2025 Epcot International Festival of the Arts Guide

Epcot’s International Festival of the Arts returns in 2025. Although it only lasts just over a month, it’s a wonderful time to visit, especially if you enjoy the arts. Below, we’ve shared a preview of everything you can expect at this year’s festival. We update this guide as new items are released. So, check back often for more details leading up to the festival

2025 Dates: January 17th through February 24th

Epcot International Festival of the Arts signage with Spaceship Earth background

New at This Year’s Festival

  • Once Upon a Stage: 30 Years of Disney on Broadway Exhibit: Discover costumes and props from your favorite stage musicals, then venture behind the scenes to see how the classic animated films “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” were reimagined for the Broadway stage.
  • Opening Bites: A new food studio near CommuniCore Hall
  • Moana Artful Photo Op near Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana
  • New Festival Merchandise: We’ve shared a preview of the items released by Disney a little further down.
  • Three New Performers at the Disney on Broadway Concert Series
  • Figment Popcorn Bucket with Pull-String: A new Figment-inspired popcorn bucket will be released at the start of the festival. It will be available at Figment’s Inspiration Station in the Odyssey building while supplies last.
Figment Popcorn bucket
©Disney

Art Participation at the Festival

Are you feeling creative? Epcot’s International Festival of the Arts is an excellent place to show off your creativity. The Festival is full of interactive opportunities where guests can participate. Here are a few:

  • A Paint-by-Numbers Mural
  • Scavenger’s Hunt: Figments Brush with the Masters
  • Artists and Art Displays
  • Kid’s Chalk Art
  • Artful Photo Ops
  • Chalk Full of Characters

Select any of the articles below to learn more about individual offerings.

See Art in Action and Other Entertainment

In addition to the activities we’ve already discussed, the Festival of the Arts allows guests to see art in action. Here is a list of what we know will be available at this year’s festival. Make sure to check back as new details are released.

  • Disney on Broadway Concert Series
  • Animation Academy
  • Visual Art in Performance
  • Music
  • Chalk Art Galleries

Food Studios & More

It wouldn’t be a true Epcot Festival without food, right? Throughout the park, you’ll find several food studios, many offering delicious and decadent dishes. A new studio called Opening Bites will debut this year, paying homage to the food and drinks immortalized onstage. You can preview the menus for this year’s Food Studios in the article below.

The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine returns to this year’s festival. You can take a stroll around Epcot while enjoying seven select dishes at participating food studios. You can pick up a Technicolor treat to enjoy when you’re finished!

Here are the details from Disney on how it works:

Use your Festival Passport to look for these special menu items, then track your progress by collecting a stamp after each purchase. Once you’ve enjoyed at least 5 of the 7 dishes—and collected the corresponding stamps—bring your stamped Festival Passport to the Deco Delights Food Studio to receive a complimentary Artist Palette Cookie.

a dish of Key Lime with various accompaniments from the Festival of the Arts at Epcot

Festival Merchandise

Disney has shared a few photos of this year’s festival merchandise.

2025 Festival of the Arts ear headband
©Disney | 2025 Festival of the Arts Ear Headband
2025 Festival of the Arts Loungefly Backpack in purple with Figment and a lightbulb
©Disney | 2025 Festival of the Arts Loungefly Backpack
2025 Festival of the Arts black T-shirt with pocket festival logo
©Disney | 2025 Epcot Festival of the Arts T-Shirt

Future Dates

Disney announces each year’s festival dates a couple of months in advance. To provide some guidance for our readers, we keep a running tally of when the dates are announced, along with the previous year’s festival dates. You can preview those dates in the article below.

EPCOT Festival Dates for 2025-2026

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More Festivals

Epcot is home to the following Festivals throughout the year.

For a complete overview, see our Epcot Festivals Guide.

More Planning

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