ALL the Entertainment Coming to the 2023 EPCOT Festival of the Arts

The holidays will be over before you know it, and soon, it will be 2023!

2022 EPCOT Festival of the Arts

That means we’re looking ahead to the EPCOT Festival of the Arts, which will run from January 13th through February 20th. The festival will include food booths, special activities, exclusive merchandise, and more! There will also be a LOT of entertainment, and we’ve got the full list of ALL the entertainment you’ll find at the 2023 festival!

We already knew that the Disney on Broadway concert series would be returning to the festival. This is a concert series with some of Broadway’s biggest stars performing for guests during the festival. Performers this year will include Kara Lindsay (from Newsies), Kevin Massey (from Tarzan), Arielle Jacobs (from Aladdin), and Mandy Gonzalez (from Aida).

Dining packages are available for the concert series, which will include a meal PLUS guaranteed seating for a concert.

Disney on Broadway

Disney has also confirmed that other musical performances will take place during the festival daily at the World Showcase Plaza. Featured musicians include:

Nicholas Marks, playing guitar Thursday through Saturday
Victor Espinola, playing harp Monday through Friday

You’ll be able to get times for each performance through the My Disney Experience app.

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Art Defying Gravity will also return to the festival this year. Guests will be able to watch acrobats displaying their talents and skills at World Showcase Plaza, Saturday through Wednesday during the festival.

Art Defying Gravity

Finally, guests will be able to watch artists LIVE as they create art right in front of them in World Showcase Plaza, Thursday through Sunday and on select Mondays during the festival. This year’s artists include:

Trevor Carlton

January 14th-January 17th
February 3rd-February 6th
February 10th-13th
February 17th-21st

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Stephen Fishwick

January 27th-January 30th

Trevor Carlton & Stephen Fishwick in a Dueling Artist Format

January 20th-January 23rd

It’s all happening during the 2023 EPCOT Festival of the Arts. We’ll be there on DAY ONE showing you around the festival, reviewing all the food booths, and checking out all the entertainment for ourselves. So be sure to check back with us on January 13th, and we’ll let you know if we get any more entertainment news!

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Full List of FOOD BOOTHS for the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts

MAKE THE MOST
OF YOUR FESTIVAL DAYS

DFB's guide to the Festival of the Arts details everything you need to know to maximize your time, budget, and stomach space! Know what's worth it and what to skip with our full-photo menus of each booth, complete with DFB's Best of the Fest.

It includes all the must-have information for navigating this colorful festival at Disney World, including:

🍭 Booth & food photos, maps, and crawls with DFB's exclusive recommendations!
🖌 The COMPLETE schedule of events (so you don't have to go hunting for all the dates!)
🎨 All the details on special events, artist meet-n-greets, festival-exclusive merchandise, and more!