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Gochang Green Barley Field Festival 2026 in Gochang, Jeonbuk State, South Korea

고창청보리밭축제 2026

Apr – May2026
18 –10
Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00 (KTO)
Past edition

18 April 2026 to 10 May 2026 · 09:00–18:00 (KTO); a visitor guide reports 08:30–18:30 with last entry to the field paths at 17:50

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2026 festival offered. The current information is on the Gochang Green Barley Field Festival page (Expected Apr/May 2027).

Venue this year. Hakwon Farm area, Gongeum-myeon. Parking lot 1 is next to the entrance and the restaurants; lots 2–4 are on nearby farmland and open ground, a 10–15 minute walk away. An extra lot for large buses was added in 2026.

Dates18 Apr – 10 May 2026
Hours09:00–18:00 (KTO); a visitor guide reports 08:30–18:30 with last entry to the field paths at 17:50
VenueHakwon Farm (Borinara Hakwon Farm), Gongeum-myeon전북특별자치도 고창군 공음면 학원농장길 150
AdmissionBarley field paths (central field): ₩3,000 · Parking (per car): ₩10,000
Previous edition2025: 19 Apr – 11 May 2025
Next edition2027: Mid-April to early or mid-May 2027 if the pattern holds: each recent run opened on a Saturday in mid-April and closed 23 days later on a Sunday (20 April–12 May 2024, 19 April–11 May 2025, 18 April–10 May 2026), which would point to 17 April–9 May 2027. This would be the 24th edition. Dates not announced as of 19 October 2026.

Program

  • 18 Apr, 14:00opening ceremony of the 23rd festival, theme 'Memories of spring, left on the road' (봄의 기억, 길 위에 남다)
  • Dailywalks on the paths between the barley; a tractor-drawn sightseeing tram past the tree-lined road and the Horangi Wangdaebat bamboo grove
  • Weekends and holidays'Find the 7 treasures' hunt for lucky pouches hidden in the fields, themed on Gochang's UNESCO biosphere reserve and global geopark status; SNS photo-check gifts
  • Stage and streetgukak and trot performances, busking, and Gochang Nongak farmers' music parades in five-colour costume
  • Food zone with compulsory price display: freshly baked barley rice cakes, bokbunja drinks and Pungcheon eel
  • From late Aprilyellow canola in flower among the green barley

Prices

ItemPriceNote
Barley field paths (central field)₩3,000Per person, wristband issued (KTO lists the barley-path experience at ₩3,000); free for children 6 and under and Gochang residents (blog-reported)
Parking (per car)₩10,000Paid at the entrance and refunded in full as a ₩10,000 Gochang Sarang gift voucher, usable at festival stalls and in shops and restaurants in Gochang
Tractor sightseeing tram (one way)₩5,000Blog-reported
Viewing the fields from the farm roadsFreeFree (blog-reported)

Notes on the 2026 edition

23rd edition, 23 days. Shuttle buses ran at weekends (routes and times not published in the sources opened). No visitor total was found.

About the festival

The Gochang Green Barley Field Festival (고창청보리밭축제) is a three-week spring festival at Hakwon Farm in Gongeum-myeon, Gochang-gun, Jeonbuk State, where paths run through about 770,000 m² of rolling green barley, with yellow canola among it from late April. The 23rd edition ran 18 April–10 May 2026, 09:00–18:00; 2027 dates are not announced, but the pattern points to mid-April to early May 2027. Looking at the fields from the farm roads is free; walking the paths through the central field has cost a few thousand won, and parking about ₩10,000 per car, refunded as a local gift voucher. From Seoul, express buses reach Gochang in about 3 hours (₩21,700), then it is a rural bus or taxi to the farm.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Gochang Green Barley Field Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

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

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