At 7’1 and a career encompassing everything from professional basketball, acting, rapping, and chicken franchising, Shaquille O’Neal is truly larger than life. This November, Shaq will continue to live up to his name at his festival Shaq’s Bass All-Stars Festival in Fort Worth this November.
Billed as the largest bass music festival in Texas, Shaq’s Bass All-Stars Festival is personally overseen by Shaq – from the hand-curated lineup, to the food vendors, retail, venue, and design. The festival debuted in Fort Worth in 2023, where it drew around 15,000 fans.
“From personally curating the lineup to overseeing the stage design, venue selection, sponsors, and even the food vendors and retailers, SHAQ has left his mark on every detail,” the website reads. “This festival is more than just music; it’s a full-blown SHAQ experience.”
This year, the festival will feature even more artists again hand-picked by Shaq himself. Shaq’s Bass All-Stars Festival lineup in 2024 include performances from the following:
- Diesel
- Dion Timmer
- Eptic
- Space Laces
- Peekaboo
- Dirt Monkey
- Dimension
- Nghtmre
- Gabbitze
- Muerte
- Celo
- Perry Wayne
- Sora
- Rated R
- Kozmoz
- Stoned Level
- Space Wizard
Shaquille O’Neal’s music festival returns to the Panther Island Pavilion in Fort Worth on November 16. Tickets are presently on sale, starting at $69.99 (+ fees) for General Admittance. VIP tickets are also available for $129.99 (+ fees).
The festival takes place across two stages equipped with high-tech sound production. The festival also features a food truck and retail villages.
Shaquille O’Neal starting DJing while he was attending LSU. In the early ’90s, Shaq starting recording as a rap artist, in which over the years, he’s released four studio albums. O’Neal has stated that he fostered a love for dance and drum & bass music at TomorrowLand Festival in 2014. The following year he made his debut at TomorrowWorld as DJ Diesel.
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