Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival

Food & Wine Festival Entertainment

Local Live Music at the Food & Wine Festival

Enjoy live music and entertainment from local musicians and performers, Fridays - Sundays through June 12 during the Food & Wine Festival.

Hunter Pease

Playing at the Virginia Stage
Upcoming Show Dates: May 13 & June 19

Pease is a guitar player first, song-writer second, piano player third, recording engineer forth…and most recently, none of that matters. He is a full-time musician with an overwhelming love for writing, creating, recording, and performing. After touring extensively with The Shack Band for the past 12 years, Pease has now settled into a more sleep friendly world of music, playing private parties and weddings while still hitting the club scene with two new bands, Dead Sun, and a dj-outfit, ReDrum.

Hunter Pease

Gary "Ju Ju" Garlic

Playing at the Jamaica Stage

As a young percussionist, Ju Ju came to Hampton Roads in 1988 as a music education major at Norfolk State University.  After leaving college to pursue a career in music, he has had the privilege of performing for a living since 1994 when he was hired as a drummer at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Ju Ju plays drums, bass, vibraphone, latin percussion, steel drum, and will soon be a heck of a spoon player!

Forest Hill Duo

Playing at the French Quarter Stage
Upcoming Show Dates: June 10

Forest Hill Duo are local musicians performing at the Virginia Stage during the Food & Wine Festival.

Forest Hill Duo

Tyler Meacham

Playing at the Virginia Stage
Upcoming Show Dates: June 18-19

By immersing herself in the open mic scene in her hometown of Richmond, VA, Tyler Meacham met her current bandmates, going on to create her debut EP, 'Property', in 2019. The lyrically inspiring, genre-fusing EP carried Meacham & her band on a national tour, building a loyal following in the process. Laid on strong foundations of narrative-forward songwriting, Tyler's musical tastes and inspirations gravitate towards self-made songwriter-producers such as Sara Bareilles, Bleachers (Jack Antonoff), and OneRepublic (Ryan Tedder). Lyrically, everything Tyler writes pivots around emotional experiences from her past, honing in on love, loss, and her personal struggle with anxiety and self-worth.

Tyler Meacham

Parker Barrow

Playing at the Virginia Stage
Upcoming Show Dates: June 11-12

The Parker/Barrow Project is a Country Grunge Band based out of the City of Music – Nashville Tennessee.  It is the latest project to be produced by Drummer/Song Writer Dylan Turner and features the powerfully raw vocal dominance of Lead Singer and Front Woman extraordinaire Megan Kane. This project is what Turner and Kane consider to be an essential rebranding of their previous endeavor together known as The 81 Run. The couples background in Rock, Blues, Soul and Funk make for an eclectic mix of raw emotion that makes their brand of music unmistakably and distinctively their own.

Parker Barrow

Les Zazous

Playing at the French Quarter Stage
Upcoming Show Dates: May 20-22

Les Zazous has sashayed onto the east coast music scene with their signature brand of international bistro jazz, an alluring mix of French pop, modern cabaret, gypsy jazz, Latin ballads and anything that swings. Hailing from Los Angeles, the trio has performed at the Hollywood Bowl’s Museum Stage, Warner Bros & Disney film premieres, the French Embassy in Washington DC and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Meet the continental trio that Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer calls, ‘Just amazing!’

Band Members of Les Zazous

Audacity Brass Band

Playing at the French Quarter Stage
Upcoming Show Dates: June 4-5

Audacity Brass Band is a ten-piece brass band that uses New Orleans instruments and influences to create a rocking jam band sound with a funk-fusion twist. ABB originated out of Farmville, VA and now is based out of Richmond. With all members composing, ABB’s style is influenced and includes hip-hop, rock, blues, traditional jazz, or whatever they are feeling on stage at the moment. “We love the flair that Audacity’s style brings. Groovy, Funky, Tight, Audacious.” – Charlottesville Fan

Audacity Brass Band

Christian Perez

Playing at the Brazil Stage
Upcoming Show Dates: June 10

Christian Perez is a local musician performing at the Brazil Stage during the Food & Wine Festival.

Hula Dancers

Playing at the Hawaii Stage
Upcoming Show Dates: June 5

Hula Dancers bring a new level of energy to the Food & Wine Festival with the beauty of Polynesian dancing, complete with traditional Hawaiian music.