Pop music hit-maker Taylor Dayne will raise the curtain Oct. 1 on Eat to the Beat!, the long-running concert series in conjunction with the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Oct. 1-Nov. 14, 2010. She will be the first of 18 musically diverse acts scheduled during the six-week festival at Walt Disney World Resort.

During a recording career of more than two decades, Dayne has hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100, Dance/Club and Adult Contemporary charts with “Prove Your Love,” “Love Will Lead You Back,” “Planet Love” and “Beautiful,” all ascending to the top of one or more list. She has had 18 “Top 10s” since “Tell It to My Heart” in 1988.

Dayne will perform Oct. 1-3 and will be followed in October by a lineup that includes four acts playing Eat to the Beat! for the first time: Sugar Ray, Air Supply, Howard Jones and 38 Special. Here’s the complete October schedule (artists are subject to change without notice):

• Oct. 1-3 – Taylor Dayne
• Oct. 4-5 – Kool & The Gang
• Oct. 6-8 – Sugar Ray
• Oct. 9-10 – Taylor Hicks
• Oct. 11-12 – Air Supply
• Oct. 13-15 – Sister Hazel
• Oct. 16-17 – Howard Jones
• Oct. 18-19 – Expose
• Oct. 20-21 – 38 Special
• Oct. 22-24 – Night Ranger
• Oct. 25-27 – Billy Ocean
• Oct. 28-31 – Starship starring Mickey Thomas

All performances are at America Gardens Theatre, with shows at 5:15, 6:30 and 7:45 p.m. each day. The opportunity to enjoy Eat to the Beat! is included with Epcot admission on the days of scheduled shows.

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