Food & drinkGangneung, Gangwon State

Gangneung Coffee Festival 2025 in Gangneung, Gangwon State, South Korea

강릉커피축제 2025

Oct – Nov2025
30 –2
Thu–Sun
Past edition

30 October 2025 to 2 November 2025

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

Dates30 Oct – 2 Nov 2025
WeatherOctober average 20/12 °C (69/53 °F), 114 mm of rain
November average 14/6 °C (57/42 °F), 81 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Gangneung station.
VenueGangneung Coffee Street (Anmok Beach)강원특별자치도 강릉시 창해로14번길 20-1 (견소동)
AdmissionFree to enter; individual tastings, classes, market purchases and some programs are charged (KTO: 'some fees apply').
Previous edition2024: 24–27 Oct 2024
Next edition2026: 21–25 Oct 2026

Program

  • 30 Oct opening dayByeol-ui-byeol Gangneung Coffee free tasting booths, kids' playground, coffee busking
  • From 31 Oct 20:00'A Starry Night' on Anmok Beach with stargazing and a bonfire
  • From 31 Oct 20:30fireworks at the Gangneung Port breakwater
  • Coffee and Humanities talks; Coffee Wave

Notes on the 2025 edition

17th edition, four days, Coffee Street area; crowded from early morning on day one.

About the festival

The Gangneung Coffee Festival is a five-day coffee festival on Gangneung Coffee Street at Anmok Beach on Korea's east coast, about two hours from Seoul by KTX. The 18th edition runs 21–25 October 2026, 10:00–20:00 daily. Entry is free; some tastings, classes and market purchases are paid. Go for 100 baristas pouring 100 different coffees on one street facing the sea.

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

Source

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

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