Walt Disney World has released the schedule of musical acts for the Garden Rocks concert series at the 2018 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival. The concerts are held four nights a week during the Festival at Epcot‘s American Gardens Theatre.
The lineup for the event’s 25th year features several new acts, plus some that are new to Garden Rocks, including popular rock, pop, country, R&B, and dance stars.
New this year are country group Lonestar, British rock legends Foghat, and former member of The Eagles, Don Felder. Survivor, Smash Mouth and Rick Springfield have played other Epcot festivals before, but are new to Garden Rocks.
Here is the schedule for 2018:
- March 2-5 | Night Ranger
- March 9-12 | STARSHIP starring Mickey Thomas
- March 16-19 | Simple Plan
- March 23-26 | Little River Band
- March 30-April 2 | The Orchestra starring former members of ELO
- April 6-7 | Foghat [NEW to Epcot!]
- April 8-9 | Survivor [NEW to Garden Rocks!]
- April 13-14 | Smash Mouth [ NEW to Garden Rocks!]
- April 15-16 | Rick Springfield [NEW to Garden Rocks!]
- April 20-21 | Jo Dee Messina [NEW to Garden Rocks!]
- April 22-23 | Lonestar [NEW to Epcot!]
- April 27-30 | Blood, Sweat and Tears featuring Bo Bice
- May 4-7 | Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
- May 11-12 | Village People
- May 13-14 | Don Felder, formerly of The Eagles [NEW to Epcot!]
- May 18-21 | The Guess Who
- May 25-28 | The Spinners
Concerts are held at 5:30pm, 6:45pm, and 8:00pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and are included with Epcot admission. Dining Package options will be released soon.
Source: Disney Parks Blog
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