Fort Lauderdale Beach is being taken over by an epic cowboy hat and boot invasion all in anticipation of the wildest country music party in town — the Tortuga Music Festival!

Teddy Swims, Jason Aldean and TLC will headline the 11th annual Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale.

The Tortuga Music Festival on Fort Lauderdale Beach has been forced to evacuate because of weather.

Three suspects in the Tortuga Music Festival thefts appeared in court on Monday in Fort Lauderdale.

Police officers recovered phones they believe thieves stole from country music fans at The Tortuga Beach Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale Beach.

The Tortuga Music Festival returned to Fort Lauderdale on Friday, a week after a crowd surge at Astroworld in Houston killed nine people.

Fort Lauderdale police officers and firefighters have been preparing for months to welcome the more than 30,000 who will attend the beachside Tortuga Music Festival from Friday to Sunday.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. One of South Floridas biggest music festivals is on hold until late in 2021. Back in March, the organizers of Tortuga Music Festival announced that this years event would be postponed until fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, it has been pushed back another year until Nov. 12-14, 2021. The lineup for the event on Fort Lauderdale beach is still planned to include headliners Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw, plus other acts that include Pitbull and the Barenaked Ladies. If you bought tickets for 2020, you can hang onto them for next year or request a refund by Sept. 20.