{"id":133837,"date":"2026-01-14T23:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/133837\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:10:09","slug":"seaworld-san-diego-announces-expanded-concert-lineup-for-2026-featuring-jordin-sparks-e-40-and-more-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/133837\/","title":{"rendered":"SeaWorld San Diego announces expanded concert lineup for 2026 featuring Jordin Sparks, E-40 and more \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

After making a splash on Instagram and TikTok last summer, SeaWorld San Diego is back in 2026 with a concert lineup running from March to late August.<\/p>\n

The theme park announced 16 concerts Wednesday and suggested more concerts may be announced soon. The new lineup, which includes shows almost every Saturday of the summer, also features performances associated with its Seven Seas Food Festival and a series called Bayside Bands, Brews & BBQ Concerts.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s acts range in genre from rock and hip-hop to pop and country. A 2000s pop show will feature Ryan Cabrera, NSYNC, LFO, O-Town and Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC.<\/p>\n

With this schedule, SeaWorld has shown its growing emphasis on concerts. There were seven during the 2024 summer season, and that number has grown to nine over the past two years, plus the newly organized festival-based concerts in 2026.<\/p>\n

\"BowBow Wow and Soulja Boy perform as part of the 2025 Sea World San Diego summer concert series. (SeaWorld San Diego)<\/p>\n

Returning performers this year include Ying Yang Twins, Soulja Boy and Bow Wow. The full lineup of announced concerts begins in March 14 with the Seven Seas Food Festival Concerts and ends Aug. 29 with Skillet.<\/p>\n

These concerts are included in the admission price of SeaWorld San Diego. Here\u2019s the full schedule.<\/p>\n

Seven Seas\u00a0Food Festival Concerts\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 14 \u2013 Fitz and the Tantrums<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 21 \u2013 The Band Perry\u00a0\u2013 Saturday, March\u00a021<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 18 \u2013 To be announced<\/p>\n

Saturday,\u00a0April\u00a025 \u2013 Phillip Phillips<\/p>\n

Summer Spectacular Concert Series<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 6 \u2013\u00a0Ying\u00a0Yang\u00a0Twins<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 13 \u2013 To be announced<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 20 \u2013 Bow Wow &\u00a0Dem Franchize\u00a0Boyz<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 27 \u2013 Pop 2000 Tour hosted by Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC, O-Town, Ryan Cabrera, and LFO<\/p>\n

\"E-40E-40 performs at 2025 BottleRock Napa Valley. The rapper will perform as part of SeaWorld San Diego\u2019s 2026 concert lineup. (Photo by Amy Harris\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

Saturday, July 11 \u2013 E-40<\/p>\n

Saturday, July 18 \u2013 To be announced<\/p>\n

Saturday, July 25 \u2013 Soulja Boy and Paul Wall<\/p>\n

Saturday, Aug. 1- Jordin Sparks<\/p>\n

Saturday, Aug. 8 \u2013 Too $hort and Warren G<\/p>\n

Saturday, Aug. 15 \u2013 Saliva<\/p>\n

Saturday, Aug. 22 \u2013 Uncle Kracker<\/p>\n

Saturday, Aug. 29 \u2013 Skillet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After making a splash on Instagram and TikTok last summer, SeaWorld San Diego is back in 2026 with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75,420,1696],"class_list":["post-133837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-sdut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}