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Orlando events and festivals

Festival dates and the separate-ticket nights

The EPCOT festivals, Halloween Horror Nights and the hard-ticket party nights, with this year's dates, what is included with a normal ticket and what costs extra.

Festival tasting booth with pergola, high-top tables and a cheese and wine display at EPCOTWorth it

EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival

Twelve weeks of small plates around World Showcase, included with an EPCOT ticket. You pay per dish, roughly $5 to $11, plus $6 to $17.50 a drink. Go on a weekday.

August 27 to November 21, 2026 Included with EPCOT admission Most dishes about $5 to $11
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Universal Studios Florida entrance arch with a Halloween Horror Nights sign and horror bannersWorth it

Halloween Horror Nights

Ten new haunted houses, four scare zones and a Stranger Things lagoon show, on 49 nights. A separate ticket, priced by night. Without Express, go early in the season and be at the gate before opening.

August 28 to November 1, 2026 Separate ticket, about $88-$130 6:30 p.m. to as late as 2 a.m.
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Cinderella Castle glowing red and purple at dusk during Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween PartyIt depends

Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

Disney's Halloween party ran 38 nights from August 7 to October 31, 2026, at $119 to $229 a ticket. Every date has sold out. If you missed it, here is what still works this autumn.

38 nights, Aug 7 to Oct 31, 2026 $119 to $229; all sold out 7 p.m. to midnight; in from 4 p.m.
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EPCOT's lit Christmas tree glowing at the end of a tree-lined walkway at nightWorth it

EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

Five weeks of holiday storytellers, food kiosks and the Candlelight Processional, included with EPCOT admission. The one thing to plan: a guaranteed Candlelight seat, via a dining package that opens October 14.

November 27 to December 30, 2026 Included with EPCOT admission Candlelight 4:45, 6:30, 8 p.m.
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Cinderella Castle lit with white icicle lights at night during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas PartyIt depends

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

Twenty-five nights of Christmas parade, fireworks, snow on Main Street and free cookies at Magic Kingdom. The entry price rose $20 this year and nothing major is new. Buy a November weeknight.

25 nights, Nov 8 to Dec 22, 2026 $189 to $229 plus tax 7 p.m. to midnight; in from 4 p.m.
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Spaceship Earth lit purple at night above art banners and the Festival of the Arts sign at EPCOTWorth it

EPCOT International Festival of the Arts

EPCOT's quietest festival and, for adults, often its best: Broadway concerts, chalk artists, a paint-by-number mural and small plated dishes. The 2027 run is 46 days, from January 15 to March 1.

January 15 to March 1, 2027 Included with EPCOT admission Disney on Broadway concerts
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Swirling flower beds beside a pond with the Imagination pavilion's glass pyramids behind at EPCOTWorth it

EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

Three months of character topiaries, gardens, outdoor food kiosks and free Garden Rocks concerts, included with an EPCOT ticket. May weekdays beat spring-break weeks.

March 10 to May 31, 2027 Included with EPCOT admission 60-plus topiaries in 2026
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Art Deco facades and palm trees along Hollywood Boulevard at Universal Studios FloridaWorth it

Universal Mardi Gras

A bead-throwing parade and headline concerts at Universal Studios Florida, included with a normal park ticket. 2027 dates are still to come; here is how the 2026 event worked.

2026: Feb 7 to Apr 4; 2027 TBA Included with park admission Concerts on select nights
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A fountain in a tree-lined lagoon inside SeaWorld Orlando under a blue skyWorth it

SeaWorld Seven Seas Food Festival

Weekend food booths and free concerts at SeaWorld Orlando from late January to mid-May, included with park admission. The sampler lanyard is the way to do it. 2027 dates are still to come.

2026: Jan 30 to May 17; 2027 TBA Included with park admission Lanyards $75 (10) or $90 (15)
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