Jeonju Bibimbap Festival
전주비빔밥축제 · Jeonju, North Jeolla
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This edition has finished.
Korean festivals usually keep to roughly the same window each year, so the next
one should land near those dates — but the organizer publishes the confirmed
dates and they move, sometimes by weeks.
2–4 October 2026, from Jeonju City's August 2026 announcement, and confirmed on site on 3 October by the festival poster at Deokjin Park. The 20th edition, and it moved from the World Cup Stadium grounds to Deokjin Park — an older guide will send you to the wrong side of the city. The 2027 dates were not announced as of 4 October 2026. No admission price appeared in the announcements we found.
Last verified: 2026-10-04.
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Moved to Deokjin Park for 2026, and three weeks earlier than most English listings still say.
Who it suits: Food-first travellers. Note the side effect: this is the week Jeonju's accommodation fills, so book earlier than you otherwise would.
When, where, how much
From the organizer
Organized by Jeonju City. We have not found a festival site for this one that stays current; the city's own tourism pages are the next place to look.
Read our full guide to this festival →
Where it is
Where it is in the country — 191 km south of Seoul
About 131 km across — 12 other places we cover sit inside it. The pick of them is listed below.
191 km south of Seoul, in Jeonju, North Jeolla (straight-line distance from Seoul City Hall, calculated from the venue's official coordinates).
Getting there, from our own checks:
- KTX from Yongsan — about 1h31 (the Jeolla line — not Seoul Station)
- KTX from Seoul Station — about 2h
- Express bus — about 3h (cheaper, and the terminal is nearer the village)
Getting there and staying
We have a full guide to this area — see our Jeonju guide for where to stay and how the town fits together.
For a bed near the festival, Klook's accommodation search for Jeonju is the quickest way to see what is left — festival weeks fill local rooms earlier than you would expect.
Outside the big cities, wifi is not something to plan around. Shuttle stops, stage times and the day's program are posted on the organizer's Korean-language page or a Naver Map pin, and they change on the day. A Korean eSIM is the cheapest way to have it working before you land.
Planning a trip around it
On at the same time
If your dates are fixed, these run within ten days of Jeonju Bibimbap Festival and are worth checking before you commit to a route.
- Moonlight Tour at Changdeokgung Palace — 2026/09/10 – 10/17, Seoul, 2 km from Seoul.
- Andong Maskdance Festival — 2026/09/24 – 10/04, Andong, North Gyeongsang, 192 km from Seoul.
- Gimje Horizon Festival — 2026/10/01 – 10/05, Gimje, North Jeolla, 202 km from Seoul.
- Jeongseon Arirang Festival — 2026/10/01 – 10/04, Jeongseon, Gangwon, 150 km from Seoul.
- Geumsan World Insam Festival — 2026/10/02 – 10/11, Geumsan, South Chungcheong, 170 km from Seoul.
- Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival — 2026/10/03 – 10/18, Jinju, South Gyeongsang, 282 km from Seoul.
Other festivals in North Jeolla
Same province, different times of year — useful if you are choosing when to visit North Jeolla rather than when to leave home.
- Chunhyang Festival — May, Namwon, North Jeolla
- Muju Firefly Festival — September, Muju, North Jeolla
- Jinan Red Ginseng Festival — September, Jinan, North Jeolla
- Gimje Horizon Festival — October, Gimje, North Jeolla
- Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival — October, Jeonju, North Jeolla
Running every week nearby
These are not tied to the festival and run on their own schedule, so they are there whether your dates line up with Jeonju Bibimbap Festival or not.
- Jeonju Hanok Village Traditional Performance Parade — Saturdays, 14:30–15:30 · mid-April to end of October, free. Taejo-ro, between Namcheongyo Bridge and Gyeonggijeon Shrine.
Our own guide to the area
- Jeonju — 735 hanok in one village — the largest concentration in the country.
Other museums within reach
- Jeonju National Museum — Jeonju, North Jeolla, about 6 km away.
- Iksan National Museum — Iksan, North Jeolla, about 20 km away.
- National Institute of Ecology (Ecorium) — Janghang, Seocheon, South Chungcheong, about 42 km away. Sea and ecology rather than history.
The coast from here
- Getting In the Mud — Hajeon Village, Gochang, North Jeolla, about 70 km away.