West Coast Disney foodie fans always look forward to the Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival's return. In 2026, the Food and Wine Festival kicks off Friday, March 6 and runs through Monday, April 27. Reservations opened in mid-January for special tasting seminars. Each year, there are more than 80 new California-inspired items, so we try as many as we can. And, of course, we love our returning favorites too! Plus, take flight on Soarin' Over California, which has returned for DCA's 35th anniversary and will be available throughout the entire festival.
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- What are the 2026 Food & Wine dates? The Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival runs from March 6 to April 27, 2026.
- What is included in my park ticket? All the entertainment, character experiences, culinary demonstrations, crafts, family shows and the Soarin' Over California ride overlay are included with your theme park ticket. Plus, in 2026, you can take advantage of the Disneyland 70th celebration.
- What costs extra? Food and Wine menu items cost extra. You can also book mixology courses and beer or wine seminars for an additional fee.
- How can I save on park tickets? You can always purchase discount multi-day Disneyland tickets through Undercover Tourist. In spring 2026, California residents have a hoppin' deal for visits as low as $80 per day (with additional benefits) through Undercover Tourist. But the savings don't stop there. Your Undercover Tourist Disneyland tickets come with FREE $20 Dining Dollars promo codes that you can use to save 15% on Disney gift cards. Use the gift cards to purchase food and beverages, Sip and Savor Passes or merchandise.
- Should I get a Sip and Savor Pass? If you want to taste multiple Festival Booth foods and nonalcoholic beverages, you can save money with the Sip and Savor pass. Share with a family member or friend. Note that tax is included in the pass price, but the individual food and beverage items have tax added when you purchase them individually without the pass, so the savings can really add up.
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Overview of the Food & Wine Festival at Disney California Adventure 2026
As an epicurean amphibian, I always look forward to attending the West Coast version of the popular EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival. If you're a foodie like me, you definitely don't want to miss out on all of the yummy cuisines. Everyone can bask in the beautiful springtime scenery at the Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival! The pink Tabebuia trees are in bloom, and all of the colorful flowers make Disneyland Resort especially beautiful this time of year. This festival is included with regular park admission (though some offerings are an additional charge and require reservations).
You still need to make a theme park reservation to visit. If park hopping, you can choose Disney California Adventure as your starting park. If you select Disneyland as your starting park, you can hop to California Adventure at 11 a.m. (or later), just in time to start enjoying items from the festival booths, which open about 11:30 a.m.
A lot is hoppening at Disneyland Resort this spring, so you may want to expand your visit by an extra day or two to do it all! The Disneyland 70th Anniversary Celebration also takes place during the festival, bringing special entertainment, decor and food to both parks. You get two major celebrations in one, so add an extra day to your trip so you can do it all. If you have small children, Bluey and Bingo have found a new home at Disneyland Park as of March 22, 2026. It's worth taking an extra day to visit Disneyland to join them at the Fantasyland Theatre and see all the 70th anniversary entertainment.
Additionally, Disneyland Park is hosting five themed After Dark parties on select nights from January to June! Three of them are near or during Food and Wine. You may want to attend the new Disneyland After Dark: 70 Years of Favorites just before the festival kicks off, Disneyland Channel Nite in April, mid-festival, or Star Wars Nite just after the festival ends in Disneyland Park.
Dates
The Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival runs from March 6 to April 27, 2026.
What's Included at Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival
Let's hop to it and go over what we know so far about the Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival.
We have uplifting news for 2026! Soarin' Over California is back for a limited time. Its return is usually limited to the festival. However, in 2026, it returned Feb. 6 and runs through July 1, 2026! It replaces Soarin' Around the World each year. Mmmmm ... I can still smell the orange groves just thinking about it! (And did you hear that a new Soarin' Across America version arrives in summer 2026? You might need to make a return visit in summer!)
Each Food and Wine Festival brings new menus and events. You'll find plenty of fun for the whole family. We love hopping about the festival and using up our Sip and Savor Passes while trying all the yummy food and drinks. There are culinary demonstrations with local and celebrity chefs, as well as special signature events. Here's the scoop on when, where and how to attend one of these seminars, tastings or free experiences.
Here are our hopful, downloadable 2026 Food and Wine menus.
Free Experiences & Festival Kiosks (Included with Disney Park Pass Reservation & Admission)
- Access to festival marketplace kiosks and restaurant menu items (though food and drinks are an additional charge)
- Culinary demonstrations (Saturdays and Sundays, usually at 3:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m.)
- Family-friendly cooking demonstrations
- "Confection Purrfection with the SuperKitties" (Hands-on cupcake decorating activity and show for ages 3-11) — Saturdays through Wednesdays for the duration of the festival
- Character experiences such as Chef Goofy and Jammin' Chefs
- Musical entertainment
- Crafts and special activity zones
Additional Reservations Needed
- Beverage education & tasting seminars for beer, wine, gin, tequila, whiskey and rum.
You can make 2026 reservations online as of January. Purchase as soon as possible in 2026, as some dates can fill up quickly.
When you visit the Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival, be sure to grab a Tasting Passport to help you find all of the foods and events you'd like to get your fill of. The Tasting Passport has a map of the Marketplaces, photos of foods and an index that breaks up the food into categories such as vegetarian or plant-based, tadpole-friendly and more. We're always looking out for our friends with special dietary needs. Plus, you can ask for an allergy menu at any of the booth registers. The Festival Guide covers entertainment, such as demonstrations, music and shows too! All this information is also in the Disneyland app.
Food and Wine Festival at Disney California Adventure 2026 Marketplace Kiosks
The Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival offers small plates of special California-inspired menu items and beverages at the Festival Marketplaces and various Disney California Adventure quick-service and table-service restaurants in the park. Take a culinary trip through the Golden State without ever leaving the park! (You may find some special festival items in Downtown Disney this year.) Festival Marketplace kiosks are usually open from about 11:30 a.m. to 8 or 9 p.m. daily during the festival.
Everything is fresh and derived from the California culture. Follow the path through the festival booths, which range from Hollywood Land to the Golden Zephyr. Our favorite tip is to find the Marketplace with the shortest line and order multiple items there! Then, take the receipt to each window to collect food as you need it. Hold onto that receipt! (This may not always be allowed, especially if booths run out of popular items. We had an item we had purchased run out, so we chose a substitution.)
Sip and Savor Pass
You’ll definitely want to leap for a Sip and Savor Pass when attending this festival! In 2026, you can again choose from two kinds of Sip and Savor Passes: One good for four tastings of food or nonalcoholic beverages ($34) and the other good for eight tasting portions ($64; $59 for Magic Key holders).
The passes are good for food and nonalcoholic beverages at festival booths and some participating restaurants and food carts. You can pick up a Sip and Savor Pass at any food booth or merchandise location, as well as a few other locations in Disney California Adventure. The passes no longer have tabs. Instead, you scan the digital coupons at the register and type in the code on the back.
Because most tastes run about $8 to $10 (some desserts or treats are about $7), you’ll save money if you use it for items that are in the higher price range. When you buy food individually, tax gets added. But not with the Sip & Savor Pass, so keep those savings in mind too. Two or more people can share one pass, and if you go through it too quickly, get another! You cannot mobile order using the Sip and Savor at the restaurants, though. We are toadally drooling just thinking about all the foods we want to try this year! Some standout items from 2024 and 2025 return, such as the Snickers Mickey macaron!
In 2026, you can get a free Food & Wine Mickey-shaped plate with any Sip & Savor Pass purchase! It has holes for your drinks and makes it easier to carry your items. Plus, it helps the environment because it reduces the use of disposable paper trays. You can loop it through your pass lanyard when walking around. Serve your tadpoles snacks on it when you get home. We love free souvenirs!
Speaking of free things... if you buy a Food and Wine gift card, it comes with a free limited-edition pin! The $125-minimum card can be used for food and merchandise purchases across the resort and beyond.
Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival Booths 2026
The menus are always fun and creative. (I mean, there's a tasty drink with a pickle in it!) There are so many items that we moved the full list of menus to a separate post with hopful downloadable menus. The Festival Marketplace booths each offer tasty tidbits and libations. The kiosks have exciting signs that light up at night (some even move)! Some booths have colorful art on the side, making excellent photo opportunities and backdrops for your most Insta-worthy eats. Be sure to check them out!
- Mercado de Antojos
- California Craft Brews
- Cluck-a-Doodle-Moo
- Garlic Kissed
- Golden Dreams
- LA Style
- Peppers Cali-ente
- Uncork California
Save some room after you eat your way through the festival booths because, after you pass by the Golden Zephyr, you’ll find yourself in the Paradise Garden Grill Beer Garden area, which offers much more than just beer. (I usually feel a lot like a Zephyr by this point.) Enjoy a cold one from California and beyond at the Paradise Garden Grill Beer Garden!
Food and Wine Dishes at Disney California Adventure Restaurants
Aside from the Paradise Garden Grill, which always serves up special foods during the festival, many other eateries in Disney California Adventure have created special treats and drinks for the festival this year.
Be sure to ask about special menu items when dining in Downtown Disney, too!
There are so many other restaurants and vending locations on the Sip and Savor Pass! The following locations offer these tasting portions on the Sip and Savor Pass (as well as additional yummy eats). Some dates differ from the official festival dates. (Keep in mind that you cannot use the Sip and Savor Pass if you use the Mobile Order service.) The full list of offerings is in our menus post.
- Aunt Cass Cafe
- Award Wieners
- Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta
- Cappuccino Cart
- Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream
- Cocina Cucamonga
- Cozy Cone Motel 5: Popcone
- Hollywood Lounge
- Luckey Fortune Cookery
- Paradise Garden Grill
- Smokejumper's Grill
- Sonoma Terrace
- Studio Catering Co.
- Willie’s Churros
- Studio Catering Co.
- Churros at Hollywood Land
- Terran Treats
- Churros near Goofy’s Sky School and Señor Buzz Churros on Pixar Pier (Feb. 28 through April 29)
- Willie’s Churros at Buena Vista Street
- Select Outdoor Vending Locations
Table-Service Restaurants with Food and Wine Dishes in 2026 (not on the Sip and Savor Pass):
- Carthay Circle Restaurant
- Lamplight Lounge
- Lamplight Lounge — Boardwalk Dining
Quick-Service Locations with Festival Dishes Not on the Sip and Savor Pass
Some locations have larger festival dishes for the festival, and those may not be on the Sip and Savor Pass:
- Aunt Cass Cafe
- Award Wieners
- Paradise Garden Grill
- Pym Test Kitchen
- Studio Catering Co.
- Hollywood Lounge
- Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta
- Schmoozies!
Candy Shops
- Don't froget to hop into Trolley Treats or (Disney Wonderful World of Sweets in Downtown Disney) for the irresistible Chef Remy apple and springtime treats
Free Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival Culinary Demonstrations
You can take cooking lessons and gather insider tips for creating new recipes from both Disney-based and visiting chefs. Unfrogtunately, there are no samples at these free demonstrations. You can generally find culinary demonstrations at the Backlot Stage in Hollywood Land on select weekend dates at various times in the afternoon (the demonstrations at the Backlot Stage usually start at 3:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.) Search for "Culinary Demonstrations" in the Disneyland app to see the scheduled chef lineup for the entire festival, or visit the Disneyland website.
In the past, we have also hopped by the stage when no demonstrations were scheduled and still caught one in action, so check it out just in case. Grab some food from a nearby booth and take a seat to enjoy your food, learn how to prepare some recipes and even hear some stories.
The Culinary Demonstrations usually take place on select Saturdays and Sundays (times subject to change):
- 3:30 p.m. — Culinary Demonstrations with Festival Sponsors
Enjoy mini cooking and educational farm-to-table presentations by festival sponsors involved in growing the foods at the festival. - 5 p.m. — Culinary Demonstrations with Disney Chefs
Join the Disney Chefs for a cooking demo that focuses on their favorite Disneyland Resort dishes and treats. - 6 p.m. — Culinary Demonstrations with Visiting Chefs
Attend an outdoor cooking exhibition with sizzling excitement!
Samples are not given at these free demonstrations.
Free Entertainment and Experiences for the Whole Family
Aside from culinary demonstrations and the return of Soarin' Over California, here are some more free experiences the whole family can enjoy.
See the Jammin' Chefs
The Cookin' with the Jammin’ Chefs show is a highlight for us at the California Adventure Food and Wine Festival. It features Chip, Dale, Daisy Duck and Clarabelle Cow (or sometimes Pluto). Be sure to hop over to see them. You can usually find them at the obelisk at Paradise Gardens, near The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure. Add a cute musical interlude to your dining and drinking plans by watching this spectacular show! The Cookin' with the Jammin' Chefs is a fun show of drumming, music and dancing (but no kid interactions this year).
The Jammin' Chefs usually appear from 10:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., but times are subject to change as the festival continues. Check the Disneyland app for the most up-to-date showtimes.
Meet Chef Goofy
You can meet Chef Goofy in the Hollywood Backlot!
Confection Purrfection with the SuperKitties
Tadpoles and froglets ages 3 to 11 will enjoy a FREE hands-on cupcake-making experience that allows them to express their creativity during a show. Plus, Minnie Mouse joins in on the fun! If you flip for our froggy puns, just wait for the purrfect kitty puns in this adorable show. Paws out, claws out! Participants can usually sign up about 45 minutes before each showtime. However, we recommend signing up for the first show, as these spaces go quickly. Space is limited, so arrive early. Make sure your tadpole is comfortable leaving your side for a bit. Kids can take their creations home!
Showtimes are 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, and 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. There are no showtimes on Thursdays and Fridays. Double-check the entertainment guide on the Disneyland app for your visit. Our tip is to aim for the first show, as demand can build later in the day.
You need a chef's hat to look like a pro while you stir up some fun. Your tadpoles can color their own free chef hat (or placemat with games) and decorate it with food stickers as part of Confection Purrfection with SuperKitties.
Enjoy Musical Entertainment
Be sure to check the entertainment calendar for live festival music. Talented bands and musicians take to the Palisades Stage at Paradise Park (in front of the water), providing some groovy beats to enjoy while dining. In the afternoons, you can also find some smaller musical entertainment at the Paradise Garden Bandstand near Paradise Garden Grill.
Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival Seminars and Tastings
The 2026 Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival offers many opportunities for exclusive and exquisite culinary adventures. There are several seminars and tastings that you can reserve if you are 21 and up. Each course has a fee in addition to the cost of park admission for the day. (You do not need a theme park ticket for events at hotels.) All of the beverage education seminars take place at Sonoma Terrace.
Enjoy Beer, Wine and Mixology Seminars
Do you have a thirst for knowledge on wine, beer or spirits? Quench it at one of these 45-minute seminars at Sonoma Terrace. The price includes sample tastings. You must reserve in advance through the online reservation system. You need a valid theme park ticket and a reservation to attend.
Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival Merchandise
Hold onto your ears! There is new headwear, shirts and a Spirit Jersey, home decor, kitchen gadgets and more. Find all the festival merchandise in front of The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure, with a smaller selection of apparel sold across the entrance to Cars Land. Toadally cute pins are also available for those of you frogs who love to collect!
The Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival is just one of many events hoppening at the Disneyland Resort. Will you be hopping in for this festive celebration? Have you attended in the past? Let us know in the comments below!
Related: Full Schedule of Disneyland Events
Related: The Full List of Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival 2026 Menus
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