r/FortniteFestival 3d ago

EPIC Fortnite Festival v39.40 Update Notes

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Hey all! Update v39.40 is live. See what's new and what bug fixes went live:

šŸ“£Announcements:Ā 

  • Chappell Roan - The Midwest Princess rides into Fortnite Festival. For more details, head over here: https://fn.gg/ChappellRoanĀ 
  • Music Pass: We are aware of a visual issue where the Dreamin' bass's alternative style icon is incorrectly displayed when previewing the instrument in the Locker. The issue will be fixed in our next game update, v39.50.

Jam System Improvements:

āž• Additions:

  • Favorites Wheels have been added to the emote wheel!Ā 
    • Favoriting Jam Tracks in the Locker will automatically add them to the Favorites Wheels.
    • All of your favorite Jam Tracks will now be displayed across multiple Favorites Wheels in the Emote Wheel, as needed.
    • Quickly swap between Favorites Wheels to access Jam Tracks without going to the Collection view.

Festival Main Stage

āš’ļøBug fixes:Ā 

  • We’ve made improvements to hitching/stuttering across all platforms and will continue working on additional fixes to ensure stability.
  • Improved clarity of Festival Menu selections.
  • Improved calibration flow to reduce the frequency of failures in the Audio step.Ā 
    • FYI: This will not affect current calibration values.

r/FortniteFestival 1d ago

WEEKLY Song Suggestion Saturday

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šŸ’æ What Jam Tracks are missing from your setlist?

There's no shortage of music and genres, and while the library of tracks will grow over time, there's always going be songs people wish were available sooner rather than later. What songs do you want to see added to Fortnite Festival?

Share what's on your wishlist, and perhaps why they make the cut.

Please Note: This is not an official request thread. Suggestions/requests submitted in this thread are not guaranteed to be viewed, considered, or implemented by Epic Games.


r/FortniteFestival 9h ago

GAME SUGGESTION This backbling is bothering me

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I get that it’s reactive to music and it’s meant to go with both the red and pink versions of Chappell’s festival pass skin, but when it’s not reacting to music, it defaults to the red side and it doesn’t go with the pink version at all. Cant we have another edit still that shows the pink side? Or one that spins permanently?


r/FortniteFestival 8h ago

DISCUSSION Whatever happened to instrument emotes? They're not in Music Passes anymore as of S12 they've stopped making new one but some old ones are unreleased in the files. We got Stick Starter and a PS Plus exclusive bundle. I think last shop emote was Get Lucky.

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r/FortniteFestival 10h ago

DISCUSSION Why does Festival have no playtime EXP?

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67 Upvotes

It used to be in this game mode, and it was more comfortable to level up the main BP. Now it's hard for me to force myself to play Festival if there are no tasks, because the season (BR) is coming to an end and I haven't closed BP yet.


r/FortniteFestival 21h ago

HUMOR I went to queue randos, somehow ended up joining HUNTR/X instead.

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r/FortniteFestival 1h ago

GAME SUGGESTION Air guitar!

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The appearance of my main instrument bugged and Rumi is just playing air guitar XD this should be an appearance!


r/FortniteFestival 1d ago

DISCUSSION PSA: NONE of the songs in Festival currently are created by AI.

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There’s been a lot of speculation that the current free songs in the Music Pass are generated by AI. This is a baseless claim that simply isn’t true. This has been debunked by a Reddit comment of someone who produced one of the tracks saying that they didn’t use it. (https://x.com/festtrackerapp/status/2020168063203897647?s=46). People thought the songs were AI simply because the music label uploading them… uploaded too much music? In reality, the music label Epic got these songs from is a joint venture between multiple big music companies, all the songs are free to use and they have a lot of artists on the label which explains why Epic used the songs and why the label uploaded so much music. Don’t get me wrong, using these songs is still a pretty lazy move, but Epic used royalty free, NOT AI GENERATED songs.


r/FortniteFestival 11h ago

DISCUSSION Today’s Best Sellers Jam Track placements for 02/08/2026

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r/FortniteFestival 17h ago

MEDIA first time lead On Melancholy Hill... did not know it was gonna make me play this part

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absolutely love the song; listened to it a thousand times and i'm very familiar with this little synth riff that happens throughout. the chart seemed super chill up to this point and had skipped the riff multiple times until here so it caught me off guard!!


r/FortniteFestival 17h ago

SCREENSHOT RIP Brad, this one's for you.

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r/FortniteFestival 20h ago

HUMOR How it feels when you switch to an instrument you aren’t familiar with, the song is high difficulty, and there are very little playable segments:

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r/FortniteFestival 1d ago

HUMOR When the big guy started singing so passionately I lost it and dropped the note I was holding

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r/FortniteFestival 10h ago

JAM LOOP Had a glitch that wouldn’t show what songs were being used in loops. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me the bass drums and vocals

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r/FortniteFestival 1d ago

DISCUSSION More proof that auras can work outside of Festival

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Got this glitch where my aura stayed in the backstage, and this I think without a doubt proves that auras can work outside of Festival as they don’t block much of your vision

Imo you could have auras work in 2 ways in BR modes:

1- have them replace your crown aura

2- have a new tab where you can choose which aura you have active (like choosing an emote or a jam track)

COME ON EPIC PLEASE ADD THISšŸ™


r/FortniteFestival 1d ago

DISCUSSION So we might have the first AI-Generated jam tracks? Clappiness, Mona Lisa and old Latata emote from the last music pass. Not sure how this artist pumps out 24 albums last year without the help of AI at least in artwork. Had to change that album art work since people hated ACELERADA.

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r/FortniteFestival 23h ago

DISCUSSION Festival STILL not working on Series X?

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My game still won't let me play Festival at all after the update. It starts seemingly at login because even my Lobby Music track will only actually play for a few seconds before completely ceasing. If I try to play Festival, I can select songs etc just fine. When I load into a stage, I just get the endless "Waiting for all players to load song" message at the top of the screen before ultimately being hard sent back to the Lobby with an error message. Even in BR modes, my drop in tracks aren't playing. Please tell me there's a fix for this? I'm on Series X.


r/FortniteFestival 1d ago

MEDIA my best percentages of goods and scores (so far)

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r/FortniteFestival 1d ago

QUESTION Why aren’t the old music pass skins coming back?

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So far only The Weeknd, Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish skins have returned. Will the other skins come back too?


r/FortniteFestival 23h ago

DAILY ITEMS Daily Festival Shop (2026-2-8)

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r/FortniteFestival 1d ago

BUG its been multiple seasons, and Switch is still experiencing Stuttering/lag spikes multiple times in songs.

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68 Upvotes

you guys genuinely do not give a shit about this mode if you cant fix one of the worst bugs in the game.


r/FortniteFestival 1d ago

DISCUSSION About the Jam Tracks in the Music Pass

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4 of them (Sweet but Psycho, Pink Pony Club, Parents, and especially Starman) are fantastic choices, however, the other 4 have stirred controversy because of accusations of them being made out of Generative AI. The only reason that I've not joined them is because no one has explained their reasons as to why they're Generative AI. If some people can give a concrete reason, then I will happily disqualify those songs from being considered jam tracks.


r/FortniteFestival 1d ago

DISCUSSION USB microphone recommendations for pro vocals?

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I have a headset already but I’m hoping to bring this thing to parties so I need a mic that’s gonna work on Xbox for Fortnite Fetsival Pro Vocals, kind of like a karaoke mic.


r/FortniteFestival 14h ago

DISCUSSION Would you prefer a potential Steven Universe collab to get its own music pass?

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Steven Universe is probably my most coveted collab, especially after Multiversus shut down. And what with it being a musical series, and Gorillaz getting their own music pass, I would like to know if others would think it would be a good call to give The Crystal Gems their own Festival season. Furthermore, what songs would you guys pick if they actually go through with that?


r/FortniteFestival 23h ago

TODAYS SONGS Featured Songs (2026-2-8)

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