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Hangang Festival (Summer) 2024 in Seoul, South Korea

한강페스티벌 여름 2024

Jul – Aug2024
26 –11
Fri–Sun
Past edition

26 July 2024 to 11 August 2024

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2024 festival offered. The current information is on the Hangang Festival (Summer) page (Expected Jul/Aug 2027).

Venue this year. The river and nine parks, centred on Yeouido, Banpo, Jamsil, Nanji, Mangwon and Jamwon.

Dates26 Jul – 11 Aug 2024
WeatherJuly average 29/22 °C (84/72 °F), 414 mm of rain
August average 30/23 °C (86/73 °F), 348 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Seoul station.
VenueYeouido Hangang Park and other Han River parks (nine in 2026)서울특별시 영등포구 여의동로 330 (여의도한강공원)
AdmissionMusic Pongdang: ₩3,000 · Silent disco: ₩9,000
Previous edition2023: 4–20 Aug 2023
Next edition2025: 26 Jul – 24 Aug 2025

Program

  • Fri 2–Sat 3 Aug, Yeouido Mulbit Stage: Summer Music Picnic; free
  • Sat 3–Sun 4 Augwater drive-in cinema at Mangwon Hangang Park and Cinema Pongdang at the Jamsil water playground
  • Thu 8–Fri 9 Aug, Nanji water playground: Music Pongdang, 400 places a day; ₩3,000
  • Weekendssilent disco at the Ttukseom waterfront plaza and under Mapo Bridge in Yeouido; ₩9,000
  • Sat 10–Sun 11 Aug, Jamsil Nadeulmok: My Own Hangang Boat Race, 100 teams of four a day; ₩20,000 per team
  • Moonlight Circus closing show on the Sebitseom waterfront stage, Banpo; free
  • Night swimming at the Yeouido, Jamwon and Nanji pools; ₩5,000 night entry

Prices

ItemPriceNote
Music Pongdang₩3,000
Silent disco₩9,000
My Own Hangang Boat Race, per team of four₩20,000
Night swimming₩5,000

Notes on the 2024 edition

17 days and 20 programmes; theme 'a good-value Hangang summer escape full of passion'. 13 programmes were free or cost ₩1,000–9,000.

About the festival

The Hangang Festival (Summer) is the Seoul city government's summer run of its Han River park festival, the event that began in 2013 as Hangang Mongttang. The 2026 run was 1–16 August in nine riverside parks, with free concerts and films under the bridges, pool parties, a silent disco under Mapo Bridge, the overnight Hangang Night Walk 42K and discounted boat rides; the 2027 run is expected in late July and August but has not been announced. Entry and many programmes are free; pool events cost ₩1,000–3,000 and the silent disco ₩9,000, while races, cruises and boat rides cost ₩12,500–70,000.

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

Source

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

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