2023 Performers for “Eat To The Beat Concert Series” Announced

 by Beth Keating

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DisneyBizJournal.com

May 12, 2023

 

If the food is the star of the annual EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, the “Eat to the Beat” concerts certainly boost the atmosphere.  The concerts feature a wide variety of performers and musical genres, and offer up concerts in the open air America Gardens Theatre at 5:30 p.m., 6:45 p.m., and 8 p.m. on select evenings during the festival.  This year’s International Food & Wine Festival runs from July 27th to November 18th, 2023.

This year’s announced performers include at least eight newcomers to the lineup, in addition to many returning fan favorites.  (Here at our house, we are inordinately excited about the arrival of The Bacon Brothers, and we try not to miss an appearance by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy!)

  
Here’s a look at the full schedule for the 2023 Eat to the Beat Concert Series:

 

• Orianthi – NEW (July 28 and 29)
• For King & Country – NEW (July 30 and 31)
• Southern Avenue (August 4 and 5)
• Tiffany (August 6 and 7)
• Ruben Studdard with Haley Reinhart  (August 11 and 12)
• The Bacon Brothers – NEW (August 13 and 14)
• Joey Fatone & Friends (August 18 through 21)
• Ayron Jones – NEW (August 25 and 26)
• Phillip Phillips – NEW (August 27 and 28)
• Baha Men (September 1 and 2)
• MercyMe (September 3 and 4)
• Ray Parker Jr. (September 8 and 9)
• Tobymac (September 10 and 11)
• Celebrity Latin Talent – To Be Announced (September 15 and 16)
• Raul Acosta & Oro Solido – NEW (September 17 and 18)
• Los Amigos Invisibles (September 22 and 23)
• 98° (September 24 and 25)
• Boyz II Men (September 29 and 30 and October 1 and 2)
• Mark Wills (October 6 and 7)
• Sugar Ray (October 8 and 9)
• Hoobastank (October 13 and 14)
• Air Supply (October 15 and 16)
• Taylor Dayne (October 20 and 21)
• Billy Ocean (October 22 and 23)
• Hanson (October 27 through 30)
• We the Kings – NEW (November 3 and 4)
• Shelia E. (November 5 and 6)
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (November 10 and 11)
• 38 Special (November 12 and 13)

 

Eat to the Beat concerts are free (with regular admission to EPCOT) and seating is on a first come-first seated basis, but if you don’t want to wait in the regular standby line, you can also guarantee yourself a seat by purchasing an “Eat to the Beat Dining Package.”  Disney has said the dining packages will once again be returning, and information on the packages and included restaurants will follow at a later date. Packages go on sale starting on July 6th, 2023.

  
You can also keep an eye on the Food & Wine Festival info at TasteEPCOT.com. 

  

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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.