The Bourbon & BBQ Festival at Busch Gardens, Tampa takes place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between July 19th and September 2nd, 2024 (plus Labor Day Monday). The event is included with park admission and combines some curated bourbon tasting experiences, with great food, and live local bands. All food & beverage is available at an additional cost. The festival dates most closely match last year's Bier Fest at Busch Gardens, Tampa event — which is not on the calendar for the 2024 season.

Food and beverage booths are open from 12pm until park close
There is no official mention of a Sampler Lanyard being available
There is a special extra-cost experience called Treetop Bourbon Tasting available on Saturdays and Sundays

2024 Bourbon & BBQ Festival Menu at Busch Gardens, Tampa

The Bourbon & BBQ Festival at Busch Gardens, Tampa is brand new this year — and the food booth menus sound great! The festival will take place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between July 19th, 2024 and September 2nd, 2024 (plus Labor Day Monday) — food and beverage booths open at 12pm on all festival days. Most of the booths offer up a couple of food items along with a bourbon-based cocktail and some beer options as well. There's also an extra-cost special event taking place over at ... ( read more ... )

2024 Bourbon & BBQ Concerts at Busch Gardens

The Bourbon & BBQ Festival at Busch Gardens, Tampa features some great local bands this year over at the Coke Canopy Stage. The park has not posted a festival map (at the time of me writing up our festival information page) but I'm guessing the stage is somewhere near the "Festival Walkway" area (around the Springs Taproom). Information is really limited at this time, but again my guess is — this is an outdoor, standing room only stage and performances will take place a couple times a day ... ( read more ... )

The Brand New Bourbon and BBQ Festival at Busch Gardens, Tampa

I have another festival update to post about, and this one is a little surprising... and a little not surprising — all at the same time. It looks like Busch Gardens is replacing the popular Busch Gardens Bier Fest with a brand new festival called "Bourbon and BBQ at Busch Gardens, Tampa". The new festival starts just after the Fourth of July in 2024 and covers a seven week span, taking place on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays only. Those dates almost exactly overlap when "Bier Fest" was held, and ... ( read more ... )