Music for the Masses

Fortress Festival wrangles most diverse lineup yet for 2020 edition

DJ and record producer Diplo will be one of the headliners at the 2020 Fortress Festival, taking place April 25 and 26.

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The Fortress Festival, taking place on April 25 and 26 in the Cultural District, has revealed the full music lineup for its fourth annual edition, with Grammy Award-winning DJ and record producer Diplo and R&B singer/songwriter Miguel leading the way as headliners.

In partnership with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fortress Festival is a boutique multi-genre festival experience celebrating music acts and international art. It will boast its most diverse lineup yet this year, featuring several Hispanic artists of international fame, including Miguel.

Other notable worldly and Latin-influenced artists on this year’s lineup include singer-songwriter Cuco, Mexican-American rapper Snow Tha Product, and Combo Chimbita, a quartet of first-generation New York-based musicians with Colombian ties.

Also in the lineup will be emcee Big K.R.I.T., Dallas rising star Kaash Paige, singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten, London-based trio Kero Kero Bonito, R&B/soul outfit The Free Nationals, and Brooklyn-based indie-pop band Wet.

The festival will continue to showcase a variety of acts from the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area, including post-punk band Rosegarden Funeral Party; electro-pop duo Prizm; singer/song Tippy Balady; indie-pop singer Remy Reilly; high-energy jazz fusion group Kwinton Gray Project; pop-rock project Son of Stan, and rappers like Rakim Al-Jabbaar, Renizance, and Smoothvega.

The festival will be entirely housed within the outdoor lawn adjacent to the historic Will Rogers Coliseum. It will feature two outdoor main stages with non-overlapping sets to ensure fans are able to catch each performance.

All attendees will have free access to the Modern’s galleries during the festival, including exclusive late-night access.

Weekend GA and VIP passes are available now for purchase at fortressfestival.com. Early bird prices include $89 for GA tickets, $209 for two-day VIP passes, and $399 for the Platinum VIP ticket. VIP perks include exclusive events, preferred viewing areas, dedicated lounges and restroom facilities, and more. Platinum includes all of the amenities of VIP, plus exclusive access to a riser next to the main stage for the most intimate view of the performances, as well as an exclusive lounge area, food and drink offerings.

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New IndyCar race comes to Arlington via Jerry Jones and Texas Rangers

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IndyCar Series @ AT&T Stadium

The NTT IndyCar Series will return to Texas with the IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington, a race planned for March 2026 that will take place near AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field.

The location is no accident as Penske Entertainment, which owns the race series, is partnering with the Dallas Cowboys and REV Entertainment, the official events partner of the Texas Rangers, to put on the event in a first-of-its-kind joint venture. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told a reporter that he was all in on the idea "as soon as [he] saw Roger Penske's name."

The race will feature a 2.73-mile track layout that will weave that will weave through Arlington’s core sports and entertainment district, which features the current homes of the Cowboys and Rangers, as well as Choctaw Stadium, the Arlington Convention Center, and more.

The NTT IndyCar series features a series of open-wheel racing competitions in the United States and Canada, with the Indianapolis 500 being the most famous. Races take place on a mix of oval, temporary street circuit, and permanent road course races.

The new event in Arlington marks a return to the Dallas-Fort Worth area for the NTT IndyCar Series after Texas Motor Speedway, which had hosted a race every year between 1997 and 2023, but was dropped from the series in 2024.

In a press conference on October 8, Penske said the 2.73-mile course in Arlington will include a straightaway that runs nearly one mile long — making it one of the longest straightaways in an IndyCar race. It will also include on-street racing, which is more appealing to fans than on enclosed tracks.

Planning for the race weekend is underway, including the appointment of veteran motorsport industry executive Bill Miller as president of the IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington. Miller previously served as president of California Speedway and senior VP of at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), which represents vendors in the automotive aftermarket.

Like all other NTT IndyCar Series races, it will be broadcast on FOX, which recently signed a media rights deal with IndyCar.

The IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington will feature a full weekend of racing and entertainment, with general admission, reserved seating, VIP hospitality, and party zone areas available.

Fans can register their interest by going to gparlington.com.

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