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Busan Jagalchi Festival 2024 in Busan, South Korea

부산자갈치축제 2024

Oct2024
3 –6
Thu–Sun
Past edition

3 October 2024 to 6 October 2024

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2024 festival offered. The current information is on the Busan Jagalchi Festival page (Expected Oct 2027).

Venue this year. Jagalchi Market and Yurari (Eurari) Plaza.

Dates3–6 Oct 2024
WeatherOctober average 23/15 °C (73/58 °F), 80 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Busan station.
VenueJagalchi Market and Yurari Plaza (Nampo-dong)부산광역시 중구 자갈치해안로 52 (남포동4가) 자갈치시장 일원
AdmissionFree (KTO; Busan city). Food, seafood and some hands-on programmes are paid.
Previous edition2023: 5–8 Oct 2023
Next edition2025: 23–26 Oct 2025

Notes on the 2024 edition

31st edition. Busan city gave the festival website as ejagalchi.com that year.

About the festival

The Busan Jagalchi Festival (부산자갈치축제) is a free four-day seafood festival held in October since 1992 around Jagalchi Market, Busan's famous fish market in Nampo-dong, Jung-gu. The 33rd edition ran 15–18 October 2026, 11:30–22:00, with sea fireworks over the South Port on the opening night, a rite to the dragon king of the sea, a street parade, eel relay races, free seafood tastings and a giant raw-fish bibimbap. The 2027 dates are not announced, but four days from a Thursday to a Sunday in October is expected. Entry is free (food and some activities are paid); take Busan Metro Line 1 to Jagalchi Station, Exit 10, about 2 minutes on foot.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Busan Jagalchi Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

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

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