RipTide Music Fest Rocks Ft Lauderdale Beach

 

Photo credit – Ron Elkman

People are still buzzing about the awesome tunes RipTide Music Fest unleashed on Ft Lauderdale Beach on Saturday. Listening to your favorite bands rocks out against the cascading waves while dancing on the beautiful sand is Epic AF.

Portugal the Man played their hits but also did some killer cover of Metallica and Pink Floyd, they were unfortunately on earlier because of travel plans. There set was very similar to this: from Hualween 2017

Andrew McMahon was adored by the crowd, especially when he crowd surfed the audience in a huge rubber duck!

Weezer always puts on one of the best rocks shows out there and their set at RipTide mixed theri phenomenal old jams wit htheir ctachy new ones. They played “Where is My Min” as an ode to their upcoming tour they are goin on wit h The Pixies.

Cage the Elephant put on an unbelievable set that whipped the crowd into a frenzy….and that was before Matt stripped down to his nude suit! Matt was channeling Mick Jagger and was on fire!!

The feedback about the event has been overwhelmingly positive–attendees loved the expanded footprint, sports oasis, wine bar, food offerings, and the free chairs and towels!!! Take not Cruzan Ampitheater!

Sunday was a super chill day with a bit older demographic and lots of families that came out to experience the music they grew up with. Doing the bird with Morris Day, Pushing it with Salt n Pepa and going crazy to catch a rose from Boyz II Men. KC and the Sunshine Band closed it out and everyone was on their feet dancing.

We were super blessed with perfect weather and an orange moon that hung in the sky dazzling attendees. RipTide had 25,000 attendees on Saturday and 12,000 Sunday and all left with smiles on their faces and happy ears. See ya next Year RipTide!!