This is a study of the linear and nonlinear vibration response of the rotating hybrid cylindrical shells with simply supported boundary condition. The Ritz–Galerkin method is applied to obtain the nonlinear frequency equation. The hybrid cylindrical shells are laminated by composite (GFRP, CFRP) and metal (aluminum, steel) materials. The effects of the coriolis and centrifugal force are considered. The influence of length-to-radius ratio, radius-to-thickness ratio, circumferential wave number, stacking sequence, material property, initial excitation amplitude on linear and nonlinear frequencies are presented.