loud New York, which boasted one of the brand’s most impressive lineups yet. Rolling Loud is currently preparing for Rolling Loud Miami 2020 (#RL6), occurring May 8th-10th at Hard Rock Stadium, and they recently announced details for Rolling Loud Portugal, their first European festival, happening July 8th-10th in Portimao.
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Buy tickets for Rolling Loud Portugal: https://www.rollingloud.com/europe
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Check out the full, by-day lineup and more at RollingLoud.com
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