Rock the Ocean's Tortuga Music Festival
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| Genre | Country, rock, roots |
| Dates | April 11–12 |
| Location(s) | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA |
| Years active | 2013-2015 |
| Founded by | HUKA Entertainment, Rock The Ocean |
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| tortugamusicfestival.com | |
Rock the Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival is an annual two-day music festival that takes place at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Founded by Huka Entertainment and the Rock The Ocean Foundation, the annual spring festival aims to raise awareness and support for ocean conservation. In 2014, over $100,000 was raised for ocean conservation efforts.[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 Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Kenny Chesney, Lynyrd Skynyrd and more. [2] The 2015 festival will take place April 11-12, 2015.
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 around 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]
2015 Festival
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2014 Festival
The 2014 Tortuga Music Festival took place April 12-13, 2014 and drew over 44,000 people.[4] Its lineup featured:
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2013 Festival
The inaugural Tortuga Music Festival took place April 13-14, 2013, and drew over 25,000 people.[5] The Broward and Palm Beach county New Times named it as their “Best Festival” in their “Best of 2013” issue.[6] The lineup included:
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References
- ↑ "Huka Entertainment: Top 5 Huka Highlights This Summer". http://www.hukaentertainment.com/top-5-huka-highlights-this-summer/''. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Tortuga Music Festival". http://www.tortugamusicfestival.com/lineup/''. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ http://www.tortugamusicfestival.com/cause/'' http://www.tortugamusicfestival.com/cause/. Retrieved 10 November 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Tortuga Music Festival Early Bird Tickets Sold Out" (PDF). http://1wasav44yapd34n2872ur7dt.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/11.7.14_Early-Bird-Tickets-Sold-Out.pdf''. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Tortuga Music Festival a "smashing success"". http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-04-15/business/fl-tortuga-festival-spending-20130415_1_huka-entertainment-katie-price-tortuga-music-festival''. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Best Festival Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach 2013 – Tortuga Music Festival". http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/bestof/2013/award/best-festival-2017345/''. Retrieved 10 November 2014.