What You Need to Know About Festival of the Arts 2024
Festival of the Arts is my absolute FAVORITE Epcot Festival of the year! There are a TON of things to taste and experience and we are going to dive into some of the highlights to help you plan your visit to this year’s festival.
General Things to Know
This festival is one of the shortest running from January 12th - February 19th, 2024 and you don’t need a special ticket other than your Epcot Park Ticket! There are some items that cost extra (like the food booths) but we’ll talk about that a little more in a bit.
This festival is all about celebrating the Arts, so you will find offerings featuring culinary, performance, and fine arts during this festival.
Be sure to pick up your festival guide when you enter the park! This will have up to date information about the festival. You can usually find these right by the park maps at the entrance or at any food booths around the park.
Food Booths
This is the biggest draw of any Epcot Festival! There are over 19 food booth locations all throughout the parks serving up delicious works of art! The portion sizes are fairly small and great for sharing so that you can try alot of different options. Most food prices will range between $4-$10 and adult beverages between $7-$15.
You can find the full list of Food Booth Menus, Pricing, and Photos HERE.
Live Entertainment
One of my other favorite things about this festival is all the live entertainment that you can experience! You’ll find singers at the Broadway Concert Series, Acrobats, Live Painters, and Musicians performing throughout the day, and more!
The Broadway Concert Series is very Popular, so I highly recommend booking a Dining Package for guaranteed seating if this show is high on your list!
Art
It wouldn’t be Festival of the Arts without the ART part! All throughout the park, you will find booths featuring a wide variety of artists’ prints that you can purchase to take home. On select dates, you may even be able to meet with some of the artists themselves and get your artwork signed.
You can also find amazing sidewalk chalk art all along the front of World Showcase. My favorite are the 3D chalk art pieces that you can watch the artists create live!
Interactive Activities
YOU also have the opportunity to create some art yourself at this festival! You can paint by number at the Expression Section Mural, or make some one of a kind spin art.
Have little ones? They can create a masterpiece in the just for kids sidewalk chalk area or you can all learn to draw your favorite Disney Characters at the Animation Experience!
Merchandise
There is always lots of merchandise that you can purchase to commemorate the festival including hats, shirts, bags, ears, and more. You can typically find these in the Creations Shop, and at various booths around World Showcase.
You can also purchase the Figment ‘Brush with the Masters’ Scavenger Hunt to explore different works of art all around the park.
PRO TIP! Don’t forget to pick up a Festival Gift Card to help you stay on budget when eating around at all the food booths! You can get these and reload them at any merchandise location around the park.
Looking for more resources to help you get the absolute MOST out of this festival? Pick up your digital guide to the festival!
What’s included in this 13 page guide?
- In depth info about the offerings you can find at the festival
- Worksheets to help you with planning and budgeting for the food booths
- Food Booth Checklist of all the menus
- Worksheets to help you plan your itinerary for the day
- LOTS of helpful tips to help you get the most out of the festival including screenshots of how to find festival information in the My Disney Experience App
- AND LOTS LOTS MORE!
