Turnpike Troubadours in Fort Lauderdale: Your Guide to the Wild America Tour at War Memorial Auditorium

# Turnpike Troubadours in Fort Lauderdale: Your Guide to the Wild America Tour at War Memorial Auditorium Fort Lauderdale does not get many nights like this. On **Friday, October 23**, the **Turnpike Troubadours** — the Oklahoma band that basically wrote the modern Red Dirt playbook — bring their **Wild America Tour** indoors to **War Memorial Auditorium** in Holiday Park, with Alabama duo **Muscadine Bloodline** opening. This is literate, fiddle-driven country-rock played by a band at the peak of its second act, in a room small enough that you will actually feel it. If you have been waiting for a real-deal Americana show in Broward — not a stadium, not a festival field — this is the one. ## The essentials - **What:** Turnpike Troubadours with Muscadine Bloodline — Wild America Tour - **When:** Friday, October 23, 2026 — **7:00 PM ET** - **Where:** War Memorial Auditorium (FTL War Memorial), **800 NE 8th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304** — inside Holiday Park, near Federal Highway and Sunrise Boulevard - **Tickets:** From **$56.10** — [get tickets](https://ticketx.com/venues/war-memorial-auditorium-fl/tickets) - **Parking:** Complimentary parking in the field lot across from the venue, first-come, with attendants directing guests on ticketed event nights - **Good to know:** This is an **indoor** show. Friday's forecast for Fort Lauderdale is partly cloudy with only a low chance of rain — and the music is under a roof either way. ## Why this band, why this night **They are the torchbearers for a reason.** Formed in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and led by singer-songwriter **Evan Felker**, the six-piece Turnpike Troubadours built their reputation on vivid, character-driven storytelling — songs where the same small-town figures keep reappearing across albums — set to fiddle, steel, and electric guitar. They have released a string of acclaimed studio albums including *Diamonds & Gasoline* and *A Long Way from Your Heart*, amassed **more than 2.2 billion streams**, and were inducted into the **Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2023**. **The comeback is real, and it is loud.** After an indefinite hiatus that began in 2019, the band reunited and returned to touring in 2022 stronger than they left. Their 2025 album ***The Price of Admission*** — with tracks like "Heaven Passing Through," "On The Red River," and "Ruby Ann" — topped charts and reminded everyone why this band sells out rooms across the country. The Wild America Tour is the victory lap, and Fort Lauderdale was added as a new date on the fall run. **The catalog was built for live.** Expect the songs fans travel for: "Good Lord Lorrie," "Every Girl," "Gin, Smoke, Lies," "The Bird Hunters," "Long Hot Summer Day," "Diamonds and Gasoline," and "7 & 7" have all been staples in recent setlists, with newer *Price of Admission* material worked into the rotation. No setlist is guaranteed — that is part of the fun — but this band does not do a thin hits-only set. **The opener is not filler.** **Muscadine Bloodline**, the Mobile, Alabama duo, bring their own Southern rock-tinged country and a devoted following of their own. They are direct support in Fort Lauderdale — arrive for their set, not after it. A note for completists: Drayton Farley joins the bill for the next two Florida dates only (St. Augustine on October 24 and Clearwater on October 25), **not** for Fort Lauderdale. ## 5 insider tips for show night **1. Use the free field lot — and get there early anyway.** The venue's official guidance is simple: park in the field across from FTL War Memorial. Parking there is **complimentary** and first-come, with attendants directing guests for ticketed events, and ADA parking in the lot on a first-come basis with a proper placard displayed. Free does not mean unlimited — for a Friday-night sellout crowd, early is the whole game. Doors for shows here typically open about an hour before showtime, so aim to be parked by 6:00 PM. **2. Rideshare? Use the roundabout right, and the pickup spot on the way out.** Drop-off is at the roundabout in front of the War Memorial Auditorium main doors — easy. Pickup is different: after the show you walk toward the field lot off NE 8th Street and G Harold Drive. Save yourself the post-show shuffle by telling your driver the pickup side in advance, and do not try to tailgate while you wait — tailgating, tents, and grills are prohibited in the field and parking areas, per the venue. **3. Make Holiday Park your pre-show neighborhood, downtown your after-party.** The auditorium sits inside Holiday Park, about two miles north of downtown Fort Lauderdale. Eat before you park: Sunrise Boulevard and Federal Highway around the park have quick, easy options, and you will pay show-night prices for a lot less once you are inside. After the encore, downtown and Las Olas are a short rideshare south for a nightcap — just go with the pickup flow above instead of fighting the lot exit at the same moment as everyone else. **4. Download your tickets before you leave home.** This advice sounds boring until you are standing in a crowd of people all hitting the same cell towers at 6:45 PM. Pull up / save your mobile tickets at home, bring a card for concessions, and travel light — bag rules vary by event, so check your ticket listing before you bring anything bulky. **5. If Fort Lauderdale sells out, you have two more Florida chances — but they are road trips.** The same pairing plays **St. Augustine on Saturday, October 24** and **Clearwater on Sunday, October 25**, both with Drayton Farley added. That is a safety net, not a plan: the Fort Lauderdale show is the only South Florida date, it is indoors, and it is on a Friday. The local move is to be in this room. ## The bottom line Red Dirt's defining band, a chart-topping comeback album, a strong opener, free parking, and an indoor Friday night in Holiday Park — this checks every box a South Florida concert can check. Tickets start at **$56.10** and the good seats will not sit around while you think about it. **[Get tickets for Turnpike Troubadours with Muscadine Bloodline →](https://ticketx.com/venues/war-memorial-auditorium-fl/tickets)** --- *Details verified October 21, 2026. Date, time, venue, opener, and starting price via the event listing in SFL Cool Events' event data (source: TicketX); Fort Lauderdale date and Muscadine Bloodline support confirmed via JamBase's tour announcement; venue address, complimentary field parking, ADA parking, rideshare drop-off/pickup, and no-tailgating rules via FTL War Memorial's official Directions & Parking page; band history, Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame induction, streaming total, and catalog via tour and artist coverage. Ticket prices are starting prices and can change.*