Family Insider

LeAnn Rimes performs opening weekend at SeaWorld. Credit: SeaWorld

Things are heating up at Busch Gardens and SeaWorld. They’re getting ready for their Opening Weekend of ‘Bands, Brew & BBQ’ – a free-with-park-admission event where you and your family can enjoy a concert by BIG NAME country and classic rock artists – and chow down on smokin’ bbq!

Band Brew & BBQ takes places every weekend from Feb. 6-28, 2010. Here’s the opening weekend lineup:

• Feb. 6: LeAnn Rimes at SeaWorld
• Feb. 7: Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx at Busch Gardens

Now let me tempt you a little more with the mouth-watering food that will be at SeaWorld in Orlando: spare ribs, pulled pork sandwiches, smoked sausage and chicken wings (with Paula Deen’s peanut butter bbq sauce) – and lots more. Yuuummmy.

At Busch Gardens in Tampa, they’re going all out with a menu that includes BBQ by different regions: Carolina bacon-wrapped shrimp, Memphis dry rub spare ribs, Texas Amarillo slow smoked brisket, Alabama BBQ smoked chicken – hungry yet?

Although the concerts are free, the food isn’t, but you can come back to both parks all year long with a Fun Card. Pay for less than a day's admission and come back all year. For more info or to purchase tickets, visit SeaWorld or Busch Gardens online.

Enjoy!

Jill Martin, Family Insider, VISIT FLORIDA