8 festivals in 2 cities, soonest first.
8 food festivals with a guide across 2 cities in South Korea, in date order from today. Each opens the festival page with dates, what to eat and what to book around it. How these cities compare with the rest: the city food festival index.
The Jagalchi Festival takes over Busan's great fish market each October, live-fish games, free tastings and fireworks along the Nampo waterfront.
TipIt keeps to a late-October weekend and the 2025 edition ran 23 to 26 October; evening visits catch the concerts and the fireworks.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
Taste of Seoul is the city government's annual food week, with Seoul Restaurant Week, pop-ups and a Seoul Taste Market on Nodeul Island; the 2025 edition ran 27 October to 2 November.
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Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Seoul Coffee Festival is Korea's largest specialty coffee trade and consumer event, held annually at COEX in Gangnam. Roasters from across Korea and Asia.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Gijang Anchovy Festival, now in its 30th year, fills Daebyeon Port each April with free raw anchovy tasting, fishing-boat rides, an anchovy song contest and a fireworks show over the sea.
TipThe 30th edition ran 24 to 26 April 2026; the free raw anchovy (meochi-hoe) tasting was held at midday at the promotion committee's restaurant, and fishing-boat rides ran from 11:00 to 16:00.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Busan International Food Expo fills BEXCO with regional producers, tastings and food-tech, the trade fair where the city's pantry shows up.
TipThe 2026 edition ran 27 to 30 May; the organiser offers online visitor pre-registration on its site.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The K-Food Festival on the Jamsu Bridge over the Han River is a one-day picnic-format event with food trucks, kimchi-making and traditional craft and performance stages.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
The Eobang Festival restages Suyeong's old fishing cooperative on Gwangalli Beach in Busan, net hauls, folk games and seafood rows on the sand.
TipDates shift with the season and ran 12 to 14 June in 2026; check the city calendar before travelling.
Expected dates, not yet confirmed by the organiser
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.
TipThe first merged edition ran 31 July to 2 August 2026 on Ilgwang Beach; check the Gijang county site for the next dates.
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