Flo Rida who plays Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival in Tampa, Florida on March 26, 2023. Credit: Tracy May
It’s easy to hit the wall at Busch Gardens’ Food & Wine festival, so when you’re completely full from small plates and drink pairings,  hold on, and head to the festival field where there’ll be seating and music to help your foodie dreams pass before your eyes.

Classic-rock mainstay Kansas kicks things off on Saturday, March 11 with pop-country duo Maddie & Tae taking the stage on Sunday, March 12—and the festival includes 20 more concerts running through May 21.

Highlights in the concert lineup for Busch Gardens Tampa Bay’s 2023 Food & Wine Festival include Flo Rida, old-school R&B trio SWV, pop band Walk the Moon, country singer Rodney Atkins, alt-rock favorites Live and Hoobastank, classic rock band Air Supply, plus Latin music stars like El Gran Combo.

Concerts are included with the price of admission, and you can see the whole lineup below.
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Food & Wine Festival 2023 concert lineup

  • March 11 Kansas
  • March 12 Maddie & Tae
  • March 18 SWV
  • March 19 Dustin Lynch
  • March 25 Trace Adkins
  • March 26 Flo Rida
  • April 1 Jeremy Camp
  • April 2 MacKenzie Porter
  • April 8 Live
  • April 9 The Fab Four
  • April 15 38 Special
  • April 16 Mitchell Tenpenny
  • April 22 Air Supply
  • April 23 Gabby Barrett
  • April 29 Hoobastank
  • April 30 Walk The Moon
  • May 5 The Como La Flor Band
  • May 6 Celia Vive
  • May 7 El Gran Combo
  • May 13 Toño Rosario
  • May 20 Elvis Crespo
  • May 21 Luisito Ayala y la Puerto Rican Power

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This article appears in Mar 2-8, 2023.

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