Busch Gardens Food and Wine Festival returns: Here’s a guide
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Now in its eighth year, Busch Gardens Food and Wine Festival returns March 10 with appetizer-sized dishes, drinks and a concert series that includes Kansas, Flo Rida, Walk the Moon and Dustin Lynch.
The festival runs on weekends through May 21. Though the food and drink options cost extra (from $6 to $12), the concerts are included with admission.
The park has followed the trend of plant-based desires from its customers and upped its vegetarian options to include a vegetable samosa with peppadew-tomato chutney, which is a flaky pastry filled with spiced potatoes, onions and peas. There’s also a vegetarian African vegetable curry and naan among the new food items this year.
The Greek Isles kiosk will offer stuffed grape leaves with tzatziki sauce and a lamb lollipop with a mint demi-glace (both gluten free). The Latin Twist stand will have a chimichurri beef skewer, mojo pork taco and, for dessert, a pina colada trifle, which is a vanilla cake with vanilla pudding, pineapple, coconut and whipped topping.
Other offerings at the festival include a twist on egg rolls with Buffalo chicken and Philly cheese steak options and an Asian-inspired spicy pork belly with mandarin orange soy glaze.
A 10-item sampler lanyard is $70 and a 15-item pass is $85 at buschgardens.com.
The concert series is included with admission, though you can buy premium seating for $49.99.
Concert lineup
March 11: Kansas
March 12: Maddie & Tae
March 18: SWV
March 19: Dustin Lynch
March 25: Rodney Atkins
March 26: Flo Rida
April 1: Jeremy Camp
April 2: MacKenzie Porter
April 8: Live
April 9: The Fab Four (Beatles tribute)
April 15: 38 Special
April 16: Mitchell Tenpenny
April 22: Air Supply
April 23: Gabby Barrett
April 29: Hoobastank
April 30: Walk the Moon
May 5: Como La Flor Band
May 7: El Gran Combo
May 20: Elvis Crespo
If you go
Busch Gardens Food and Wine Festival: Running weekends March 10 through May 21 kiosks around the park will have small plates, cocktails, wine and craft beers and there is a concert series. Open noon-10 p.m. on Saturdays and until 9 p.m. on Sundays. Concerts are included with admission; food and drinks extra. A 10-item sampler lanyard is $70 and a 15-item pass is $85 at buschgardens.com.
