Disney's Hollywood Studios Adds New Four-Piece Band, 'HollyGroove Swinging'

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Sunday September 28, 2025 11:30am ET · "HollyGroove Swinging"
Disney's Hollywood Studios Adds New Four-Piece Band, 'HollyGroove Swinging'

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HollyGroove Swinging Band

A new live music act has joined the entertainment lineup at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The four-piece band, HollyGroove Swinging, is now performing in front of the Chinese Theater.

The group brings a mix of familiar Disney tunes played with a modern-day twist, blending swing influences with contemporary arrangements. 



Currently, no set show times are listed for HollyGroove Swinging, but you may catch them performing at various times throughout the day, so it's worth keeping an eye out when passing through the park's central hub near the Chinese Theater.




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The drummer's left hand drum is way too loud. tap tap ting BLAT BLAT tap tap ting.

Otherwise, a nice group.
Not bad. Heard better heard worse. Reminds me of the old days with Busch Gardens and their band. They were pretty solid for quite a long time till they were dropped.
Is this the same group that was performing in Frontierland for a while? They were also an outside organization.
↩ replying to MisterPenguin
Might just be how it came out on video.

Either way, thrilled to see actual live music at Studios!
I agree, not bad. Kind of sounds like our high school rally band. Trumpet player seems to be having an off day. (I played trumpet and I had many off days 😀) Always good to see live music and I wish them good luck.
↩ replying to WDWhopper
Quality should matter though.
More streetmosphere is always a good thing.
I was there the day this premiered. It was cute, but all I could think was this budget could have gone to bringing back the citizens of Hollywood
↩ replying to TrainsOfDisney
🙄. Because smartphone mics are state of the art. I’ll reserve judgement until seen in person.
↩ replying to plutofan15
I wasn’t really judging the act with that comment - I didn’t watch the video I was just commenting on the comment.

I will judge them if they aren’t up to 5 & Dime standards though - and there regular trumpet player is crazy good.
Live entertainment! Yeah!
Disney says performances for Hollygroove Swingin’ will occur every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday through December 21.

Here are the posted showtimes: 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm.
We enjoyed seeing them with Chip and Dale. The crowd around them seemed to enjoy it as well.
Just listened to a full set. Sousaphone player is exceptional. Triple tonguing and multiphonics on sousaphone while dancing. That’s some serious technique.