ShipRocked will depart from Miami, Florida with stops at St. Thomas and Half Moon Cay when it returns January 19-25, 2025. This year’s sold-out cruise was packed with over 4,000 guests aboard the Carnival Magic during its six-day voyage. Staterooms for ShipRocked 2024 sold out in just three days, in advance of the music lineup’s announcement.Â
The music lineup for ShipRocked 2024 included: I Prevail, Killswitch Engage, Beartooth, Highly Suspect, Badflower, Nonpoint, Black Stone Cherry, BRKN LOVE, Cassyette, Catch Your Breath, Crobot, Dayseeker, Dead Poet Society, Dorothy, Eva Under Fire, Fire From The Gods, From Ashes To New, Fury In Few, Hot Crazy, Luna Aura, Point North, Scene Queen, Sleep Theory, The Warning, Them Dirty Roses, Tigercub, Winona Fighter and Yonaka, along with special performances by Andy Wood Trio, Johnny Stevens of Highly Suspect, Josh Katz & Joey Morrow of Badflower, Keith Wallen of Breaking Benjamin and Matt James of Blacktop Mojo.
2024 saw the return of former Carnival Cruise director Cookie, whose freakishly good performance of “Thriller” kicked things off. In addition to all the ghoulishly delightful programming this year, the annual ShipRocked Cancer Sucks! auction, hosted by Nonpoint’s Elias Soriano and Cookie, raised over $100,000 for cancer research. Since its inception, the auction has raised over $1 million.
For many ShipRockers, ShipRocked has become a family reunion that they attend each year. The floating festival provides dozens of performances, unique collaborations, and opportunities for fans and bands to forge new friendships while relaxing in tropical paradise. Throughout the year, ShipRockers can be found at various shows with their chosen musical family. The community also keeps in touch via “Making Waves – The ShipRocked Podcast”. Hosted by Chad Nicefield and Justin Press, the podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify and Google Podcasts.
ShipRocked 2025 on-sale information will soon be available at www.ShipRocked.com.