Disney guests will be working their way back through five decades of hit tunes slated to rock the 25th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival between March 2 and May 28 during the Garden Rocks Concert Series. The festival, which runs 90 days from Feb. 28-May 28, 2018, will showcase performers every Friday through Monday.
Fan favorites Night Ranger (“Sister Christian”) will open the series March 2-5, and The Spinners, known for “Working My Way Back To You,” will wrap the concert schedule May 25-28. Several new bands will perform at Epcot for the first time: Foghat (“Slow Ride”); Smash Mouth (“All Star”); Lonestar (“Amazed”); and Don Felder, formerly of The Eagles (“Hotel California”). Other bands new to the Garden Rocks series will be Rick Springfield (“Jessie’s Girl”), Survivor (“Eye of the Tiger”) and Jo Dee Messina (“Stand Beside Me”).
Guests can dance in their seats each festival weekend to classic tunes at the park’s outdoor America Gardens Theatre overlooking the World Showcase Lagoon. An eclectic mix of fan favorites includes 1960s icons Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone, ’70s-’80s chart-toppers The Village People and new-millennium hit-makers Simple Plan.
Performances are at America Gardens Theatre at 5:30, 6:45 and 8 p.m. every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival and are included with Epcot admission. Here is this year’s lineup (subject to change without notice):
March 2-5 Night Ranger “Sister Christian”
March 9-12 STARSHIP starring Mickey Thomas “We Built This City”
March 16-19 Simple Plan “Welcome to My Life”
March 23-26 Little River Band “Reminiscing”
March 30-April 2 The Orchestra starring former members of ELO “Evil Woman”
April 6-7 Foghat (NEW!) “Slow Ride”
April 8-9 Survivor (NEW to Garden Rocks!) “Eye of the Tiger”
April 13-14 Smash Mouth (NEW to Garden Rocks!) “All Star”
April 15-16 Rick Springfield (NEW to Garden Rocks!) “Jessie’s Girl”
April 20-21 Jo Dee Messina (NEW to Garden Rocks!) “Stand Beside Me”
April 22-23 Lonestar (NEW!) “Amazed”
April 27-30 Blood, Sweat and Tears featuring Bo Bice “Spinning Wheel”
May 4-7 Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone “I’m Henry VIII, I Am”
May 11-12 Village People “Y.M.C.A.”
May 13-14 Don Felder, formerly of The Eagles (NEW!) “Hotel California”
May 18-21 The Guess Who “American Woman”
May 25-28 The Spinners “Working My Way Back to You”
