The Tortuga Music Festival is back Fort Lauderdale Beach, and that means drivers in the area may be dealing with street closures and delays in the area.
The festival will be held from April 5 -7 from noon to 10:30 p.m. each day at 1100 Seabreeze Boulevard on Fort Lauderdale Beach.
From April 8-11, the Fort Lauderdale Beach Park lot will be completely closed from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
On April 12th, once the festival is over, the north part of the lot will reopen to the public and on April 13th, the south part of the lot will reopen.
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Traffic impacts
Motorists should expect delays on all barrier island roadways, especially A1A and Seabreeze Boulevard. Delays should also be expected on SE 17th Street and Las Olas Boulevard.
For all three nights of the festival, there will be a short road closure for both northbound and southbound traffic from Harbor Drive to Southeast 5th Street from 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. to allow the crowd to safely exit the venue.
Local
During this closure, all vehicular traffic south of East Las Olas Boulevard will be funneled northbound on A1A or westbound off the barrier island over the East Las Olas Boulevard bridge.
Tortuga Music Festival parking
There will be no designated event parking.
Attendees are encouraged to use a rideshare service or the Water Taxi for transportation to and from the event.
Taxis and rideshare services are to utilize the designated pick-up and drop-off locations which include Las Olas Oceanside Park, located at 3000 E. Las Olas Boulevard, and the Harbor Drive loop.
