Filed under: Disney World, Disney World Events, Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort | Tags: ELO, En Vogue, Epcot, Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, Garden Rocks, Garden Rocks Concert Series, Gin Blossoms, Herman's Hermits, Jon Secada, Little River Band, Pablo Cruise, Peter Noone, Starship, Taylor Dayne, The Guess Who, The Orchestra, Village People
March 6-8: Gin Blossoms – “Hey Jealousy” (New to this festival)
March 13-15: NEW! Pablo Cruise – “Love Will Find a Way”
March 20-22: En Vogue – “Free Your Mind” (New to this festival)
March 27-29: Starship – “We Built This City”
April 3-5: The Orchestra starring former members of ELO – “Evil Woman”
April 10-12: Village People – “Y.M.C.A.”
April 17-19: Jon Secada – “Just Another Day” (New to this festival)
April 24-26: The Guess Who – “These Eyes”
May 1-3: Taylor Dayne – “Tell It to My Heart” (New to this festival)
May 8-10: NEW! Little River Band – “Lady”
May 15-17: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone – “I’m Henry the VIII, I Am”
Filed under: Disney World, Epcot | Tags: Alan Parsons Project, Chubby Checker, ELO, Epcot, Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, Flower Power Concert Series, Gary Lewis and The Playboys, Herman's Hermits, Mickey Thomas, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Peter Noone, Starship, The Grass Roots, The Guess Who, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Orchestra, The Wildcats, Village People
Below is the lineup (subject to change without notice) of the Flower Power Concert Series, which will take place during the 2014 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. Don’t miss it!
The Guess Who – March 7-9, 2014
Gary Lewis and The Playboys – March 14-16, 2014
The Orchestra starring Former Members of ELO – March 21-23, 2014
The Lovin’ Spoonful – March 28-30, 2014
Paul Revere & The Raiders – April 4-6, 2014
Village People – April 11-13, 2014
The Grass Roots – April 18-20, 2014
Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone – April 25-27, 2014
Starship Starring Mickey Thomas – May 2-4, 2014
Chubby Checker & The Wildcats – May 9-11, 2014
Alan Parsons Live Project – May 16-18, 2014
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The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, which features world-class flower and horticultural displays, runs through May 15, 2011.
Filed under: Disney World, Epcot, Florida, Orlando concerts, Orlando Events, Orlando Live Entertainment, Orlando Shows, orlando vacation, Walt Disney World Resort, Westgate, Westgate Destinations, Westgate Resorts | Tags: Billy Davis Jr., Chubby Checker, Davy Jones, Epcot, Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, Flower Power Concert Series, Herman's Hermits, Jose Feliciano, Juice Newton, Marilyn McCoo, Melissa Manchester, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Peter Noone, Ricky Nelson, Starship, The Guess Who, The Nelsons, Westgate, Westgate Destinations, Westgate Resorts
The Flower Power Concert Series returns to the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival each Friday through Sunday from March 4 through May 15, 2011. Performances will take place at the America Gardens Theatre at 5:15 PM, 6:30 PM and 7:45 PM each Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the 18th-annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. The lineup (subject to change without notice) is listed below.
March 4-6, 2011 – Jose Feliciano
March 11-13, 2011 – The Guess Who
March 18-20, 2011 – Chubby Checker & The Wildcats
March 25-27, 2011 – Melissa Manchester
April 1-3, 2011 – Starship starring Mickey Thomas
April 8-10, 2011 – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
April 15-17, 2011 – Juice Newton
April 22-24, 2011 – Ricky Nelson Remembered featuring The Nelsons
April 29-30, May 1, 2011 – Paul Revere & The Raiders
May 6-8, 2011 – Davy Jones
May 13-15, 2011 – Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
Flower Power performances are included with Epcot admission. For additional information about the festival, visit www.disneyworld.com/flower.
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Filed under: disney, Disney World, Disney World Video, Epcot, orlando, Orlando Attractions, Orlando concerts, Orlando Events, Orlando Live Entertainment, Orlando Shows, orlando vacation, theme parks, travel, Uncategorized, Vacations, Walt Disney World Resort | Tags: Chubby Checker, Davy Jones, Epcot, Epcot Concerts, Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, Flower Power Concert Series, The Wildcats
The following concerts will conclude the Flower Power Concert Series at the 2010 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival:
Davy Jones – May 7-9, 2010
Chubby Checker & The Wildcats – May 14-16, 2010
Filed under: disney, Disney World, Epcot, orlando, Orlando concerts, Orlando Live Entertainment, Orlando Shows, orlando vacation, travel, Vacations, Walt Disney World Resort | Tags: Billboard Charts, Boston, Chubby Checker, Davy Jones, Disney World, Epcot, Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, Flower Power Concert Series, Fran Cosmo, The Twist, The Wildcats, Walt Disney World Resort
“The Twist,” the song that defined Chubby Checker’s recording career, turns 50 in 2010, and Walt Disney World guests will have a chance to hear that classic performed live by the original artist May 14-16, 2010, at Epcot in the final Flower Power Concert Series shows of the year. Chubby Checker’s recording of “The Twist” is the only song in rock ‘n’ roll annals to enter the Billboard Charts on two separate occasions and climb to No. 1 both times (in fall 1960 and early 1962). Chubby Checker’s website (www.chubbychecker.com) also cites “The Twist” for introducing the concept of “dancing apart to the beat” – which later included the Monkey, Jerk, Frug, Fly, Pony, Hully Gully, Boogaloo, Swim and Shake, among others. Chubby Checker’s shows will take place at America Gardens Theatre at 5:15 PM, 6:30 PM and 7:45 PM each day and are included with Epcot admission. Here’s the full Flower Power Concert Series schedule for May (subject to change without notice):
April 30 – May 2, 2010 – Fran Cosmo, former singer of Boston
May 7-9, 2010: Davy Jones
May 14-16, 2010: Chubby Checker & The Wildcats
The Flower Power Concert Series is held each Friday – Sunday in conjunction with the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. For more information about the festival, visit www.disneyworld.com/flower.
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Jose Feliciano (video above) helped launch the 2010 Flower Power Concert Series at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival March 5-7, 2010. Below are the remaining concerts in the 2010 Flower Power Concert Series. Concerts take place at the America Gardens Theatre Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 5:15 PM, 6:30 PM and 7:45 PM.
Paul Revere & The Raiders – March 12-14, 2010
David Cassidy – March 19-21, 2010
Starship Starring Mickey Thomas – March 26-28, 2010
Tony Orlando – April 2-4, 2010
Ricky Nelson Remembered Featuring The Nelsons – April 16-18, 2010
Atlanta Rhythm Section – April 23-25, 2010
Fran Cosmo (Former singer of Boston) – April 30, May 1 & 2, 2010
Davy Jones – May 7-9, 2010
Chubby Checker & The Wildcats – May 14-16, 2010
For more information about upcoming events at Walt Disney World Resort, visit www.orlando-florida.net.
Filed under: disney, Disney World, Epcot, orlando, Orlando Attractions, Orlando concerts, Orlando Live Entertainment, Orlando Shows, orlando vacation, theme parks, Vacations | Tags: Atlanta Rhythm Section, Chubby Checker, David Cassidy, Davy Jones, Disney World, Disney World Events, Epcot, Epcot Festival, Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, Fran Cosmo, Goofy, Herman's Hermits, Jose Feliciano, Mickey Thomas, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Peter Noone, Ricky Nelson, Starship, The Nelsons, Tony Orlando
The 17th-annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival will take place March 3 – May 16, 2010, at Walt Disney World Resort. Here are a few fun festival facts:
- The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival will run 75 days and feature 30 million blooms, 60 tons of topiary and 600 butterflies.
- At 14 feet tall, Goofy is the tallest character topiary ever created.
- More than 500,000 plants, trees and shrubs are planted for the festival; 250,000 of those are annual blossoms installed for the festival.
- Festival plants include 60 different species of trees, 47 types of palms and 48 varieties of bedding plants.
- The festival will feature 198 hands-on gardening demonstrations and seminars.
- Forty-four “flower towers” of impatiens will line Innoventions Plaza.
- The festival’s weekend Flower Power concert series will include 11 artists and groups with 126 Top 40 hits, including 16 No. 1 songs. This year’s lineup includes Jose Feliciano, Paul Revere & The Raiders, David Cassidy, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, Tony Orlando, Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone, Ricky Nelson Remembered featuring The Nelsons, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Fran Cosmo, Davy Jones and Chubby Checker & The Wildcats.
For more information about the 17th-annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, visit www.disneyworld.com/flower.
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In addition to world-class theme parks such as Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando, the Orlando area offers a variety of festivals, events and fairs in 2009 that are sure to please visitors and residents alike. On most weekends throughout 2009, but especially during spring, you’ll discover lively festivals and events going on somewhere in Orlando.
Many of Orlando’s most popular spring festivals and events are hosted by area theme parks and the 2009 lineup includes Mardi Gras at Universal Studios, the largest Mardi Gras celebration outside of New Orleans, runs every Saturday night through Saturday, April 18, 2009; and the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, which features world-class flower and horticultural displays, from March 18 through May 31, 2009.
In most cases, these special events at Disney World and Universal Orlando during 2009 are included in the cost of the base ticket, providing an added benefit to your theme park excursion. And spring is a great time to visit Orlando since the weather is perfect and you can get a jump on the summer crowds.
Outside of the theme parks, major spring festivals and events in the Orlando area include the Arnold Palmer Invitational (formerly known as the Bay Hill Invitational), which draws top professional golfers on the PGA Tour such as Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, from March 23-29, 2009; the 11-day Central Florida Fair, which features carnival rides, live music, regional arts and crafts, food, livestock shows and amazing interactive exhibits from April 16-26, 2009; and the Central Florida Home & Garden Show, the region’s largest consumer home and garden showcase, from March 13-15, 2008.
Art and culture lovers will enjoy such Orlando festivals as the 18th-annual Florida Film Festival, which has been voted as the 8th-best film festival in the United States by the Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide to Film Festivals, from March 27 – April 5, 2009; Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, one of the country’s most prestigious outdoor art festivals, from March 20-22, 2009; and Spring Fiesta in the Park, which displays the talents of more than 200 artists and craftspeople from all over the country, April 4-5, 2009.
Good sources for more information on upcoming Orlando festivals and events include the “Orlando Seasonal Events” section of the Orlando, Florida Guide, as well as the Friday entertainment sections of the Orlando Sentinel and the Orlando Weekly, a weekly arts and entertainment publication. In addition, check out Orlando’s online calendar at orlandoinfo.com, the official website of the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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