EPCOT Will Look Totally Different Next Week

A massive EPCOT change is coming soon! The 2026 Flower & Garden Festival will begin on March 4th, next week!

A perfect day at EPCOT!

Starting next Wednesday, EPCOT will be full of spring flowers, yummy food, and rocking concerts! Here’s everything you need to know.

The Flower & Garden Festival will cover EPCOT with some gorgeous topiaries of your favorite Disney characters. We’ve already seen some popping up early. Bambi has moved into World Celebration…

It’s Bambi!

Phineas and Ferb are on their next big adventure…

Phineas and Ferb

And Lady and the Tramp are visiting the Italy Pavilion!

Lady and the Tramp topiaries

There will also be some yummy food only offered during the Flower & Garden Festival! This year has a new booth, Nectar, which we’re so excited to try. They’ll serve all new items — a Poke Bowl, Coconut Panna Cotta, and this refreshing Frozen Island Escape.

Frozen Island Escape ©Disney

There are 75 new food and drink options for Flower & Garden this year, so there’s something new for everyone. You can read about all of them here, because this lineup is massive!

Peach Cobbler ©Disney

There will also be some great entertainment options for the Flower & Garden festival. The Garden Rocks concert series is a half-hour to 45-minute-long concert that’s completely free with EPCOT park admission.

Garden Rocks

This year’s lineup is:

March 5th-7th — The Music of ABBA (NEW)
March 8th-9th — Simple Plan
March 13th-14th — Blue October
March 15th-16th — Billy Ocean
March 20th-23rd — THE ORCHESTRA starring former members of ELO & ELO Part II
March 27th-28th — Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
March 29th-30th — 38 Special
April 3rd-4th — Chubby Checker
April 5th-6th — Sugar Ray
April 10th-11th — Information Society (NEW)
April 12th-13th — Rick Springfield
April 17th-18th — Berlin
April 19th-20th — The Commodores
April 24th-25th — FireHouse (NEW)
April 26th-27th — Air Supply
May 1st-2nd — A Flock of Seagulls
May 3rd-4th — Plain White T’s
May 8th-9th — Katrina, formerly of Katrina & The Waves (NEW)
May 10th-11th — 98 Degrees
May 15th-16th — The Spinners
May 17th-18th — Josiah Queen (NEW)
May 22nd-23rd — Iam Tongi (NEW)
May 24th-25th — A.J. Croce: Croce Plays Croce
May 29th-30th — Queensrÿche
May 31st-June 1st — Maverick City Music

Garden Rocks

We’re so excited for this year’s Flower & Garden Festival! There will be so much to do at EPCOT starting next week. Stay tuned to AllEars for more Flower & Garden updates!

FIRST LOOK at the 2026 EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival Souvenirs

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