UPDATED: February 12th 2024

The annual Monsters of Rock Cruise have started to list official schedules for their 2024 cruise.

The 5 day festival on water, have listed all releated events, live shows, appearances and more for both Day #1 (Saturday March 2nd), Day #2 (Sunday March 3rd), Day #3 (Monday March 4th) and Day #4 (Tuesday March 5th).

This year’s floating festival features more than 3 dozen musical acts that will perform a minimum of 2 shows each.

Over the 5 days, the massive water gala with feature well over 100 events that include; Live Shows, Q&A session, Meet & Greet and Photo opportunities, along with specialty shows like Cooking With Rock Stars that will see the Stars of the cruise compete against each other using their culinary skills.

A list of acts who are appearing on this year’s Cruise are shared below.

Accept (from Germany)
Ace Frehley (formerly of KISS)
April Wine (from Canada)
Armored Saint (from Los Angeles)
Bang Tango (from Hollywood)
Black N’ Blue (from Portland / Hollywood)
British Lion (feat: Steve Harris of Iron Maiden)
Crashdiet (from Sweden)
Crazy Lixx (from Sweden)
Dangerous Toys (from Texas)
Extreme (from Boston)
Faster Pussycat (from Hollywood)
FireHouse (from North Carolina)
H*E*A*T (from Sweden)
Heaven’s Edge (from Philadelphia)
Heavy Pettin (from Scotland)
Hoekstra, Joel (Guitar Guru from Whitesnake)
Kaleido (from Detroit)
Kotzen, Richie (of The Winery Dogs)
Hughes, Glenn (formerly of Deep Purple)
KK’s Priest (feat: K.K. Downing formerly of Judas Priest)
Lizzy Borden (from Los Angeles)
Paradise Kitty (All Female Tribute to Guns N’ Roses from Hollywood)
Queensrÿche (from Seattle)
Quiet Riot (from Hollywood)
Poley, Ted (of Danger Danger)
Rare Hair (80’s Tribute from Nashville)
Rhino Bucket (from Hollywood)
Satriani, Joe
Slaughter (from Las Vegas)
SOTO (Jeff Scott Soto)
Soto/Bieler (Jeff Scott Soto & Jason Beiler of Saigon Kick)
Spread Eagle (from New York City)
The Darkness (from England)
TNT (with Tony Harnell)
TUFF (from Hollywood)
Y&T (from Oakland)

The Monsters of Rock Cruise also includes a few comedians, namely Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine.

Per usual a handful of hosts will help introduce bands, host various Q&A sessions and be ready to make announcements throughout the cruise… returning for several years running are Eddie Trunk (Sirius / XM), ‘Metal’ DJ Will (KNAC) and Izzy Presley who is the host / emcee of the nightly Karaoke and Cruiser Jams.

See the schedules below, or follow this LINK to the official Monsters of Rock Cruise website.

Stay tuned to Metal Sludge for Breaking News, Updates and Features along with both New and Classic interviews.

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UPDATED: June 20th 2023

The annual Monsters of Rock Cruise have added several new artists to their already stellar 2024 lineup.

Recent announcements include Black N’ Blue, Richie Kotzen (of The Winnery Dogs), Enuff Z’Nuff (from Chicago), Pat Travers Band, Crashdiet (from Sweden), SOTO (featuring Jeff Scott Soto), TREAT (from Sweden), Mac Sabbath (A McDonald’s themed tribute to Black Sabbath), Joel Hoekstra (of Whitesnake), Paradise Kitty (an all Female Guns N’ Roses tribute) and 1st time cruisers KALEIDO (from Detroit).

Plus all of these bands listed below that have already been announced!


Accept (from Germany)
Ace Frehley (formerly of KISS)
April Wine (from Canada)
Armored Saint (from Los Angeles)
Bang Tango (from Hollywood)
British Lion (feat: Steve Harris of Iron Maiden)
Crazy Lixx (from Sweden)
Dangerous Toys (from Texas)
Extreme (from Boston)
Faster Pussycat (from Hollywood)
FireHouse (from North Carolina)
H*E*A*T (from Sweden)
Heaven’s Edge (from Philadelphia)
Heavy Pettin (from Scotland)
Hughes, Glenn (formerly of Deep Purple)
KK’s Priest (feat: K.K. Downing formerly of Judas Priest & Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens)
Lizzy Borden (from Los Angeles)
Queensrÿche (from Seattle)
Quiet Riot (from Hollywood)
Satriani, Joe (Guitar God)
Slaughter (from Las Vegas)
Spread Eagle (from New York City)
The Darkness (from England)
TNT (with Tony Harnell)
TUFF (from Hollywood)
Vixen (from Los Angeles)
Y&T (from Oakland


A new message from the Monsters of Rock Cruise has been shared on their official Facebook page: “Welcome to The Dirty Dozen! The Monsters of Rock Cruise for 2024! . Cabins selling fast, don’t be left on the pier! March 2-7, 2024 from Miami, Fl.”


Make sure to reserve your cabin, book your flights and find related links for the Monsters of Rock Cruise at the bottom of this article.

MORC @ WebSite – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – Booking – YouTube –

Metal Sludge — The annual Monsters of Rock Cruise has already announced upwards of 30 bands who will appear on their 2024 cruise.

The ship will leave Miami on March 2nd 2024 and visit The Bahamas and Jamaica before returning to port on March 7th 2024.

The MORC cruise as it’s known to diehards, is the premiere rock cruise that has been drawing thousands of fans from around the world for more than a decade.

The 2024 Monsters of Rock Cruise is already shaping up to be a must see for fans.

A current list of the bands set to appear in alphabetical order are as follows:

Accept (from Germany)
Ace Frehley (formerly of KISS)
April Wine (from Canada)
Armored Saint (from Los Angeles)
Bang Tango (from Hollywood)
British Lion (feat: Steve Harris of Iron Maiden)
Crazy Lixx (from Sweden)
Dangerous Toys (from Texas)
Extreme (from Boston)
Faster Pussycat (from Hollywood)
FireHouse (from North Carolina)
H*E*A*T (from Sweden)
Heaven’s Edge (from Philadelphia)
Heavy Pettin (from Scotland)
Hughes, Glenn (formerly of Deep Purple)
KK’s Priest (feat: K.K. Downing formerly of Judas Priest)
Lizzy Borden (from Los Angeles)
Queensrÿche (from Seattle)
Quiet Riot (from Hollywood)
Satriani, Joe
Slaughter (from Las Vegas)
Spread Eagle (from New York City)
The Darkness (from England)
TNT (with Tony Harnell)
TUFF (from Hollywood)
Vixen (from Los Angeles)
Y&T (from Oakland

If you are wondering what it might be like to attend a Monsters of Rock Cruise, we have shared the Waste Some Time with Jason Green podcast’s 5 part series giving you the full view before, during and after.

Watch Green and his side-kick Johnny Monaco who also plays with Stephen Pearcy (the voice of Ratt) as they take you the viewer behind the scenes, back-stage, on the boat, off the boat and everything that happens when attending a Monsters of Rock Cruise trip.

For more information, visit Monsters of Rock Cruise at their official website and all social media platforms we have shared below.



Stay tuned to Metal Sludge for Breaking News, Updates and Features along with both new and classic interviews.

MORC @ WebSite – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – Booking – YouTube –