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Anseong Namsadang Baudeogi Festival 2026 in Anseong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

안성맞춤 남사당 바우덕이 축제 2026

Oct2026
2 –5
Fri–Mon 10:00–21:00 (KTO)
Past edition

2 October 2026 to 5 October 2026 · 10:00–21:00 (KTO); eve events on 1 October until 22:00

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2026 festival offered. The current information is on the Anseong Namsadang Baudeogi Festival page (Expected Oct 2027).

Venue this year. Main site Anseong Machum Land; second site along Anseong Stream (Anseong Stream stage, waterside-park illuminations); eve events at Naehyehol Plaza in Ayang-dong, downtown Anseong.

Dates2–5 Oct 2026
Hours10:00–21:00 (KTO); eve events on 1 October until 22:00
VenueAnseong Machum Land and Anseong Stream경기도 안성시 보개면 남사당로 198
AdmissionFestival entry: Free
Previous edition2025: 9–12 Oct 2025
Next edition2027: Four days in early October 2027 if the pattern holds (6–9 Oct 2023, 3–6 Oct 2024, 9–12 Oct 2025, 2–5 Oct 2026), with eve events the day before. The committee fixed the 2024 dates on 2 February 2024 and the 2026 dates on 30 January 2026, so expect an announcement early in 2027; nothing announced as of 19 October 2026.

Program

  • 1 Oct (eve)memorial rite for Baudeogi at 10:40 at her shrine; street parade 19:00–20:00 and eve show 20:00–22:00 at Naehyehol Plaza in downtown Anseong (Ayang-dong), with road closures there 16:00–21:00
  • 2 Oct 19:00–20:30opening ceremony, relayed to the Anseong Stream stage
  • Daily, about 11:00World Heritage masterclass on the main and Anseong Stream stages, pairing namsadang nori with five CIOFF troupes from Thailand, India, Malaysia, Egypt and Taiwan
  • Daily, afternoon (14:00–16:00 in the programme list): paid namsadang theme show in the indoor performance hall
  • Daily 17:30namsadang double tightrope (ssangjul-tagi) on the market stage
  • Dailyrecreated Anseong old market, Baudeogi Theme Park hands-on zone (tightrope walking, bowl spinning, fan decorating), livestock grill zone and farm-produce sales; illuminations at the waterside park in the evening
  • 4 OctTHE NEXT Baudeogi competition final and guest concert; 5 Oct: closing ceremony and concert
  • Interpretation zone at the information desk (Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Vietnamese) and a Global Studio streaming the festival live on YouTube

Prices

ItemPriceNote
Festival entryFreeFree (KTO)
Namsadang theme show in the indoor hall—Paid; festival price not published. The troupe's regular weekend show in the same hall costs ₩12,000 for adults.

Notes on the 2026 edition

Dates confirmed by the festival committee on 30 January 2026. Third year in a row as a Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Culture and Tourism Festival. Embassy officials from Italy, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and the Philippines visited on the opening day. No 2026 visitor total was found as of 19 October 2026.

About the festival

The Anseong Namsadang Baudeogi Festival (안성맞춤 남사당 바우덕이 축제) is a free four-day festival of namsadang folk performance (pungmul drumming, tightrope walking, bowl spinning, masks and puppets) with visiting folk troupes from abroad, held every early October since 2001 in Anseong Machum Land and along Anseong Stream in Anseong, Gyeonggi-do. The 2026 edition ran 2–5 October, 10:00–21:00; the 2027 dates are not announced, but early October is expected. Entry is free (the indoor-hall show is paid); from Seoul, take an express bus of about an hour to Anseong, then a festival shuttle or a taxi.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Anseong Namsadang Baudeogi Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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