BANDS, BREW AND BBQ AT BUSCH GARDENS TAMPA IS BACK WITH MORE BLAZING BBQ AND A NEW BEER FESTIVAL

New Beer Festival Wristband and VIP Ticket Complement Star-Packed Concert Lineup

TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 2011) — Starting Feb. 12, Bands, Brew & BBQ packs four weekends with smokin’ hot fun on Sundays at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Saturdays at SeaWorld Orlando. The festival includes live performances from award-winning country and classic rock artists, dozens of craft and international beers and blazing barbecue from local restaurants.

Sundays at Busch Gardens

  Feb. 13       Montgomery Gentry
  Feb. 20       Joan Jett &
The Blackhearts
  Feb. 27       The Commodores &
The Pointer Sisters
  March 6       Travis Tritt & The
Charlie Daniels Band


NEW!  This year, Busch Gardens introduces the Festival Beer Garden with more than 50 specialty and craft beers. Guests wanting unlimited access to all 14 beer tents can purchase a Beer Festival Wristband for $25, which includes a five-ounce souvenir pilsner to use for unlimited sampling. The Festival Beer Garden opens at noon each day of the festival. Pass members can purchase two wristbands for $40.

NEW! The event also serves up a savory series of food tents, with Outback Steakhouse, Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill and Grill Smith favorites on the menu. Feast on sample plates and platters from Outback’s famous Bloomin’ Onions and Smokey Bones’ signature smoked wings, to Grill Smith’s legendary Voodoo Shrimp and Busch Gardens’ own Amarillo Slow-Smoked Brisket in the park’s special chipotle BBQ sauce. Sample plates start at $4 and platters start at $8.

Guests can reserve the best seat in house for their favorite acts with the Bands, Brew and BBQ VIP Ticket. The VIP ticket is $27.95 and includes a meal (entrée and any one item from a selection of side salads, side dishes, or desserts and a regular-sized non-alcoholic beverage) and priority reserved seating at center stage. The VIP ticket is available for sale online at BuschGardens.com and in park at the Adventure Outpost store, located at the front gate.
Can’t decide which performance to attend?  With a 2011 Fun Card, pay for a day and come back all year to catch them all! It’s the best value for again-and-again access to all of the exciting big-name entertainment, amazing animal encounters, world-class thrill rides Busch Gardens has to offer, including Cheetah Hunt, a one-of-a-kind multiple launch coaster opening spring 2011. The 2011 Busch Gardens Fun Card is valid from the date of purchase through Dec. 31, 2011 and is available at the Busch Gardens’ front gate, online or by calling (888) 800-5447.

Concerts start at 5 p.m. Event dates, times and artists are subject to change. Performances are included with any daily admission or annual pass. Visit BuschGardens.com for more information.