EPCOT’s international festivals are fun events that take place throughout the year. Currently, there are 4 festivals to experience: EPCOT’s International Festival of the Arts, Flower & Garden, Food & Wine, and Festival of the Holidays. EPCOT’s festival season begins in January with the highly anticipated EPCOT International Festival of the Arts. This festival celebrates the arts, artists, and creativity. In 2025, EPCOT’s International Festival of the Arts is scheduled to run from January 17th to February 24th. This makes it one of the shorter festivals but it is truly a festival that cannot be missed. Here is all you can expect from EPCOT’s International Festival of the Arts, 2025.
Interactive Activities
The Festival of the Arts is one of the most interactive festivals that EPCOT hosts. There are many opportunities for guest participation including a large paint by numbers mural. Each year on the walkway in between World Showcase and The Imagination Pavilion guests can grab a paintbrush and fill in a few squares of the mural. By the end of the festival guests can see a nearly completed mural that showcases how we all have an artistic side.
A large scavenger hunt takes place in World Showcase. Guests can purchase a map and stickers for $9.99 and search in each pavilion for Figment. Once completed, guests can return their map for a keepsake prize.
The bridge to World Showcase plaza features a fun opportunity for the kids! Your kiddos can grab some chalk and get to work on creating their own sidewalk artwork.
Incredible photo ops are located throughout the park. These photo opportunities make you feel as if you’ve stepped foot inside a famous work of art or Disney film!
Artists will be set up throughout World Showcase to display and sell their work. Guests can have an incredible opportunity to speak with artists about their work and purchase one-of-a-kind pieces for their home.
Shows and Displays
With the Disney on Broadway Concert Series, guests can witness performances straight out of Broadway productions at the America Gardens Theater. Details still to come!
Animation Academy is a unique experience that also takes place at America Gardens Theater at 12:30 and 1:30pm each day. Guests are led by a real animator as they learn to draw Disney characters.
Guests can watch chalk artists work in real time on the bridge to World Showcase Plaza. Watch as these artists create incredible chalk art that you have to see to believe.
Throughout World Showcase Plaza guests can watch artists create paintings in real time as they put on an artistic performance you’ll never forget.
Food and Merchandise
Event exclusive food and beverages will be available throughout World Showcase. Guests can follow their passport to try different dishes and receive a complementary artist’s palette cookie upon completion of their journey.
Merchandise like shirts, pins, ears, Loungefly backpacks, and bags will be available to purchase during this festival.
At EPCOT’s International Festival of the Arts you can expect creative and interactive fun! Have you ever attended EPCOT’s International Festival of the Arts? Are you going in 2025? Let us know in the comments below!
Featured Photo: Emily Murray.
Written by
Megan Woodard
Contributing Writer
Megan was born into a Disney family. Her first trip to Disney World was when she was only 18 months old. Now as an adult, Megan loves to share the magic of Disney with her two toddlers. Keeping up with Disney news and Disney World knowledge is a fun hobby for Megan. Disney World is her favorite place to be and continuously brings back her childhood joy.
