🎶 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays 2025: Holiday Harmony

Christmas at EPCOT doesn’t just sparkle; it sings. Holiday Harmony is the soundtrack of the season, carrying guests through World Showcase on waves of music, storytelling, and cultural celebration. From powerful gospel vocals to gentle retellings of winter folklore, every performance adds warmth, nostalgia, and heart to the holiday experience. You can taste Christmas at EPCOT, but here, you can hear it too.

Find all the ✨ Festive Flavors ↗️ for sips & treats, Merry Marketplace Magic ↗️ for seasonal souvenirs, A Little More Holiday Sparkle ↗️ for cookie strolls & scavenger hunts, and the Main Festival Blog ↗️ for planning your perfect holiday day at EPCOT, and then come right back here to follow the music.

✨ Experience

Holiday Harmony feels like walking through a giant Christmas concert, except every stage exists in a different culture, a different rhythm, a different heartbeat. One moment you’re swaying to gospel harmonies, then you turn a corner and land in a holiday legend from Italy or Japan. Candlelight Processional brings reverence and goosebumps, JOYFUL! bursts with electricity and celebration, and pavilion storytellers make Christmas feel beautifully global. This isn’t sit-down entertainment; it’s discovered entertainment.

🎁 Party Exclusives

The collection of holiday performances across EPCOT, including large-scale concerts and intimate storytelling moments. The lineup for this season includes:

✨ Major Shows

• Candlelight Processional — sweeping orchestra, choir, and narrated Christmas story

• JOYFUL! A Celebration of the Season — gospel, jazz, R&B, high-energy holiday joy

• World Showcase Storytellers — cultural traditions, legends, music, comedy & heart

🌟 Candlelight Processional Narrators — 2025 Lineup

Dates	Narrator
Nov 28–29	Constance Wu
Nov 30–Dec 2	Jordan Fisher
Dec 3–4	Susan Egan
Dec 5–6	Ashley Eckstein
Dec 7–8	Ralph Macchio
Dec 9–10	Leslie Uggams
Dec 11–13	Marlee Matlin
Dec 14–15	Henry Winkler
Dec 16–17	Lauren Daigle
Dec 18–19	Gary Sinise
Dec 20–22	Brendan Fraser
Dec 23–24	Luis Fonsi
Dec 25–26	Joel David Smallbone
Dec 27–28	Brie Larson
Dec 29–30	Sheryl Lee Ralph

✨ Showtimes: Typically three performances nightly — 5:00 PM, 6:45 PM & 8:15 PM.

🌍 Pavilion Storytellers by Country

Pavilion	Performance
Mexico	Las Posadas Celebration
Norway	Sigrid & Barn Santa
China	The Lion Dancer
Italy	La Befana
Japan	Daruma Storyteller
France	Père Noël
United Kingdom	Father Christmas
Canada	Canadian Holiday Voyageurs

Every performance brings something different. A laugh, a chill down your arms, a shared moment of stillness, or a song stuck in your head all night in the best way.

💗 The Good

The performances feel alive, organic, and beautifully emotional. You’re not just entertained, you’re moved. The diversity of music and storytelling means there’s a moment of magic for every guest, every family, every kind of holiday memory.

😬 The Not-So-Good

You won’t be able to catch every performance in one visit. Showtimes overlap and World Showcase is big. Popular shows, especially Candlelight, get crowded fast, so planning helps if you have must-sees.

🎄 Tips

• Arrive early for Candlelight Processional seating

• Schedule food strolls around the shows

• Pavilion storytellers are great mid-afternoon breaks

• Nighttime performances feel extra magical under the lights

• Bring a layer; lagoon breezes get chilly once the sun drops

✍️ Final Thoughts

The performances are the soul of Festival of the Holidays with a warm thread of music, storytelling, and cultural celebration wrapped across World Showcase like tinsel. The food is fun, the merch is festive, but the music is what you remember. It’s the heartbeat, the glow, the moment that makes you close your eyes and think, Yes, this is Christmas!