RTJ bringing down the house - Photo Credit: Prewitt Scott-Jackson

Fortress Festival Brings "Wow" Factor to Fort Worth

The inaugural Fortress Festival turned out to be as visually-pleasing as it was musically-pleasing.

Between the psychedelic visuals of the Will Rogers stage and The Modern stage's unique floating platform, our collective eyeballs experienced one heck of a weekend!

Speaking of, we hope you enjoyed (er, survived) our live social media updates throughout the weekend!

FWN had two orangutans embedded at Fortress Festival to keep you posted on all the action in real-time (geez, you're welcome! orangutans are very expensive to feed ya know).

We'll have a wrap up feature posted soon as well.. there are lots of stories to tell :)

In the meantime, kickback, relax and soak it up Fort Worth; you deserve it!

All photos by Prewitt Scott-Jackson

Run The Jewels

Peter Hook & The Light

Slowdive

Golden Dawn Arkestra

GDA danced under the Sun on The Modern stage - Photo Credit: Prewitt Scott-Jackson

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

NRATNS grooved up Fort Worth - Photo Credit: Prewitt Scott-Jackson

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

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Music Videos for Every Fortress Festival Performer Pt. I / February 2, 2017 by Prewitt Scott-Jackson

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Hold my beer. What was that? Run The Jewels is set to perform in the 817 area code? You sure about that? You sure it wasn't the 214 or 972? Or even the 940 area code??

A week later it's finally hitting me; this is not a drill. I repeat: THIS IS NOT A DRILL !!!

You simply don't ever see the likes of an act as relevant as RTJ in the 817. For that reason alone the team behind Fortress Festival should be commended.

While RTJ more than deserves the headliner moniker, the entire lineup from top to bottom is staggeringly impressive.

To celebrate last week's lineup announcement, we thought what better way to raise our glasses than to collate music videos for every act set to perform at the end of April.

Speaking of, the festival runs April 29th & 30th and it's all happening in the cultural district downtown. For more info click here. For tickets click here.

Without further ado, we present you with the Fortress Festival lineup ... music vid style ... Pt. I

Click Here for Part II

RUN THE JEWELS - "Lie, Cheat, Steal"

PURITY RING - "Fineshrine"

FLYING LOTUS - "Never Catch Me" ft. Kendrick Lamar

SLOWDIVE - "Shine"

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS - "S.O.B."

PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT - "Atmosphere" ft. Rowetta

HOUNDMOUTH - "Sedona"

WOLF PARADE - "Shine a Light"

SURVIVE - "Omniverse"

ALVVAYS - "Archie, Marry Me"

WHITNEY - "No Woman"

DENGUE FEVER - "Seeing Hands"

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

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