Rios Rock Band To Jam March 9 During Space Coast Seafood & Music Festival in Viera

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BREVARD COUNTY • VIERA, FLORIDA – One of Brevard’s most popular rock bands, The Rios Rock Band, will perform in concert at the Space Coast Seafood & Music Festival on Saturday, March 9 at 6 p.m. at Space Coast Daily Park in Viera.

The Space Coast is home to the Rios Rock band, a gregarious four-piece rock and roll outfit. The engaging presence of each band member is evident as they connect with the audience from the stage.

Rios Rock Band has been rocking hard for the last 6 years up and down Florida’s Space Coast.

They are best known for accurately reproducing the sound and energy of the worlds greatest bands such as The Eagles, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, AC/DC, LED Zeppelin, Foo Fighters, The Police and more. They also have original music which can be heard on most streaming platforms.

These guys take music very seriously, however, it is only a small part of who they are.

Jeff Barnes is the drummer for the band and he is a new dad. His son, Jack, is two months old. Jim Taylor and Dan Diolosa are the guitarists, who also sing and play different instruments depending on the song. Frank Rios is the band’s lead singer and bass player.

Rios Rock Band will perform March 9 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. during the Space Coast Seafood and Music Festival.

They are family men who also have demanding careers. Jim Taylor (Guitar/Bass/Vocals) lives in Suntree and is married with three children and owns his own IT networking company.

Dan Diolosa (Guitar/Bass/Vocals) lives in Indialantic Beach is also married and is a chemical engineer by degree, however, he earns a living as a software developer.

Jeff Barnes, (drums) lives in Cocoa Beach and he is a military contractor who is engaged to be married in March.

Lastly, Frank Rios (Lead Vocals/Bass/Guitar/Keys) lives in Viera and is married with two children. Rios has an MBA and is a Sales Manager for a medical device company.

These all-Brevard guys put a lot of thought into the production of their shows. Each show is unique, you will never hear the same setlist and they add a new song every show so they always keep it fresh.

Audiences always get a kick when the three guys up front – Frank, Jim and Dan – switch instruments for certain songs. They are all capable electric, acoustic, bass and keyboard players.

Tickets are available at all area Chamber of Commerce for just $8 and all TICKETMASTER locations.

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SPACE COAST DAILY PARK – THE VENUE: The beautiful 30-acre park was named after Space Coast Daily – Brevard’s most popular free news source. Space Coast Daily Park is ideally located in the middle of Brevard County, just off Interstate 95, for easy access from all areas of central Florida. Please do not bring the following items to the event: No food or beverages, coolers, chairs, alcohol of any kind, weapons, umbrellas may be brought into the event. Enter Space Coast Daily Park from Stadium Parkway. Parking is $5 and VIP parking is $10.

ABOUT THE SPACE COAST SEAFOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL 

The Space Coast Seafood and Music Festival will feature a large and diverse variety of seafood and other food choices for the public during the four-day festival, March 7-10 at Space Coast Daily Park in Viera.

Lobster, aka Maine’s red gold, is one of the gustatory stars of the Space Coast Seafood and Music Fest, a weekend jammed with great music and fantastic food.

From 5 p.m., Thursday, March 7 to the evening hours on Sunday, March 10, Viera’s expansive and easy to get to Space Coast Daily Park will be the place for grazing on seafood and listening to top musical entertainers perform live on the Space Coast Daily Stage.

“King Lobstah” will be joined by shrimp, clams, oysters and other princes of the deep during this seafood extravaganza. For seafood lovers and music lovers, this will be a weekend to remember.

“We will have a terrific amount and variety of seafood on offer at the festival,” said Giles Malone, partner in Maverick Multimedia and Brevard Productions, publishers of Space Coast Daily and organizers of the festival.

“Top-class seafood vendors will join us from here at the beautiful Space Coast Daily Park and from all across the USA to satisfy every appetite. We thought of the landlubbers, too, and we’re also offering lots of great BBQ and other food choices.”

Seafood vendors have been selected for the variety of dishes they bring to the festival table. Familiar faces on the Brevard restaurant scene will also be dishing out their specialties.

High-quality vendors will serve shrimp cocktails, prepared with fresh, still warm shrimp with lots of spices, cocktail sauce and drawn butter.

Additional menu items, among others, include fish tacos and smoked whiting with drawn butter.

If all the mention of drawn butter brings images of high cholesterol, not to worry, for Firestone will also have non-seafood, healthy offerings such as broccoli salad and kale salad.

Willy T’s Crab Shack, home of Maryland-style crab cakes will offer their legendary authentic Maryland-style crab cake sandwich, Willy T’s chefs start with generous portions of lump blue crab meat, to which is added the company’s “World Famous Secret Family Recipe” spices before being deep-fried to perfection.

The sandwiches are served on artisanal buttery brioche buns with lettuce and tomato on the side.

Willy T’s also features mini versions of the crab cakes and spicy shrimp sandwiches, as well as crab salad and shrimp and clam baskets.

Hammerheads Seafoods, mainstays at outdoor events around the country, will present their seafood delights, including crawfish, crab legs, alligator, calamari, lobster mac and cheese and seafood boil, and that’s just for starters.

These are just for starters, folks. There’s plenty of more seafood to discover at the biggest food event of the year in Brevard.

Because man lives by more than seafood alone, the festival features an international beer and wine pavilion, an arts and crafts show, a children’s activity zone and special events such as the Pirates’ Parade and Party, when several Pirate Krewes, including the Brethren of the Space Coast Pirates’ Krewe, strut their stuff.

Pirate sword fighting demos, roaming pirate troubadours, pirate belly dancers and even a pirate balloon artist make for “aargh-mazing” entertainment. The legendary Panama Pearl and Rosalie The Red will organize a wide variety of pirating activity during all four days.

After the parade, the pirates will party hearty, with samplings from Code Rum, the festival’s official rum.

The festival also features a carnival with rides and games, cooking demos, magic shows and much more.

SPACE COAST SEAFOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL MUSICAL LINE UP & SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, MARCH 7, OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION:

• Thursday, March 7: The Space Coast Symphony Under The Stars at 7 pm. is free with festival admission.
• Friday, March 8: SOJA and Ky-Mani Marley, 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, March 9: Travis Tritt, The Charlie Daniels Band, The Cadillac Three: 7 pm
• Sunday, march 10, Molly Hatchet 3 p.m: free with $8 (advance) or $10 festival admission.

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The 2019 Space Coast Seafood & Music Festival at Space Coast Daily Park in Viera, is sponsored by Viera Hospital, Space Coast Daily, First Choice Medical Group, All Points, Florida’s Space Coast, News 6, Miller Lite and Savings Safari.

For more information, or if you would like to register for the Arts & Crafts Show, call 1-855-386-3836 or e-mail Contact@SpaceCoastDaily.com

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SPACE COAST DAILY PARK – THE VENUE: The beautiful 30-acre park was named after Space Coast Daily – Brevard’s most popular free news source. Space Coast Daily Park is ideally located in the middle of Brevard County, just off Interstate 95, for easy access from all areas of central Florida. Please do not bring the following items to the event: No food or beverages, coolers, chairs, alcohol of any kind, weapons, umbrellas may be brought into the event. Enter Space Coast Daily Park from Stadium Parkway. Parking is $5 and VIP parking is $10.

NOTE: There are no refunds, exchanges or rain checks for any reason. Gate admission does not include seafood, food or beverages. Children under 10 are free. Bags will be checked for inappropriate items. Please be courteous and avoid bringing prohibited items.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, visit SpaceCoastSeafoodFestival.com, call 321-323-4460 or 1-855-386-3836 or e-mail Contact@SpaceCoastDaily.com

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