Each year at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival one of the highlights is the FREE "Eat To The Beat" Concert Series that features well known performers playing at Epcot during the festival.

Each night there are 3 free concert at the America Gardens Pavilion with the scheduled performers.  The 2018 Eat To The Beat Concert Performance Calendar from August 30th to November 12th is:

• August 30 to 31: Blue October
• September 1 to 3: Tiffany
• September 4 to 5: NEW! MercyMe
• September 6 to 7: NEW! Glass Tiger
• September 8 to 9: NEW! Tauren Wells
• September 10 to 11: Postmodern Jukebox
• September 12 to 13: NEW! Vertical Horizon
• September 14 to 16: Baha Men
• September 17 to 19: Plain White T’s
• September 20 to 21: Living Colour
• September 22 to 23: NEW! Sheila E
• September 24 to 26: Sugar Ray
• September 27 to 28: David Cook
• September 29 to 30: Jeffrey Osborne
• October 1 to 2: NEW! Jim Belushi & The Sacred Hearts
• October 3 to 4: Everclear
• October 5 to 7: Mark Wills
• October 8 to 10: Air Supply
• October 11 to 12: NEW! Anderson East
• October 13 to 14: Smash Mouth
• October 15 to 16: NEW! 98 Degrees
• October 17 to 18: 38 Special
• October 19 to 21: The Devon Allman Project
• October 22 to 23: Kenny G
• October 24 to 25: Billy Ocean
• October 26 to 28: Starship featuring Mickey Thomas
• October 29 to 31: Hanson
• November 1 to 2: NEW! High Valley
• November 3 to 4: Taylor Dayne
• November 5 to 7: Boyz II Men
• November 8 to 9: The Hooters
• November 10 to 12: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Nightly there are 3 shows at

• Showtimes: 5:30 PM, 6:45 PM and 8:00 PM 

Rock concerts and Disney World are not mutually exclusive.  As part of the Eat To The Beat Concert Series at Epcot during the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival real Rock Concerts are now part of the regular entertainment.

Smash Mouth 

The Grammy nominated band from San Jose, California performed at Epcot as part of the Eat To The Beat Concert Series on October 5-7.  The band that is best known for the hits "All-Star" and "Walking on the Sun" also thrilled the Disney crowds with their Shrek anthem "I'm a believer."  Lead singer Steve Harwell and co-founder Paul DeLisle head a group that rocked the Epcot crowd .

The high energy band is a departure from the typical Disney soundtrack music and really got a positive response from the Epcot Food & Wine Festival crowd.  Their style of play encourages the crowd to participate and to sing along to the band's memorable hits.

Eat To The Beat Concert Series

Epcot and the Food & Wine Festival has got a winner with this series of free concerts featuring name bands and acts singing their radio popular hits in concentrated 1/2 hour sets in the open aired America Gardens Theatre.  The venue sounds great and allows Epcot fan of all ages to hear musical acts that may be favorites of theirs from years part or the chance to hear them for the first time.

Either way you get a chance to hear formerly popular musical acts that still cost $50+ to hear them perform in a local venue around the country.

Disney World Hidden Secret

The free Epcot concert during the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival certainly rank among the Disney World Hidden Secrets of special values at the you can enjoy at Disney World without buying a special ticket or paying extra for.

The 20th Epcot International Food & Wine Festival will be coming to the Walt Disney World Resort starting on September 25 and continuing through November 16, 2015.  The lineup for the Eat To The Beat Concert Series has been released with many old favorites and some 1st time artists for the event.

This free concert series for Epcot theme park guests during the Food & Wine Festival is always one of the most looked forward to parts of the season!

Here’s the full list. Hope your favorite is on there!

• David Cook – September 25-27, 2015
• Wilson Phillips – September 28-29, 2015
• Christopher Cross – September 30-October 1, 2015
• Starship – October 2-4, 2015
• Smash Mouth – October 5-7, 2015
• The Pointer Sisters – October 8-9, 2015
• 38 Special – October 10-11, 2015
• Rick Springfield – October 12-13, 2015
• Sugar Ray – October 14-16, 2015
• The S.O.S. Band – October 17-18, 2015
• Air Supply – October 19-21, 2015
• Fuel – October 22-23, 2015
• Tiffany (NEW!) – October 24-25, 2015
• Dennis DeYoung – October 26-28, 2015
• Jo Dee Messina – October 29-30, 2015
• Everclear (NEW!) – October 31-November 1, 2015
• Boyz II Men – November 2-4, 2015
• Sister Hazel – November 5-6, 2015
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – November 7-9, 2015
• Hanson – November 10-12, 2015
• Maxi Priest (NEW!) – November 13-14, 2015
• Chaka Khan (NEW!) – November 15-16, 2015

Please note: Daily show times take place at 5:30 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. Entertainment and appearances are subject to change without notice.

The 2014 Line-Up of amazing bands and musicians have been announced for the Eat To The Beat Concert Series at the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival.  These are great popular performers in a rather intimate setting at the America Gardens Theatre in Epcot at Disney World.

This year’s Epcot International Food & Wine Festival will return to the park September 19 – November 10, and we just received the list of performers who will participate in the Eat to the Beat concert series.

New acts coming this year include the Jo Dee Messina, Fuel and Los Lonely Boys. There are also several returning favorites, including Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Boyz II Men.
Check out the full schedule below.

• Sept 19-21 – Jo Dee Messina
• Sept. 22-23 – The Pointer Sisters
• Sept. 24-25 – Rick Springfield  The Commodores
• Sept. 26-27 – Christopher Cross
• Sept. 28-29 – Hanson
• Sept. 30-Oct. 2 – Air Supply
• Oct. 3-5 – STARSHIP starring Mickey Thomas
• Oct. 6-8 – Sugar Ray
• Oct. 9-10 – Fuel
• Oct. 11-12 – Sister Hazel
• Oct. 13-14 – TBD
• Oct. 15-16 – Billy Ocean
• Oct. 17-19 – Night Ranger
• Oct. 20-22 – Smash Mouth
• Oct. 23-24 – Jim Brickman
• Oct. 25-26 – Los Lonely Boys
• Oct. 27-28 – Wilson Phillips
• Oct. 29-31 – Dennis DeYoung, original member of STYX
• Nov. 1-2 – 38 Special
• Nov. 3-5 – Boyz II Men
• Nov. 6-7 – David Cook
• Nov. 8-10 – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Who are you most looking forward to seeing this year?

Fall marks the return of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival for the 18th annual installment of this popular Disney World Special Event.  Also returning as part of the festival is the popular Eat To The Beat Concert series features FREE concerts (with your Epcot paid admission) for many Pop and Rock stars from the recent past.  Many are making 2013 their first visit to the Walt Disney World Resort to perform.

Each night during the Food & Wine Festival there are 3 performances in the America Gardens Theatre at 5:30pm, 6:45pm, & 8:00pm.

Here is the scheduled line-up for 2013:

Taylor Dayne kicked off the 2011 Eat To The Beat! Concert Series at the Walt Disney World Resort as part of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.


Taylor Dayne
Pop music songstress Taylor Dayne is probably best recognized for her 80's hit "Tell It To My Heart."  You may also be familiar with "With Every Beat Of My Heart" or "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love."  She has also recently released a new song called "Floor On Fire."

The live version of Taylor Dayne was anything but a typical pop music re-visitation of her hits.  While performing live, Taylor took these songs and stretched them into 8-9 minutes each and made them all feel that that was the way they were meant to be instead of the 3 minute radio versions.  She had a vibrant stage presence and the crowd certainly enjoyed the show.  She moved around quite a bit during the show, even coming out into the audience at one point.  She definitely played to the entire theatre.  Admittedly not a big Taylor Dayne fan prior to the concert I walked away with a new found respect for her and thoroughly enjoyed the show!




•Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Taylor Dayne “Tell It to My Heart”
•Oct. 3-5 38 Special “Hold on Loosely”
•Oct. 6-7 Jon Secada “Just Another Day”
•Oct. 8-9 Roger Hodgson formerly of Supertramp “Give A Little Bit”
•Oct. 10-12 Billy Ocean “Caribbean Queen”
•Oct. 13-16 Starship starring Mickey Thomas “We Built This City”
•Oct. 17-19 Sugar Ray “Fly”
•Oct. 20-21 The Orchestra starring former members of ELO (NEW) “Don’t Bring Me Down”
•Oct. 22-23 Howard Jones “No One Is to Blame”
•Oct. 24-26 Boyz II Men “End of the Road”
•Oct. 27-28 Gin Blossoms (NEW) “Hey Jealousy”
•Oct. 29-30 Sister Hazel “All for You”
•Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Hanson “Give a Little”
•Nov. 2-3 The Pointer Sisters (NEW) “He’s So Shy”
•Nov. 4-6 Night Ranger “Sister Christian”
•Nov. 7-8 Air Supply “Lost in Love”
•Nov. 9-10 Richard Marx “Right Here Waiting”
•Nov. 11-13 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy “Go Daddy-O”