Epcot’s International Food and Wine Festival is HERE! This event takes place from August 29th – November 23rd, 2024. If you want to attend this great event, all that is required is valid theme park admission to enter the park (park reservations are required based on the type of ticket that you have).

Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival features over 30 signature global marketplaces and is found all around the park. Not only can you find these great marketplaces, but live entertainment, and fun for the entire family.

When visiting Epcot, you’ll want to pick up a festival passport located at the front entrance of the park and at the guest relations locations. The festival passports show all the food and drink booths, merchandise locations, and entertainment that are scheduled each day. They are super helpful when planning your day around the park.

Entertainment

 Eat to the Beat Concert Series features great bands and singers performing nightly at 5:30 PM, 6:45 PM, and 8:00 PM throughout the festival at the America Gardens Theater.

I LOVE the Eat to the Beat Concert series. There are so many great artists, but my favorite group that comes every year is 98 Degrees. You best believe that I will be going back to see 98 Degrees when they perform in November I always book an Eat to the Beat dining package to get a great meal and seats for their show! Read more about the Eat to the Beat Concert Series and how you can use a dining package for great reserved seating here!

Food & Wine Festival Global Marketplaces

There are several signature food and drink booths to eat and drink from! Visit India, Germany, Greece, Brazil, Canada, Flavors from Fire, Hawaii, The Alps, Spain, Mexico,  and more! You can visit 6 continents and sample some great food and drinks from around the world.

These Global Marketplaces are open daily from park open to park close unless otherwise noted. Be sure to use your Festival Passport to see what food and drinks are offered at each booth location so you don’t miss anything that you may be interested in trying!


Merchandise

I love a good theme and Disney does a great job featuring limited-edition products including:

Epcot International Food and Wine Festival Logo Collection

Chef Remy Collection

Chef Mickey Mouse Collection

Chef Figment Collection

Remy Hide & Squeak Scavenger Hunt

Remy’s Ratatouille Hide & Squeak Scavenger Hunt is back again this year! Kids of all ages can search for Remy statues all throughout the park! Maps and stickers are available for purchase at the Creation Shop, Disney Traders, Festival Merchandise Kiosks, and World Traveler at International Gateway. This is such a fun way for kids to spend their time around the “world” as well as gives them some entertainment while you are trying all types of food and drinks! Once the map is completed, you can take the map to Disney Traders and pick a prize!

Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit

You can celebrate the Halloween season by participating in a pumpkin hunt. You will purchase a special map at select merchandise locations including Creations Shop, Port of Entry, and World Traveler. You’ll hunt for decorative pumpkins based on Disney characters and use your map to mark them off once you find them. You’ll return your map to Disney Traders for a spooky surprise once you’re finished!

Emile’s Fromage Montage

Use your Festival Passport as a guide to find Emile’s Fromage Montage menu items from select Global Marketplaces. Then, purchase and enjoy any 5 of the featured dishes and collect a stamp with each purchase to track your progress. After you’ve collected 5 stamps, you can bring your stamped Festival Passport to the Shimmering Sips Marketplace hosted by CORKCICLE for a specialty item unique to the Food & Wine Festival.

Mini-Festival Gift Cards

I bought this cute Gidney Gift Card with a festival-themed design to make it super easy to pay for all of my food and wine festival items. You wear it on your wrist so you don’t have to look for your wallet to pay – Disney really does make it easy to spend money at their parks. LOL.

You can scan your festival gift card to pay for food, drinks, merchandise, and more. This card can be activated with a minimum load of $15. There is no extra cost to purchase this card. Disney Gift Cards can be reloaded at any festival kiosk, as well as merchandise locations owned and operated by Disney.

You can find mini festival gift cards at any festival merchandise kiosk in Epcot, as well as at the following locations:

Creations Shop

Gateway Gifts

Port of Entry

World Traveler at International Gateway

Overall Review

This has been a great Food and Wine Festival so far! The food and drinks are delicious and I have loved everything that I have tried! I really feel like they stepped up their food and drink game and have way more food selections and different items to try. I can’t wait to go back next weekend to add more to my list. Here is what I have tried so far:

China

Pan-fried chicken Dumplings with house-made sweet and spicy sauce (They are SO good – I could eat multiple servings of this!)

Germany

Schinkennudeln: Pasta Gratin with Ham, Onions, and Cheese: Loved this

 Bratwurst in a Pretzel Roll: This was okay (the roll was dry)

Apple Strudel with Vanilla Sauce: Not the best strudel and what I thought it would be

Weihenstephaner Festbier, Freising: Always the BEST German beer

Italy

Italian Style “Nachos”: Homemade Beef Ragout, Pasta Chips, Tomato Sauce, and Dried Ricotta Cheese (new this year) – so good!!

Polpettine Toscane: Beef Meatballs, Rosemary Focaccia, and Pomodoro Sauce (new this year) – Also loved this

Peroni Pilsner (always great Italian beer)

Brew Wing at the Odyssey

Fired Pick Spears with Dill ranch: This is served with ranch… need I say more?!

Pickle Milkshake:  (I have NOT tried this and have no intention to. I love pickles, but from what I have heard, it is not good. Everyone is trying it just for the ‘gram.)

Fry Basket

Fry Flight: Very flavorful

Truffle Parmesan Fries

BBQ Bacon Fries with smoked aïoli

Sweet Potato Casserole Fries with candied pecans, toasted marshmallow cream, and maple bourbon glaze

Adobo Yuca Fries with Garlic Cilantro aioli (they were not my favorite- I loved the truffle fries the most!)

I can’t wait to try more from the festival and will be sure to share more with you! Be sure to click here to follow me on Instagram for more updates!

If you are thinking of planning a trip to Walt Disney World, I am here to help every step of the way! There is still time to plan a vacation to Disney World to experience Epcot’s Food and Wine Festival this year!

Love and Travel Dust,

Molly