Rolling Loud crowds swarm in bringing with them COVID concerns, road closures Published: Updated: Crowds swarming into South Florida for Rolling Loud festival amid COVID cases spiking MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The three-day Rolling Loud Festival is sold out , kicking off Friday night at the Hard Rock Stadium. Some in the swarm of revelers said they feel like they’ve waited forever for the return of one of the largest hip-hop festivals in the world. It was first moved because of the pandemic from May of 2020 to February of 2021 then moved again to this weekend. One group said they traveled all the way from the Bay Area, near San Francisco, California.