Epic's hot new Fortnite Festival mode lets players rock out to popular hits through rhythm-based challenges. But the party gets cut short by the mood-killing "error" displaying on the screen. Find out how to fix the "Media Streaming Error" in Fortnite Festival with this short guide.

Fortnite Festival "Media Streaming Error" Causes

The "media streaming error" can abruptly cut the music and ruin your rhythm gaming fun in Fortnite Festival. This frustrating error prevents Festival from fetching the song stream from Epic's servers. So you eagerly await the next track, but then the track will never start. What are the causes?

On launch day, server capacity was exceeded due to high demand from excited players. Currently, more than 850,000 players are trying to jam at the same time on the Main Stage. This traffic make the servers became overloaded, resulting in this media streaming error in Fortnite Festival.

How to Fix "Media Streaming Error" in Fortnite Festival

Well, the good news is, there is a solution to this error. Simply close and restart Fortnite entirely to refresh the server connection. Annoying to fully relaunch the game, obviously, but once you load back into the Festival, things should play nice and smooth once more. This reboot essentially provides a "hard reset" to clear up any streaming error.

Until Epic better optimizes Festival on their infrastructure end, players have no choice but to try this solution when media errors strike. With some patience and a few extra loading screens, you'll get your groove back soon enough. Cross those fingers that the media decides to cooperate the rest of the session!

Find out more about Fortnite Festival:

• How to Join Fortnite Festival
• How to Get Instruments
• Fortnite Festival Setlist
• All List of Songs in Fortnite Festival