GTA 6 News Today (November 9, 2026): A Festival in Miami

Rockstar and PlayStation announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival, a two-stage music event in Miami on November 21 with Travis Scott, Cardi B, Justice and more, with tickets sold by lottery only. In London, Selfridges opened a GTA 6 shop with 60 items, and the first preloads went live in New Zealand. The release date and prices did not change: GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026, at $79.99 and $99.99 in the US.

Rockstar announces GTA VI: The Festival

Rockstar's festival page and a Newswire post, both dated November 9, set the festival for Saturday, November 21, at Mana Wynwood in Miami, two days after launch. It is presented by Rockstar and PlayStation, produced by the team behind the III Points festival, and runs on two stages. You must be 17 or older to attend.

The bill: Cactus Jack presents Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Kodak Black and Sofaygo; Cardi B; Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso; Justice (DJ set); Metro Boomin; Nick León b2b DJ Python; Prospa b2b Skream; Rauw & Friends; Suero; Tainy; and The Dare b2b Fcukers (DJ set). By our count, six of those eleven acts already have songs Rockstar has named for the game, most of them on The Album.

Tickets go only to lottery winners. The lottery closes at 4 PM Eastern on Tuesday, November 10, winners are drawn at 7 PM, and they can buy up to two non-transferable tickets from 12 PM Eastern on November 11. Miami New Times and Polygon note that a winning code does not guarantee a ticket. No price has been published. Our GTA 6 festival page has the full lineup with each act's GTA 6 songs, the ticket steps and the rules for the day.

Sources: Rockstar Games (festival page and Newswire); Miami New Times; Pitchfork; Polygon

Selfridges opens a GTA 6 shop in London

The London department store Selfridges opened a GTA 6 takeover at its flagship Oxford Street store on November 9, with the same collection on sale online. Selfridges' own page calls it a world exclusive at its Corner Shop and lists 60 items, from a £5 shot glass and £8 keychains to a Burger Shot leather takeaway bag at £125, a Vice City Manatees starter jacket at £280 and the Goodtime State Varsity Jacket at £2,500.

IGN and VGC both report online queues of more than 100,000 people when it opened and say some items sold out; IGN and GameSpot say the £2,500 jacket was one of them. Both also say many of the items are exclusive to Selfridges, and both describe a car from the game parked in a window display. IGN calls it the first major GTA 6 event in the UK, after a month of tie-ins mostly in Miami.

Sources: Selfridges; IGN; VGC; GameSpot

Preloads begin, New Zealand first

The PS5 preload opens at midnight local time, so New Zealand got it first, on what was still Monday morning in the US. IGN and Polygon both report it live there on November 9. Xbox Series X|S opens for everyone at once at 12 AM GMT on November 10, which is 7 PM Eastern tonight, and PS5 owners in the US follow at their own local midnight. PlayStation's game page now lists a "9-Day Pre-load" in both editions and asks for at least 212 GB free. Our preload page has the times for every region.

Some outlets are now reporting what people say they found by digging through the encrypted preload files. We don't report claims pulled from game files, so you won't find them here; anything real will come from Rockstar, Sony or Microsoft, or with the game on November 19.

Sources: IGN; Polygon; PlayStation; Rockstar Support

Launch-month tie-ins so far

Our tally, carried forward from November 8 with today's two additions on top:

Tie-in	What it is	When	Can you get it?
GTA VI: The Festival	Two-stage music event at Mana Wynwood, Miami	November 21	Lottery closes November 10, 17+
Selfridges GTA 6 shop	60 items at the London store and online	From November 9	Yes, while stock lasts
Skinny Louie's Burger Shot	Burger Shot branding and menu at participating Florida restaurants	Early November to December 31	Yes, in Florida
Xbox Series X-BITE	One working Series X inside a model alligator (the post never names GTA 6)	Sweepstakes November 3 to 10	US sweepstakes only
Spectrum Gig Speed Lift	Free speed boost for the download	November 9 to 30	Eligible US Spectrum customers
Travis Scott Air Force 1	A very limited pair Scott showed on November 5	Shown November 5	No retail release announced
West Coast Customs cars	Six real GTA 6 cars photographed in Miami	Photos out November 6	No, promotional builds
Heat Vice City uniform	Swingman jersey and shorts	From November 18	Limited quantities, at the game

What it means for players

Our take: the festival is the biggest thing Rockstar has put its own name to outside the game this cycle, and it says a lot about how much weight the music carries. Most of the headliners are already on The Album, so this is the soundtrack played live rather than a teaser for anything new. For almost everyone reading, the useful news today is the preload: if you're on Xbox, have 212 GB free by 7 PM Eastern; if you're on PS5, it starts at your own midnight. If you're near Miami, enter the festival lottery before 4 PM Eastern tomorrow, since it costs nothing. The Selfridges collection is a collector's story, and most of its best pieces went in minutes, so check Selfridges' own page rather than paying a reseller.

Not confirmed

• Selfridges in Manchester, and an end date. VGC says the shop also opened in Selfridges Manchester and runs until November 28. IGN and Selfridges' page mention only London, so we wait for a second source.
• Installing on Xbox before you buy. Pure Xbox says the Xbox mobile app can queue the download for people who haven't bought the game yet. Neither Xbox nor a second outlet has said so.
• Festival ticket price and a stream. Neither has been announced.
• PS5 Pro features, review copies and a November 18 embargo, a day-one patch. Still no word from Sony or Rockstar. PlayStation's page still lists only "PS5 Pro Enhanced", without saying what it adds.

Coming up

1. November 9: Take-Two's earnings report after the US market close, with a call at 4:30 PM Eastern, and the Xbox preload at 7 PM Eastern.
2. November 10: the PS5 preload opens at midnight local time, the festival ticket lottery closes at 4 PM Eastern, and the Xbox Series X-BITE sweepstakes closes at 11:59 PM Pacific.
3. November 11: festival tickets on sale to lottery winners at 12 PM Eastern.
4. November 12: boxed copies reach retailers, and Rockstar's union vote opens.
5. November 17 and 18: closing submissions at the Glasgow tribunal.
6. November 18: the Miami Heat's "A Night in Vice City" game, and the first midnight launches, starting in New Zealand.
7. November 19: the game, Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album and Rockstar's free printable map.
8. November 21: Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival in Miami.
9. December 10 and 11: The Game Awards 2026, then Justice's Original Score.