Recognized as the Original Disney Food Festival, the Epcot Food and Wine Festival began in 1995 with 25 Marketplaces situated around World Showcase.

Featuring incredible special events, informative culinary and beverage demonstrations, celebrity chefs, and delicious World Showcase Marketplace Food Booths, this annual event is a can’t miss part of the Disney calendar!

The success of the event is undeniable. Now a destination for food lovers from all over the world, the Festival ran for a record 75 days each year since 2017. In addition to the Marketplace Booths situated around World Showcase (and now stretching into Future World), the Festival also includes many special events at all different price points — some are even free!

Enjoy the Eat to the Beat Concert Series nightly, featuring musical acts from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and beyond. Culinary Demonstrations and Wine and Beverage Seminars are some of the Festival’s most popular events, and are an affordable and enjoyable way to learn in a hands-on environment. Grand tasting events such as Party for the Senses turn the Food and Wine Festival into an indulgent experience.

Epcot Food and Wine Festival FAQs

For novices to the Epcot Food and Wine Festival, readers that haven’t ventured into Epcot, or anyone just needing a refresher, we’re providing some starter tidbits. This info will get you to Epcot, in the gate, and on your way to global eats!

Click here to check out our Epcot Food and Wine Festival tips!

There’s a lot to do during a visit to the Epcot Food and Wine Festival and we’ve got some great tips for your visits including:

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Epcot Food and Wine Festival Food Booths and Menus

Over 30 marketplace booths will be set up on the promenade around Epcot’s World Showcase Lagoon as well as Future World and in the Festival Center.

The food booths at the Epcot Food and Wine Festival offer small, tapas-sized plates and/or small servings of alcohol that are associated with the region of the world that the booth represents.

When ordering food or beverages at the Food and Wine Festival booths you can pay with cash, credit cards, Disney Gift Cards, and sometimes even with Snack Credits from your Disney Dining Plan. (Snack credit eligible items will be noted on the booth menus).

The booth menus are normally released about a month or so before the Festival begins and we’ll publish all of the menus here on the DFB!

Click here to check out the current Epcot Food and Wine Festival Booth Menus and Food Photos

Eat to the Beat Concert Series and Dining Packages

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 during the Eat to the Beat Concert Series!

These concerts are free with Epcot admission, and take place three times per evening (5:30pm, 6:45pm, 8:00pm) throughout the duration of the Festival.

You can also book an Eat to the Beat Dining Package that entitle guests to breakfast, lunch, or dinner at 15 popular Epcot restaurants, and include same-day reserved seating at the Eat to the Beat Concert that evening.

Check out the current Eat to the Beat lineup and get details on the Eat to the Beat Dining Packages at our Eat to the Beat Concert Series page.

DFB Guide to the Epcot Food and Wine Festival

Each year we publish the DFB Guide to the Epcot Food and Wine Festival. This 250+-page guide to the Festival offers insider tips and advice as well as all of the details you need to know to plan your best Festival visit ever.

Exclusive to the DFB Guide is a full, daily schedule of events for every day of the Festival; indexes of all wines, beers, cocktails, chefs, and food items at the Festival; printable menu checklists; and more.

This book includes plenty of insider tips and details we’ve discovered through years of attending the Food and Wine Festival!

From special events to culinary demonstrations, mixology seminars to World Showcase booth grazing, if it’s at the Festival, we’ve done it! And we can’t wait to share our hard-earned tips and tricks so that you can avoid any Food and Wine Festival pitfalls.

You can order the DFB Guide to the Epcot Food and Wine Festival for this year here.

DFB Facebook Page for Epcot Food and Wine Festival Fans

If you’re a Food and Wine Festival fan, you’ll want to check out our Facebook page that is dedicated to all things Epcot Food and Wine Festival! We’ll be posting breaking news, Festival updates, and more all year on the page.

2020 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

The  2020 Epcot Food and Wine Festival will take place beginning July 15th and will be a “Taste of the Epcot Food and Wine Festival.” Stay tuned for more updates! You can keep up with everything about the 2020 Epcot Food and Wine Festival at this page! We expect the Festival to once again run for a record number of days, starting in late August.

We’ll be sharing details and booking information on the Special Events, Low-cost Seminars and Demonstrations, food booths and menus, and more!

Click here to see all the details for the 2020 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

Past Epcot Food and Wine Festival Coverage

2019 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

The 2019 Epcot Food and Wine Festival ran from August 29 – November 23, 2019. More than 30 food booths were part of the Festival. You can check out all of the coverage from the 2019 Festival at this page.

2018 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

The 2018 Epcot Food and Wine Festival ran from August 30-November 12, 2018. More than 30 food booths were part of the Festival. You can check out all the coverage of the 2018 Festival at this page.

2107 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

The 2017 Epcot Food and Wine Festival was the first time the Festival ran for 75 days! The dates were August 31 – November 17, 2017! There were a record number of food booths this year – 35 in total! Check out our coverage of the 2017 Epcot Food and Wine Festival here.

2016 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

In 2016, the Epcot Food and Wine Festival ran from September 14 through November 14! This was the year that Greece returned to the Festival lineup! You can see all of our 2016 Epcot Food and Wine Festival coverage at this page.

2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

The 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Festival, which ran from September 25 through November 16 and featured more than 25 food booths including the return of Hawai’i! You can see our full coverage for the 2015 Epcot Food and Wine Festival at this page.

2014 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

The 2014 Epcot Food and Wine Festival dates were September 19 – November 10, which at the time was a record-setting 53 days! The Patagonia Booth debuted this year! You can check out all of our coverage of the 2014 Festival at this page.

2013 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

In 2013, the Food and Wine Festival ran from September 27 – November 11, and featured 29 food booths including the return of the Brazil Booth. Check out our coverage of the 2013 Epcot Food and Wine Festival here.

2012 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

The 2012 Epcot Food and Wine Festival saw the debut of two new booths – Terra and Florida Local! You can check out all of our 2012 Food and Wine Festival coverage at this page.

2011 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

The 2011 Epcot Food and Wine Festival ran from September 30 – November 13, and featured the theme of: “Passport to a World of Flavors.” New booths in 2011 included Hawai’i, Caribbean Islands, and Portugal. Scandanavia also returned in 2011 after a hiatus. You can see our 2011 Food and Wine Festival coverage here.

2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival

The 2010 Epcot Food and Wine Festival was just six weeks long from October 1 – November 14 and featured more 25 food booths including the debut of Belgium, South Korea, and Cheese and Charcuterie. You can check out our 2010 Food and Wine Festival coverage here.

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