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How to Unlock Weekend’s Red Jacket Skin in Fortnite Festival?

Weekend is ready to rock and roll. Are you?

Fortnite Festival brings many famous artists into its halls and puts you in the spotlight to perform their major hits. Weekend is one of the biggest stars currently in Fortnite, so it makes perfect sense that gamers want to unlock all content related to him.

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Even though there are more than a few Weekend items in Fortnite, one particular skin – Weekend wearing a red jacket from his album ‘After Hours’ is one of the most wanted and, yes, you guessed it, one of the hardest ones to get. Keep reading to find out how to get your hands on this beauty.

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How to Get the Red Weekend in Fortnite Festival?

You can get the Weekend’s Red Jacket skin in two ways:

  • Pay 3,450 V-Bucks straight away.
  • Pay 1800 V-Bucks and collect 11,000 Festival points through playing.
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Fortnite Festival’s Season 1 Opening Night has plenty of rewards waiting for you including Weekend Microphone, Blinding Lights Jam Track, and the ultimate The Weekend Outfit. The first row of rewards is free, while the bottom row is locked behind a Festival Pass.

The Festival Pass costs 1800 V-Bucks (around $15) and will allow you to unlock the bottom row of rewards. Now, this still doesn’t get you the fabulous Weekend Red Jacket outfit. To get it, you need to complete the Main Stage and Jam stage challenges.

If you don’t want to wait and want to unlock the Weekend right away, you can pay an additional 1650 V-Bucks (around $13) and get all premium rewards without grinding. On the other hand, if you don’t want to pay the extra money and/or would like to grind for your Red Jacket skin, you would need to get 11,000 Festival points from challenges that will allow you to buy the rare skin.

It’s the most famous gamer’s dilemma – grind or pay up.

How Long Will the Weekend’s Red Jacket Skin Be Available?

Per the official Fortnite website, Season 1 of the Fortnite Festival will last until February 22, 2024, at 12 AM ET. Whether the skin will be available after that, we can’t tell for sure but if you really love the Weekend as an artist we suggest you pick it up before that date.


We hope you found our article about the Fortnite Festival helpful. For more great content about being a music star in Fortnite check out How to Play Fortnite Festival With a Guitar Controller: Workaround Explained.

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Đorđe Ivanović
Đorđe Ivanović (Djordje Ivanovic) is Managing Editor of Gamer Journalist and has been with the site since 2022. He has a BA in Journalism and five years of professional writing experience behind him, with a recent personal focus on gaming and technology niches. His GJ coverage includes WWII games, puzzle games, Path of Exile, Overwatch and other live service games. In his free time, you will find this adamant fan of Dota solving some sort of escape room games, and getting familiar with board gaming.