{"id":251088,"date":"2026-04-29T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251088\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:55:13","slug":"disney-world-sets-dates-for-epcot-food-and-wine-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251088\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney World sets dates for EPCOT Food and Wine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Disney World has revealed the dates and a few details for the 2026 EPCOT International Food &amp; Wine Festival.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The popular seasonal event will begin Aug. 27 and run through Nov. 21, the resort has announced.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The festival, which debuted at the park in 1996, will feature global marketplaces, concerts, a scavenger hunt and more.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/fox-local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Global marketplaces <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">There will be dozens of global marketplaces around the park serving up a variety of food and drink items.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">While the full menu for the event has not yet been revealed, Disney shared three of the food items that will return this year. They include the street corn-style dumplings, the grilled bushberry-spiced shrimp skewer and the Kirschwasser torte.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wofl-disney-epcot-food-wine-street-corn-dumplings.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Street Corn-style Dumplings, one of the dishes served at the EPCOT International Food &amp; Wine Festival. (Credit: Disney) <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Some of the marketplaces will have a phased opening and dates will be released at a later time.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Emile&#8217;s Fromage Montage, a popular food stroll highlighting cheese-inspired dishes, will be back at the festival this year. Visitors can collect stamps for each eligible dish and earn a special treat when the stroll is completed.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wofl-disney-epcot-food-wine-emiles-fromage.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Emile&#8217;s Fromage Montage, a popular food stroll, returns to the EPCOT International Food &amp; Wine Festival. (Credit: Disney) <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#8217;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Beyond the food <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">In addition to food and drink items, the festival will feature live entertainment and activities for visitors to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The Eat to the Beat concert series will return to the America Garden Theatre in the American Adventure pavilion.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Disney said the full lineup of performers will be announced at a later date. The concerts are included with park admission.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Elsewhere, visitors can search for Remy in a &#8220;Ratatouille&#8221;-inspired scavenger hunt and shop for festival-themed merchandise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The EPCOT International Food &amp; Wine Festival will begin more than a month after the Flower &amp; Garden Festival wraps on June 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written with information released by Disney World and with information gathered by Digital Producer Ashley Carter.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/theme-parks\/walt-disney-world\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Walt Disney World News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/theme-parks\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando theme park news<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Disney World has revealed the dates and a few details for the 2026 EPCOT International&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,2411,628,8064],"class_list":["post-251088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-theme-parks","tag-us","tag-walt-disney-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}