Rock the Ocean's Tortuga Music Festival

Rock the Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival
Genre Country, rock, roots
Dates April 7-9, 2017
Location(s) Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Years active 2013-2017
Founded by HUKA Entertainment, Rock The Ocean
Website
tortugamusicfestival.com

Rock the Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival is an annual music festival held at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Founded by Huka Entertainment and the Rock The Ocean Foundation, the annual spring festival aimed to raise awareness and support for ocean conservation. A portion of the ticket proceeds goes to charity, and as of 2016 over $300,000 has been raised for ocean conservation.[1]

The festival features multiple stages of live entertainment with a focus on country, rock and a variety of roots music. Past performers have included Zac Brown Band, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Kenny Chesney, Lynyrd Skynyrd and more.[2] The 2017 edition has announced Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan, and Chris Stapleton as a headliners.

Conservation Village

Each year, the festival features an area known as Conservation Village. The area holds interactive booths that contain games, exhibitions and displays with the focus of raising awareness of issues impacting the world's oceans and supporting marine research and conservation. The festival also aims to raise money to protect sea turtles that nest annually along South Florida's Atlantic seaboard.[3] Past Conservation Village partners have included: Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program, The Nature Conservancy, University of Miami Marine Conservation Program and many others. At the Conservation Village, the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation has also worked to raise ocean awareness with marine life artist and conversationalist, Guy Harvey. More than a dozen organizations were issued over $60,000 in funds by the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation and the Rock the Ocean Foundation.[4]


2017 Festival

The 2017 Tortuga Music Festival will take place April 7-9.

2016 Festival

The 2016 Tortuga Music Festival expanded to 3 days, and it took place April 15-17. Early bird tickets sold out in 45 minutes.[5] The lineup included:

2015 Festival

The 2015 Tortuga Music Festival took place April 11–12, 2015, and sold out, with an estimated 75,000 patrons attending the festival.[6] The lineup consisted of 26 acts, including:

2014 Festival

The 2014 Tortuga Music Festival took place April 12–13, 2014 and drew over 44,000 people.[7] Its lineup featured:

2013 Festival

The inaugural Tortuga Music Festival took place April 13–14, 2013, and drew over 25,000 people.[8] The Broward and Palm Beach county New Times named it as their “Best Festival” in their “Best of 2013” issue.[9] The lineup included:

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "About Tortuga Music Festival". tortugamusicfestival.com. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tortuga Music Festival". tortugamusicfestival.com. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Conservation". tortugamusicfestival.com. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Tortuga Music Festival checks fund marine science, conservation". guyharvey.com. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  5. ↑ "Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw and Dierks Bentley to headline 2016's three-day Tortuga Music Festival." (PDF). tortugamusicfestival.com. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Rock the Ocean's Tortuga Music Festival Breaks Records with a Sell-Out weekend of 75,000 attendees" (PDF). tortugamusicfestival.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Tortuga Music Festival Early Bird Tickets Sold Out" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Tortuga Music Festival a "smashing success"". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Best Festival Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach 2013 – Tortuga Music Festival". browardpalmbeach. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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