Family & hands-onHampyeong, Jeollanam-do

Hampyeong Butterfly Festival 2026 in Hampyeong, Jeollanam-do, South Korea

함평나비대축제 2026

Apr – May2026
24 –5
Fri–Tue 09:00–18:00, last entry 17:30
Past edition

24 April 2026 to 5 May 2026 · 09:00–18:00, last entry 17:30; KTO's listing adds free night entry (night programme times not published)

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

Venue this year. Hampyeong Expo Park and the surrounding area, including the Ecological Wetland along the Hampyeong Stream. Drivers were directed to the Butterfly car park (나비주차장); temporary car parks were also signposted.

Dates24 Apr – 5 May 2026
Hours09:00–18:00, last entry 17:30; KTO's listing adds free night entry (night programme times not published)
VenueHampyeong Expo Park전라남도 함평군 함평읍 곤재로 27
AdmissionAdult, at the gate: ₩7,000 · Youth and soldiers, at the gate: ₩5,000
Previous edition2025: 25 Apr – 6 May 2025
Next edition2027: Late April to early May 2027, if the 2024–2026 pattern holds: each year it opened on a Friday in the last week of April and closed on Children's Day (5 May) or the substitute holiday after it, 11–12 days in all (26 Apr–6 May 2024, 25 Apr–6 May 2025, 24 Apr–5 May 2026). Nothing announced as of 19 October 2026; in 2025 and 2026 the dates were public by mid-March, when advance tickets went on sale.

Program

  • Daily 24 Apr–5 Maytheme 'Dreaming Butterfly, a Journey Begins' (꿈꾸는 나비, 시작되는 여정), with spring flower beds, photo zones and live butterflies across Expo Park; the year's featured butterfly was the long-tailed swallowtail
  • Butterfly feeding in the Palang-nabi air dome on the central plaza (15 m across), using flower bouquets with artificial feed; the most popular programme, with queues every day
  • Butterfly release indoors twice a day in the Butterfly and Insect Ecology Hall (redesigned as a 'forest picnic'), and outdoors
  • Nabit Park (나빛파크)new butterfly-ecology play and learning space with indoor and outdoor activities, opened temporarily during the festival
  • ShowsButterfly Dream sing-along show with Pinkfong and Baby Shark, the Butterfly Fantasia parade show and a butterfly dance-crew contest
  • Main-stage concertsKim Yong-bin (24 Apr), Kim Su-chan (25 Apr), Boohwal (1 May), BE'O (2 May) and Ahn Sung-hoon (5 May)
  • Hands-onbutterfly costumes and face painting, ring and keyring making, cookie and pizza making, a 'waltz with butterflies' experience and the Hwangbak-i lucky-item gacha
  • Natural Ecology Hallbutterfly-like phalaenopsis orchids, a cabbage white butterfly room, a carnivorous plant room and a small waterfall with turtles; banana harvesting in the plant halls
  • Sichuan culture zone with Pidu District of Chengdu, China: a lantern tunnel, Chinese farm products and Sichuan cooking demonstrations
  • Ecological wetlandmaze escape and farm activities, including a milk-themed outing by the Korea Dairy and Beef Farmers Association's Hampyeong branch (milk soap, cheese)
  • Tastings of Hampyeong Hanwoo beef and Hanton pork, and local farm-produce stalls
  • Eveningsa family drive-in cinema (times not published on the pages opened)

Prices

ItemPriceNote
Adult, at the gate₩7,000Includes a ₩2,000 coupon for festival booths and nearby shops; Culture Nuri cards accepted
Youth and soldiers, at the gate₩5,000Includes a ₩1,000 coupon
Children and seniors, at the gate₩3,000
Adult, advance ticket₩6,300Sold 16 Mar–23 Apr 2026 on Ticketlink and Naver and at the foundation office in Expo Park (10% off); youth ₩4,500; children, seniors and kindergarten pupils ₩2,700; groups of 20 or more got a further discount
KTX passengers—10% off admission and a small souvenir for visitors arriving on the festival KTX stops at Hampyeong Station
Natural Ecology Park and Amphibian and Reptile Ecology Park—50% off their admission on the day of the festival visit with a festival ticket

Notes on the 2026 edition

28th edition. About 236,000 visitors; ₩830 million in ticket revenue, ₩286 million of local farm-produce sales and about ₩900 million at experience booths and vendors (county figures reported on 6 May 2026). Designated an honorary cultural tourism festival by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

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.

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