{"id":163068,"date":"2026-02-20T21:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/163068\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:29:07","slug":"unf-student-life-announces-bigxthaplug-as-2026-ozfest-headliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/163068\/","title":{"rendered":"UNF Student Life announces BigXthaPlug as 2026 Ozfest headliner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BigXthaPlug will headline the annual Ozfest concert on March 6, the University of North Florida Office of Student Life announced on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ozfest will be on Friday, Mar. 6, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Lot 18. Doors will open at 4 p.m., according to Student Life\u2019s Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUtB_p_kWiw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a>. Waka Flacka Flame <a href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/113116\/latest\/ozfestival-2026-headliner-announced-learn-more-about-the-leading-artist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will open<\/a> for BigXthaPlug, and local Jacksonville artists The Regulators and DJ Jimmie Hustle will perform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BigXthaPlug, also known as Xavier Landum, is a rapper from Dallas, Texas. Formerly a college football player, Landum gained popularity with songs like \u201cTexas\u201d and \u201cMmhmm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students who wish to claim a ticket can go to the UNF Student Life Instagram page, which has a <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/unfstudentlife?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnyUpPF2FtwrAgBwB1AAF-LDZqOpx5qyhyffZG8J7vxC458SrYqTShWYVRwJI_aem_zyptHTb-eGvEqoxm1YKggA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> in its bio for OzFest Tickets.<\/p>\n<p>UNF alumni can purchase tickets for $30, and all non-UNF students can <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/unfstudentlife?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnyUpPF2FtwrAgBwB1AAF-LDZqOpx5qyhyffZG8J7vxC458SrYqTShWYVRwJI_aem_zyptHTb-eGvEqoxm1YKggA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">purchase tickets<\/a> for $50.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, OzFestival headliners have included mostly rappers, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/106736\/news\/unf-spends-320000-on-ozfest-performers-lil-yachty-and-wale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lil Yachty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/102508\/latest\/unf-spent-over-300000-on-ozfest-performers-t-pain-and-flo-milli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flo Milli,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/99313\/news\/unf-spent-200000-on-performers-for-ozfestival-documents-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yung Gravy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/95582\/features\/don-toliver-and-the-third-estate-to-perform-at-ozfest-what-to-expect-and-how-to-score-free-tickets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Don Toliver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Regulators won the opportunity to open at OzFest after <a href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/112570\/features\/battle-of-the-bands-competition-brings-students-together-for-unf-homecoming-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">winning<\/a> the UNF Battle of the Bands competition in November.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>For more information or news tips, or if you see an error in this story or have any compliments or concerns, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"6f0a0b061b001d2f1a01091c1f0601010e040a1d410c0002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BigXthaPlug will headline the annual Ozfest concert on March 6, the University of North Florida Office of Student&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-163068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}