BuschGardensTampa.com<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe electrifying performances span across three signature events, beginning with the Real Music Series, a mix of classic rock, soul and R&B. The live music continues during the Food, Wine & Garden Festival, with chart-topping artists like Walker Hayes and Flo Rida performing full-length concerts. Finally, the series concludes with the return of Glory in the Gardens, featuring top Christian acts like Chris Tomlin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Real Music Series<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s live music lineup started with Real Music, Busch Gardens\u2019 longest-running concert series. Acclaimed performers like Revisiting Creedence and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra will deliver timeless hits through Feb. 20.<\/p>\n
The series includes the following performers:<\/p>\n
Feb. 2-6: The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra<\/p>\n
Feb. 9-13: Revisiting Creedence<\/p>\n
Feb. 16-20: Magic Moments, including original singers Theo Peoples, Joe Coleman and Jerome Jackson performing The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Platters and The Drifters<\/p>\n
Food, Wine & Garden Festival<\/p>\n
The revamped Food, Wine & Garden festival pairs live entertainment with culinary creations. Country singer Walker Hayes kicks off the festival on March 7, with full-length concerts continuing every weekend of the event through May 9. The lineup includes artists such as Flo Rida, Taking Back Sunday, Nick Carter, Bowling for Soup, Smash Mouth, Kansas, Dylan Scott, Bow Wow, and Pop 2000 Tour featuring Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC, O-Town, Ryan Cabrera, and LFO.<\/p>\n
The series includes the following performers:<\/p>\n
March 7: Walker Hayes<\/p>\n
March 8: Puddle of Mudd<\/p>\n
March 14: P.O.D.<\/p>\n
March 15: Grupo Mania<\/p>\n
March 21: Skillet<\/p>\n
March 22: Robin Thicke<\/p>\n
March 27: Warren G<\/p>\n
March 28: Dylan Scott<\/p>\n
March 29: Kansas<\/p>\n
April 4: Nick Carter<\/p>\n
April 10: The Band Perry<\/p>\n
April 11: El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico<\/p>\n
April 12: Smash Mouth<\/p>\n
April 18: Flo Rida<\/p>\n
April 19: Air Supply<\/p>\n
April 24: Bowling For Soup<\/p>\n
April 25: To be announced soon<\/p>\n
May 2: Bow Wow & Ying Yang Twins<\/p>\n
May 3: Taking Back Sunday<\/p>\n
May 9: Pop 2000 featuring Chris Kirkpatrick of NSYNC, and O-Town, Ryan Cabrera, and LFO<\/p>\n
Walker Hayes kicks off the festival concert series, performing on March 7. The Monument Records recording artist is a singer\/songwriter originally from Mobile, Alabama. In 2021, Hayes\u2019 smash hit \u201cFancy Like\u201d topped every country music sales and streaming chart and spent more than six months at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. The song also hit the top 5 on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 Songs, hit No. 1 at country radio, and gave Hayes his first Grammy Award nomination as an artist for Best Country Song.<\/p>\n
\u201cFancy Like\u201d was also featured in a nationwide Applebee\u2019s commercial. That track, as well as follow up singles \u201cAA,\u201d \u201cY\u2019all Life,\u201d and \u201cGood With Me,\u201d have made Hayes one of the top selling and streamed artists in country music. His current project \u201cSober Thoughts\u201d includes single \u201cSame Drunk\u201d and saw Hayes partnering with Athletic Brewing on a custom non-alcoholic beer.<\/p>\n
Dylan Scott performs March 28. The Curb Records recording artist is a triple threat \u2014 a powerful vocalist with a deep, unmistakable drawl; an old-soul songwriter with a young spirit; and a family man with a tender heart.<\/p>\n
The multi-Platinum singer has notched two No. 1 singles at radio \u2014 \u201cMy Girl\u201d and \u201cNobody\u201d \u2014 as well as Top 5 hit \u201cHooked.\u201d Following his first career nomination for Best New Country Artist at the all-genre iHeartRadio Music Awards and a coveted spot among Country Radio Seminar\u2019s New Faces of Country Music, his platinum-certified ode to his wife, \u201cNobody,\u201d earned him a 2021 CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year.<\/p>\n
Kansas takes the stage on March 29. Kansas appeared on the Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the \u201970s and \u201980s and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. \u201cCarry On Wayward Son\u201d continues to be one of the top five most played songs on classic rock radio, and \u201cDust In the Wind\u201d has been played on the radio more than 3 million times.<\/p>\n
The Band Perry plays on April 10. The Grammy, CMA, and ACM Award-winning trio known for their genre-defying sound and bold artistic reinvention. Since bursting onto the scene with their multi-platinum smash hit “If I Die Young,” the band, led by the artistic eye and creative direction of lead singer \/ songwriter, Kimberly Perry, have captivated audiences worldwide. The band’s 2025 return marks the end of hiatus and the start of the band’s next era.<\/p>\n
The series also features returning performer Flo Rida, performing on April 18. Tramar Lacel Dillard is better known by his stage name, Flo Rida. The rapper, singer and songwriter\u2019s debut and breakout single “Low” was No. 1 for 10 weeks in 2007, and was followed by his debut album, \u201cMail on Sunday,\u201d released in 2008. Since then, he has collaborated with a host of A-list songwriters and producers, including Bruno Mars and Phillip Lawrence, David Guetta, Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Kevin Rudolf, Boi 1da, and Frank E. Flo Rida has also created his charity Big Dreams For Kids, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of inner-city, underprivileged youth through education, family enrichment, and support.<\/p>\n
Rock band Taking Back Sunday plays on May 3.<\/p>\n
Glory in the Gardens<\/p>\n
Glory in the Gardens is a one-weekend music event dedicated to Christian acts. On May 16-17, award-winning artists like Chris Tomlin, Brandon Heath and Danny Gokey will take the stage.<\/p>\n
Visitors who want the best seats in the house can purchase VIP seating for each act. Additional information can be found at buschgardens.com\/tampa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA \u2014 Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is turning up the volume with more live music than ever before.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[19617,575,276,11152,68842,68841,135,137,136,68840],"class_list":{"0":"post-141870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-busch-gardens","9":"tag-food","10":"tag-hillsborough-county","11":"tag-nick-carter","12":"tag-smash-mouth","13":"tag-taking-back-sunday","14":"tag-tampa","15":"tag-tampa-headlines","16":"tag-tampa-news","17":"tag-wine-and-garden-festival"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}