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Rock ‘n’ roll in the gardens: Brookgreen bringing Queen tribute band to Myrtle Beach

Brookgreen Gardens is hosting a Queen tribute concert in September. Tickets are available online. Above, the gardens’ 2022 “Summer Light: Art by Night” event where visitors stroll the historic sculpture gardens under the glow of ten unique lighting installations.
Brookgreen Gardens is hosting a Queen tribute concert in September. Tickets are available online. Above, the gardens’ 2022 “Summer Light: Art by Night” event where visitors stroll the historic sculpture gardens under the glow of ten unique lighting installations. jlee@thesunnews.com

Next month, the lyrics to “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Somebody to Love” will be blasting throughout Brookgreen Gardens as part of its fall tribute concert series.

Sept. 21-25, the Here Comes the Sun Band will be performing a Queen tribute concert. The gardens’ CEO called the band a “Brookgreen favorite” and said she is excited to have them performing.

“We welcome guests to the gardens to experience this musical celebration and tribute to Queen that is sure to be a sensational performance,” Brookgreen Gardens CEO Page Kiniry said in a statement.

Tickets can be purchased online at brookgreen.org. For members, tickets cost $35, and for non-members they are $40.

VIP seating is also available for $125 and includes preferred parking and seating, as well as wine and cheese. All other seating is general admission.

The concerts happen each night at 7:30 p.m. Brookgreen Gardens is located at 1931 Brookgreen Drive in Murrells Inlet.

Chase Karacostas
The Sun News
Chase Karacostas writes about tourism in Myrtle Beach and across South Carolina for McClatchy. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020 with degrees in Journalism and Political Communication. He began working for McClatchy in 2020 after growing up in Texas, where he has bylines in three of the state’s largest print media outlets as well as the Texas Tribune covering state politics, the environment, housing and the LGBTQ+ community.
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