EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival – Garden Rocks Dining Packages

The Experience

The Garden Rocks Dining Package is the best way to catch the Garden Rocks Concert Series at EPCOT’s International Flower & Garden Festival without worrying about crowd size or arrival strategy. The package pairs a prix fixe dinner at a participating World Showcase restaurant with reserved seating at the America Gardens Theatre stage, where classic rock, pop, and nostalgia acts perform multiple sets per evening throughout the festival’s run.

What’s Included

• A prix fixe dinner at a participating EPCOT World Showcase restaurant — typically three courses including an appetizer, entree, and dessert, plus a non-alcoholic beverage
• Reserved seating voucher for one performance of the Garden Rocks Concert Series at America Gardens Theatre on the same evening as your dining reservation
• The reserved section is separate from the general standing-audience area, offering a seated view directly in front of the stage

How It Works

1. Book your Garden Rocks Dining Package reservation at a participating restaurant during the Flower & Garden Festival window (typically March through May)
2. Dine at your scheduled reservation time — your server will provide a seating voucher for the concert
3. Arrive at America Gardens Theatre at the check-in time printed on your voucher (usually 30–45 minutes before showtime)
4. Enjoy reserved seating for the full concert performance

Participating Restaurants

Participating restaurants rotate by festival year. Historically, packages have been available at several World Showcase dining rooms including Biergarten Restaurant, Tutto Italia Ristorante, Chefs de France, and others. Confirm current participants at the time of booking on the Disney website.

The Concert Series

The Garden Rocks Concert Series has featured a wide variety of artists over the years — acts spanning classic rock, Motown, country, and pop from the 1970s through the 2000s. Performances typically run three sets per evening, and the reserved dining package seats generally face the stage from a dedicated section of the tiered outdoor amphitheater.

Dining Plan Information

The Garden Rocks Dining Package is not redeemable with Disney Dining Plan credits. It is a separately ticketed prix fixe experience that must be paid out of pocket. Pricing is per person and subject to change; consult the Disney World website for current festival-year rates. The package price reflects the combined value of the three-course meal and the reserved concert seating — both of which carry real value during the peak spring festival season.

About EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival – Garden Rocks Dining Packages

The EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival is one of the park’s most beloved annual events, transforming World Showcase and Future World into an explosion of topiaries, outdoor kitchens, butterfly gardens, and horticultural artistry from late February or early March through late May. The Garden Rocks Concert Series is a core piece of that festival’s entertainment lineup, running nightly at the America Gardens Theatre — the outdoor amphitheater situated right on the shores of World Showcase Lagoon.

The concert series draws a devoted following, particularly for acts with strong nostalgic appeal. The America Gardens Theatre fills quickly for popular performers, and general-admission guests without a dining package often find the best sightlines claimed well before showtime. The dining package solves that entirely — reserved seats mean you can enjoy your dinner unhurried and walk into the theatre just before the show begins.

For guests visiting EPCOT during the Flower & Garden Festival, combining a World Showcase dinner with a concert night is one of the most satisfying ways to experience everything the event offers. The topiaries, the blooming gardens, the outdoor festival kitchens, and the live music together make for an evening that is distinctly EPCOT in the best sense — culturally rich, beautifully designed, and worth building an itinerary around.