Nature & seasonsSeoul

Hangang Festival (Spring) 2025 in Seoul, South Korea

한강페스티벌 봄 2025

May2025
16 –18
Fri–Sun
Past edition

16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2025 festival offered. The current information is on the Hangang Festival (Spring) page (Expected May 2027).

Venue this year. Three parks: Ttukseom, Yeouido and Banpo.

Dates16–18 May 2025
WeatherMay average 24/14 °C (74/56 °F), 104 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Seoul station.
VenueBanpo Hangang Park (Sebitseom) and other Han River parks서울특별시 서초구 신반포로11길 40 (반포한강공원)
AdmissionFree to enter the parks and watch the shows. In 2026 the stroller parade cost ₩5,000 per team, silent yoga ₩9,000, and boat rides and cruises ₩12,500–60,000.
Previous edition2024: 17–19 May 2024
Next edition2026: 2–10 May 2026

Program

  • Ttukseom Hangang ParkHangang Starlight Theatre, a family show and parade on a Wizard of Oz theme
  • Sat 17 May 11:00–18:00, Mulbit Stage area, Yeouido Hangang Park: Jeongseon Arirang in Seoul, songs and the old timber-raft routes of the Joseon era
  • Sat 17 May 18:30, Moonlight Plaza in front of Sebitseom, Banpo: Hangang silent DJ party with headsets (book at silentdisco.kr or on site)
  • Sat 17 May 18:30, Yeouido Hangang Park: Hangang silent yoga
  • Sun 18 May, in front of the E-Cruise pier at Yeouido: Hangang 'grigging' contest (drawing plus plogging) for families
  • Banpo SebitseomRainbow Bridge yacht festival, Sebitseom kayak festival, a sunset yoga class with dinner, and river-view dining

Notes on the 2025 edition

Spring run, 3 days, theme '봄에는 하하호호 한강' (a spring Hangang full of laughter); the city's summary counts 10 programmes, and the page lists four more May events (Reading Hangang Park, the car-free Jamsu Bridge festival, the Hangang space-out contest and the Hangang College Song Festival). News reports gave the year's slogan as 'Dugeun-dugeun Hangang'.

About the festival

The spring run of the Hangang Festival is Seoul's city-run family festival in the Han River parks, held in early to mid May. The 2026 run was on 2–10 May in Ichon, Yeouido and Banpo Hangang Parks, with a free children's theatre and a stroller parade (₩5,000 per team) at Ichon on 9–10 May, and yacht, kayak, small-boat and cruise rides (₩12,500–60,000) from Banpo and Yeouido. The 2027 spring run is expected in May 2027; dates have not been announced. Entry and the shows are free; for Banpo, take Line 9 to Sinbanpo Station, Exit 1, and walk about 15 minutes.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Hangang Festival (Spring) page, which covers every edition.

Source

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

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