In early December, the initial line-up was announced for the newly expanded Garden Rocks Concert Series at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival.
Earlier this year, Disney announced that the Garden Rocks Concert Series would expand to seven days, for a total of 270 concerts during the Flower & Garden Festival, which runs from March 6 through June 3.
While the initial list had more than a dozen artists, there were still a few slots that were left to be filled in. We can fill in some of those today. Artists that have been added to the schedule include Steve Augeri, Air Supply, Rick Springfield, A Flock of Seagulls, Richard Marx, Starship, Jon Secada, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
The current line up as of today:
- March 6-8: Journey former lead vocalist Steve Augeri “Don’t Stop Believin’” (JUST ANNOUNCED)
- March 9-10: Glass Tiger “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)”
- March 17-20: Simple Plan “Welcome to My Life”
- March 25 – 27: Air Supply (NEW to Garden Rocks) “All Out of Love” (JUST ANNOUNCED)
- March 28-29: Berlin featuring Terri Nunn “Take My Breath Away”
- March 30-31: The Smithereens (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Top of the Pops”
- April 1-2: Rick Springfield “Jessie’s Girl” (JUST ANNOUNCED)
- April 3-4: Christopher Cross (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Sailing”
- April 5-7: The Spinners “Working My Way Back to You”
- April 12-13: Sister Sledge (NEW to Garden Rocks) “We Are Family”
- April 17-19: Sister Hazel (NEW to Garden Rocks) “All For You”
- April 20-21: Steven Curtis Chapman (NEW) “Cinderella”
- April 22-23: TobyMac (NEW) “The Elements”
- April 24-26: Lonestar “Amazed”
- April 27-30: The Orchestra starring former members of ELO “Evil Woman”
- May 1-4: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone “I’m Henry VIII I Am”
- May 5-7: Don Felder, Formerly of the Eagles “Hotel California”
- May 8-9: A Flock of Seagulls “I Ran (So Far Away)” (JUST ANNOUNCED)
- May 14-15: Richard Marx (NEW to Garden Rocks) “Right Here Waiting” (JUST ANNOUNCED)
- May 16-19: Starship, Starring Mickey Thomas “We Built This City” (JUST ANNOUNCED)
- May 20-21: Colin Hay of Men at Work (NEW) “Who Can It Be Now?”
- May 28-29: Jon Secada “Just Another Day” (JUST ANNOUNCED)
- May 30-June 1: Blood, Sweat, and Tears “Spinning Wheel” (JUST ANNOUNCED)
Reservations for Garden Rocks Dining Packages, which offer guaranteed concert seating, opened December 13.
All concerts in the Garden Rocks Concert Series take place at 5:30 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. each night of the festival and are included with regular admission for those who don’t wish to book a dining package.
it would be nice if Disney would release all acts so rooms, dinning could be booked
Wonder why the Village People are out? I understand they now perform at Sea World for paid performances?