Arts & performanceCheonan, Chungcheongnam-do

Cheonan World Dance Festival 2025 in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

천안흥타령춤축제 2025

Sep2025
24 –28
Wed–Sun
Past edition

24 September 2025 to 28 September 2025

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

Venue this year. Cheonan Stadium and surrounding areas

Dates24–28 Sep 2025
WeatherSeptember average 26/15 °C (79/59 °F), 146 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Cheonan station, about 15 km away.
VenueCheonan Stadium (and Cheonan Samgeori Park)충청남도 천안시 서북구 번영로 208 (백석동)
AdmissionGeneral admission: Free
Previous edition2024: 25–29 Sep 2024
Next edition2026: 1–5 Oct 2026

Program

  • 26 Sepstreet parade with 37 Korean and overseas teams, more than 2,000 participants
  • CIDC International Street Dance Championship with teams from 16 countries on four continents
  • New in 2025Korea Dance Award, national dancesport championship, Pump It Up World Championship

Prices

ItemPriceNote
General admissionFreeFree

Notes on the 2025 edition

About 400 dancers and delegates from 61 countries; 750 police and 1,335 volunteers deployed.

About the festival

Cheonan World Dance Festival (천안흥타령춤축제) is a free five-day dance festival in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, an hour south of Seoul, built around an international dance competition and an evening street parade. The 2026 edition ran 1–5 October at Cheonan Stadium and Cheonan Samgeori Park and drew 992,000 visitors; 2027 is expected in late September or early October. Go for the parade: 550 m of costumed troupes from more than 20 countries.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Cheonan World Dance Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

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

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