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Rolling Loud Not Returning To Toronto In 2023 And Fans Are Pissed

After months of anticipation, Rolling Loud confirmed to fans via Twitter that it would not be returning to Toronto in 2023. 

The three-day international hip-hop music festival landed in Toronto at Ontario Place on Sept. 9, 2022, and featured a star-studded lineup including Future, Wizkid, Dave, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Skepta, and Toronto's very own, Nav. 

On Friday, Rolling Loud's official Twitter page announced that its Miami event would be its last one of the year, to the confusion of hip-hop fans in Toronto who were previously reassured of the second iteration of the festival in 2023. 

Back in January, Rolling Loud hinted that the festival would be returning to Toronto in 2023, although no further details about dates or the artist lineup were provided. 

Fans — who had been anxiously waiting on further details for months — were disappointed to see that the festival was delayed without a proper announcement. 

Although Rolling Loud did not provide an explanation on why the festival would not be returning to Toronto this year, they did reassure frustrated fans that a second run would be coming soon. 

Despite the overall disappointment, some fans weren't too sad to see the festival go, and highlighted last year's overcrowding, delayed and changed set times, the notorious performance from Toronto rapper Chromazz, overpriced food, and gun violence. 

On Sept. 10, Toronto police responded to reports of gunshots at the festival. Luckily, no injuries were reported and police managed to recover the weapon. 

Rolling Loud Toronto Won't Be Returning In 2023

After a successful debut in Toronto in 2022, Rolling Loud won't be returning to the city in 2023.

Last week, the official Rolling Loud Twitter account announced that its Miami festival in July would be the final one of the year, effectively ending any hope that Toronto would see a second iteration in 2023.

Disappointed Torontonians replied to the tweet, asking why the festival was skipping their city.

Rolling Loud didn't offer any real explanation, though it did confirm it would return eventually.

Another person called out Rolling Loud for lying about its promised return to the city. In January, the Twitter account said it would "be back in Toronto 2023."

Many other fans were annoyed that Rolling Loud wouldn't be back in Toronto, though the festival did not reply to any other tweets asking for an explanation.

The 2022 edition of Rolling Loud Toronto had Dave, Future, and WizKid as headliners.

Rolling Loud Hip Hop Festival Announces It's Not Coming Back To Toronto

International hip hop festival Rolling Loud has announced it is not returning to Toronto this summer.

In a tweet posted Friday, the festival said its stop in Miami will be its last show of the year from July 21-23. Now Toronto reached out to Rolling Loud for a statement but did not hear back by the time of publication. 

Needless to say, Torontonians are very upset about the news, especially since the highly popular festival claimed it would return for 2023 after its debut in the city last year.

In a since-deleted tweet by Rolling Loud, it also said "something happened since that day that's stopping us, unfortunately" leaving fans to wonder whether this refers to the chaos that erupted at Toronto's festival last year. 

"Wow thanks @RollingLoud crazy mismanaged first Toronto rollingloud last year and now you just cancel this years without even an official announcement lol. We see how much Canadian fans mean to you guys," one user said, to which the festival responded "Will be back, don't stress." 

Other fans also expressed their disappointment.

Last year, Toronto's Rolling Loud was considered a train wreck after fans said there was a shooting, late appearances, artist cancellations and criticism surrounding crowd energy levels. 

Now Toronto's affiliate, The Brandon Gonez Show, attended the three-day festival and witnessed the chaos first hand.

According to the show, day one went off without a hitch, despite some big artist cancellations, including Lil Uzi Vert, and comments from Lil Skies about the crowd's energy during his performance. 

Day two, however, started off smoothly but started to dwindle closer to Future's performance, which was reportedly cancelled then revived hours later, leaving many fans disappointed.

Later that night, during the exclusive loud club section, a shooting took place which led to crowds of people running for their lives. Toronto Police initially reported that no shots were fired, no gun was found and no one was injured.. But then the next morning, police released an updated statement saying there were reports of gunshots in the VIP area, a gun was found and no one was injured. 

As a result of the chaos, all media interviews with artists were cancelled for day three but the performances continued, with Wizkid as the headliner. 

By the end of the festival, some fans said the event was severely misorganized, as there was little to no communication from organizers and no statement was made about the shooting.

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