If you love beautiful artwork, Broadway-caliber shows, and delicious food, you will love Disney’s Festival of the Arts at Epcot. Our family was fortunate enough to experience this festival, which runs from January 14 to February 21, 2022.

Even though the Festival of the Arts is shortly coming to an end for 2022, I hope this post will help you in deciding if you would like for your future trip to Disney World to include this festival ( I vote YES!!).

The Festival of the Arts is included with admission to Epcot. Many of the Art demonstrations and even Disney on Broadway are included with your visit. Only pay for food, special art experience (see bike spin art below), and any artwork you would like to take home.

The Art & Art Activities

• Animation Academy: Visit the America Gardens Theatre and learn how to draw a Disney Character from an animation artist.
• See & Buy Beautiful Disney-themed Artwork
• Chalk Art: Discover how chalk can turn an ordinary piece of pavement into a canvas for imaginative masterpieces!

Bicycle Spin Art (Paid Painting Activity)

My kiddos loved this fun and unique activity!! Watch your canvas spin as you ride the bike, while someone adds in your preferred paint colors. This was a lot of fun and brought back a lot of childhood memories! When we were there (02/2022), this activity was $18 or $45 for 3 people.

Painting Figment (Free Paint-By-Number Activity)

Disney on Broadway

We are some huge musical theater/Broadway show fans, so we were so excited to find out about Disney on Broadway at EPCOT. There were different Broadway Stars for different days. On the day of our visit, we were able to see performances by Kara Lindsay and Dan DeLuca, both from Newsies. They put on a great show singing songs from Newsies and other Broadway shows.

DISNEY ON BROADWAY Concert Series Dining Package

The Disney on Broadway show was free/included with admission and there was plenty of seating. BUT, I wanted to make sure we had guaranteed seats so I opted to pay for the dinner and show package. I am so glad that we did. We had a wonderful dinner at Garden Grill and we were able to sit on the front row to see the show!

In addition to Garden Grill Restaurant, you could eat at The Rose & Crown Dining Room, Coral Reef Restaurant, or Biergarten Restaurant. These meals range from $57-69 per adult and $22-43 per child. At the end of our meal, we were given stickers to be worn on our shirts for early entry to the Broadway concert and priority seating.

The Food

We couldn’t eat everything offered at the Festival of the Arts…but, oh my goodness, did we try!!

Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company

• World Discovery (located near Mission: SPACE) – Offering a Mocha Masterpiece Cold Brew. This drink is a sweet creamy cold brew topped with whipped cream and chocolate puffs
• Canada – Serving the Colorful Canvas Cold Brew: A sweet creamy cold brew with whipped cream and fruity cereal (like Fruit Loops)
• World Showcase (Near Disney Traders) – Offering Cinnamon Swirl Cold Brew. This is a cold brew coffee with whipped cream and cinnamon squares (like Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal)
• The American Adventure – Serving Rainbow Dreams Cold Brew. It’s a sweet creamy cold crew topped with whipped cream and colorful marshmallow crunch (like the marshmallow in Lucky Charms)

Pop Eats!

Food:

• Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese
• Tomato Soup with Bacon, Apple, and Brie Grilled Cheese 
• Almond Frangipane Cake – layered with raspberry jam and Belgian chocolate
• Pop’t Art – sugar cookie with chocolate-hazelnut filling
• Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket with Rainbow Popcorn – This item is SOLD OUT 

Drinks:

• Hazy IPA
• Tomato Soup Can Bloody Mary

The Deconstructed Dish

Food:

• Deconstructed BLT – Crispy pork belly, soft-poached egg, brioche, watercress espuma, and tomato jam
• French Onion Soup Deconstructed– Beef broth ravioli, Gruyère espuma, onion bread pudding, and onion textures 
• Deconstructed Key Lime Pie – Key lime curd, Key lime mousse, graham cracker cake, and meringues 

Drinks:

• Deconstructed Apple Pie à la Mode: Apple-cinnamon gelato, cinnamon apple cider, apple pie filling, and streusel (non-alcoholic) 
• Brown Ale

Deco Delights

Food:

• Dulce Chocolate Mousse – with chocolate crémeux and dark chocolate truffle 
• Decadent Valrhona Chocolate – with dark chocolate mousse, chocolate brownie, and cassis mousse 
• Orange Mousse – with lemon cake and raspberry meringues 

Drinks:

• Strawberry Blonde Nitro
• Vanilla Porter
• Milk Stout
• Neapolitan Beer Flight

Vibrante & Vívido: Encanto Cocina (Between Morocco & France)

Can you tell this was one of our favorites! YUM!!

Food:

• House-made Chorizo and Potato Empanada – with turmeric aïoli and annatto aïoli 
• Spicy Ajiaco Soup – with guajillo and árbol chili-spiced chicken, potato, avocado, corn, and crème fraîche 
• Passion Fruit Mousse with Dragon Fruit Jam 

Drinks:

• Coconut and Passion Fruit Smoothie (non-alcoholic)
• Frozen Piña Colada
• Passion Fruit Daiquiri

Gourmet Landscapes

Food:

• Blood Orange-braised Beet Carpaccio – with mustard vinaigrette, pickled clamshell mushrooms, golden beets, and crostini 
• Roasted Bone Marrow – with onion marmalade, pickled mushrooms, mache lettuce, and bone marrow snow 
• Wild Mushroom Risotto – Aged Parmesan, Truffle Shavings, and Zinfandel Reduction

Drinks:

• German Lager
• Cuvée Sparkling Wine
• Merlot
• Frozen Rusty Nail Cocktail

The Donut Box

Food Items:

• Vanilla Donut – with strawberry sugar, strawberry ice cream, fresh strawberries, and strawberry gele
• Inside Out Donut – Vanilla donut with Bavarian cream 
• Chocolate-dipped Donut – with black and gold sugar sprinkles and chocolate buttercream

Beverages:

• Rosé
• Cold Fashion Coffee Cocktail

Refreshment Port

Food:

• Gnocchi Poutine – with red wine-braised beef, cheese curds, basil, and burrata 
• Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie

Drinks:

• Blood Orange Cosmo – Vodka with blood orange, cranberry, and lime 
• Hard Cider

The Craftsman’s Courtyard

Food:

• Cast Iron-roasted P.E.I. Mussels – with Sautéed Tomatoes, Garlic, and Fresh Herbs 
• Cast Iron-seared Steelhead Trout – with parsley salad, grape tomatoes, Kalamata olives, capers, and lemon aïoli 

Drinks:

• Wheat Beer
• Chardonnay
• Rosé
• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Wine Flight

Refreshment Outpost

Food:

• Plant-based Bratwurst – with spicy turmeric aïoli, coffee barbecue jackfruit, and slaw (Plant-based)
• Artist Palette Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookie

Drinks:

• Blue Raspberry Blonde Ale
• Nairobi Coffee Dark Beer
• Brown Ale

The Artist’s Table

Food:

• Beef Wellington – Mushroom duxelle, prosciutto, and puff pastry with red wine demi-glace and baby vegetables
• Pan-seared Scallops – with vanilla-butternut squash purée, brown butter cauliflower purée, and lime foam
• Pistachio Cake – with cherry mousse and morello cherries

Drinks:

• Sipping Chocolate Flight – White, milk, and dark chocolate (non-alcoholic)
• White Ale
• Amber Ale
• Brown Ale
• Pinot Noir
• Symphony in Chocolate Flight – Cream liqueurs paired with Sipping Chocolates
• Beer Flight

Pastoral Palate

Food:

• Red Wine-braised Beef Short Rib – with parsnip purée, broccolini, baby tomatoes, and aged balsamic
• Wild Boar Cassoulet – with duck confit, ham hock, and wild boar sausage 
• Opera Cake – Almond joconde, coffee buttercream, and chocolate ganache

Drinks:

• Rosé Hard Cider
• Rosé Blonde Ale
• Frozen Rosé
• A Play on Rosé Flight
• Old Vine Rosé

Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina

Food:

• Carrots Three Ways – Berbere-spiced grilled carrots, pickled carrots, and carrot ginger purée 
• House-made Crispy Almond Phyllo Pockets – with white chocolate pomegranate and milk chocolate orange 

Drinks:

• Chai Tea Mint Mimosa – Twinings of London Chai Tea with Key lime sparkling wine and mint
• Sangria Hard Cider
• Chai Hard Cider
• Berry Hard Cider
• Cider Flight

L’Art de la Cuisine Française

Food:

• Crème de Brie en Petit Pain – Warm creamy brie in a house-made bread bowl
• Croissant à la Truffe Noire d’Hiver – Black winter truffle croissant served warm
• Mousseline de Bisque de Homard Froide, Brioche Feuilletée à l’Aneth – Chilled lobster bisque mousse served with dill brioche 
• Moelleux aux Noisettes et Chocolats Valrhona – Molten chocolate and hazelnut cake with pure origin Valrhona chocolates

Drinks:

• Frozen French Martini – Vodka, black raspberry liqueur, pineapple, orange, and grape juice with lemon-lime foam
• French Rosé Sparkling Wine
• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Sparkling Chardonnay

El Artista Hambriento

Food:

• Huarache Verde – Cilantro huarache with cochinita pibil, fresh pineapple, and pickled onion 
• Carne Asada – Seared beef tenderloin, grilled queso fresco, refried beans, scallion, and ranchera salsa 
• Taco de Chocolate – Chocolate candy shell filled with Mexican chocolate mousse with a touch of chile topped with seasonal fruit 

Drinks:

• Mexican Craft Beer – with citrus notes and made with Mexican Caribbean seawater
• The Lily – Blanco tequila, violet essence Infusion, rose petal liqueur, cranberry, and lime juice
• Smoky Raspberry -Blanco tequila, rosemary-infused mezcal, ginger cordial, lime juice, and rosemary aroma

Goshiki

Food:

• Chicken Kushiage – Breaded and fried chicken with yum yum sauce and vegetables 
• Sushi Donut – Donut-shaped sushi featuring salmon, tuna, shrimp, cucumber, and sesame seed over a decorated plate of wasabi aïoli, sriracha, and eel sauce

Drinks:

• Winter Ale
• Sake – in a traditional personalized wooden cup
• Niseko Flurry – Sake, rum, white cranberry juice, blue curaçao, and lime juice 

L’Arte di Mangiare

Food:

• Arancini – Fried risotto balls stuffed with braised-beef and served with pomodoro sauce 
• Ravioli alla Boscaiola – Sweet sausage ravioli, mushrooms, caramelized onions, and creamy Parmesan sauce 
• Bomboloni – Chocolate-hazelnut Italian doughnut with powdered sugar 

Drinks:

• Peroni Pilsner
• Pinot Grigio
• Chianti
• Prosecco
• Red Sparkling Wine
• Moscato
• Italian White Sangria with Prosecco
• Moscato
• Italian Red Sangria with Cabernet Sauvignon
• Bergamotto
• Italian Margarita – with Tequila and Limoncello
• Amaretto Bellini – Amaretto, White Peach Purée, and Prosecco
• Bergamotto – Rosolio Liqueur, Prosecco, and Olive

The Painted Panda

Food:

• General Tso’s Chicken Shumai
• Char Siu Pork Bun

Drinks:

• “Panda” Bubble Tea – milk tea with black and white boba (non-alcoholic)
• Jasmine Draft Beer
• Eastern Dynasty – Vodka, light rum, strawberry syrup, piña colada mix, soda water, and magic boba pearls
• Kung Fu Punch – Vodka, triple sec, mango syrup, orange juice, and soda water
• Sea Butterfly – Butterfly pea flower-infused cocktail with vodka, light rum, lychee syrup, magic boba pearls

EPCOT Favorites

And, of course, while you’re in EPCOT, you can try some of your favorites while eating and drinking “around the world”.

Have you been to the Festival of the Arts at EPCOT? Are you planning on visiting next year?

I hope you do! Eat lots of yummy food for me!

I want to thank Taylor Bailey at Disrella Travel for planning this trip for us and answering all of our questions! If you need/want help planning your Disney trip, she’s your girl! And, having a Disney planner is no extra cost to you. I actually priced the trip out myself on disney.go.com and Taylor’s quote was about $600 less than what I had planned myself! We loved our room location, our dining reservations, and having someone help us make decisions and figure things out!

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