A free two-day dance music festival is landing at the F1 Grand Prix Plaza ahead of the College Football Playoff National Championship, with David Guetta and Marshmello closing out one night and John Summit and Fisher closing the other. Doors open at 3 p.m. on both days, and organizers say the full set times haven't been locked in yet.
The event, now in its 13th edition, previously traveled under the name AT&T Playoff Playlist Live and has accompanied the CFP National Championship Game since the first playoff season in 2015, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. This time around it's taking on a new identity as the CFP Music Festival, and the Review-Journal notes that previous editions, Miami included, were staged as concerts rather than full festivals. The gathering is part of six days of fan activations in Las Vegas, and the College Football Playoff's official event page lists it as free to the public, with limited registration details to come.
A Lineup Built Around the Closers
The Jan. 23 bill features Girl Math, Honeyluv, Alison Wonderland, Marshmello and David Guetta, while the Jan. 24 lineup brings Skilah, Korolova, Sofi Tukker, Fisher and John Summit, per the Review-Journal's reporting. That's 10 artists across two days, five per day — two more per day than the festival has booked before. The official CFP page confirms the same roster and dates as part of the 2027 national championship weekend in Las Vegas, with David Guetta and Marshmello performing on Saturday, January 23.
Guetta has been named the No. 1 DJ in the world six years running by DJ Mag, the outlet that ranks the top 100 DJs internationally, and the report describes him as a mainstay of the Las Vegas Strip nightclub and Electric Daisy Carnival scene. Marshmello, meanwhile, is framed as a Vegas residency stalwart. On the other night, Fisher is billed as the Aussie tech-house force and Alison Wonderland as an Australian DJ-producer and trailblazer for women in electronic music, the same report notes.
Second Trip to Vegas for Summit
John Summit is returning for a second year after closing the Miami edition alongside Calvin Harris this past January. That Miami show, held on Miami Beach near Lummus Park on Jan. 17-18, 2026, also featured Calvin Harris, Summit and XANDRA on the first night and Peso Pluma, Latin Mafia and Greeicy on the second, according to the College Football Playoff. The Review-Journal's account adds that Latin Mafia performed in Miami with an 11-piece band and backing dancers.
Why the Format Is Changing
Ryan Allen Hall, the College Football Playoff's senior director of public events and sponsorships, told the outlet the festival has shifted its philosophy in recent years toward leaning fully into a single genre each night rather than mixing styles. The booking strategy, he said, is to lock in the closing act first and then build the rest of the night's lineup around that sound. “We're looking for people who move the needle right now,” Hall said, per the same report, describing a festival that prioritizes performers who are currently relevant enough to pull in new fans.
Hall also called the Las Vegas lineup “the Avengers” and said door times moved from 6 p.m. to 3 p.m. to accommodate the expanded, five-act nightly bill. He expects more details, including specific set times, within about a month. No additional artist names have been announced beyond the 10 already revealed.
The festival will unfold at the F1 paddock's Grand Prix Plaza at Harmon Road and Koval Avenue, a site that according to the report has not previously hosted a non-F1 event of this scale. It all leads into the CFP National Championship Game at Allegiant Stadium on Jan. 25.
