| Dates | 1–2 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|
| Hours | Opening event at 17:30 on Friday 1 November; daily hours not confirmed |
| Venue | Baengnyeon Plaza, Jangmi-dong (old port district)전북특별자치도 군산시 장미동 13-1 (백년광장 일원) |
| Admission | Entry: Free |
| Previous edition | 2020: 7–22 Nov 2020 |
| Next edition | 2025: 9–12 Oct 2025 |
Program
- Seafood, meat and samseon (three-delicacy) jjamppong
- Jjamppong restaurant tour covering restaurants across Gunsan
- Foreign jjamppong to tryJapanese and Thai versions
- Taste battle between jjajangmyeon and jjamppong
Prices
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Free |
Notes on the 2024 edition
Held after the city council cut the festival's 2024 budget in late 2023; ₩150 million was restored in a supplementary budget on 20 June 2024, when plans named 9 specialty-street shops, 5 other local jjamppong restaurants and Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese jjamppong. Planned for October, held on 1–2 November.
About the festival
The Gunsan Jjamppong Festival (군산짬뽕페스티벌) is a free street-food festival in the old port district of Gunsan, Jeonbuk State, where about 20 booths from local Korean-Chinese restaurants and TV chefs sell the city's spicy jjamppong noodle soup, in half portions so you can try several. The 2026 edition ran 9–11 October around Baengnyeon Plaza in Jangmi-dong, 12:00–22:00, and drew about 80,000 people. 2027 dates have not been announced, though the last two editions both opened on 9 October. Entry is free and you pay per dish; express buses from Seoul Central City take just under 3 hours (from ₩16,400).
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Gunsan Jjamppong Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
18 October 2026, against the sources listed below.