Complete Guide to ENTERTAINMENT at the 2023 EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival

Disney4me · March 1, 2023

The EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival runs from March 1st through July 5th this year, bringing lots of delicious snacks and treats to EPCOT.

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NEW Princess Tiana Topiary at The American Adventure Pavilion

But there’s more than just food to enjoy, so let’s check out ALL of the entertainment at this year’s Flower and Garden Festival!

Garden Rocks Concert Series

The Garden Rocks Concert Series is returning to the festival this year! The concerts are free with EPCOT admission and take place at the America Gardens Theater. Internationally known artists will perform Friday through Monday; local bands will rock the house Tuesday through Thursday. Show times are 5:30PM, 6:45PM & 8PM.

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Garden Rocks 2022

Here’s a full list of the artists performing at the Flower and Garden Festival:

March 1-2 Glass Ceiling
March 3-4 – Journey former lead vocalist STEVE AUGERI
March 5-6 – Daughtry
March 7-9 — Audio Exchange
March 10-11 – Tommy DeCarlo
March 12-13 – Smash Mouth
March 14-16 — Element
March 17-18 – Mike DelGuidice
March 19-20 – Blue Oyster Cult – NEW
March 21-23 — The Vybe
March 24-25 – Berlin
March 26-27 – The Pointer Sisters
March 28-30 — The Female Collective
March 31 – Luis Figueroa – NEW
April 1-2 – Piso 21 – NEW
April 3 – Melina León
April 4-6 — Epic
April 7-8 – STARSHIP featuring Mickey Thomas
April 9-10 – Don Felder, formerly of the Eagles
April 11-13 — Foreigners Journey
April 14-15 — Blue October
April 16-17 – Switchfoot – NEW
April 18-20 — Evolution: Motown
April 21-22 – A Flock of Seagulls
April 23-24 – Jo Dee Messina
April 25-27 — Hooligans
April 28-29 – Ambrosia with Peter Beckett, The Voice Of Player
April 30, May 1 – Kool and the Gang
May 2-4 — The Finesse Party Band
May 5-8 – Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
May 9-11 — Latin Ambition
May 12-15 – The Orchestra starring former members of ELO
May 16-18 — 506 Crew
May 19-20 – A.J. Croce: Croce Plays Croce – NEW
May 21-22 – Casting Crowns – NEW
May 23-25 — M-80s
May 26-27 – Jason Scheff, longtime lead singer of Chicago – NEW
May 28-29 – Rick Springfield
May 30-June 1 — Champagne Orchestra
June 2-5 – Plain White T’s
June 6-8 — Glass Ceiling
June 9-10 – The Spinners
June 11-12 – The Commodores
June 13-15 — Element
June 16-17 – Vertical Horizon
June 18-19 – Tony Orlando
June 20-22 — Foreigners Journey
June 23-26 – Simple Plan
June 27-29 — Epic
June 30, July 1 – Living Colour
July 2-3 – Wang Chung
July 4-5 — Evolution: Motown

You can also get a Garden Rocks Dining Package, which pairs lunch or dinner at a participating EPCOT restaurant with guaranteed seating for a Garden Rocks performance for that evening! Learn more about that here.

Click here to learn more about the Garden Rocks Dining Packages

Topiaries

There are OBVIOUSLY flowers at the Flower and Garden Festival! You can see a ton of different Disney characters made up of plants and flowers. Here is the COMPLETE LIST of 2023 Disney-themed topiaries and their locations:

Encanto, Including Mirabel, Antonio, Isabela and Luisa – NEW! — Main Entrance

The gang’s all here!

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Chip, Dale and Pluto — Bridge to World Showcase and World Celebration
Woody, Bo Peep and Her Sheep — World Nature Near The Land Pavilion
Goofy — World Showcase
Tiana – NEW! — The American Adventure Pavilion

Princess Tiana

Buzz Lightyear — World Discovery Near Mission: SPACE
Donald and Daisy — Community Garden Near Connections Café in World Celebration
Figment — Near Imagination!
The Three Caballeros (Jose, Donald and Panchito) — Mexico Pavilion
Anna and Elsa — Norway Pavilion

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Elsa and Anna!

Troll — Norway Pavilion
Dragon — Japan Pavilion Near Torii Gate
Pandas — China Pavilion
Simba and Friends (Rafiki, Simba, Mufasa and Sarabi) — Between Imagination! and The Land Pavilion

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The Lion King characters

Pumbaa and Timon — Between Imagination! and The Land Pavilion
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — Germany Pavilion
Lady and the Tramp — Italy Pavilion
Beauty and the Beast — France Pavilion
Lumiere and Cogsworth — France Pavilion
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy — Between France and Morocco Pavilions

Miss Piggy

Peter Pan, Captain Hook and Tick Tock Croc — Between United Kingdom and Canada Pavilions
Winnie the Pooh and Friends (Rabbit, Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger) — United Kingdom Pavilion
Tinker Bell’s Fairy House Garden — United Kingdom Pavilion
Bambi and Friends — Near Imagination! and Refreshment Port
Geese — Canada Pavilion
Butterflies — Main Entrance, Scentsy Garden, Butterfly House and World Showcase

Global Gardens

There are also beautiful gardens around the park for you to explore! All of them are listed in your Festival Passport, but we also have the COMPLETE LIST of Global Gardens and their locations for 2023:

Bamboo Garden – China Pavilion
Blossoms of Fragrance Presented by Scentsy – World Showcase Bridge
Bold Bromeliads – The Land Pavilion
Bonsai Collection – Japan Pavilion
Bouquet Garden – France Pavilion
Butterfly Landing Presented by AdventHealth – World Nature Near Imagination!
China Zodiac Garden – China Pavilion
The Community Garden – World Celebration – NEW!
Connections Conservatory Garden – Connections Eatery
Desert Garden – Mexico Pavilion
English Tea Garden Presented by Twinings® – United Kingdom Pavilion
Family-Friendly Garden Presented by OFF!
Festival Blooms – World Celebration
Floating Gardens – World Nature
Garden Italiano – Italy Pavilion
The Honey Bee-stro Hosted by National Honey Board® – Rosewalk Near Imagination!
Kokedema Garden – Japan Pavilion
Miniature Garden – Germany Pavilion
Prehistoric Garden – World Discovery Near Mission: SPACE
Shakespeare Garden – United Kingdom Pavilion
Shishi-odoshi – Japan Pavilion – NEW!
Spice Garden – Morocco Pavilion
Topiary Heritage Garden – United Kingdom Pavilion
Tropical Rainforest Garden – Mexico Pavilion

Spike’s Pollen Nation Exploration

Spike’s Pollen Nation Exploration is a scavenger hunt that you can participate in throughout the park! You can pick up your scavenger hunt for $9.99 at select EPCOT merchandise locations, then come back to redeem your completed hunt for a special prize.

Spike’s Pollen-Nation Exploration Map

There are 12 places throughout the park where you can search for Spike the Bee. He’s hiding though, so you might have to look hard! But here’s a hint: he’s usually hiding amongst some plants and flowers. Spike is a bee, after all!

Garden Graze

If you’re looking to earn a prize just for eating some food, then you gotta check out the Garden Graze! The Garden Graze is a returning activity that can be found in your Festival Passport. To participate, you’ll need to buy five of the qualifying food items from festival booths around EPCOT. When you get one of the items, make sure to get your Passport stamped. Although you only need to eat five of those items, this year’s list includes eleven options, so you’ll be able to pick those things that sound best to you.

Dessert Prize AND a Wildflower Mix!

Once you have all 5 stamps, you can go grab your prize over at Pineapple Promenade!

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Got some stamps!

Here are the options for Garden Graze eats:

Coconut Tres Leches: Vanilla cake soaked in oat milk, almond milk, and coconut milk with toasted coconut (Plant-based) at La Isla Fresca
Boneless IMPOSSIBLE Korean Short Rib with cilantro-lime rice, Danmuji slaw, and kimchee mayonnaise (Plant-based) at Trowel & Trellis Hosted by IMPOSSIBLE
IMPOSSIBLE Lumpia with Thai sweet chili sauce (New) (Plant-based) at Trowel & Trellis Hosted by IMPOSSIBLE
Chocolate Cake with black currant ganache, mixed berry compote, and chocolate ice cream (New) (Plant-based) at Trowel & Trellis Hosted by IMPOSSIBLE
Cookies ‘n “Cream” Chocolate Mousse Cup (Plant-based) at The Land Cart hosted by AdventHealth
Avocado Toast with marinated toybox tomatoes on toasted ciabatta at Brunchcot
Grilled Street Corn on the Cob with savory garlic spread and spicy corn chips (New) at Florida Fresh
Grilled Street Corn on the Cob with savory garlic spread and plant-based cotija cheese (Plant-based) at Florida Fresh
Pineapple Skewer with Tajin seasoning (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) (Plant-based) at Refreshment Outpost
Potato Pancakes with house-made apple sauce (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly) (Plant-based) at Bauernmarkt: Farmer’s Market
Hummus Trio: Traditional hummus, red beet and black garlic hummus, and avocado-herb hummus with Moroccan bread and crispy papadam (New) (Plant-based) at Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina

Jammin’ Gardeners

The Jammin Gardeners will be performing rythmic beats with inspired backyard percussion over at the Canada Mill Stage.

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The Mill Stage

That’s ALL of the entertainment that we know about so far at this year’s EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival! We’ll keep updating this post with more entertainment as we see it, so stay tuned to DFB for more.

Click here to learn all about this year’s Flower & Garden Festival.

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