| Dates | 3–4 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Ara Plaza, Gwamegi Culture Street, Guryongpo경상북도 포항시 남구 구룡포읍 구룡포리 954-34 |
| Admission | Entry is usually free, and the gwamegi and gwamegi kimbap tastings have been free; you pay only for the seafood you buy, with gwamegi usually discounted about 20–30% at the festival. |
| Previous edition | 2015: 21–22 Nov 2015 |
| Next edition | 2024: 16–17 Nov 2024 |
Program
- 23rd edition on Ara Plaza, Gwamegi Culture Street: the first after a two-year COVID-19 pause
- Tastings, performances by popular singers and a Guryongpo song contest
- Gwamegi, octopus, squid and other Pohang seafood at direct-trade prices, with surprise auctions and live-commerce sales
Notes on the 2022 edition
Run by the Guryongpo gwamegi producers' cooperative in a year when the area was recovering from Typhoon Hinnamnor.
About the festival
The Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival (포항 구룡포 과메기 축제) is a free two-day weekend food festival on Ara Plaza, on the Gwamegi Culture Street of Guryongpo in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Guryongpo is Korea's largest producer of gwamegi, saury dried in the winter sea wind. The 26th edition ran 15–16 November 2025. For 2026 the festival's poster, printed in K-Festival magazine's October 2026 issue, gives Saturday–Sunday 14–15 November at Ara Plaza, but Pohang City had not announced the dates as of 21 October 2026. Entry and tastings are usually free, and gwamegi is sold at festival discounts, typically about 20–30% off.
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Guryongpo Gwamegi Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
18 October 2026, against the sources listed below.