Let’s Van GOGH! OK, all you artsy people, it’s time to show off your knowledge of Picasso’s Blue Period and Warhol’s influence on pop culture. We’re here at the 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Arts, and we’re ready to eat, drink, and be entertained!
This year’s festival runs from January 12th through February 19th! Now, bust out your paintbrushes and sketch pencils, and let’s explore EVERYTHING the festival has to offer this year.
It’s FESTIVAL DAY! ✨🥳 pic.twitter.com/XmkKaMEgIU
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Atmosphere
You can’t have an EPCOT festival without some fancy schmancy decorations, right? This year, we’re admiring all the new topiaries, photo ops, and banners scattered around the park.
Step one when you arrive in EPCOT? Pick up a festival passport. These little booklets are available at the park entrance and various festival booths. Inside, you’ll find a list of menus, as well as activities, merchandise, and entertainment available during the event.
You can also find a festival guide on the My Disney Experience app. Just search “Festival of the Arts.”
Good morning from a rainy Spaceship Earth and the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts! 🌈 pic.twitter.com/Xd9B6P8iHH
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
OK, now let’s head inside and see what’s happening this year!
Crowds
The crowds on the opening day of the festival are quite busy! There were lots of people when first arrived and throughout the walkways. Even on this rainy day, people want to check out the festival.
Note that the World Showcase typically gets busier as you get closer to lunch and dinner. Fair warning — you may have to wait in some long lines at those food booths!
Merchandise
Specialty merchandise is basically an EPCOT festival staple. Let’s take a look at some of the NEW limited-edition merch this year!
Over at the Creations Shop, we’ve got this adorable Figment plush for $24.99.
You HAD to know that Figment was going to crash the festival merch (he always does)! pic.twitter.com/AvRzVrfvID
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Everyone was LOVING the Figment souvenirs!
The Figment merch is going FAST! Cast members are working on restocking as fast as they can! pic.twitter.com/AsqszWmetX
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
These LUG bags were especially popular!
The Lug bags are POPULAR this year! Get them while you can! 💜 pic.twitter.com/Fxxymthgg4
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
There is a very nice Figment backpack by LUG that was selling out quickly! It was $90 and not lasting long.
Not long into the festival and the LUG backpack is officially SOLD-OUT!
Hope you acted fast! That Figment Lug bag is sold out! 😱 pic.twitter.com/U6vsVmHHkz
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Turns out, Disney magic does exist! The sold-out LUG backpacks have magically become back in stock.
After all the rush to grab them this morning, the Figment Lug backpacks are BACK in stock! The shelves were cleaned off earlier, but you can go grab them now (without the lines)! 💜 pic.twitter.com/1sew1QZcK3
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
And how adorable are these Figment Munchlings? We might have an obsession.
Figment is BACK as part of the Disney Munchlings collection, this time as a Fig-clair!
This is part of a limited release for the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts! 🌈 pic.twitter.com/JVptIAGlYq
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
It’s not really a festival if there’s not a new Spirit Jersey, right? We are loving the new one this year, also featuring Figment! What do you think?
What grade do you give this year’s EPCOT International Festival of the Arts spirit jersey featuring Figment? 💜 pic.twitter.com/5oTZN59dvp
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Why yes, we would buy a holiday ornament in January when it’s as cute as this one!
I WILL HOLD ON TO HIM FOR THE NEXT 11 MONTHS! 😍💜🌈 pic.twitter.com/drkydT70dU
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
We can’t miss out on getting a popcorn bucket!
It’s popcorn bucket time! 🍿 pic.twitter.com/02vZg9okFa
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
You order it on the My Disney Experience app (Disney World app) then pick it up at the Odyssey building!
Once you have your pickup window via the My Disney Experience app, you head to the Odyssey building!
The popcorn bucket also lights up! ⭐️🍿 pic.twitter.com/tfSmSu35CI
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Here’s ours! It costs $30 this year.
And here it is! The Figment popcorn bucket will run you $30 this year! pic.twitter.com/gUN5QmcHII
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Now that we’ve checked that out, let’s move on to the FOOD!
Food Studios
It’s time for one of our FAVORITE parts of the festival: the food! Of course, we’ll be taking you with us to every food booth in the park! And don’t miss out on the Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine while you’re stopping at each of the booths.
First up, we stopped at Swirled Showcase. However, we found that it was having some trouble with its soda machines and soft serve machines!
Swirled Showcase is having some trouble this morning as all of their soda machines and soft serve machines were broken! 😬 pic.twitter.com/ESVBbMHiY0
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
But we were able to get the new Cupcake soft-serve in a waffle cone while everything else was being fixed. Beware, it melts very quickly!
But for now, we DO have the new Cupcake soft-serve in a waffle cone!
PRO-TIP: Eat it FAST! 🍦
📍Swirled Showcase pic.twitter.com/GDiYHeV7OD
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Next stop — Figment’s Inspiration Station!
Let’s go inside Figment’s Inspiration Station! 💜 pic.twitter.com/176dlB8xhm
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Everything is returning to this booth (except the popcorn bucket).
Besides the popcorn bucket, everything else on the menu is returning from last year!
Make sure to grab the Blueberry-filled Pastry Tart with purple icing – it’s a Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine Item (🌈 – look for this rainbow on items that qualify for this!) pic.twitter.com/2tyeF9qdGm
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
You can get a Rainbow Cake with freeze dried Skittles, Grape Smoothie with freeze dried Skittles, a Rainbow Beer Flight, and a Blueberry-filled Pastry Tart.
Figment’s Inspiration Station! 💜
🍰 Rainbow Cake with freeze dried SKITTLES
🍇 Grape Smoothie with freeze dried SKITTLES
🍺 Rainbow Beer Flight
🫐 Blueberry-filled Pastry Tart (🌈) pic.twitter.com/rxwjandzzh— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Then, we stopped by to grab a deconstructed meal at Deconstructed Dish!
Hi from Deconstructed Dish! 👋 Here’s a look at the menu before we bring you what this booth has to offer! pic.twitter.com/bLvdZfEVT0
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
This is food and art.
Here’s the food looking like works of ART! 🖼️
🥪Deconstructed BLT: Pork belly, onion bread pudding, watercress espuma, and tomato jam!
🥧Deconstructed Key Lime Pie
🍓 ALL-NEW Deconstructed Strawberry Mint Julep📍Deconstructed Dish pic.twitter.com/0VmRE6Ojkl
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Shortly after, we hopped over to the France pavilion to check out L’Art de La Cuisine Francaise!
Here’s the spread from L’Art De La Cuisine Francaise!
🧀Crème de Brie en Petit Pain
🍣 Duo de Saumon Hot and Cold
🍫 Moelleux aux Noisettes, Croustillant Noisettes, Coulis Framboise et Mangue
🥂The Frozen French Martini is back, and the Elderflower Liqueur Cocktail is new! pic.twitter.com/Z9ra6ycK8P— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Over in Morocco, we stopped at Tangierine Cafe for their bread with hummus, chermoula, and zhoug dips and the chocolate cake!
Over in Morocco, we have Tangierine Cafe!
🍗 Grilled Kebabs with carrot-chickpea salad and garlic aïoli (Chermoula Chicken and Moroccan-spiced Lamb)
🫕 Moroccan Bread with hummus, chermoula, and zhoug dips
🍫 Chocolate Cake with pomegranate mousse and pomegranate whipped cream pic.twitter.com/VHJjDZSNb4— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
At the Mexico pavilion, we tried all the new items at El Artista Hambriento!
Here’s the ALL-NEW lineup from the Mexico Pavilion and El Artista Hambriento!
⭐️ Carne Asada
⭐️ Chilled Lobster with Chipotle Aïoli, Onions and Mango
⭐️ Rubí Delicioso Margarita
⭐️ Smokey Banana Bliss Margarita pic.twitter.com/VFfSY6kJH1— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Then we stopped by The Craftsman’s Courtyard where you can get Grilled Pork Belly, Grilled Marinated Skirt Steak, and a Coffee Old Fashioned Cocktail.
The Craftsman’s Courtyard:
Grilled Pork Belly — $6.75
with Salsa Verde, Broccoli Rabe, Pickled Peppers, and Raclette CheeseGrilled Marinated Skirt Steak — $7.00
Grilled with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms, Blue Cheese FondueCoffee Old Fashioned Cocktail — $11.50 pic.twitter.com/g1z9Sn0M8X
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
You know we love the booth at Canada! Here’s the Gourmet Landscapes booth.
If you’ve been waiting for Canada, the Gourmet Landscapes booth is up next! pic.twitter.com/TJVhskKcJM
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
You can find a Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine item at Gourmet Landscapes — the Verjus-roasted Beets!
Over at Gourmet Landscapes, we’ve got a new item, that also happens to be a Wonderful Walk of Colorful Cuisine item 🌈 – the Verjus-roasted Beets with goat cheese, petite lettuce, blackberry gastrique, and spiced pecans! 1/2 pic.twitter.com/J38Ui5M5ek
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Who’s ready for an artistic take on a classic tomato soup and grilled cheese? We are at Pop Eats! for their delicious soup and sandwiches!
Pop Eats is back!
We’ve got the Tomato soup with grilled cheese 🌈,tomato soup with pimento cheese, bacon, and fried green tomato grilled cheese 🌈, and the Blanc de Bleu Cuvée Mousseux with boba pearls all back this year!
Rock the Dots White Chocolate w/ Orange Mousse is NEW! pic.twitter.com/BYLpSndt79
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
You know we love funnel cakes and we love ice cream, so of course we got the funnel cake ice cream sandwich! You can pick it up for $12.
LOOK AT THIS! 😍 pic.twitter.com/cU3pMys5Up
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Chocolate fans, you’re going to want to RUN to Pastoral Palate for the Black Forest Cake! And the beef short rib is incredibly tender!
Pastoral Palate looks so YUM! Here’s the rundown:
🍖 Red Wine-braised Beef Short Rib
🍫 Black Forest Cake
🍷 Frozen Rosé pic.twitter.com/KiImBBLXLK— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
We can’t go wrong with Duck and Dumplings over at The Artist’s Table!
The Artist’s Table has its lineup retuning this year! Here we’ve got the:
🍲 Duck and Dumplings
🍰 Hummingbird Cake: Banana and pecan cake dipped in cream cheese icing
🍷Migration Pinot Noir
🍺Beer Flight pic.twitter.com/WhTpD12ILr— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
At Cuisine Classique, you can grab the Beef Wellington or the Cast Iron-roasted P.E.I Mussels! This was a favorite booth for us!
Over at Cuisine Classique, this may qualify for one of our FAVORITE booths of the day!
⭐️ Beef Wellington
⭐️ Cast Iron-roasted P.E.I. mussels
⭐️ Gulf Stream Brewing Company Sum of All Colors IPA pic.twitter.com/EcgcmGgAIZ— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
It’s no surprise that we tried the classic sushi donut at Goshiki!
Sushi donut anyone? Find it at Goshiki!
You can also get the ALL-NEW Wagyu Bun filled with American wagyu beef served with green shiso sauce!
We also got the Ichigo Mochi and the NEW Murasaki Blueberry! pic.twitter.com/1MH5aXLIDb
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Activities
Aside from eating and shopping, there are also quite a few artsy things that you can do during the EPCOT Festival of the Arts.
Figment’s Brush with the Masters Scavenger Hunt
Here’s a look at the scavenger hunt for this year’s festival! If you just want to buy the prizes, they’re $9.99 inside Creations Shop! pic.twitter.com/K8BKTT7zrF
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Figment’s Brush with the Masters Scavenger Hunt is BACK! This scavenger hunt game takes you all around the World Showcase to search for Figment. But, because this is an ARTS festival, Figmet is hidden in famous pieces of art!
You can pick up the scavenger hunt maps at Creations Shop, Port or Entry, or World Traveler for $9.99. Once you’ve found all the pieces of art, you can head to Disney Traders or World Traveler to pick up your prize.
Note that you will get one prize per completed map.
The prizes this year are a paint your own Mickey (or Figment)! pic.twitter.com/VSVN5ElSOI
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Chalk Art
The Festival of the Arts is also known for having some SUPER impressive chalk art. Potentially due to the weather on the first day, we only saw the one piece of art, but it was amazing!
Watch artists create REAL art right on the sidewalk. The best part is that the art is constantly changing, so keep checking back for new and exciting chalk art!
There is also a Kid’s Chalk Art area where the kids can create their own fun chalk art!
This is so cute! 🥹 pic.twitter.com/IjyMmG4WtL
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Paint By Numbers Wall
Another free activity is the Paint By Numbers Wall. Here, you’ll have the chance to help create a work of art! You’ll pick up a paintbrush, then find the number that corresponds with your paint color and fill in the artwork!
It’s pretty fun to say you contributed to a HUGE masterpiece, right?
Photo Ops
Don’t forget to check out all the art-inspired photo ops around EPCOT this year! With these fun photo spots, you get to become PART of the artwork.
These are so fun and creative — check them out during your visit!
Throughout EPCOT, you’ll find photo ops for the festival too! Here’s one for Disney’s Wish! ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/rznEFlgLDI
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Entertainment
This year, look out for plenty of fun and exciting Festival of the Arts entertainment! You’ll find an assortment of entertainment around the park.
Don’t forget the Disney On Broadway Concert Series is also beginning tonight! pic.twitter.com/auJrwqqX4v
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The big draw (get it, since it’s an art festival?) is the Disney on Broadway Concert Series, with performances from a variety of different Disney Broadway artists. The shows happen at the America Gardens Theatre on select nights. Check the full lineup to see who’s visiting during your trip!
There is also a show on Spaceship Earth for the festival! Rainbow Connections is shown on the globe at night and it is beautiful.
🌈 Rainbow Connection 🌈 on Spaceship Earth! pic.twitter.com/vg14RuJywv
— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) January 12, 2024
Whew! There’s a FULL look at what you can expect from the EPCOT Festival of the Arts in 2024! In the meantime, stay tuned to AllEars for all the Disney news and updates!
- How to Buy the NEW Figment Popcorn Bucket at EPCOT
- A Word of Warning to Figment Fans in Disney World
- FIRST LOOK at the NEW Figment Popcorn Bucket in Disney World
- ALL the Souvenirs You Can Buy at the 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Arts!
- Where to Take the BEST Photos at the 2024 EPCOT Festival of the Arts!
- See How Spaceship Earth CHANGES for the EPCOT Festival of the Arts!
- The Colorful Food Crawl Is BACK at EPCOT (and Comes With TWO Free Treats!)
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