We might be in the middle of the EPCOT Festival of the Arts, but we’re already looking forward to EPCOT’s NEXT festival the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival.
EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival 2024
This festival is pretty much our way of ushering in spring in Disney World and includes beautiful topiaries, lots of gorgeous flowers, fun entertainment, and loads of good food. Well, Disney has already dropped quite a few details about this year’s EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival, so we’re going to fill you in on everything that has been confirmed so far.
The first thing that’s been confirmed for the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival are the dates. The 2025 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival will start on March 5th and run through June 2nd. This year’s event is also celebrating a huge milestone: it’s the 30th anniversary of the festival. That’s a pretty big deal!
Spaceship Earth lighting for the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival
Of course, we’re really excited about THE FOOD at The EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival. Disney has confirmed the Outdoor Kitchens will return to this year’s festival, but we haven’t seen which kitchens have been confirmed and what their menus will look like.
Full Spread at Pineapple Promenade Booth in 2025
Disney also confirmed the return of the beautiful topiaries of Disney characters, gardens (including the butterfly garden), and unique exhibits. We don’t know what kinds of character topiaries will be featured this year (and we’re certain there will be some NEW ones), but we can’t wait to see them!
Butterfly Landing
Disney has also announced that the Garden Rocks concert series will be returning to this festival this year. Garden Rocks is held at the America Gardens Theater in the America Adventure Pavilion. These concerts are free with EPCOT admission with showtimes usually at 5:30 PM, 6:45 PM, and 8 PM. Here’s the full line-up of acts for 2025:
- March 7th-8th – Tommy DeCarlo, former lead singer of Boston
- March 9th-10th – Air Supply – 50th Anniversary Celebration
- March 14th-15th – Blue October
- March 16th-17th – Rick Springfield
- March 21st-22nd – Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
- March 23rd-24th – 38 Special
- March 28th-29th – Jason Scheff, longtime singer of Chicago
- March 30th-31st – TBD
- April 4th-5th – THE ORCHESTRA Starring ELO and ELO Part II Former Members
- April 6th-7th – Sugar Ray
- April 11th-12th – Simple Plan
- April 13th-14th – Jo Dee Messina
- April 18th-19th – Mike DelGuidice
- April 20th-21st – A Flock of Seagulls
- April 25th-26th – Taylor Dayne
- April 27th-28th – 98 Degrees
- May 2nd-5th – Plain White T’s
- May 9th-10th – Jon Secada
- May 11th-12th – Maverick City Music (NEW)
- May 16th-17th – The Spinners
- May 18th-19th – The Pointer Sisters
- May 23rd-24th – The Outlaws (NEW)
- May 25th-26th – Don Felder, formerly of the Eagles
- May 30th-31st – The Cat Empire (NEW)
- June 1st-2nd – We The Kingdom (NEW)
The Vybe at Garden Rocks in 2024
Reservations are now open for the Garden Rocks Concert Series Dining Packages. These packages let you have a table service meal at a participating restaurant and get a reserved seat for one of the shows. These dining packages usually include several courses at different price points. Here’s a full list of participating restaurants and prices for this year.
Garden Rocks
Of course, there will be plenty of new EPCOT Flower and Garden merchandise to buy. Disney hasn’t offered us a peek at the merchandise yet, but we’ll let you know when we get that!
Orange Bird Spirit Jersey from 2024
The festival’s TWO scavenger hunts are coming back. First, you’ll be able to participate in Spike’s Pollen-Nation Exploration, which will have you following Spike the Bee throughout EPCOT. The Egg-Stravaganza Hunt will also return around Easter time, which will task you with finding character eggs throughout EPCOT. You’ll be able to pick up maps (for usually around $10) at EPCOT shops. Once you’re done filling in the maps with stickers, you get a prize.
Spike’s Pollen Nation Exploration Map
You’ll also be able to get some special photo ops through Disney PhotoPass, including special Magic Shots. Plus, you can get mini festival gift cards with a unique festival design (these are great if you want to budget your festival purchases).
©Disney
We’ll be keeping an eye out for more EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival announcements, so stay tuned to DFB for more.
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