Food festivals in Busan worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Busan worth planning a trip around, by month.
The Jagalchi Festival takes over Busan's great fish market each October, live-fish games, free tastings and fireworks along the Nampo waterfront.
Focus: Seafood
Tip: It keeps to a late-October weekend and the 2025 edition ran 23 to 26 October; evening visits catch the concerts and the fireworks.
Gijang's Anchovy Festival fills Daebyeon Port near Busan each spring with net-shaking shows, raw anchovy hoe and grills along the harbour wall.
Focus: Anchovy
Tip: The 2026 edition ran 24 to 26 April; shuttle buses link Gijang Station to the port during the festival.
The Eobang Festival restages Suyeong's old fishing cooperative on Gwangalli Beach in Busan, net hauls, folk games and seafood rows on the sand.
Focus: Seafood
Tip: Dates shift with the season and ran 12 to 14 June in 2026; check the city calendar before travelling.
The Busan International Food Expo fills BEXCO with regional producers, tastings and food-tech, the trade fair where the city's pantry shows up.
Focus: Korean food industry
Tip: The 33rd edition ran 27 to 30 May 2026; pre-register online to skip the entry fee queue.
The Ilgwang Sea Festival folds Gijang's old Gaenmaeul fishing-village fair and the Ilgwang song contest into one beach festival, drag-net pulls and shellfish digs by day, concerts and fireworks at night.
Focus: Seafood
Tip: The first merged edition ran 31 July to 2 August 2026 on Ilgwang Beach; check the Gijang county site for the next dates.