The EPCOT Festival of the Arts is officially coming back to Walt Disney World in 2025! This year, the art-themed festival is set to return from January 17th to February 24th, 2025 giving you just over five weeks to explore all of the special offerings and – of course – the food. Each EPCOT festival has its own unique offerings and this is one that you certainly don’t want to miss out on if you’re visiting Disney World.

With food studios (a.k.a. food booths) serving up eats and drinks that are equally as fun to look at as they are to eat, along with a themed scavenger hunt and interactive art experience to keep you busy between bites, there’s a lot to do during the EPCOT Festival of the Arts. So, we’re bringing you a complete guide to everything you can see, do, and EAT this year!

What is EPCOT Festival of the Arts?

The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts is one of four season festivals held in EPCOT every year at Disney World. Each festival has its own unique focus, and this one is all about – you guessed it – art! The main highlight of the festival is the food studios which are themed food booths that focus on showcasing the culinary arts. So, you can expect your small bites and drinks to be some of the most photogenic eats in all of Disney World!

While the food booths are often considered the highlight of the EPCOT Festival of the Arts, there are several other things available for you to participate in and see during the festival. For example, you can complete a Figment-themed scavenger hunt as you make your way around World Showcase to receive a special prize, help paint a massive art mural, enjoy a Broadway-style concert with some of Disney on Broadway’s biggest stars, and even pick up some Disney artwork of your own from various merchandise booths. This festival is sure to keep you busy!

When is the EPCOT Festival of the Arts in 2025?

The 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts will take place from January 17th to February 24th, 2025.

How much is the 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts?

As with all EPCOT festivals, the Festival of the Arts is free and included in the cost of your EPCOT park ticket. In January and February 2025, the cost for a standard single-day ticket to EPCOT starts at $149 per person, per day depending on the exact date that you choose. 

Keep in mind that the food, drink, and merchandise at the festival are an additional cost on top of your park ticket and vary in price depending on what you order or purchase.

How long is the EPCOT art festival?

The 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts runs for a little over 5 weeks in January and February.

What’s New at the 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts

The 2025 festival will be filled with new eats and drinks at almost every returning food booth, PLUS two new festival booths are debuting! Opening Bites is a new spot to grab a bite that can be found at CommuniCore Plaza and you can try Fictional Victuals all-new menu near Refreshment Station (which is near Test Track’s exit).

Disney also revealed that a brand new Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket will be available for purchase at Figment’s Inspiration Station at the Odyssey. It comes with Rainbow Popcorn and can be pretty popular, so be sure to get to the festival early to grab one and start snacking!

2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts Food Studios

EPCOT festivals are known for the wide variety of eats and drinks that are available at the food booths throughout World Showcase and the Festival of the Arts is no different! Each Food Studio features a unique menu of food and drinks that showcases the culinary arts. This means that the Food Studios focus on both how the food looks and how it tastes!

In 2025, the Festival of the Arts features 18 individual Food Studios plus eight other locations offering additional menu items exclusively for the festival.

Here’s the FULL LIST of Food Studios confirmed for the 2025 festival:

• Opening Bites (CommuniCore Plaza)
• Fiction Victuals (Near Refreshment Station)
• The Deconstructed Dish (Near Refreshment Station)
• Figment’s Inspiration Station (The Odyssey)
• The Craftsman’s Courtyard (Near Refreshment Station)
• El Artist Hambriento (Mexico Pavilion)
• The Painted Panda (China Pavilion)
• Pastoral Palate (Germany Pavilion)
• L’Arte di Mangiare (Italy Pavilion)
• The Artist’s Table (American Adventure Pavilion)
• Goshiki (Japan Pavilion)
• Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina (Morocco Pavilion)
• Vibrante & Vívido: Encanto Cocina (Between the Morocco & France Pavilions)
• L’Art de la Cuisine Francaise (France Pavilion)
• Gourmet Landscapes (Canada)
• Deco Delights (Near Port of Entry)
• Swirled Showcase (Near Port of Entry)
• Pop Eats (Near Port of Entry)
• Additional Locations
  • Connections Eatery
  • Refreshment Outpost
  • Funnel Cake Stand
  • Refreshment Port
  • Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company throughout the park

2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts Food Studio Menus

Wondering what to eat at the EPCOT Festival of the Arts? Well, there’s an easy way to plan ahead! Each year, Disney releases the festival menus so you can get an idea of what eats and drinks you can enjoy. You can see all of the menus for the 2025 Festival of the Arts here!

Activities at the 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts

Eating and drinking your way around World Showcase isn’t the only thing you can do at the EPCOT Festival of the Arts! The festival also features a wide variety of activities that are sure to keep everyone in your family busy between bites. Plus, you don’t want to miss the Disney on Broadway-style show that’s available every night! 

Here is the full list of all the limited-time activities that are available during the 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts: 

• The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine
• Disney on Broadway Concert Series & Dining Packages
• Figment-themed Scavenger Hunt
• Interactive Art Experiences

The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine

The popular food challenge is back again for the Festival of the Arts! Disney has confirmed that The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine will return for the 2025 festival which includes purchasing five food items from seven pre-selected Food Studios located around the park to receive an extra free treat at the end.

To complete The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine, you’ll need to pick up a Festival Passport (which can be found at the front of the park, at merchandise locations, and at the Food Studios) and purchase five of the listed dishes. With each purchase, a Cast Member will stamp your Festival Passport as proof and, once you’ve received all five stamps, you can take your Festival Passport to the Deco Delights Food Studios near Port of Entry to get a free Artist Palette Cookie.

While multiple pre-selected dishes qualify for The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine, you don’t have to purchase each one to complete the challenge. If some of the dishes don’t appeal to you, you can opt to purchase multiple of the same dish and earn a stamp for each purchase. In fact, you could even buy five of the same dish and still get the free cookie at the end. 

It’s also important to note that you do not have to collect all your stamps on the same day – you can opt to come back to the festival multiple times to complete the stroll. Just be sure that you bring your Festival Passport back to keep track of all your stamps!

Disney on Broadway Concert Series & Dining Packages

The Disney on Broadway Concert Series has become one of the most popular aspects of the EPCOT Festival of the Arts and the 2025 concert line-up promises to wow audiences once again. This Broadway-style concert takes place nightly between January 17th to February 24th, 2025 at 5:30PM, 6:45PM, and 8PM at the America Gardens Theatre in the American Adventure pavilion and features a full line-up of Disney on Broadway starts that rotate through EPCOT. During the concert, you’ll enjoy a showcase of Disney on Broadway hits from shows like Frozen, The Lion King, Aladdin, and more. 

The EPCOT Festival of the Arts 2025 concerts are often popular, so you may need to get in line early to ensure that you get a seat. However, you can guarantee yourself a seat close to the stage by purchasing one of the Disney on Broadway Concert Series Dining Packages. For a separate per-person cost, you can eat at one of the pre-selected restaurants in EPCOT and then get guaranteed seating at the show that same day.

2025 dining packages will be offered at:

• Biergarten Restaurant
• Chefs de France
• Coral Reef Restaurant
• Garden Grill Restaurant
• La Creperie de Paris
• La Hacienda de San Angel
• Le Cellier Steakhouse
• Nine Dragons Restaurant
• Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue (reservations not available, limited availability of same-day dining packages only)
• Rose & Crown Dining Room
• Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya
• Spice Road Table
• Teppan Edo
• Tutto Italia Ristorante
• Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria

2025 Disney on Broadway Concert Series Schedule

And, who exactly will be performing at EPCOT during the concert series?

Here’s the FULL SCHEDULE of Disney on Broadway performers in 2025:

Patti Murin (Frozen) and John Riddle (Frozen)

• January 17th
• January 19th
• January 20th
• January 23rd
• January 25th
• January 27th
• January 28th

Caissie Levy (Frozen) and Jelani Remy (The Lion King)

• January 18th
• January 21st
• January 22nd
• January 24th
• January 26th
• January 29th
• January 30th

Adam Jacobs (Aladdin) and Josh Strickland (Tarzan)

• January 31st
• February 2nd
• February 3rd
• February 6th
• February 8th
• February 10th
• February 11th

Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins) and Alton Fitzgerald White (The Lion King)

• February 1st
• February 4th
• February 5th
• February 7th
• February 9th
• February 12th
• February 13th

Michael James Scott (Aladdin) and Kissy Simmons (The Lion King)

• February 14th
• February 16th
• February 17th
• February 20th
• February 23rd

Rodney Ingram (Aladdin) and Kara Lindsay (Newsies)

• February 15th
• February 18th
• February 19th
• February 21st
• February 22nd

Special Final Performance: Rodney Ingram, Kara Lindsay, Michael James Scott & Kissy Simmons

• February 24th

Figment’s-themed Scavenger Hunt

Known as Figment’s Brush with the Masters Scavenger Hunt, this Figment-themed scavenger hunt is a fun family-friendly activity that you can do as part of the EPCOT Festival of the Arts. The popular game sends you around World Showcase to find Figment invading classic portraits from famous artists.

To participate in the scavenger hunt, you can purchase the game map from participating locations in EPCOT. Then, when you find Figment in each pavilion, you’ll add the correct sticker that corresponds to the painting and return to a designated merchandise location to receive a prize.

Interactive Art Experiences

The Festival of the Arts also features some interactive art experiences that anyone in your family can participate in – young or old! In 2025, your kiddos can test their chalk art skills daily in EPCOT from 11AM to 5PM on the bridge to World Showcase Plaza. Or, you can grab some paint and a brush to contribute to the larger-than-life mural that comes out for the festival every year from 11AM to 5PM at the Expression Section booth.

There are also several photo-ops around EPCOT for the festival which put you in the middle of portraits. Here’s the list of where to find them all:

• International Gateway: Luncheon of the Boating Party – Pierre-Auguste Renoir
• The American Adventure Pavilion: Washington Crossing the Delaware – Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
• Between Italy Pavilion and Germany Pavilion: Mona Lisa – Leonardo da Vinci
• Bridge to World Showcase: Mary Poppins
• Bridge to World Showcase: Sleeping Beauty
• Near Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana: Moana

And, lastly, you can put your drawing skills to the test as a Disney animator teaches you how to draw some of your favorite Disney characters. Known as the Animation Academy, this free activity takes place daily with classes at 12:30PM and 1:30PM at the America Gardens Theatre in the American Adventure Pavilion. Here is the full list of featured artists you may see:

• Luke Consolo
• Matthew Dewater
• Justin Dring
• Will Gay
• Hannah Loflin
• Alex Maher
• Michael Montgomery
• Sarah Schmidt
• Lon Smart

EPCOT Festival of the Arts Tips

Never been to the EPCOT Festival of the Arts before? Here are a few things to keep in mind to ensure that you have the best day in the park and get to experience all of the festival offerings!

Time Your Visit Right

The Festival of the Arts has become a popular event over the years, drawing large crowds to EPCOT. If you want to avoid long lines for food booths and activities, we suggest avoiding weekends. The first and last weekends of the festival also tend to be the most crowded.

Plan to Spend 2 Days at EPCOT

With 16 food booths (plus a few extras!), activities, and more, you may find that one day isn’t enough to do all of the festival activities and enjoy all of the rides, restaurants, and offerings at EPCOT.

Create a Must-Try List Before You Go

There’s a lot to eat and drink at the Festival of the Arts and, unfortunately, it’s nearly impossible to try it all. Disney releases all of the Food Studio menus online, so we suggest reviewing them and deciding on what eats and drinks you really want to try before you even set foot in the park.

Don’t Skip the Interactive Art Experiences

The food and drink may get a lot of the glory, but the art experiences are equally noteworthy! These fun family-friendly activities are only at EPCOT for a limited time and you may even walk away with a complimentary souvenir in tow for participating!

Is the Disney on Broadway Concert Series Dining Package Right for You?

If you want to avoid the stress of not knowing if you’ll get a seat for the Disney on Broadway Concert Series show, purchasing a dining package is well worth it. Plus, the food at the included restaurants is delicious! However, eating at a table service restaurant with the dining package may mean that you’re less hungry for food at the Food Studios, so consider what your priorities are before booking.

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