TORONTO URBAN ROOTS FEST (TURF) ANNOUNCES FIRST LINEUP WAVE
TURF WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 16th TO 18th AT FORT YORK GARRISON COMMON HISTORICAL SITE
STANDARD TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW AT THE TURF WEBSITE
Toronto Urban Roots Fest (TURF) returns to Fort York Garrison Common Historical Site on September 16th-18th. TURF announced the first wave of performers today. Standard tickets on sale May 27th at the TURF website.
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On sale May 27 at 12:00PM
$400 + fees
- VIP Access to TURF September 16-18, 2016 at Fort York Garrison Common
- Exit and re-entry privileges
- Guaranteed admission to all TURF Club Bonus Series shows at The Horseshoe Tavern & Lee’s Palace September 15-19, 2016
- The Club Bonus Series shows at The Horseshoe Tavern & Lee’s Palace are strictly 19+
- Master Pass Ticket redeemable for a Master Pass Festival wristband at The Horseshoe Tavern & Lee’s Palace on Thursday, September 15th, or at Fort York Garrison Common starting Friday, September 16th @ 11:00AM
- Includes everything the TURF 3 DAY VIP gets
- 19+ only
TIER 1
On sale May 27 at 12:00PM
$300 + fees
- Spectacular unobstructed views of the stage from the ‘Front of Stage’ area inside the barricade at the East, West, and Battle of York Stages (ie – Media, Sponsor, and Artist Guests have been relocated to their own VIP area. Exception: approved photographers get limited access to FOS for the first 3 songs only)
- Excellent unobstructed side views of the stage from the VIP area
- Exit and re-entry privileges
- Access to semi-private washrooms with fewer lines
- Access to semi-private bars (alcohol) with fewer lines
- Shaded areas
- VIP water station
- Free refillable TURF water bottles
- Access to the General Admission grounds at TURF
- Ticket redeemable for a VIP festival wristband at the TURF box office at Fort York Garrison Common starting Friday, September 16th @ 11:00AM
- All Ages/19+
Free admission for anyone 15 and under when accompanied by an adult ticket holder
TIER 1
On sale May 27 at 12:00PM
$175 + fees
- General Admission to TURF September 16-18, 2016 at Fort York Garrison Common
- Exit and re-entry privileges
- Ticket redeemable for a festival wristband at the TURF Box Office at Fort York Garrison Common starting Friday, September 16th @ 11:00AM
- All Ages/19+
Free admission for anyone 15 and under when accompanied by an adult ticket holder
New for TURF 2016…..
An expansion to four stages for the first time in TURF’s short history, its first tented stage, and an invasion to inside the museum’s grounds.
Due to ongoing City of Toronto construction on the Gardiner Expressway, the South Stage is being relocated and divided into two side stages for 2016, the new BATTLE OF YORK STAGE, which will be in the venue parking lot adjacent to the EAST STAGE and partially tented, and the new REBELLION STAGE which will be located inside the grounds of the fort.
TURF will also have a new VIP area in 2016, more exclusive to VIP ticket buyers which gives patrons all the usual amenities plus the front of stage experience at three of the four stages.
In past years, TURF artists guests, sponsors and upgrades got the same VIP amenities but in 2016 these folks get their own VIP but not any front of house privilege which means in 2016 the VIP area will be smaller and more exclusive to actual VIP ticket holders.
TURF’s artistic curation will also see some minor changes in 2016, “Some of the Main Stage programming will be a tad more mainstream and or accessible,” says Jeff Cohen, TURF’s Festival Director. “With the US exchange being what it is we approached a number of radio-friendly, higher level Canadian Artists this year, while at the same time really focusing on more hardcore desert island bands on the two side stages.”
Adds Craig Laskey, TURF 2016 Talent Buyer: “I think the we nailed the 2015 fest in terms of alternative, wow artists on the main stage with Wilco and the Pixies, and this year, I think folks will be equally blown away with what we’ve assembled on the side stages, which includes one European artist that has not played in our city in a decade, and another that hasn’t been here in 20-22 years
TURF was recently nominated for two awards in the first ever Canadian Live Music Awards, both forMedium Festival of the Year, and New Kid on the Block, alongside the Winnipeg Folk Festival,Interstellar Rodeo, Field Trip, and Way Home.
The nominations come on the heels of being nominated by the prestigious Pollstar Awards in the category of North American Festival of Year alongside The Newport Folk Fest and San Francisco’s Treasure Island.
Watch the 2015 TURF clip below:
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