Overview
- The festival runs January 16 through February 23, 2026 at EPCOT, with additional operational details like full menus and final schedules to be released closer to opening.
- Visual Art in Performance moves to CommuniCore Hall Plaza, where more than 200 new works debut, including onstage live painting with showtimes to appear in the My Disney Experience app.
- Disney announced a roster of new and returning artists, highlighting newcomer Rosana Iarusso alongside Darren Wilson, Yesenia Moises, Dave Perillo, Jerrod Maruyama, Dylan Bonner and Josey Tsao, with select artist signings listed on the Artist Portal.
- Core offerings return, including Animation Academy at America Gardens Theatre, the Expression Section paint-by-number mural, Chalk Art Galleries, the Disney on Broadway concert series and more than 20 Food Studios.
- New Disney Lorcana activities include a Collection Quest and an Ink & Find scavenger hunt centered on Morocco’s Illumineer’s Lounge that reward limited‑edition Magical Places promo cards, and Disney previewed a Figment-focused merchandise line.