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Music is in the air. At least it will be starting Saturday night at Universal Orlando.

The Universal Orlando Summer Concert Series kicks off June 12 at Universal Studios Florida with featured musical guest, Train.  It’s the first in a series of Saturday night concerts slated throughout the summer season. Other performers scheduled include Pitbull, Earth, Wind & Fire, Rob Thomas, Pat Benetar and REO Speedwagon, as well as Counting Crows.

For details, visit www.UniversalOrlando.com. Or for more information on discount Universal theme park tickets and Orlando vacation packages, go to www.Orlandothemeparkvacations.com.

It’s almost time for another Velvet Sessions at Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando. The popular rock ‘n’ roll cocktail party is held the last Thursday of every month (excluding November and December).

This month’s featured artist is Everclear, best known for songs like “Everything to Everyone” and “Wonderful.” The Universal Orlando Resort hotel event begins at 6:30 pm on June 24, 2010.

Advance admission is available for $25 online and includes specialty cocktails, finger foods and the concert held in the Hard Rock Hotel’s lobby lounge and Velvet Bar. Parking is free.

Each Velvet Sessions event showcases a different type of beverage theme while past  performers have included Joan Jett, The Tubes, Eddie Mondy, The Romantics, The Fixx, Foreigner, ABC and others.

For more information, go to www.velvetsessions.com. For details on discount Orlando vacation packages and Universal Orlando theme park tickets, go to www.OrlandoThemeParkVacations.com.

Some of music’s biggest stars are coming to Orlando this summer. It’s all part of Universal Orlando’s exciting Summer Concert Series.

Best of all, it’s included with regular theme park admission to Universal Studios Florida. So catch a ride on Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit. Ride the Movies. Enjoy a full day of fun in the sun. Then kick back and soak up the sounds of your favorite bands, including:

June 12th - Train
June 19th - Pitbull
June 26th - Earth, Wind, and Fire
July 3rd - Pat Benatar and REO Speedwagon
July 10th - Rob Thomas
July 17th - Counting Crows

It’s all yours this summer and it’s only at Universal Orlando® Resort! For more details on Universal Orlando, go to www.OrlandoThemeParkVacations.com.

The English rock band Psychedelic Furs is scheduled to be the musical guest at this month’s Velvet Sessions concert at the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando.

The group will perform in the lobby of Universal Orlando’s Hard Rock on May 27, 2010.

Admission is $25 online and $30 at the door and includes specific specialty drinks and a variety of finger foods beginning at 6:30 p.m. and running til 8:30 p.m. There will be a cash bar starting at 8:30 p.m. when the Furs take the stage. Parking is complimentary at the Hard Rock Hotel.

For more on the monthly Velvet Sessions program at Hard Rock, visit www.velvetsessions.com. Or visit www.OrlandoThemeParkVacations.com for details on Universal Orlando Resort and other Orlando area theme parks and attractions.

If you didn’t get your fill of great music and spectacular concerts during the long-running Mardi Gras celebration at Universal Studios, don’t worry - there’s more music to come this summer.

The Summer Concert Series at Universal Studios brings six more exciting concerts to the Orlando theme park.

The Summer Concert Series runs every Saturday from June 12 through July 17 with concerts starting at 9 pm except the the July 3 show which starts at 8 pm. Best of all, the concerts are included with your regular Universal Studios admission.

Scheduled performers include:

June 12       Train

June 19       Pitbull

June 26       Earth Wind & Fire

July 3           Pat Benetar & REO Speedwagon

July 10         Rob Thomas

July 17         Counting Crows

For more information about Universal Studios discount tickets or discount Orlando family vacation packages, please visit www.OrlandoThemeParkVacations.com.

There are always plenty of monkeys to be seen at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, but one former Monkee will be on hand at Disney’s Epcot this weekend.

Davy Jones, former teen heartthrob and lead singer of the Monkees, is this weekend’s musical guest for the Flower Power concert series at the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Show times are 5:15, 6:30 and 7:45 pm.

The concert is just part of the fun at the Flower & Garden Festival which also features a colorful array of flowers, gardens, topiaries and educational events.

Enjoy millions of blooming flowers and a vibrant collection of Disney-themed topiaries, and get up close with hundreds of colorful butterflies inside Minnie’s Magnificent Butterfly Garden.

During the weekends throughout the festival, guests can also meet with top horticulturists, learn helpful gardening tips and attend public demonstrations of advanced gardening techniques from around the world.

Davy Jones will perform each evening this weekend at the America Gardens Theatre next to the American Adventure Pavilion. The concert and festival is included with regular Epcot admission.

Looking for a fun night out in Orlando? The award winning “Velvet Sessions” is a rock & roll cocktail party held monthly at the Velvet Bar and Lobby Lounge of the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando. Each “Session” showcases a different type of beverage theme to sip, shoot or guzzle along with fabulous and great live music from legendary rock bands.

Admission (minimum age 21) to these popular rock & roll events is $25 and includes free drinks, finger foods and warm-up tunes, all starting at 6:30pm. There is a cash bar when the featured entertainment begins at 8:00 pm.

Past Velvet Sessions performers include: Brett Michaels, Joan Jett, The Romantics, Eddie Money, The Tubes, The Fixx, ABC, Foreigner, Warrant, and more. The next Session on April 29, 2010 features Asia with John Payne. Popular Asia tunes include Heat of the Moment, Go, Wildest Dreams, Only Time Will Tell, Don’t Cry, and Days Like These.

On May 27, the Psychedelic Furs take the Velvet Sessions stage with songs like: All That Money Wants, Heartbreak Beat, Love My Way, Pretty in Pink, Sister Europe, The Ghost In You.

For more information, go to www.velvetsessions.com or www.OrlandoThemeParkVacations.com.

Turn back the clock while you groove and rock at the Flower Power Concert Series. It’s all part of the 2010 International Flower and Garden Festival at Disney’s Epcot theme park. The festival and concerts are all part of your daily Epcot admission.

Feel the vibes of some of the biggest names in music from the 60’s and 70’s under the skies of the open-air American Gardens Theatre at Epcot theme park. This weekend’s special musical guest for April 23-25, is Atlanta Rhythm Section. The group will perform Flower Power Concerts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m. & 7:45 p.m.

For details, visit www.OrlandoThemeParkVacations or http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/special-events/epcot-international-flower-and-garden-festival/schedule/          

Get ready to rock the universe at Universal Studios Orlando.

Rock the Universe, the Christian-music event held annually each fall at Universal Studios, has announced its 2010 lineup for the two-day, separate ticket event.

The performers tentatively scheduled to appear on Friday, Sept. 10 include Newsboys, Skillet, Jars of Clay, Hawk Nelson, Decyfer Down and Kutless. The Saturday, Sept. 11 lineup includes Jeremy Camp, Relient K, tobyMac, Needtobreathe, Fireflight and Grits.

The concert event is slated to run from 4 pm til 1 am on both days. For more information on this popular event, go to www.rocktheuniverse.com.

For more on Universal Studios and the other Orlando theme parks, go to www.OrlandoThemeParkVacations.com. Or find discount Orlando family vacation packages and hotel information at www.WestgateReservations.com.

Ricky Nelson Remembered.

It’s been 25 years since the passing of singer-songwriter Ricky Nelson, one of teh nation’s original teen idols. Today, Nelson’s identical twin sons, Matthew and Gunnar, help honor his memory with a concert featuring their father’s greatest hits.

The duo hits the stage for the eighth consecutive year at Epcot’s International Flower & Garden Festival this weekend, performing as part of the Flower Power Concert series.  The show features Rick Nelson favorites such as ”Travelin Man,” “Hello Mary Lou” and “Garden Party.”

The brothers also had their own hit called “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection” under the band name of Nelson.  They will perform Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Epcot.