| Dates | 26 Apr – 6 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Hampyeong Expo Park전라남도 함평군 함평읍 곤재로 27 |
| Admission | Paid. Gate tickets run from about ₩3,000 (children and seniors) to about ₩7,000 (adults), with youth and soldiers in between, and cost about 10% less in advance. Adult and youth tickets have included a coupon worth about ₩1,000–2,000, spendable at festival booths and nearby shops. Culture Nuri cards accepted. Free-entry categories were not confirmed for this festival. |
| Next edition | 2025: 25 Apr – 6 May 2025 |
Program
- Theme 'A Hampyeong trip in search of butterflies' (나비 찾아 떠나는 함평 여행), with the Old World swallowtail (산호랑나비) as the year's butterfly
- About 250,000 butterflies and insects of 23 species and about 800,000 flowers of 30 species
- Butterfly release five times a day (10:00, 11:00, 13:30, 14:30 and 15:30) for families with young children, 50 teams per session; opening ceremony on 26 Apr at 19:00
- ConcertsHolyBang (27 Apr), Kassy (28 Apr), YB (1 May), Yook Joong-wan Band (4 May), Eomma Kkatuli and Koyote (5 May), Park Seo-jin and Kim Jung-woo (6 May)
- New Hampyeong Memory Workshop, a two-storey, 2,223 m² hall recreating 1970s–80s life in Hampyeong, with the golden bat statue on display
- Succulent hall (650 species, 3,000 plants), aquatic plants (72 species, 546 plants), the butterfly and insect ecology hall, an insect specimen hall with VR, and 12 VR and 2 AR experiences
- Free wetland activities (animal petting, a dairy farm, bubble play and a 'zoning-out' tent area); a drive-in cinema from 26 Apr with five free tents; night lighting at Expo Park
- Farm-produce market with 20 booths and a Hampyeong Hanwoo booth
Prices
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Admission | — | Not stated in the 2024 sources opened |
Notes on the 2024 edition
26th edition; designated an honorary cultural festival by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. No visitor total found.
About the festival
The Hampyeong Butterfly Festival (함평나비대축제) is a spring festival for families at Hampyeong Expo Park in Hampyeong, Jeollanam-do, where children release and feed live butterflies among flower beds, insect halls and play areas. The 28th edition ran 24 April–5 May 2026, 09:00–18:00, and drew about 236,000 visitors; the 2027 edition is expected in late April to early May but had not been announced as of 19 October 2026. Entry is paid: gate tickets run from about ₩3,000 to ₩7,000 depending on age, about 10% less in advance, and the adult ticket has included a coupon worth about ₩2,000 to spend in Hampyeong. From Seoul it is about three hours by KTX to Gwangju Songjeong and a bus, and on eight festival days in 2026 KTX trains also stopped at Hampyeong Station.
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Hampyeong Butterfly Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
21 October 2026, against the sources listed below.
- 2024 edition source
- KTO tourist data — 함평나비대축제 (contentId 507598; ktriptips mirror, updated 2 Jul 2026)kto
- KTO tourist data (Japanese) — 咸平蝶祭り (ktriptips mirror, updated 31 Aug 2026)kto
- KTO tourist data (Simplified Chinese) — 咸平蝴蝶庆典 (ktriptips mirror, updated 31 Aug 2026)kto
- KTO tourist data (Traditional Chinese) — 咸平蝴蝶節 (ktriptips mirror, updated 31 Aug 2026)kto