EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2025: Dates, Concert Lineup, and Highlights

Dec 11, 2024 in "Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival"

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Posted: Wednesday December 11, 2024 12:10pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival returns in 2025, running from March 5 to June 2. This annual celebration transforms EPCOT into a colorful display of topiaries, gardens, and outdoor kitchens.

Compared to last year’s festival, which ran from February 28 to May 27, 2024, the 2025 festival starts five days later and ends six days later, slightly extending the overall duration.

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Chip, Dale and Pluto Bridge to World Showcase

30th Anniversary Celebration

This year marks a significant milestone—the festival’s 30th anniversary. Since its debut, the event has been a favorite for families and flower enthusiasts alike, showcasing creative floral displays and themed gardens. As part of the celebration, guests can expect enhanced decorations and unique offerings to commemorate three decades of the festival.

Garden Rocks Concert Series

Live music returns to the America Gardens Theatre with the popular Garden Rocks Concert Series. The 2025 lineup includes a mix of returning favorites and new performers. Acts announced so far:

March 7, 8: Tommy DeCarlo, former lead singer of Boston
March 9, 10: Air Supply (50th Anniversary Celebration)
March 14, 15: Blue October
March 16, 17: Rick Springfield
March 21, 22: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
March 23, 24: 38 Special
March 28, 29: Jason Scheff, longtime singer of Chicago

Additional performers and dates will be revealed in the coming months.

Highlights to Expect

Visitors can look forward to the festival staples:

Topiaries: Elaborate character sculptures made entirely of plants and flowers.
Gardens: Themed exhibits focusing on pollinators, sustainable gardening, and more.
Outdoor Kitchens: Seasonal dishes and beverages showcasing fresh, garden-inspired flavors.

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HauntedPirateDec 12, 2024

It's almost like they designed this particular pavilion to have a logical guest traffic flow, starting with the theater show, then LwtL, then Kitchen Kabaret, then the food offerings. Strange... 🤔 Sunshine Seasons is woefully underutilized. Only TDO knows why.

ToTBellHopDec 12, 2024

I don’t get it. I used to love Sunshine Seasons (and it used to--on theme—showcase lots of fresh ingredients and high quality salads). They opened Connections and act like that’s enough for the entire front of the park, where almost all of the rides are. Ever been to Connections on a rainy summer late afternoon? It gets slammed. I miss being able to spend several hours in The Land on a rainy day between its two rides, show, and good food. I am not sure why they have worked to lessen the amount of time we spend in all of these enormous pavilions that were built the way they are because of Florida weather.

HauntedPirateDec 12, 2024

Honestly, Sunshine Seasons seems to have become an afterthought and I have no idea why. The breakfast offering is one hot item with a bunch of premade pastries, and the lunch/“dinner” menu is pretty limited. For a space designed, and formerly used, for much more it’s appallingly limited these days.

wdwmagicDec 12, 2024

With Soarin' and a revitalized World Celebration, seems to be an odd choice to shut up shop by late afternoon.

ToTBellHopDec 12, 2024

I enjoyed the nonexistent waits for rides! They could at least open up Sunshine Seasons for dinner in the summer, though. Options were lacking by dinner time.

mattpetoDec 12, 2024

While I don't want Epcot open 365 days with a Festival, Diet Epcot is a bit rough for my taste. I'm sure the table service restaurants enjoy the lack of booths for a change.

ToTBellHopDec 12, 2024

The upshot is this festival has concerts you can reasonably attend without a dining package unlike the other festivals.

CompedDec 12, 2024

Little young for that, but I did hear a story once about how an incident with The Monkees forced Disney to stop having post-show M&Gs with bands. Disney for the past few years has just been slotting in a lot of bands from when I grew up (2000s and 2010s) while they have bands from decades before still in touring shape... Just felt odd to me.

dmc493Dec 11, 2024

The heat isn't great but I appreciate the chance to enjoy Epcot festival free for a few months each year.

HauntedPirateDec 11, 2024

And they don't accept cash in the parks now. 😂

WorldExplorerDec 11, 2024

My bet: CommuniCore Hall isn't going to look good for this festival either.

monothingieDec 11, 2024

Central Florida in May and September are certainly not a respite from heat and humidity. Probably a lack of slave labor from the CP.

monothingieDec 11, 2024

Epcot was dead last summer. Lack of festivals, in a park dependent on festivals, certainly didn't help.

SoFloMagicDec 11, 2024

I was hoping they'd eventually do a DCA-style summer festival with centralized ordering and simply pick up at the booths. Or even a redemption necklace for this festival. But even still, there's no reason they couldn't execute a miniature festival with menu items at the two Communicore hall booths, connections, land cart, and sunshine seasons plus some entertainment on the stage