| Dates | Ten or eleven days from late September to mid-October 2027 (2024 opened on Thursday 3 Oct, a public holiday; 2025 on Friday 19 Sep; 2026 on Friday 2 Oct). The festival foundation's board set the 2026 dates on 11 December 2025, so the 2027 dates are likely to be decided around December 2026. |
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| Weather | September average 26/15 °C (79/59 °F), 131 mm of rain October average 21/7 °C (69/44 °F), 56 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Geumsan station. |
| Venue | World K-Insam Expo Square (Geumsan Insam Hall) and Insam Herbal Medicine Street충청남도 금산군 금산읍 인삼광장로 30 (신대리, 금산인삼관) |
| Admission | Free entry to the square and street; some experience programmes cost ₩2,000–5,000 and food and ginseng are bought from vendors. |
| Previous edition | 2026: 2–11 Oct 2026 |
Notes on the 2027 edition
No 2027 dates had been announced as of 16 October 2026; the county said only that it will keep developing new content.
About the festival
Geumsan World K-Insam Festival (금산세계인삼축제) is a free ten-day ginseng festival held each autumn at the World K-Insam Expo Square in Geumsan, Chungcheongnam-do, about 50 minutes by bus from Daejeon. The 2026 edition ran 2–11 October (10:00–21:00) and drew 1.17 million visitors; 2027 is expected in early October. Go to dig your own ginseng in a farm field and eat samgyetang in Korea's ginseng capital.
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Geumsan World K-Insam Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
확인26.10.21
Facts checked
21 October 2026, against the sources listed below.