Country & more comes to the beach in Ft. Lauderdale with Tortuga Festival, Friday-Sunday, April 5th-7th:
FRIDAY, APRIL 5th
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Lainey Wilson, 8:25 PM The next generation of country music Lainey Wilson (so next-gen she was a viral TikTok trend…) has grown up with a slew of awards (even an appearance on Yellowstone), and comes to headline Tortuga behind 2022’s Bell Bottom Country. |
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Turnpike Troubadours, 6:15 PM The red dirt country-rock of Oklahoma’s Turnpike Troubadours (QRO photos at a festival) went on hiatus in 2019 (just before everyone else did), but returned in 2022 (like many people), now at Tortuga (QRO photos at a ’24 festival). |
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Warren Zeiders, 4:40 PM Warren Zeiders brings his Pretty Little Poison to Ft. Lauderdale. |
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Also: Priscilla Block, 3:20 PM Tigirlily Gold, 2:15 PM Dee Jay Silver, 1:30 PM |
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Sunset Stage presented by Verizon |
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Ashley McBryde, 7:20 PM Arkansas’ Ashley McBryde (QRO ‘23 photos in Florida) has only been growing since her breakout now almost twenty years ago, with acclaim for records such as 2020’s Never Will, 2022’s Lindeville, and last year’s The Devil I Know. |
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Teddy Swims, 5:30 PM Jaten Collin Dimsdale, a.k.a. Teddy Swims (QRO ‘23 photos), swims down to Florida from his native Georgia because I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, and was recently named MTV’s Push Artist. |
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Boyz II Men, 4:10 PM Only the third group to replace themselves atop the Billboard Hot 100 (after The Beatles & Elvis Presley), it’ll never be the “End of the Road” for iconic Boyz II Men (QRO ’24 live review), whose smooth soul has been making you swoon since the nineties, and “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday”. |
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Also: Chase Matthew, 3:05 PM Shwayze, 2:10 PM DJ Rock, 2:00 PM |
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Next From Nashville presented by Bacardí |
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Anne Wilson, 5:35 PM Meg McRee, 4:35 PM The Castellows, 3:40 PM Huntergirl, 2:50 PM Sadie Bass, 2:05 PM |
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SATURDAY, APRIL 6th
| Corona Main Stage | |
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HARDY, 8:25 PM Michael Wilson Hardy has written for modern country greats from Blake Shelton to Florida Georgia Line, but now crosses that line all on his own as HARDY (QRO ’23 photos in Florida) to headline Tortuga behind last year’s The Mockingbird & the Crow. |
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Old Dominion, 6:15 PM For years now, Nashville’s Old Dominion have been infusing their contemporary country with rock instrumentation & pop overtones, most recently on last year’s Memory Lane, and take it to Ft. Lauderdale. |
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Michael Franti & Spearhead, 4:40 PM The Bay Area’s multi-ethnic Michael Franti is a mixture, as he fuses hip-hop & jam-band with Spearhead (QRO photos at a festival). Also noted for his peace and social activism, it won’t fly over the heads of Tortuga (QRO photos at BottleRock ’13), which he returns to after a long absence (QRO photos at Tortuga ’13) off last year’s latest, Big Big Love (QRO ’23 photos). |
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Also: Jackson Dean, 3:20 PM Kassi Ashton, 2:15 PM Dee Jay Silver, 1:30 PM |
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Sunset Stage presented by Verizon |
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Bret Michaels, 7:20 PM The iconic Poison (QRO spotlight on) is fronted by the iconic Bret Michaels (QRO interview), who knows that “Every Rose Had Its Thorn”. He’s also a reality show icon, from Rock of Love to winning Celebrity Apprentice, and now rocks Tortuga. |
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Russell Dickerson, 5:30 PM Union City, Tennessee’s Russell Dickerson comes down to Florida behind his 2022 self-titled third records. |
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Also: Long Beach Dub Allstars, 4:10 PM Cooper Alan, 3:05 PM Black Opry, 2:10 PM DJ Rock, 2:00 PM |
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Next From Nashville presented by Bacardí |
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Josh Ross, 5:35 PM From all the way north of the border, Canada’s Josh Ross (QRO ‘24 photos in Canada) comes way down to Florida just after releasing his latest EP, Complicated. |
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Also: Austin Snell, 4:35 PM Peytan Porter, 3:40 PM Greylan James, 2:50 PM Annie Bosko, 2:05 PM |
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SUNDAY, APRIL 7th
| Corona Main Stage | |
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Jason Aldean, 8:20 PM One of the biggest stars in today’s country music scene, Jason Aldean has been a massive presence for years now. While you might still associate him with the tragic shooting at his Route 91 Harvest headline performance (or playing “I Won’t Back Down” days later on Saturday Night Live in tribute to those lose & the just-passed Tom Petty), or last year’s rather controversial “Try That in a Small Town”, he has much, much more, including countless hit singles. |
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Bailey Zimmerman, 6:05 PM Bailey Zimmerman may “Fall in Love”, but he’s found himself between a “Rock and a Hard Place”, coming to Tortuga behind last year’s debut full-length, Religiously. The Album. |
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Also: Red Clay Strays, 4:10 PM Brian Kelley, 2:25 PM Dee Jay Silver, 1:30 PM |
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| Sunset Stage presented by Verizon | |
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Koe Wetzel, 7:20 PM Bringing outlaw country to Tortuga (he even claims to fuse country and grunge) is Texan Koe Wetzel, who comes to the festival after being kicked out of his own pop-up show just last month. |
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Charles Wesley Godwin, 5:30 PM West Virginia country-folk comes to Florida in the form of Charles Wesley Godwin (QRO ‘22 photos). |
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TLC, 4:10 PM We all want “No Scrubs”, as TLC made sure everyone knew in the nineties, becoming the best-selling girl group in America along the way. The trio endured the death of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez, with Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas continuing on as a duo, including 2017’s self-titled album. |
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Also: Wheeland Brothers, 3:05 PM Jon Langston, 2:10 PM DJ Rock, 2:00 PM |
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Next From Nashville presented by Bacardí |
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Stephen Wilson Jr., 5:35 PM Dylan Gossett, 4:35 PM Kolby Cooper, 3:40 PM Logan Crosby, 2:50 PM Hannah Ellis, 2:05 PM |
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