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Busan Jagalchi Festival 2025 in Busan, South Korea

부산자갈치축제 2025

Oct2025
23 –26
Thu–Sun 11:00–21:00 (festival aggregator listing)
Past edition

23 October 2025 to 26 October 2025 · 11:00–21:00 (festival aggregator listing)

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2025 festival offered. The current information is on the Busan Jagalchi Festival page (Expected Oct 2027).

Venue this year. Around Jagalchi Market, Nampo-dong.

Dates23–26 Oct 2025
Hours11:00–21:00 (festival aggregator listing)
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
AdmissionEntry: Free
Previous edition2024: 3–6 Oct 2024
Next edition2026: 15–18 Oct 2026

Program

  • Mainopening celebration performance, college song festival (대학가요제) and a K-pop dance contest
  • Hands-oneel relay race, a 'Fish, be my friend' experience and 'Find the Golden Fish'
  • Specialworld's largest raw-fish bibimbap and a free seafood tasting; busking, a flea-market zone and food trucks

Prices

ItemPriceNote
EntryFreeFood and some hands-on programmes were paid

Notes on the 2025 edition

32nd edition (Busan city, 14 October 2025). Organizer listed as the Busan Jagalchi Culture and Tourism Festival Committee, 051-243-9363.

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

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19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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