Epcot Flower and Garden Festival

EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival

The International Flower and Garden Festival is always a fun time to visit Epcot at Walt Disney World. For 2023, the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival runs from March 1st through June 5th. There is not a separate ticket to enter the festival area; your normal park ticket gets you into Epcot and includes all the fun festival activities and events spread throughout the park.

I like to make a list of all our “must-do” things. We can accomplish almost everything on this list, plus a few extras on a normal park visit! Here are my must-do things at the Flower and Garden Festival:

• Get a Frozen Violet Lemonade
• Eat all the food with flowers on top
• Check out all the festival merch
• See all the beautiful flowers and topiary
• Walk all the way around World Showcase
• Ride Soarin’
• Ride Frozen Ever After
• Meet Anna and Elsa in Norway
• Ride The Seas with Nemo and Friends
• Fill our refillable popcorn bucket with maple popcorn in Canada
• Ride Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind
• Pictures in front of the “Bubblegum” wall and “Toothpaste” wall
• Pictures in front of Spaceship Earth

Epcot has always been known for its amazing food and drinks, but during the flower and garden show, it’s even more amazing! There are so many special spots set up throughout the park, from carts to restaurants to pop-up food spots.

Special Activities

There are so many fun things going on at Epcot for the festival. Here are a few of my favorites:

• Pick up a free guidebook with a passport and stickers to mark the spots you have visited! If you get a stamp for trying specific foods, there is a free dessert at the end!
• Purchase a garden map for you and your kids to play a fun scavenger hunt with a prize at the end.
• Check out all the gorgeous flower and garden festival merchandise! The flower ears are my favorite!
• Find all the topiary sculptures throughout the park of your favorite characters.
• Visit all the unique vendors selling their handmade products.

Garden Rocks Concert Series

Our family has really enjoyed taking in the special concerts that Epcot hosts for each of the festivals. We enjoyed the Disney on Broadway series during the Festival of Art and have seen several concerts during the Garden Rocks series. The best part is that all these concerts are free and included in your regular park admission! There is someone different each day, and they usually will do at least three concerts at different times in the late afternoon and evening. The last concert of the day is usually the least busy. You can book a special concert package dining reservation at select restaurants that give you VIP seating in a reserved area of the venue. Otherwise, it’s recommended that you show up about 1/2 an hour to an hour before the concert for open seating. Some concerts are busy and more popular than others, depending on the artist. For more details, go here: Garden Rocks Concert Series.

TIP: The last concert of the day is usually the least busy!

2023 Concert Schedule

• Journey Former Lead Vocalist Steve Augeri
  March 3 & 4
• Daughtry
  March 5 & 6
• Tommy DeCarlo
  March 10 & 11
• Smash Mouth
  March 12 & 13
• Mike DelGuidice
  March 17 & 18
• Blue Oyster Cult (NEW)
  March 19 & 20
• Berlin
  March 24 & 25
• The Pointer Sisters
  March 26 & 27
• Luis Figueroa (NEW)
  March 31
• Piso 21 (NEW)
  April 1 & 2
• Melina León
  April 3
• STARSHIP featuring Mickey Thomas
  April 7 & 8
• Don Felder, formerly of the Eagles
  April 9 & 10
• Blue October
  April 14 & 15
• Switchfoot (NEW)
  April 16 & 17
• A Flock of Seagulls
  April 21 & 22
• Jo Dee Messina
  April 23 & 24
• Ambrosia with Peter Beckett, The Voice Of Player
  April 28 & 29
• Kool & The Gang
  April 30 & May 1
• Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
  May 5 to 8
• The Orchestra starring former members of ELO
  May 12 to 15
• A.J. Croce: Croce Plays Croce (NEW)
  May 19 & 20
• Casting Crowns (NEW)
  May 21 & 22
• Jason Scheff, longtime lead singer of Chicago (NEW)
  May 26 & 27
• Rick Springfield
  May 28 & 29
• Plain White T’s
  June 2 to 5
• The Spinners
  June 9 & 10
• The Commodores
  June 11 & 12
• Vertical Horizon
  June 16 & 17
• Tony Orlando
  June 18 & 19
• Simple Plan
  June 23 to 26
• Living Colour
  June 30 & July 1
• Wang Chung
  July 2 & 3