The EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival returns March 10 through May 31, 2027, Disney has announced. If gardens, character topiaries and festival food stops are on your spring wish list, you now have dates to plan around.
The menus and Garden Rocks performer lineup are still to come. We’d use the confirmed dates to narrow down your trip, then leave a little room in the itinerary for the events that matter most to you.
Put your EPCOT day inside the festival dates
If your vacation spans March 10, you may only need to switch the order of your park days to catch the festival. Put EPCOT on March 10 or later. Visiting toward the end of May? Keep your EPCOT day on or before May 31.
The official Flower & Garden Festival page confirms that the festival is included with valid EPCOT admission. A park reservation may be required depending on your admission type, so check what your ticket needs as you arrange your park days.
Give yourself time for a garden wander
Disney’s 2027 announcement confirms returning gardens and Disney character topiaries, the living sculptures made from plants. That’s a lovely reason to leave some breathing room between rides.
If your group enjoys taking photos or spotting character details, we’d give the gardens their own stretch of time.
The Outdoor Kitchens, the festival’s food kiosks, are returning too (of course!), with both new dishes and returning favorites promised. There’s no 2027 Foodie Guide yet. Last year’s menu can give you ideas, but it can’t tell you what you’ll be able to order next spring.
The must-eat list can wait.
Keep your concert plans flexible
Garden Rocks is coming back to America Gardens Theatre. Concert admission is included with EPCOT entry, and general seating is first come, first served. Garden Rocks dining packages will offer guaranteed seats.
If seeing a particular musician would make your evening, hold off on choosing a park day around them. Disney hasn’t announced the performers or dining-package reservation dates yet. We’d want to see the restaurant choices and package prices before deciding whether to add a meal for guaranteed seating.
In PlanTheMagic, add a “check Flower & Garden details” note beside your EPCOT day for this winter, when Disney says to check back for more 2027 information. Make it specific to your group: the concert lineup for music fans, or the menus if you’re already thinking about those food stops.
