| Dates | 25 Oct – 2 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours | 10:00–20:00 (travel-site listing) |
| Venue | Gangjin Bay Ecological Park전라남도 강진군 강진읍 생태공원길 47 |
| Admission | Entry: Free · Bicycle rental: Free |
| Previous edition | 2024: 26 Oct – 3 Nov 2024 |
| Next edition | 2026: 24 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 |
Program
- Opening concert with singers including Tei; closing stage by Kim Tae-woo, formerly of g.o.d
- Nightly stagetrot, electric strings and violin, and a jazz show with wine
- Reed Field Eco Exploration Team walks with ecology guides to spot swans, crabs and mudskippers
- Upcycling crafts (a magpie-and-tiger folk painting with the Korean Folk Painting Museum, coffee-grounds crafts, bottle-cap keyrings), an expanded kids' zone and weekend character shows
- 30 Octeco vlog contest awards and an ecology 'golden bell' quiz; Gangjin Coexistence Festival with the Jeonnam Office of Education
- Last dayVietnamese Day with dance, songs, traditional costume and food
- Gangjin rice-oat promotion hall, specialty market and chrysanthemum display; Gangjin beef, cockles, youth food trucks and a local food hall
Prices
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Free | |
| Bicycle rental | Free | Free at the festival site (travel-site report) |
| Reed train ride | — | Paid; price not stated |
Notes on the 2025 edition
10th edition, theme 'a culture and ecology festival where nature and people come together'. About 51,000 visitors on the first two days (about 48,000 a year earlier); hands-on participants rose from 6,700 to about 13,000 and vendor sales by 9.2%. No total visitor figure found.
About the festival
The Gangjin Bay Dancing Reed Festival (강진만 춤추는 갈대축제) is a free nine-day autumn festival in the reed beds of Gangjin Bay Ecological Park in Gangjin, Jeollanam-do, where the Tamjin River estuary meets the sea. The 11th edition runs 24 October–1 November 2026, 10:00–19:00 daily, with guided eco walks, children's programs and weekend concerts (Song Ga-in on 25 October). Direct express buses from Seoul Central City Terminal take about 4 h 12 m (₩43,800 deluxe), then it is a 10–15-minute taxi ride to the park.
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Gangjin Bay Dancing Reed Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
28 October 2026, against the sources listed below.
- 2025 edition source
- KTO TourAPI listing 강진만 춤추는 갈대축제 (contentId 2435280)kto
- KTO tourist data — 강진만 춤추는 갈대축제 (ktriptips mirror of contentId 2435280, last modified 2026-10-13)kto
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism festival listing — 강진만 춤추는 갈대축제ministry
- mom-mom.net — 강진만 춤추는 갈대축제 (26/10/24 ~ 26/11/01) (parenting-info listing)other