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EPCOT's spring 2027 festival dates are set and Disney After Hours nights are on sale

EPCOT International Festival of the Arts runs from 15 January to 1 March 2027 and the Flower and Garden Festival from 10 March to 31 May, while tickets for 2027 Disney After Hours evenings went on sale in September.

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Flower beds beside the water at EPCOT, with the monorail passing behind

Walt Disney World has set the dates for EPCOT’s two spring festivals in 2027. The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts runs from 15 January to 1 March, and the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival follows from 10 March to 31 May. Both are included with EPCOT admission. Between them they cover February half-term and the Easter holidays.

Festival of the Arts

Disney Lorcana is the festival’s presenting sponsor again. Disney hasn’t published the full 2027 programme. The festival is built around live performance, visual art and food, with the Disney on Broadway concert series at America Gardens Theatre, Animation Academy drawing sessions and food studios around World Showcase.

Flower and Garden Festival

The spring festival fills EPCOT with gardens, character topiaries and outdoor kitchens.

Beast and Belle topiaries in front of the France pavilion at EPCOT
Beast and Belle topiaries at the France pavilion during an earlier Flower and Garden Festival.

Disney After Hours

Disney After Hours evenings are separately ticketed events with a few extra hours in a park after it closes to day guests. In 2027, Magic Kingdom nights run from 10pm to 1am, and EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios nights from 9.30pm to 12.30am. Ticket holders can enter from 7pm. Tickets went on sale to guests at Disney’s own hotels on 10 September 2026 and to everyone on 22 September. They’re sold for specific dates and cost extra on top of park tickets.

This story was updated in October 2026, after After Hours tickets went on general sale.

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