Rolling Loud India 2026 Lineup Brings Burna Boy, Metro Boomin and Skepta for First India Shows
Rolling Loud announced the full lineup for Rolling Loud India 2026, confirming the dates of December 12 and 13 in Mumbai. Three marquee international acts will perform in India for the first time. Burna Boy, Metro Boomin and Skepta join returning headliner Karan Aujla on the bill. The festival is produced in partnership with District and supported by partners including Budweiser 0.0, SHEIN and HSBC India. Tickets are available through the District app.
Burna Boy and Metro Boomin close Day 1. Burna Boy earned the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album for Twice as Tall and became the first African artist to headline a UK stadium. Metro Boomin topped the Billboard 200 with his 2018 solo album Not All Heroes Wear Capes and is known for cinematic beats and work with Future, 21 Savage, Drake, Travis Scott and The Weeknd. Both artists will take an Indian stage for the first time, ending the need for fans to travel abroad or rely on screens to see them live.
Big Sean joins the Day 1 lineup for his first performance in India. Additional artists on December 12 include GoldLink, Dhanda Nyoliwala, slayr, ApolloRed1, Paal Dabba, SoSoCamo, Steel Banglez, Snappy Kaal and Jorjiana.
Karan Aujla headlines Day 2 for the second consecutive year after becoming the first global Punjabi artist to top the bill at the festival’s 2025 debut. Skepta makes his India debut with what the announcement describes as his first and only show in the country. He arrives weeks after releasing his solo album The Fork and Knife on November 6, 2026, his first since Ignorance Is Bliss in 2019, featuring collaborators including Chase & Status, Solomun and Dom Dolla.
Day 2 also features ScHoolboy Q, Seedhe Maut, BabyChiefDoIt, Wazir Patar, Raja Kumari and NAVZ-47. The announcement states that the bill includes 30 artists total, with more than 10 artists of Indian roots appearing across both days and every tier. These performers represent Punjabi rap, Delhi hip-hop, Haryanvi hip-hop, Tamil rap, Marathi rap and Gujarati rap. The remaining artists include Vichaar, Robb Bank$, DJ Five Venoms, DJ EJ, Ravator, The Spindoctor, 2slimey, MC GAWTHI and Shikriwal.
Matt Zingler, Co-Founder and CEO of Rolling Loud, commented on the lineup: “One thing that really stood out to us in India was how open the fans were to everything. If the music connects, they show up for it. That’s influenced how we’ve approached this year’s lineup – bringing international and Indian artists together across both days and making it feel like one festival, not two different worlds.” Rahul Ganjoo, CEO of District, said: “Walk into a cypher in Delhi or a small gig in Mumbai and you will see who people actually turn up for. And it is rarely the same list of artists you’d see on social media. Hip-hop in India has always moved through cyphers, small shows, and people putting each other on, and that’s where we looked when we built this year’s bill. At the first edition, the crowd didn’t thin out between the international sets and the Indian ones, and that told us the audience was already a step ahead of the industry. This line up is built on what we saw.”
Tickets for Rolling Loud India 2026 are live on the District app. The platform offers a Reserve Now, Pay Later option that lets fans secure a spot by paying 50 percent of the ticket value upfront and settling the balance by 11:59 PM on November 20, 2026. A separate Refund Guaranteed feature provides a full refund for cancellations made by December 1, 2026.
Rolling Loud describes itself as the world’s largest hip-hop festival and a global platform for the culture, with events across four continents and nine countries. It also operates as a lifestyle brand through merch and brand collaborations. District is described as India’s platform for discovering and booking experiences across dining, concerts, movies, events, sports and shopping.
