Music

The Mark McGrath & Friends concert cruise sets sail this fall, with headlining sets by Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, and Gin Blossoms

by Aaron Zorgel

Being able to watch your favourite artists perform on a boat while gorging on all you can eat shrimp was once a relatively novel idea, but in 2013, there’s a concert cruise that caters to almost every musical niche. If S.S. Coachella‘s lineup didn’t make you want to swab the dancefloor, and Barge To Hell‘s roster wasn’t bringing out the aqua-hesher in you, maybe Mark McGrath’s nautical ’90s nostalgia fest is the cruise for you.

Yes, the Mark McGrath & Friends concert cruise is a real thing that exists. Our gut impulse had us feeling like a ridiculous event like this deserved a horror movie tagline (“You can’t hide from Mark McGrath when you’re trapped on a boat with him”), but we’ve gotta hand it to Captain Mark. He’s assembled a pretty hilarious lineup of ’90s guilty pleasures and one hit wonders:

– Smash Mouth
– Sugar Ray
– Gin Blossoms
– Cracker
– Spin Doctors
– Vertical Horizon
– The Verve Pipe
– Marcy Playground
– Ed Kowalczyk (from Live)
– Ed Roland (from Collective Soul)

For as little as $649 (plus $151.28 in taxes and fees), you could join Captain Boatox (see what we did there?) and these ’90s sorta-stars on a three day trip from Miami to the Bahamas. All of your meals are included, and you’ll be treated to nightly performances, Q&A sessions, surprise jam sessions, and as a vaguely creepy sounding incentive, there will also be “opportunities to get up close and personal with musical guests.”

Not sold yet? The boat’s amenities include a 24-hour pizzeria, and a karaoke bar, so you can bank on the fact that there’ll be an impromptu round of Don’t Forget The Lyrics at some point.

The cruise takes place from October 13th through to October 21st, and final bookings and payments are due July 10th. Who’s coming with us?!

This whole thing is very convenient for Mark McGrath, because the kinds of drugs that dude does are certainly only legal on international waters.