The 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts is ON from January 16th – February 23rd, 2026. This EPCOT Festival — the park’s first in the calendar year — made its debut in 2017, and celebrates three artistic disciplines: the Culinary, Visual, and Performing Arts!

If you’d like to jump to a specific topic on this page, click any of the links below:

• Navigating the Festival of the Arts
• Culinary Arts — Food Studios
• Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Food Crawl
• Performing Arts and Disney on Broadway Concert Series
• Visual Arts
• Festival of the Arts Scavenger Hunt: Figment’s Brush with the Masters
• Artist Appearances, Signing Times, and Arts Galleries
• Interactive Experiences at Festival of the Arts
• MORE Festival Fun
• Festival of the Arts Merchandise

Navigating the Festival of the Arts

Entertainment offerings change throughout the Festival. So be sure to pick up a Festival of the Arts Passport for details during your specific visit!

You’ll find them at displays at the park’s entrance. We have also provided a FREE and EXCLUSIVE Festival of the Arts Map to help you find your way around! Just click the Download Now link in the image below:

Let’s start with our favorite form of art here at the DFB… the Culinary Arts!

CULINARY ARTS

Food Studios

The Festival of the Arts features Food Studios located around EPCOT!

Food Studios around the park and additional locations serve enhanced food offerings to Festival guests (much like the Marketplace Booths for the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival).

Returning favorite Food Studios for 2026 include, but aren’t limited to: The Artist’s Table (with a new Steakhouse Lobster Caesar Salad), Figment’s Inspiration Station at The Odyssey (with the new Figment Fantasy Cake), Deco Delights (serving the new Sparkling Spectacle Gateau and the returning Boyd & Blair Espresso Martini), Pop Eats! (featuring a Croque Monsieur-inspired Grilled Cheese and the Black de Bleu Couvee Mousseaux), and Fictional Victuals (with the Chapter 3 Tea Treat). 

Click Here to Check Out the 2026 Menus!

The Festival features art-inspired dishes and drinks. Unique to the Festival of the Arts is a focus on presentation of the dishes.

Many food items are their own works of art!

Click HERE to See EVERYTHING You Need to Eat and Drink at the 2026 EPCOT Festival of the Arts!

There is also an interesting feature in the My Disney Experience app, too, that may be helpful to guests with food allergies or intolerances.

There is a QR code in the Festival Passport that takes you to the “Allergy-Friendly Options” in the My Disney Experience app. Here you can find items that are friendly for guests with gluten/wheat, egg, soy, peanut/tree nut, milk, sesame, fish/shellfish and other allergies. (Please be aware that Disney states the following regarding the Global Marketplace Booths: “We use reasonable efforts in our food preparation and handling procedures to avoid the introduction of the most common allergens into your menu choices. While we take steps to prevent cross-contact, we do not have separate allergy-friendly kitchens and are unable to guarantee that a menu item is completely free of allergens.”)

Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine

The Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine gives guests the chance to sample several items at the Food Studios during the Festival! Guests purchase five of the seven designated items at various food booths, receiving a stamp in their Festival Passport for each item.

The eligible 2026 items are as follows: 

• Opening Bites — Enchanted Rose:Dark chocolate mousse rose
• The Deconstructed Dish — Deconstructed Key Lime Pie: Key lime curd, key lime gelée, toasted meringue, and graham cracker crumbs with waffle cone triangles
• Figment’s Inspiration Station — Popcorn, Popcorn Chicken and Waffles with rainbow popcorn, popcorn chicken, mini mozzarella, and maple syrup
• Figment’s Inspiration Station — Color Scheme Cake: Fruit-flavored Rainbow-hued Cake topped with SKITTLES® POP’d Sour and Original and Sour Freeze Dried Candy
• Vibrante & Vívido: Encanto Cocina — Chorizo and Potato Empanada with turmeric aïoli and annatto aïoli
• Gourmet Landscapes — Citrus-braised Beet Tartare with golden beet “egg yolk,” mustard vinaigrette, pickled mustard seeds, pickled mushrooms, spiced pistachios, and “feta” snow
• Deco Delights — Sparkling Spectacle Gâteau: Vanilla bean mousse with a golden caramel center and apricot jam on a hazelnut cookie
• Liquid Nitrogen Minnie Cake Pop with cotton candy sponge cake, white chocolate ganache, and colorful chocolate splats

Upon completion, you’ll receive an ADDITIONAL — and complimentary — treat for your artful efforts.

Simply visit the Deco Delights Food Studio and show your fully stamped Passport to get your prize treat.

PERFORMING ARTS

Disney on Broadway Concert Series

The Disney on Broadway Concert Series features performances by some of Broadway’s most accomplished actors and actresses singing some of Disney’s most beloved songs at the America Gardens Theatre in The American Adventure pavilion. 

The performances typically take place at 5:30PM, 6:45PM, and 8PM on each night throughout the Festival.

Disney on Broadway Concert Series Dining Packages are also available, offering guests the chance to pair lunch or dinner (either a three-course meal or full buffet, based on location) at a participating EPCOT Table Service restaurant with guaranteed priority seating for an evening show on the same date.

Additionally, a same-day, walk-up Disney on Broadway Dining Package is available at an EPCOT Counter service location — Regal Eagle Smokehouse in The American Adventure Pavilion — offering guaranteed seating with a meal at a lower price point.

You can find all of the details here.

For the full list of restaurants (with prices) and Broadway Artists, visit our Disney on Broadway Concert Series Dining Package Page!

Musical Performances in CommuniCore Plaza

Live music is performed DAILY in CommuniCore Plaza!

Check the My Disney Experience app for performance times.

You can also stop by the CommuniCore Plaza stage to see who is playing when!

Visual Art in Performance

Visual Art in Performance gives guests the chance to enjoy viewing a high-energy artist painting Disney characters LIVE onstage “in a matter of minutes” at CommuniCore Plaza.

Check the My Disney Experience app for showtimes during your visit. 

Chalk Art Galleries

Enjoy seeing the creative process live through Art in Performance, including Chalk Artists along the bridge to World Showcase Plaza.

Performance days and times will vary, so be sure to check the Festival Passport and My Disney Experience during your visit.

However, know that — even if you miss the artists working themselves — you can ALWAYS enjoy the art along the bridge throughout the Festival!

Meet One of the Artists Behind EPCOT’s INCREDIBLE Chalk Art by clicking HERE!

VISUAL ARTS

The Visual Arts are celebrated throughout EPCOT in a myriad of Exhibits and hands-on experiences, along with a few more artistic touches along the way! Be sure to pick up and refer to the Festival of the Arts Passport at EPCOT during your specific visit.

The Featured Exhibits put the spotlight on Disney Iconic Artists and Disney-Inspired Original Art.

Check out the Walking Chalk Gallery — where artists create gorgeous art pieces in chalk — seen along the walkway from World Celebration towards World Showcase.

You’ll likely even happen upon some VERY unique and impressive 3D Chalk Art. A spot will be designated showing you where you stand so you can become part of the artwork and pop out of these detailed scenes!

And families can visit the Kids’ Chalk Art area in World Nature, where kids can create chalk art with the whole family!

 

Find this experience in World Celebration near the Imagination! Pavilion from 11 AM to 5M daily.

Figment’s Brush with the Masters Scavenger Hunt

Are you bringing a little budding artist to the Festival of the Arts? Children (and adults!) can search for Figment by following clues provided through famous works of art strategically located around World Showcase with Figment’s Brush with the Masters Scavenger Hunt!

Interested guests can visit Disney Traders, Creations Shop, or World Traveler to purchase a map for $11.99 and begin their search.

Every time you find Figment…

… add the corresponding sticker to the pavilion on your map!

Upon completing the scavenger hunt, guests can head to Disney Traders, Creations Shop, or World Traveler with their completed map and receive an “artful” surprise!

This year, the prizes are sticker activity sheets. There are 4 different designs you can choose from!

You will match the number to the corresponding sticker number to create your own work of art.

Take a peek to prepare for YOUR Brush with the Masters… courtesy of Figment!

Artist Appearances and Signing Times

Dozens of Disney and visiting artists appear at the Festival of the Arts, and several signing times are scheduled throughout the event.

Popular artists appearing during the 2026 event include (but aren’t limited to):

• Jerrod Maruyama (January 16 through 21)
• Joey Chou (January 21 through 29)
• Stacey Aoyama (January 31; February 1 through 5)
• Will Gay (January 23, 24, 30 and 31; February 1)
• Jason Ratner (January 16, 18, 24, 25 and 31; February 1, 11, 14, 15, 18, 21 and 22)
• Ashley Taylor (January 16 to 20)
• Dave Perillo (January 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25 and 31; February 1 to 5)

Keep in mind that the above is just a glimpse of the Featured Artists at the Festival of the Arts! You can find the full schedule on the Walt Disney World website (search for “Featured Artists”) or find a link to the website in the My Disney Experience app.

Additionally, Disney Legend Paige O’Hara — the voice of Belle from Beauty and the Beast — will sign her Belle-inspired pieces from February 12 through February 16 at the following times:

• Thursday, February 12, 11:30AM – 2PM
• Friday, February 13, 11:30AM – 2PM, 3:30PM – 5:30PM
• Saturday, February 14, 11:30AM – 2PM, 3:30PM – 5:30PM
• Sunday, February 15, 11:30AM – 2PM, 3:30PM – 5:30PM
• Monday, February 16, 11:30AM – 2PM, 3:30PM – 5:30PM

Festival Markets and Artist Galleries

Inspired to take a piece of art home with you?

Or perhaps you’d like to see an artist at work or meet one of your favorites?

Various Festival Markets and locations such as Art of Disney showcase artwork available for purchase throughout the Festival.

Interactive Experiences at Festival of the Arts

Animation Academy

Experience the magic of Disney animation at this fun and informative drawing class taught by actual Disney artists! (Paper and pencil are provided for this complimentary art session.)

These classes take place at the American Gardens Theatre at 12:30PM and 1:30PM daily. Instructing artists include the following: 

• Luke Consolo
• Matthew Dewater
• Justin Dring
• Will Gay
• Hannah Loflin
• Alex Maher
• Michael Montgomery
• Fidel Santiago – NEW!
• Sarah Schmidt
• Lon Smart

Photo Ops in Works of Art

“Picture yourself” in famous works of art and beloved scenes from Disney animated films at special Photo Op locations throughout EPCOT!

Photo Ops include: 

• 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
• Between Italy Pavilion and Germany Pavilion: The Scream – Edvard Munch
• Bridge to World Showcase: Tea time with penguins scene from Mary Poppins
• Bridge to World Showcase: Sleeping Beauty
• NEW in 2026: Bridge to World Showcase: A Disney Lorcana Trading Card Game photo op, featuring a scene from Fabled (one of the most recent Disney Lorcana sets)

Disney PhotoPass photographers are present to capture you in a masterpiece moment!

Interactive Wall Mural — Expression Section

Leave your own artistic mark on EPCOT at the Expression Section, located on the walkway between World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion.

The Interactive Wall Mural gives guests the chance to paint their own small section… 

… of what will become a HUGE piece of artwork during the Festival!

Note that the mural is available to paint from 11AM until 5PM daily.

Just enter the line and some friendly Cast Members will point (or maybe I should say “PAINT”) you on your way!

Chalk Full of Character

Keep your eyes peeled for extra little bits of art featuring beloved Disney characters in unexpected corners throughout the World Showcase pavilions!

They’re “Chalk Full of Character!” This activity is free… and FUN! All you need are your walking shoes and a keen eye for your favorite Disney pals…

Click HERE to check out ALL of the Disney characters we spotted in “Chalk Full of Character!”

NEW in 2026 — Disney Lorcana Trading Card Games

New to the Festival of the Arts in 2026, there are TWO different Disney Lorcana Trading Card Games that guests can participate in! In case you’re not already familiar with Disney Lorcana, it’s a popular trading card game by Disney and Ravensburger set in the wondrous realm of Lorcana. Players take on the role of Illumineers who wield magic ink to summon a team of Disney characters known as glimmers, who appear in both familiar and fantastical ways. To learn more about Lorcana, CLICK HERE.

In Collection Quest, Disney share that players will “Open Disney Lorcana booster packs and trade cards with other Guests in the Illumineer’s Lounge in the Morocco Pavilion.”

“Once you’ve collected your 4 cards, you’ll receive a limited-edition Magical Places promo card.”

In the Ink & Find Scavenger Hunt, Disney shares that players will “Discover magical, larger-than- life trading cards scattered throughout EPCOT.”

“Find cards, match them to the special ink stickers on your map and you’ll receive an additional limited-edition Magical Places promo card.”

Want to play? Instructions to get started at the Festival of the Arts are as follows:

1. Pick up a complimentary Festival Questbook on the bridge to World Showcase. These will be available throughout the day starting at 9AM, while supplies last.
2. Follow the instructions in the Festival Questbook for both activities.
3. When you’ve finished the activity, you can pick up your Magical Places promo cards from the Illumineer’s Lounge in the Morocco Pavilion, or from Figment’s Inspiration Station at The Odyssey.

More Festival Fun

Additional Festival fun is in full force all over EPCOT for the Festival of the Arts!

Festival of the Arts at CommuniCore Hall

CommuniCore Hall in World Celebration is once again hosting a walk-through exhibit in 2026: Once Upon a Stage: The Magic of Disney on Broadway!

The exhibit features costumes and props from Disney stage musicals, along with a behind-the-scenes look at how the animated classics The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin came to life on the Broadway stage!

Displays featuring sets, costumes, props, and more elements from Disney’s Broadway plays populate the space. You can walk though at your leisure anytime from 9AM to 9PM.

Explore the Once Upon A Stage Exhibit HERE!

Festival-inspired Nighttime Lights on Spaceship Earth 

Spaceship Earth celebrates the Festival in its own magical way — it lights up the night in a special way throughout the Festival!

To catch the shows during your Festival visit, you don’t have to worry about being in World Celebration at a specific time. The show begins when it gets dark outside and plays several times (with both shows and their songs in rotation) throughout the evening through park close.

Click HERE to see photos and videos of this beautiful addition to the Festival!

Kidcot Fun Stops

Kidcot Fun Stops in the World Showcase pavilions often offer an experience specific to the Festival of the Arts.

Get ready to grab a palette and paintbrush!

Character Greeting Artful Enhancements

Plan on saying “HELLO!” to some of your favorite Disney friends in EPCOT? Almost every aspect of the park joins in on the Festival’s artistic festivities, and that includes the character meet and greets! Several characters (especially Disney Princesses) have their own piece or artwork, each with their own unique art style that suits the character perfectly.

As an example, you can see Aurora meeting guests here:

This painting shows her during the final scene where her dress kept changing from pink to blue!

Even Pluto gets in on the fun with some paint splatter on his color.

So keep those eyes peeled EVERYWHERE you go throughout EPCOT for whimsical — and, most of all, artful — touches!

Festival of the Arts PhotoPass Magic Shots

Magic Shots are special, digitally-enhanced shots available through Disney’s PhotoPass service that create a unique and memorable souvenir. Specific Magic Shots are available just for the Festival of the Arts! 

PhotoPass photographers can be found at locations all over the park, and you can simply let them know if you’re interested in a Magic Shot:

• Minnie & Figaro (featuring art by Festival artist Sarah Schmidt): on the bridge leading from the United Kingdom pavilion into the France pavilion, and in the Italy pavilion
• Goofy & Donald (featuring art by Festival artist Justin Dring): as you head from the main entrance of the park into World Celebration Gardens on the path to the right, and as you head from World Celebration into World Showcase near the Disney Vacation Club Location
• Figment Chalk Lightbulb: by the water near Journey into Imagination with Figment, and near the entrance to World Showcase between Port of Entry and Disney Traders
• Light Painting: as you head from World Celebration into World Showcase near the popcorn cart and Creations Shop, during nighttime hours
• Paintbrush Figment and Mickey: at the main entrance of the park during nighttime hours
• Easel Prop: by the large planter in the center of World Celebration Gardens behind Spaceship Earth
• Figment Chalk Heart: in the China and Japan pavilions
• Paintbrush Lightbulb: by the large planter in the center of World Celebration Gardens behind Spaceship Earth during nighttime hours
• Figment Rainbow: at the main entrance of the park, by the water near Journey into Imagination with Figment, in the World Celebration Gardens area near Creations Shop and the large central planter, on the walkway heading towards The Seas with Nemo & Friends near CommuniCore Hall, and from most photographers in World Showcase
• Figment Chalk Mickey: at the main entrance of the park
• Palette Prop: as you head from World Celebration into World Showcase near the Disney Vacation Club Location
• Tiny World: at the main entrance of the park, just before the large fountain
• Art Desk Collage: by the water near Journey into Imagination with Figment, as you head from World Celebration into World Showcase near the Disney Vacation Club Location, and near the entrance to World Showcase between Port of Entry and Disney Traders

Festival Merchandise and Novelty Items

Figment Popcorn Bucket Novelty Item

The LEGENDARY Figment Popcorn Bucket — which made its BIG debut at the 2022 Festival of the Arts — returned again for 2023. In 2024, a NEW Figment Popcorn Bucket hit the scene! And guess what? ANOTHER NEW FIGMENT BUCKET is HERE for 2026!

Guests can find it at and Figment’s Inspiration Station at the Odyssey: Art, Food, and Little Sparks of Magic. It will be available — while supplies last — for $29.00. Please be aware that there is a purchase limit of 2 per person, and the Popcorn Bucket is ONLY available via Mobile Order at Figment’s Inspiration Station.

EPCOT Festival of the Arts Merchandise

Be on the lookout for Festival of the Arts merchandise both in major shopping spots (like Creations Shop and Art of Disney) as well as pop-up event merchandise kiosks.

From pins to plates and Loungefly backpacks to Spirit Jerseys, there are always plenty of artful items to pick up to remember your trip to the Festival.

And, of course, a special pair of Festival of the Arts Minnie Mouse Ears has also made its debut!

You can even purchase select merchandise at DisneyStore.com before your trip!

Click HERE to see ALL of the 2026 EPCOT Festival of the Arts merchandise!

Festival of the Arts Wristlet Gift Cards

Worried about juggling your wallet or purse while doing a balancing act with your food and drinks from the Food Studios? You can get a wristlet/ring Disney Gift card at merchandise locations throughout the park!

These small gift cards function the same as a regular gift card, but you can strap it on your wrist to avoid having to dig through your wallet or purse while making your Festival food purchases. You can have it activated or loaded at a merchandise location with your desired amount, strap it on, and move towards your next Food Booth, ready to go!

Past Festival Offerings

Select offerings that have been part of previous Festivals are currently unavailable. In past years, these included Free Seminars focused on the various artistic disciplines, Interactive Workshops, and the Paint With a Disney Artist class. We will update this page if these offerings return for future Festivals.

We are happy to bring you coverage of everything at the EPCOT Festival of the Arts!