Everything CONFIRMED for the 2026 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival

The EPCOT Food & Wine Festival is an annual celebration of global cuisine in Disney World — which means it’s basically our Super Bowl.

Grilled Bushberry Spiced Shrimp Skewer

The festival features special entertainment, merchandise, and, of course, delicious Marketplace Food Booths all around the park. From World Discovery, World Nature, and World Celebration to World Showcase, there are so many things to love about the festival — and Disney has just confirmed what we can expect this year!

Dates

The 2026 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival will run from August 27th to November 21st, 2026! That’s nearly three FULL MONTHS of eating and drinking your way around the world and beyond!

EPCOT Food & Wine Festival

So, what else do we know about this year’s festival?

Food Booths and Bites

Disney shared a sneak peek at some of the returning bites we can expect to find at this year’s festival, along with the returning booths where we can find them, including:

Street Corn-style Dumplings: Chicken Dumplings with Tomatillo Salsa Verde, Street Corn Salad, Cotija, Lime Crema, and Cilantro (Gyozas of the Galaxy)

Street Corn-style Dumplings

Grilled Bushberry-spiced Shrimp Skewer with Sweet-and-Sour Vegetables and Coconut-Chilie Sauce (Australia)

Grilled Bushberry Spiced Shrimp Skewer

Kirschwasser Torte with Cherry-Brandy Buttercream, Fondant, Sugared Almonds, and Cherry Compote (The Alps)

Kirschwasser Torte

We can’t wait to see the FULL list of menus coming to this year’s event!

Entertainment

Remy’s Ratatouille Hide ‘n’ Squeak Scavenger Hunt has also been confirmed for this year’s festival! In this activity, you’ll go on a scavenger hunt in search of little Remy statuettes hidden all around World Showcase. Once you’ve completed your map marking everywhere you found Remy, you can collect your prize!

Hi, Remy!

Emile’s Fromage Montage is returning, too! Pick up YOUR CHOICE of 5 of the suggested items as listed in the Festival Passport for Emile’s Fromage Montage, then receive a prize for completing this Cheese-themed Crawl!

Emile’s Fromage Montage

Throughout the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival, popular bands across all genres from the 80s, 90s, and even the 00s take the stage at the American Gardens Theater in The American Adventure Pavilion in EPCOT to share some of their greatest hits with the crowds as part of the Eat to the Beat Concert Series, which will return in 2026! Stay tuned for the full lineup.

John Stamos at the 2025 Eat to the Beat Concert Series

The EPCOT Food & Wine Festival is one of our FAVORITE times of the year, and we can’t wait for the 2026 event to begin! We’ll be on the lookout for the full menus for this year’s fest, along with more updates you need to know about. In the meantime, make sure you stay tuned to the Disney Food Blog for the latest Disney news and more!

IT'S WINE & DINE TIME!

Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience.

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