{"id":13273,"date":"2015-04-21T21:53:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T01:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13273"},"modified":"2016-07-03T08:48:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T12:48:58","slug":"toronto-urban-roots-festival-announces-first-round-of-artists-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13273","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Urban Roots Festival announces first round of artists for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto\u2019s annual outdoor multi-day boutique summer roots music festival, TURF (Toronto Urban Roots Festival) is excited to announce that Wilco, Of Monsters And Men, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Avett Brothers, Ub40 and Neko Case are the first wave of artists confirmed for this year&#8217;s festival.<\/p>\n<p>TURF returns to the Historic Fort York Common, with 3 outdoor stages, and 46 artists, over 3 days on September 18th-20th plus TURF will program some of the same artists in both Lee\u2019s Palace and the Horseshoe Tavern between September 16th and 21st, as part of TURF\u2019s annual Club Bonus Series and Lee\u2019s 30th anniversary. Watch videos by The Elwins and Cake below via YouTube. They both play TURF this year. .<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w34NXjYHA70?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><code><!--more--><\/code><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FRZzUh9hcTo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>TURF EARLY-BIRD TIER ONE: 3 day passes, 3 day FRONT OF STAGE VIP passes and 3 day VIP PLUS passes go on sale, Thursday, April 23rd at noon at Ticketfly and then at Rotate This, Soundscapes and the Horseshoe Tavern on Friday April 24th.<\/p>\n<p>TURF EARLYBIRD 3 day pricing ends Wednesday, June 10th at midnight. Regular 3 day pricing and single day tickets go on sale Thursday, June 11th at noon. TURF Club Bonus Series shows will be announced and ticketed in early July.<\/p>\n<p>This year, TURF will focus on \u201cArtists from Toronto&#8221; throughout the weekend. Each of the festival\u2019s three outdoor stages will begin daily programming with artists that call the Greater Toronto Area home. The entire \u2018Artists from Toronto\u2019 lineup will be unveiled in late May\/early June.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on TURF, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontourbanrootsfest.com\" target=\"_blank\">torontourbanrootsfest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Toronto\u2019s annual outdoor multi-day boutique summer roots music festival, TURF (Toronto Urban Roots Festival) is excited to announce that Wilco, Of Monsters And Men, Edward <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13273\" title=\"Toronto Urban Roots Festival announces first round of artists for 2015\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[25,28,1907,36],"tags":[2471,2902,2906,1426,2901,2907,2904,2903,2900,2899,2905],"class_list":["post-13273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live","category-music","category-news","category-toronto","tag-2471","tag-cake","tag-edward-sharpe","tag-festival","tag-fort-york","tag-neko-case","tag-of-monsters-and-men","tag-the-elwins","tag-toronto-urban-roots-festival","tag-turf","tag-wilco"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/turf.jpg?fit=546%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-3s5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22306,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22306","url_meta":{"origin":13273,"position":0},"title":"Toronto Urban Roots Festival adds The Hold Steady to 2016 line-up","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"July 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Toronto Urban Roots Fest\u00a0(TURF)\u00a0returns\u00a0to\u00a0Fort York Garrison Common\u00a0Historical Site\u00a0on\u00a0September 16th-18th. 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