Nelly, Maren Morris Drew a Record-Setting Crowd to Tortuga Music Festival 2017

It finally happened, and it took only five years. Tortuga Music Festival, selling out once again, set a record for attendance this past weekend. More than 100,000 people filed through the gates of the country-music beach party. Held annually on Fort Lauderdale Beach since its inception in 2013, the fest this year featured headliners Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, and Kenny Chesney. In short, Tortuga is big.

Tortuga Music Festival 2017: The Five Least Country Acts

Since the early ’90s, South Florida has been a hotbed for DJs and electronic music. Hip-hop and rock are, arguably, tied for second place in the region’s musical popularity contest. But the politically bluer part of the Sunshine State is also home to an overwhelming number of country music fans…

Okeechobee Music Festival 2017’s Biggest Schedule Matchups

With only days to go, general-admission three-day passes to the 2017 Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival are sold out. Still available, though, are the four-day Portal Passes for $279. It’s a bargain compared to Florida’s other mammoth festival, Ultra, whose tickets normally retail for about 400 bucks apiece. So what…

Larry Flynt on President Trump on TV: “He Should Be Disinvited Until He Can Tell the Truth”

Larry Flynt is, to say the least, one of the more polarizing figures in American entertainment history. The 74-year-old Kentucky native is the founder of the infamous Hustler, a porn magazine that since 1974 has pushed the boundaries of the public’s sensitives. It was his contribution to the porn industry that brought him wealth in the form of a diversified empire that now stretches into casinos, hotels, films, and retail outlets.

Dave Chappelle Is the Comedic Voice Trump’s America Deserves

In 2006, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Dave Chappelle told his onetime sketch-comedy target: “I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt like I was deliberately being encouraged, and I was overwhelmed. It’s like you’re being flooded with things and you don’t pay attention to things like your ethics.”

Ten Best Broward and Palm Beach Concerts in 2016

With 2016 almost in the books, we’ve been wanting to look back nostalgically at the twelve months that just passed. The past year saw legends headline arenas, local bands stretch out their wings, and lots and lots of spring breakers congregating for a festival. With 2017 lurking around the…

Hip Abduction Plays Revolution Live This Saturday

In 1966, the Beach Boys wrote the seminal psych-rock masterpiece “Good Vibrations” about a girl who put out all kinds of positive cosmic energy. The Hip Abduction, a seven-piece outfit from St. Petersburg, sings about similar “good vibrations” in the 2013 song “Live It Right.” However, the meaning extends beyond…

Fifth-Annual Brazilian Fest Pompano Beach Brings Beats and Brigadeiros

Brazilians have a long, rich history of partying. Their world-famous street festivals can be traced as far back as the 1700s. The modern-day spectacle that draws millions to the South American nation every spring is a more modern invention from the early 20th Century. Regardless, the combination of music, dancing,…

Casey Hopkins’ Inspiration to Rock Comes From His Past

Casey Hopkins, the 26-year-old frontman of the Casey Hopkins Trio, is coming home this week for a series of shows in his native South Florida. It isn’t, however, something foreign to him. Although he’s spent the last couple of years in Brooklyn attempting to break through the rich scene in…

South Florida’s Ten Best Concerts of Summer 2016

Although the sweat dripping down the small of your back and settling somewhere in the spaces your ass cheeks says otherwise, it somehow isn’t summer quite yet. The first official day of the summer solstice is next Monday, June 20. Thankfully, along with the increase in our electric bills and…

Gogol Bordello’s Gypsy Punks Take Over Revolution Live

The opener for the Gogol Bordello/Frank Turner concert Friday night was one dude with an acoustic guitar. That’s it. His name was Walter Schreifels, a hardcore rock veteran and lead singer of Dead Heavens. His low-key, one-man act of college rock based around quirky topics such as ADD (“Adderall Highway”)…