Busch Gardens Tampa Bay kicks off its annual food and wine festival on Saturday, featuring 13 “culinary cabins,” more than 100 wines, brews and specialty cocktails and 18 concerts.
The event, which runs Saturdays and Sundays through April 29, is included in regular theme park admission.
Performers, subject to change, include:
March 3: Edwin McCain & Sister Hazel
March 4: Grupo Niche
March 10: The Fray
March 11: Southern Uprising Tour: A Southern Rock Revival with Travis Tritt, Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws
March 17: Olga Tañón
March 18: Goo Goo Dolls
March 24: Better Than Ezra & Tonic
March 25: Michael Bolton
March 31: Boyz II Men
April 1: Natalie Grant
April 7: Hank Williams Jr.
April 8: TLC
April 14: Bret Michaels
April 15: TBA
April 21: All-American Rejects
April 22: Cole Swindell
April 28: Flo Rida
April 29: Kaleo & Bleachers
Menu items at the theme park includes fried frog legs with bacon corn fritters, duck fat truffle fries, lobster tart with leeks and Swiss cheese and mango shrimp ceviche.
Busch Gardens also offers VIP concert upgrades that include priority seatings and a five-item sampler lanyard.
For more information, go to buschgardenstampa.com.
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