{"id":350446,"date":"2026-07-23T22:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350446\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:11:10","slug":"stephanie-hodgdon-to-rock-the-music-arts-community-center-saturday-wgcu-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350446\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie Hodgdon to rock the Music &#038; Arts Community Center Saturday | WGCU News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stephanie Hodgdon is renowned for her powerful vocals, multi-octave range and commanding stage presence. Her show, \u201cShe Will Rock You,\u201d includes a mix of \u201850s-to-\u201870s rock mainstays, \u201980s hair-band hits, and modern-day favorites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a really high energy rock and roll concert,\u201d said Gulf Coast Symphony Music Director Andrew Kurtz. \u201cShe&#8217;s coming in with a five-piece band, and we&#8217;re just thrilled that we&#8217;ll be able to bring her into our space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Stephanie Hodgdon is renowned for her powerful vocals, multi-octave range and commanding stage presence. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"817\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784844669_191_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Gulf Coast Symphony<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>Gulf Coast Symphony website<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Hodgdon is renowned for her powerful vocals, multi-octave range and commanding stage presence.<\/p>\n<p>She will perform songs by female rock royalty from the \u201850s forward such as Pat Benatar, Blondie and Stevie Nicks. Highlights will include \u201cI Love Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll,\u201d \u201cBlack Velvet,\u201d \u201cSomebody to Love,\u201d \u201cPiece of My Heart,\u201d \u201cJohnny B. Goode,\u201d \u201cBarracuda,\u201d and of course\u2026 \u201cWe Will Rock You!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The concert takes place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 25, in the Music and Arts Community Center in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Vocalist Stephanie Hodgdon\"  width=\"880\" height=\"1103\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784844670_907_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Gulf Coast Symphony<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>Gulf Coast Symphony website<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Hodgdon will perform songs by female rock royalty from the \u201850s forward such as Pat Benatar, Blondie and Stevie Nicks.<\/p>\n<p>MORE INFORMATION:<\/p>\n<p>Hodgdon is based in New Orleans. She has more than a decade of performance experience. In addition to live performances at varied venues, she has also performed for Princess Cruises, where she showcased her versatility across different musical styles and genres.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Vocalist Stephanie Hodgdon\"  width=\"880\" height=\"890\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784844670_501_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Gulf Coast Symphony<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>Gulf Coast Symphony website<\/p>\n<p>Hodgdon has also appeared in film, including &#8216;Why Women Kill&#8217; (2019), &#8216;The Big Bad&#8217; (2011) and &#8216;The Alley&#8217; (2016).<\/p>\n<p>Beyond music, Hodgdon\u2019s film credits include \u201cWhy Women Kill\u201d (2019), \u201cThe Big Bad\u201d (2011) and \u201cThe Alley\u201d (2016).<\/p>\n<p>The Music and Arts Community Center is located 13411 Shire Lane, Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>Support for WGCU\u2019s arts &amp; culture reporting comes from the Estate of Myra Janco Daniels, the Charles M. and Joan R. Taylor Foundation, and Naomi Bloom in loving memory of her husband, Ron Wallace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephanie Hodgdon is renowned for her powerful vocals, multi-octave range and commanding stage presence. Her show, \u201cShe Will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-350446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350446","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=350446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}