Fortnite Festival Season 16: Release Date & Exact Start Time
A fresh season of Fortnite Festival is set to kick off, with a new headline act taking to the stage.
It’s been quite a wait, but Season 16 in Fortnite Festival is right around the corner, with the long-awaited release on the horizon.
While other modes introduced to Fortnite have been shuttered or are set for a pause, Fortnite Festival continues to introduce plenty of major collabs with music artists from across the world, and another fresh face joins the ranks in Season 16.
For all the details on when Fortnite Festival Season 16 kicks off and when you can expect to jump into the title, we’ve got all the details.
When Does Fortnite Festival Season 16 Release?
Season 16 of Fortnite Festival releases on Thursday, November 12, and marks the midway point of the current Chapter in Fortnite before the big jump into Chapter 8 next month.
It’s been a long wait for the start of a new Fortnite Festival season, with the last kicking off in July with Lil Tecca as the headline act, and Kasane Teto is the icon expected to lead the stage in the newest season.
Katsane Teto will also be featured as an NPC in Fortnite’s main Battle Royale mode, having been teased in the Lil’ Uzi Vert collab trailer, and it was previously expected that they would be a part of the main Battle Pass.
Instead, Katsane Teto will be featured in the Fortnite Festival Battle Pass, alongside having other cosmetics available in the Item Shop.
What Time Does Fortnite Festival Season 16 Start?
Epic Games has not confirmed an exact time for the start of Fortnite Festival Season 16, though previous releases provide an indication of when fans can expect the servers to be live again.
Downtime is expected to kick off at 4 AM ET, with servers then expected to return two to three hours later, at around 6 AM or 7 AM ET.
That timing isn’t nailed on, however, and there could be some delays, especially if any issues occur while the latest patch is being deployed.
Social media is the best place to track the ongoing status of Fortnite’s servers, and will indicate exactly when you can jump in to enjoy the latest update.
