Tortuga Music Festival is back on the sands of Fort Lauderdale Beach this weekend, and its 13th edition arrives with one of its strongest headline slates yet. Post Malone, Riley Green and Kenny Chesney are leading a three-day event that runs deeper than most festival lineups, with Dwight Yoakam, The Fray, Colbie Caillat, Amanda Shires, Lukas Nelson, Flatland Cavalry, G. Love & Special Sauce, Uncle Kracker and Brittney Spencer among the acts filling out the bill across three stages.
Chesney will also receive the festival’s inaugural Ocean Legacy Award this weekend, a recognition of his longstanding ties to Tortuga and his commitment to ocean conservation. It’s a meaningful moment for a festival that has built its identity around exactly that mission. Since launching, Tortuga and its attendees have raised more than $6 million for marine research, education and advocacy through the Rock The Ocean Foundation.
The conservation infrastructure here is real. Tortuga just earned a 2-Star Seal from Oceanic Global’s Blue Standard for its work reducing single-use plastics and managing waste responsibly. The festival’s Conservation Village gives attendees direct access to marine protection initiatives, hands-on programming and environmental experts throughout the weekend.
The setting makes all of it land harder. Three stages of live music directly on Fort Lauderdale’s coastline, with a sustainability framework that shapes every operational decision, from energy solutions to waste management. Tortuga isn’t tagging conservation onto a music event. It’s built around it.
Limited weekend and single-day tickets are available now at tortugamusicfestival.com.