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Fortnite Festival Season 1: Opening Night Features The Weeknd!

Posted by The Fortnite Team on

It’s “opening night” for Fortnite Festival, and what better way to celebrate the launch weekend than with… The Weeknd! The award-winning artist is the featured Icon of Fortnite Festival Season 1: Opening Night.



Season 1 runs from now until February 22, 2024, at 12 AM ET. During this time, keep the beat going in the Opening Night Festival Pass to unlock new Instruments, Jam Tracks, and more! The Opening Night Festival Pass has a free reward track and a Premium Reward Track upgrade. With the Premium Reward Track, you’ll unlock an extra layer of rewards as you progress, including The Weeknd Outfit!


Keep Tabs on the Festival Pass Tab

Amped about Opening Night? When you enter the Lobby of a Fortnite Festival experience (“Main Stage” or “Jam Stage”), go to Festival Pass in the top navigation. Here you’ll see the Opening Night Festival Pass and a button to view Festival Quests!


Opening Night Festival Pass

Get rewarded for rocking the house. By completing Festival Quests, you can get Festival Points! You’ll progress more in the Opening Night Festival Pass the more Festival Points you get.

Free Reward Track
If you’re split between what your favorite Guitar is, look no further than the Nanner Jammer! The final reward in the free reward track, this Guitar’s always ready for ripe riffs and sweet sounds.



Also in the free track are some classic Lobby Tracks you can earn as Jam Tracks:

  • “Butter Barn Hoedown”

  • “Take Me Higher”

  • “Switch Up”

  • “Run It”

  • “Brace For Chaos”


This is your chance to perform “Butter Barn Hoedown” in front of a stacked crowd.



Because these five Lobby Tracks have existed in Fortnite previously, players who already had them in their Locker before Fortnite Festival will receive a one-time V-Bucks refund for each one, equivalent to the amount they paid for it. They’ll also be granted the Jam Track version!

Nanner Jammers not enough? Butter Barn Hoedown falling flat? The free reward track also has the Mainstage Feeling Loading Screen, Stellar Burst Aura, and the Equalize & Conquer, High Volume, and Chill Llama Emoticons.

Show off your stardom with the Stellar Burst Aura.


Premium Reward Track
Add another layer of rewards into the mix. But first, just for purchasing the Premium Reward Track upgrade, you’ll unlock the Rift Rock Aura! The Premium Reward Track upgrade is purchasable for 1,800 V-Bucks.

Shatter all expectations with the Rift Rock Aura.


The final reward of the Premium Reward Track is The Weeknd Outfit. Take the Main Stage as the newest addition to Fortnite’s Icon Series!



As you’re making your way to The Weeknd, unlock four Jam Tracks in the Premium Reward Track:

  • “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)” by Fall Out Boy

  • “Gangnam Style” by PSY

  • “Poison” by Bell Biv DeVoe

  • “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd


Unlock the “Blinding Lights” Jam Track in the Premium Reward Track.


Add some flair to your repertoire — the Premium Reward Track also has the Weeknd Mic, Highwire Bass, XO Bass, Sludgie Keytar, and Bouncing Bars Aura. You can also unlock the Drop the Beat Loading Screen in the Premium Reward Track!

The Weeknd Mic and XO Bass.


Please note! 🎵 The Opening Night Festival Pass’ free reward track items and Premium Reward Track items are not exclusive to Opening Night, and they may become purchasable in the Shop at a later date.


Battle Ready: The Weeknd Combat Outfit

A-side, B-side, two sides of The Weeknd. In the Shop ‘til the end of Season 1, get onstage with The Weeknd Combat Outfit! This side of The Weeknd has a black-suited Style and a white-suited Style. Whatever Style you choose, toggle on a mask and jacket!


 



Take your stage — more info about Fortnite Festival can be found at our launch blog post! Season 1 keeps sounding until February 22, 2024, at 12 AM ET.